{"slug": "fret-not-thyself-nor-envious-be", "title": "An Answer to Distrust", "first_line": "Fret not thyself, nor envious be", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 37, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 37"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 95) 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 37, selection 95. 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": "Fret not thy -- self, nor en -- vious be, When wick -- ed wor -- kers thou shalt see, Who pros -- per in their way; For like the grass they per -- ish soon, And, like the herb cut down at noon, They with -- er in a day.", "prose": ["Fret not thyself, nor envious be,", "When wicked workers thou shalt see,", "Who prosper in their way;", "For like the grass they perish soon,", "And, like the herb cut down at noon,", "They wither in a day."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Trust in the Lord and still do well, With -- in the land se -- cure -- ly dwell, Feed on His faith -- ful -- ness; De -- light thee al -- so in the Lord, And to thy heart He will ac -- cord The good it would pos -- sess.", "prose": ["Trust in the Lord and still do well,", "Within the land securely dwell,", "Feed on His faithfulness;", "Delight thee also in the Lord,", "And to thy heart He will accord", "The good it would possess."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Yea, to the Lord thy way is know; Con -- fide in Him Who on the throne A -- bides in pow'r di -- vine; Thy right -- eous -- ness He shall dis -- play; Re -- splen -- dent as the light of day, It shall un -- cloud -- ed shine.", "prose": ["Yea, to the Lord thy way is know;", "Confide in Him Who on the throne", "Abides in pow'r divine;", "Thy righteousness He shall display;", "Resplendent as the light of day,", "It shall unclouded shine."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}