{"slug": "forever-settled-in-the-heavns", "title": "The Immutable Word", "first_line": "Forever settled in the heav'ns", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 119, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 119"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 332) 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 119, selection 332. 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": "For -- ev -- er set -- tled in the heav'ns, Thy word, O Lord, shall firm -- ly stand; Thy faith -- ful -- ness shall nev -- er fail; The earth a -- bides at Thy com -- mand.", "prose": ["Forever settled in the heav'ns,", "Thy word, O Lord, shall firmly stand;", "Thy faithfulness shall never fail;", "The earth abides at Thy command."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy word and works un -- moved re -- main, Thine ev -- 'ry pur -- pose to ful -- fill; All things are Thine and Thee o -- bey, And all as ser -- vants wait Thy will.", "prose": ["Thy word and works unmoved remain,", "Thine ev'ry purpose to fulfill;", "All things are Thine and Thee obey,", "And all as servants wait Thy will."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I should have per -- ished in my woe Had not I loved Thy law di -- vine; That law I nev -- er can for -- get; O save me, Lord, for I am Thine.", "prose": ["I should have perished in my woe", "Had not I loved Thy law divine;", "That law I never can forget;", "O save me, Lord, for I am Thine."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed would de -- stroy my soul, But in Thy truth I muse with awe; Im -- per -- fect I have found all else, But bound -- less is Thy won -- drous law.", "prose": ["The wicked would destroy my soul,", "But in Thy truth I muse with awe;", "Imperfect I have found all else,", "But boundless is Thy wondrous law."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}