{"slug": "come-all-ye-people-bless-our-god", "title": "Personal Testimony", "first_line": "Come, all ye people, bless our God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 66, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 66"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 175) 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 66, selection 175. 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": "Come, all ye peo -- ple, bless our God And tell His glo -- rious praise a -- broad, Who holds our souls in life; Who nev -- er lets our feet be moved And, though our faith He oft has proved, U -- pholds us in the strife.", "prose": ["Come, all ye people, bless our God", "And tell His glorious praise abroad,", "Who holds our souls in life;", "Who never lets our feet be moved", "And, though our faith He oft has proved,", "Upholds us in the strife."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "We come with of -- f'rings to His house, And here we pay the sol -- emn vows We ut -- tered in dis -- tress; To Him our all we ded -- i -- cate, To Him we whol -- ly con -- se -- crate The lives His mer -- cies bless.", "prose": ["We come with off'rings to His house,", "And here we pay the solemn vows", "We uttered in distress;", "To Him our all we dedicate,", "To Him we wholly consecrate", "The lives His mercies bless."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Come, hear, all ye that fear the Lord, While I with grate -- ful heart re -- cord What God has done for me; I cried to Him in deep dis -- tress, And now His won -- drous grace I bless, For He has set me free.", "prose": ["Come, hear, all ye that fear the Lord,", "While I with grateful heart record", "What God has done for me;", "I cried to Him in deep distress,", "And now His wondrous grace I bless,", "For He has set me free."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The Lord, Who turns a -- way the plea Of those who love in -- iq -- ui -- ty, Has an -- swered my re -- quest; He has not turned a -- way my prayer, His grace and love He makes me share; His Name be ev -- er blest.", "prose": ["The Lord, Who turns away the plea", "Of those who love iniquity,", "Has answered my request;", "He has not turned away my prayer,", "His grace and love He makes me share;", "His Name be ever blest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}