{"slug": "fools-in-their-heart-have-said", "title": "The Folly of Unbelief", "first_line": "Fools in their heart have said", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 53, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 53"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 146) via the Wayback Machine; cross-verified against two independently scanned printings (archive.org OCR)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalter, United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912 \u2014 Psalm 53, selection 146. Imported by tools/psalter1912_import.py: word-bag attested by both scans; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Fools in their heart have said, There is no God of might; Cor -- rupt are they and base their deeds, In e -- vil they de -- light.", "prose": ["Fools in their heart have said,", "There is no God of might;", "Corrupt are they and base their deeds,", "In evil they delight."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "God looked from heav'n a -- bove On all the hu -- man race, To see if an -- y un -- der -- stood, If an -- y sought His face.", "prose": ["God looked from heav'n above", "On all the human race,", "To see if any understood,", "If any sought His face."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "They all are gone a -- side, Cor -- rup -- tion doth a -- bound; There is not one that do -- eth good, Not e -- ven one is found.", "prose": ["They all are gone aside,", "Corruption doth abound;", "There is not one that doeth good,", "Not even one is found."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "These men of e -- vil deeds, Will they no knowl -- edge gain, Who feed up -- on my peo -- ple's woes, And prayer to God dis -- dain?", "prose": ["These men of evil deeds,", "Will they no knowledge gain,", "Who feed upon my people's woes,", "And prayer to God disdain?"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The day is draw -- ing nigh When they shall fear and quail, For God shall scat -- ter and de -- stroy Those who His saints as -- sail.", "prose": ["The day is drawing nigh", "When they shall fear and quail,", "For God shall scatter and destroy", "Those who His saints assail."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Yea, God will put to shame And make them flee a -- way, For He will cast them off in wrath And fill them with dis -- may.", "prose": ["Yea, God will put to shame", "And make them flee away,", "For He will cast them off in wrath", "And fill them with dismay."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "O would that Is -- rael's help Were out of Zi -- on come! O would that God might ear -- ly bring His cap -- tive peo -- ple home!", "prose": ["O would that Israel's help", "Were out of Zion come!", "O would that God might early bring", "His captive people home!"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "When God from dis -- tant lands His ex -- iled ones shall bring, His peo -- ple shall ex -- ul -- tant be, And glad -- ly they shall sing.", "prose": ["When God from distant lands", "His exiled ones shall bring,", "His people shall exultant be,", "And gladly they shall sing."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}