{"slug": "behold-bless-ye-the-lord-all-ye", "title": "Behold, Bless Ye the Lord, All Ye", "first_line": "Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 134, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 134"], "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 134. 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 -- hold, bless ye the Lord, all ye that his at -- ten -- dants are, Ev'n you that in God's tem -- ple be, and praise him night -- ly there.", "prose": ["Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye", "that his attendants are,", "Ev'n you that in God's temple be,", "and praise him nightly there."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Your hands with -- in God's ho -- ly place lift up, and praise his name. From Zi -- on hill the Lord thee bless, that heav'n and earth did frame.", "prose": ["Your hands within God's holy place", "lift up, and praise his name.", "From Zion hill the Lord thee bless,", "that heav'n and earth did frame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}