{"slug": "be-merciful-to-me-o-god", "title": "Be Merciful to Me, O God", "first_line": "Be merciful to me, O God", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 57, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 57"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 57. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Be mer -- ci -- ful to me, O God; thy mer -- cy un -- to me Do thou ex -- tend; be -- cause my soul doth put her trust in thee:", "prose": ["Be merciful to me, O God;", "thy mercy unto me", "Do thou extend; because my soul", "doth put her trust in thee:"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Yea, in the shad -- ow of thy wings my ref -- uge I will place, Un -- til these sad ca -- lam -- i -- ties do whol -- ly o -- ver -- pass.", "prose": ["Yea, in the shadow of thy wings", "my refuge I will place,", "Until these sad calamities", "do wholly overpass."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My cry I will cause to as -- cend un -- to the Lord most high; To God, who doth all things for me per -- form most per -- fect -- ly.", "prose": ["My cry I will cause to ascend", "unto the Lord most high;", "To God, who doth all things for me", "perform most perfectly."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "From heav'n he shall send down, and me from his re -- proach de -- fend That would de -- vour me: God his truth and mer -- cy forth shall send.", "prose": ["From heav'n he shall send down, and me", "from his reproach defend", "That would devour me: God his truth", "and mercy forth shall send."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "My soul a -- mong fierce li -- ons is, I fire -- brands live a -- mong, Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts, a sharp sword is their tongue.", "prose": ["My soul among fierce lions is,", "I firebrands live among,", "Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts,", "a sharp sword is their tongue."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Be thou ex -- al -- ted ver -- y high a -- bove the heav'ns, O God; Let thou thy glo -- ry be ad -- vanced o'er all the earth a -- broad.", "prose": ["Be thou exalted very high", "above the heav'ns, O God;", "Let thou thy glory be advanced", "o'er all the earth abroad."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "My soul's bowed down; for they a net have laid, my steps to snare: In -- to the pit which they have digged for me, they fal -- len are.", "prose": ["My soul 's bowed down; for they a net", "have laid, my steps to snare:", "Into the pit which they have digged", "for me, they fallen are."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "My heart is fixed, my heart is fixed, O God; I'll sing and praise. My glo -- ry wake; wake psal -- t'ry, harp; my -- self I'll ear -- ly raise.", "prose": ["My heart is fixed, my heart is fixed,", "O God; I'll sing and praise.", "My glory wake; wake psalt'ry, harp;", "myself I'll early raise."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "I'll praise thee 'mong the peo -- ple, Lord; 'mong na -- tions sing will I: For great to heav'n thy mer -- cy is, thy truth is to the sky.", "prose": ["I'll praise thee 'mong the people, Lord;", "'mong nations sing will I:", "For great to heav'n thy mercy is,", "thy truth is to the sky."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "O Lord, ex -- al -- ted be thy name a -- bove the heav'ns to stand: Do thou thy glo -- ry far ad -- vance a -- bove both sea and land.", "prose": ["O Lord, exalted be thy name", "above the heav'ns to stand:", "Do thou thy glory far advance", "above both sea and land."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}