{"slug": "doreancon-psalm-119-tet", "title": "Psalm 119:65-72 (Tet)", "first_line": "O Lord, thy servant, as thou said", "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 119:65-72"], "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 65-72 (Tet); 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}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "well_hast_thou_with_thy_servant_dealt", "total_instances": 5}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O Lord, thy ser -- vant, as thou said in truth did good re -- ceive Good judg -- ment me, and knowl -- edge teach, for I thy word be -- lieve. Ere I af -- flic -- ted was I strayed; but now I heed thy speech; Both good thou art, and good thou do'st: thy stat -- utes to me teach.", "prose": ["O Lord, thy servant, as thou said", "in truth did good receive", "Good judgment me, and knowledge teach,", "for I thy word believe.", "Ere I afflicted was I strayed;", "but now I heed thy speech;", "Both good thou art, and good thou do'st:", "thy statutes to me teach."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Though man -- y men puffed up with pride with lies have slan -- dered me, Still all thy pre -- cepts thou hast giv'n I keep whole -- heart -- ed -- ly. Their hearts, through world -- ly ease and wealth, as fat as grease they be: But in thy ho -- ly law I take de -- light con -- tin -- ual -- ly.", "prose": ["Though many men puffed up with pride", "with lies have slandered me,", "Still all thy precepts thou hast giv'n", "I keep wholeheartedly.", "Their hearts, through worldly ease and wealth,", "as fat as grease they be:", "But in thy holy law I take", "delight continually."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My strife, to learn thy stat -- utes just, was for a good -- ly cause. That I might well in -- struc -- ted be, and learn thy ho -- ly laws. The word that com -- eth from thy mouth is bet -- ter un -- to me Than man -- y thou -- sands and great sums of gold and sil -- ver be.", "prose": ["My strife, to learn thy statutes just,", "was for a goodly cause.", "That I might well instructed be,", "and learn thy holy laws.", "The word that cometh from thy mouth", "is better unto me", "Than many thousands and great sums", "of gold and silver be."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}