{"slug": "doreancon-psalm-50-16-23", "title": "Psalm 50:16-23", "first_line": "But to the wicked man", "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 50:16-23"], "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 16-23; 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": "But to the wick -- ed man God saith, How dost thou dare My cov -- 'nant to take in thy mouth, or my just laws de -- clare? Since thou in -- struc -- tion hat'st, which should thy ways di -- rect; And since my words be -- hind thy back thou cast'st, and dost re -- ject.", "prose": ["But to the wicked man", "God saith, How dost thou dare", "My cov'nant to take in thy mouth,", "or my just laws declare?", "Since thou instruction hat'st,", "which should thy ways direct;", "And since my words behind thy back", "thou cast'st, and dost reject."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When thou a thief didst see, with him thou didst con -- sent; And with the vile a -- dul -- ter -- ers par -- tak -- er on thou went. Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill, thy tongue de -- ceit doth frame; Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy broth -- er speak'st, thy moth -- er's son dost shame.", "prose": ["When thou a thief didst see,", "with him thou didst consent;", "And with the vile adulterers", "partaker on thou went.", "Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,", "thy tongue deceit doth frame;", "Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,", "thy mother's son dost shame."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause I si -- lence kept, while thou these things hast wrought; That I was al -- to -- geth -- er like thy -- self, hath been thy thought; Yet I will thee re -- prove, and set be -- fore thine eyes Thy sins in or -- der ranked, that all thy hid -- den guilt a -- rise.", "prose": ["Because I silence kept,", "while thou these things hast wrought;", "That I was altogether like", "thyself, hath been thy thought;", "Yet I will thee reprove,", "and set before thine eyes", "Thy sins in order ranked, that all", "thy hidden guilt arise."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Now, ye that God for -- get, con -- sid -- er what you do; Lest I in piec -- es tear you all, and none de -- liv -- er you. Who -- so doth of -- fer praise me glo -- ri -- fies; and so To him that or -- ders right his way sal -- va -- tion I will show.", "prose": ["Now, ye that God forget,", "consider what you do;", "Lest I in pieces tear you all,", "and none deliver you.", "Whoso doth offer praise", "me glorifies; and so", "To him that orders right his way", "salvation I will show."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}