{"slug": "doreancon-psalm-119-he", "title": "Psalm 119:33-40 (He)", "first_line": "Teach me, O Lord, the perfect way", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 119, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 119:33-40"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "doreancon-2026", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "gitlab.com/svrbc/doreancon.org \u2014 hymns/2026/musicxml (lyrics only; music intentionally not imported)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Metrical text: The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 119, verses 33-40 (He); committee versification (Rous revision), all contributors d. before 1700; public domain (pub. 1650). Sung text follows the #doreancon 2026 conference hymnal (doreancon.org), which presents the 1650 text 'minimally edited for clearer rhyme and metre in modern English' (2026.doreancon.org/hymns); the conference repository's owner confirmed to the book owner that his light 2026 edits are public domain (owner attestation, 2026-08-14). Lyrics-only extraction from the conference MusicXML (gitlab.com/svrbc/doreancon.org); inline verse-number superscripts and the terminal sung Amen dropped; every stanza machine-checked against the metre and cross-checked against the corpus 1650 base text.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Teach me, O Lord, the per -- fect way of thy pre -- cepts di -- vine, And to ob -- serve it to the end I shall my heart in -- cline. Good un -- der -- stand -- ing I would ask thou un -- to me im -- part, That tru -- ly I'd keep and ob -- serve thy law with all my heart.", "prose": ["Teach me, O Lord, the perfect way", "of thy precepts divine,", "And to observe it to the end", "I shall my heart incline.", "Good understanding I would ask", "thou unto me impart,", "That truly I'd keep and observe", "thy law with all my heart."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Make me to walk in thy law's path, with joy I there re -- main. In -- cline my heart to your de -- crees and not to sel -- fish gain. Turn thou a -- way my sight and eyes from view -- ing van -- i -- ty; And in thy good and ho -- ly way be pleased to quick -- en me.", "prose": ["Make me to walk in thy law's path,", "with joy I there remain.", "Incline my heart to your decrees", "and not to selfish gain.", "Turn thou away my sight and eyes", "from viewing vanity;", "And in thy good and holy way", "be pleased to quicken me."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Con -- firm to me thy gra -- cious word, which I did glad -- ly hear, Ev'n to thy ser -- vant, Lord, who is de -- vot -- ed to thy fear. Turn thou a -- way my fear'd re -- proach; for good thy judg -- ments be. Lo, for thy pre -- cepts I have long'd; in thy truth quick -- en me.", "prose": ["Confirm to me thy gracious word,", "which I did gladly hear,", "Ev'n to thy servant, Lord, who is", "devoted to thy fear.", "Turn thou away my fear'd reproach;", "for good thy judgments be.", "Lo, for thy precepts I have long'd;", "in thy truth quicken me."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}