{"slug": "except-the-lord-do-build-the-house", "title": "Except the Lord Do Build the House", "first_line": "Except the Lord do build the house", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 127, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 127"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 127. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Ex -- cept the Lord do build the house, the buil -- ders lose their pain: Ex -- cept the Lord the cit -- y keep, the watch -- men watch in vain.", "prose": ["Except the Lord do build the house,", "the builders lose their pain:", "Except the Lord the city keep,", "the watchmen watch in vain."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "'Tis vain for you to rise be -- times, or late from rest to keep, To feed on sor -- rows' bread; so gives he his be -- lov -- ed sleep.", "prose": ["'Tis vain for you to rise betimes,", "or late from rest to keep,", "To feed on sorrows' bread; so gives", "he his beloved sleep."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Lo, chil -- dren are God's her -- i -- tage, the womb's fruit his re -- ward. The sons of youth as ar -- rows are, for strong men's hands pre -- pared.", "prose": ["Lo, children are God's heritage,", "the womb's fruit his reward.", "The sons of youth as arrows are,", "for strong men's hands prepared."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O hap -- py is the man that hath his quiv -- er filled with those; They un -- a -- sham -- ed in the gate shall speak un -- to their foes.", "prose": ["O happy is the man that hath", "his quiver filled with those;", "They unashamed in the gate", "shall speak unto their foes."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}