{"slug": "before-thee-lord-a-people-waits", "title": "The Fatherly Goodness of God", "first_line": "Before Thee, Lord, a people waits", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 65, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 65"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 168) 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 65, selection 168. 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": "Be -- fore Thee, Lord, a peo -- ple waits To praise Thy Name in Zi -- on's gates, To Thee shall vows be paid; Thou hear -- er of the sup -- pliant's prayer, To Thee in need shall all re -- pair To seek Thy gra -- cious aid.", "prose": ["Before Thee, Lord, a people waits", "To praise Thy Name in Zion's gates,", "To Thee shall vows be paid;", "Thou hearer of the suppliant's prayer,", "To Thee in need shall all repair", "To seek Thy gracious aid."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "How great my tres -- pass -- es ap -- pear, But Thou from guilt my soul wilt clear, And my trans -- gres -- sions hide. How blest Thy cho -- sen, who by grace Are bro't with -- in Thy dwell -- ing -- place That they may there a -- bide.", "prose": ["How great my trespasses appear,", "But Thou from guilt my soul wilt clear,", "And my transgressions hide.", "How blest Thy chosen, who by grace", "Are bro't within Thy dwelling-place", "That they may there abide."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The good -- ness of Thy house, O Lord, The joys Thy ho -- ly courts af -- ford, Our souls shall sat -- is -- fy; By deeds of might, in jus -- tice wrought, The Lord will grant us what we sought, Our Sav -- iour, God Most High.", "prose": ["The goodness of Thy house, O Lord,", "The joys Thy holy courts afford,", "Our souls shall satisfy;", "By deeds of might, in justice wrought,", "The Lord will grant us what we sought,", "Our Saviour, God Most High."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "On Thy sus -- tain -- ing arm de -- pend, To earth's and sea's re -- mot -- est end, All men in ev -- 'ry age; Thy strength es -- tab -- lish -- es the hills, Thy word the roar -- ing bil -- lows stills, And calms the peo -- ple's rage.", "prose": ["On Thy sustaining arm depend,", "To earth's and sea's remotest end,", "All men in ev'ry age;", "Thy strength establishes the hills,", "Thy word the roaring billows stills,", "And calms the people's rage."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The tribes of earth's re -- mot -- est lands Be -- hold the to -- kens of Thy hands And bow in god -- ly fear; The east, where beams the morn -- ing light, The west, in eve -- ning glo -- ries bright, Re -- joice, for Thou art near.", "prose": ["The tribes of earth's remotest lands", "Behold the tokens of Thy hands", "And bow in godly fear;", "The east, where beams the morning light,", "The west, in evening glories bright,", "Rejoice, for Thou art near."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}