{"slug": "as-pants-the-hart-for-streams-of-living-water", "title": "Longing After God", "first_line": "As pants the hart for streams of living water", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 10, 11, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 42, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 42"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 115) via the Wayback Machine; cross-verified against two independently scanned printings (archive.org OCR)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalter, United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912 \u2014 Psalm 42, selection 115. Imported by tools/psalter1912_import.py: word-bag attested by both scans; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "As pants the hart for streams of liv -- ing wa -- ter, So longs my soul, O liv -- ing God, for Thee; I thirst for Thee, for Thee my heart is yearn -- ing; When shall I come Thy gra -- cious face to see?", "prose": ["As pants the hart for streams of living water,", "So longs my soul, O living God, for Thee;", "I thirst for Thee, for Thee my heart is yearning;", "When shall I come Thy gracious face to see?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O Lord my God, o'er -- whelmed in deep af -- flic -- tion, Far from Thy rest, to Thee I lift my soul; Deep calls to deep and storms of trou -- ble thun -- der, While o'er my head the waves and bil -- lows roll.", "prose": ["O Lord my God, o'erwhelmed in deep affliction,", "Far from Thy rest, to Thee I lift my soul;", "Deep calls to deep and storms of trouble thunder,", "While o'er my head the waves and billows roll."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thou wilt com -- mand Thy ser -- vant's con -- so -- la -- tion, Thy lov -- ing -- kind -- ness yet shall cheer my day, And in the night Thy song shall be my com -- fort; God of my life, to Thee I still will pray.", "prose": ["Thou wilt command Thy servant's consolation,", "Thy loving-kindness yet shall cheer my day,", "And in the night Thy song shall be my comfort;", "God of my life, to Thee I still will pray."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Why, O my soul, art thou cast down with -- in me, Why art thou troubled and op -- press -- ed with grief? Hope thou in God, the God of thy sal -- va -- tion, Hope, and thy God will sure -- ly send re -- lief.", "prose": ["Why, O my soul, art thou cast down within me,", "Why art thou troubled and oppressed with grief?", "Hope thou in God, the God of thy salvation,", "Hope, and thy God will surely send relief."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}