{"slug": "behold-how-good-a-thing-it-is", "title": "Behold, How Good a Thing It Is", "first_line": "Behold, how good a thing it is", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 133, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 133"], "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 133. 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, how good a thing it is, and how be -- com -- ing well, To -- geth -- er such as breth -- ren are in u -- ni -- ty to dwell!", "prose": ["Behold, how good a thing it is,", "and how becoming well,", "Together such as brethren are", "in unity to dwell!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Like pre -- cious oint -- ment on the head, that down the beard did flow, Ev'n Aa -- ron's beard, and to the skirts did of his gar -- ments go.", "prose": ["Like precious ointment on the head,", "that down the beard did flow,", "Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts", "did of his garments go."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "As Her -- mon's dew, the dew that doth on Zi -- on hills de -- scend: For there the bless -- ing God com -- mands, life that shall nev -- er end.", "prose": ["As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth", "on Zion hills descend:", "For there the blessing God commands,", "life that shall never end."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}