{"slug": "doreancon-psalm-82", "title": "Psalm 82", "first_line": "God stands and judges midst the gods", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650; rev. #doreancon, 2026", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 82, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 82"], "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 82; 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": "God stands and judg -- es midst the gods, th'as -- sem -- bly of the strong; How long, ac -- cep -- ting per -- sons vile, will ye give judg -- ment wrong?", "prose": ["God stands and judges midst the gods,", "th'assembly of the strong;", "How long, accepting persons vile,", "will ye give judgment wrong?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "De -- fend the poor and fath -- er -- less; to poor op -- pressed do right. The poor and nee -- dy ones set free; rid them from ill men's might.", "prose": ["Defend the poor and fatherless;", "to poor oppressed do right.", "The poor and needy ones set free;", "rid them from ill men's might."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "They know not, nor will un -- der -- stand; in dark -- ness they walk on: All the foun -- da -- tions of the earth out of their course are gone.", "prose": ["They know not, nor will understand;", "in darkness they walk on:", "All the foundations of the earth", "out of their course are gone."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I said that ye are gods, and are sons of the High -- est all: But ye shall die like men, and as one of the prin -- ces fall.", "prose": ["I said that ye are gods, and are", "sons of the Highest all:", "But ye shall die like men, and as", "one of the princes fall."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O God, do thou raise up thy -- self, the earth to judg -- ment call: For thou, as thine in -- her -- i -- tance, shalt take the na -- tions all.", "prose": ["O God, do thou raise up thyself,", "the earth to judgment call:", "For thou, as thine inheritance,", "shalt take the nations all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}