{"slug": "deliver-me-from-evil", "title": "Peril and Prayer", "first_line": "Deliver me from evil", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 140, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 140"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 385) 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 140, selection 385. 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": "De -- liv -- er me from e -- vil; Pre -- serve me, Lord, from wrong. A -- gainst the foes that gath -- er, Be Thou my help -- er strong. From those who plot to hurt me And spread their treach -- 'rous snare Pre -- serve me, Lord, and keep me Safe -- guard -- ed in Thy care.", "prose": ["Deliver me from evil;", "Preserve me, Lord, from wrong.", "Against the foes that gather,", "Be Thou my helper strong.", "From those who plot to hurt me", "And spread their treach'rous snare", "Preserve me, Lord, and keep me", "Safeguarded in Thy care."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O Lord I have con -- fessed Thee To be my God a -- lone; O hear my sup -- pli -- ca -- tion And be Thy mer -- cy shown; O God the Lord, my Sav -- iour, My shield a -- mid the strife, Let not the wick -- ed tri -- umph Who plot a -- gainst my life.", "prose": ["O Lord I have confessed Thee", "To be my God alone;", "O hear my supplication", "And be Thy mercy shown;", "O God the Lord, my Saviour,", "My shield amid the strife,", "Let not the wicked triumph", "Who plot against my life."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Let e -- vil smite the e -- vil And cause their o -- ver -- throw, The need -- y and af -- flic -- ted The Lord will help, I know; Thy saints, re -- deemed from e -- vil, Their thanks to Thee shall give; The right -- eous and the up -- right Shall in Thy pres -- ence live.", "prose": ["Let evil smite the evil", "And cause their overthrow,", "The needy and afflicted", "The Lord will help, I know;", "Thy saints, redeemed from evil,", "Their thanks to Thee shall give;", "The righteous and the upright", "Shall in Thy presence live."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}