{"slug": "doreancon-psalm-50-1-6", "title": "Psalm 50:1-6", "first_line": "The mighty God, the Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 50, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 50:1-6"], "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 50 (second version, S.M.), verses 1-6; 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": "The might -- y God, the Lord, hath spo -- ken, and did call The earth, from ris -- ing of the sun, to where he hath his fall. From out of Zi -- on's hill, in ex -- cel -- lence re -- fined, And beau -- ty the per -- fec -- tion is, then God in glo -- ry shined,", "prose": ["The mighty God, the Lord,", "hath spoken, and did call", "The earth, from rising of the sun,", "to where he hath his fall.", "From out of Zion's hill,", "in excellence refined,", "And beauty the perfection is,", "then God in glory shined,"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Our God shall sure -- ly come, keep si -- lence shall not he: Be -- fore him fire shall waste, great storms shall round a -- bout him be. Un -- to the heav -- ens clear he from a -- bove shall call, And to the earth like -- wise, that he may judge his peo -- ple all.", "prose": ["Our God shall surely come,", "keep silence shall not he:", "Before him fire shall waste, great storms", "shall round about him be.", "Unto the heavens clear", "he from above shall call,", "And to the earth likewise, that he", "may judge his people all."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To -- geth -- er let my saints un -- to me gath -- ered be, Those that by sac -- ri -- fice have made a cov -- e -- nant with me. And then the heav -- ens shall his right -- eous -- ness make known: Be -- cause the Lord him -- self is he who judg -- es, he a -- lone.", "prose": ["Together let my saints", "unto me gathered be,", "Those that by sacrifice have made", "a covenant with me.", "And then the heavens shall", "his righteousness make known:", "Because the Lord himself is he", "who judges, he alone."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}