{"slug": "do-ye-o-congregation", "title": "Do Ye, O Congregation", "first_line": "Do ye, O congregation", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 58, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 58"], "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 58. 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": "Do ye, O con -- gre -- ga -- ti -- on, in -- deed speak right -- eous -- ness? O ye that are the sons of men, judge ye with up -- right -- ness?", "prose": ["Do ye, O congregation,", "indeed speak righteousness?", "O ye that are the sons of men,", "judge ye with uprightness?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Yea, ev'n with -- in your ver -- y hearts ye wick -- ed -- ness have done; And ye the vi -- 'lence of your hands do weigh the earth up -- on.", "prose": ["Yea, ev'n within your very hearts", "ye wickedness have done;", "And ye the vi'lence of your hands", "do weigh the earth upon."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed men es -- trang -- ed are, ev'n from the ver -- y womb; They, speak -- ing lies, do stray as soon as to the world they come.", "prose": ["The wicked men estranged are,", "ev'n from the very womb;", "They, speaking lies, do stray as soon", "as to the world they come."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Un -- to a ser -- pent's poi -- son like their poi -- son doth ap -- pear; Yea, they are like the ad -- der deaf, that close -- ly stops her ear;", "prose": ["Unto a serpent's poison like", "their poison doth appear;", "Yea, they are like the adder deaf,", "that closely stops her ear;"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "That so she may not hear the voice of one that charm her would, No, not though he most cunn -- ing were, and charm most wise -- ly could.", "prose": ["That so she may not hear the voice", "of one that charm her would,", "No, not though he most cunning were,", "and charm most wisely could."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Their teeth, O God, with -- in their mouth break thou in piec -- es small; The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, of these young li -- ons all.", "prose": ["Their teeth, O God, within their mouth", "break thou in pieces small;", "The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,", "of these young lions all."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Let them like wa -- ters melt a -- way, which down -- ward still do flow: In piec -- es cut his ar -- rows all, when he shall bend his bow.", "prose": ["Let them like waters melt away,", "which downward still do flow:", "In pieces cut his arrows all,", "when he shall bend his bow."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Like to a snail that melts a -- way, let each of them be gone; Like wom -- an's birth un -- time -- ly, that they nev -- er see the sun.", "prose": ["Like to a snail that melts away,", "let each of them be gone;", "Like woman's birth untimely, that", "they never see the sun."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "He shall them take a -- way be -- fore your pots the thorns can find, Both liv -- ing, and in fu -- ry great, as with a storm -- y wind.", "prose": ["He shall them take away before", "your pots the thorns can find,", "Both living, and in fury great,", "as with a stormy wind."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "The right -- eous, when he ven -- geance sees, he shall be joy -- ful then; The right -- eous one shall wash his feet in blood of wick -- ed men.", "prose": ["The righteous, when he vengeance sees,", "he shall be joyful then;", "The righteous one shall wash his feet", "in blood of wicked men."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "So men shall say, The right -- eous man re -- ward shall nev -- er miss: And ver -- i -- ly up -- on the earth a God to judge there is.", "prose": ["So men shall say, The righteous man", "reward shall never miss:", "And verily upon the earth", "a God to judge there is."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}