{"slug": "give-ear-unto-my-words-o-lord", "title": "Give Ear unto My Words, O Lord", "first_line": "Give ear unto my words, O Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 5, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 5"], "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 5. 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": "Give ear un -- to my words, O Lord, my med -- i -- ta -- tion weigh. Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; for I to thee will pray.", "prose": ["Give ear unto my words, O Lord,", "my meditation weigh.", "Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;", "for I to thee will pray."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Lord, thou shalt ear -- ly hear my voice: I ear -- ly will di -- rect My prayer to thee; and, look -- ing up, an an -- swer will ex -- pect.", "prose": ["Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice:", "I early will direct", "My prayer to thee; and, looking up,", "an answer will expect."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For thou art not a God that doth in wick -- ed -- ness de -- light; Nei -- ther shall e -- vil dwell with thee, nor fools stand in thy sight.", "prose": ["For thou art not a God that doth", "in wickedness delight;", "Neither shall evil dwell with thee,", "nor fools stand in thy sight."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "All that ill -- do -- ers are thou hat'st; cutt'st off that li -- ars be: The blood -- y and de -- ceit -- ful man ab -- horr -- ed is by thee.", "prose": ["All that ill-doers are thou hat'st;", "cutt'st off that liars be:", "The bloody and deceitful man", "abhorred is by thee."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "But I in -- to thy house will come in thine a -- bun -- dant grace; And I will wor -- ship in thy fear to -- ward thy ho -- ly place.", "prose": ["But I into thy house will come", "in thine abundant grace;", "And I will worship in thy fear", "toward thy holy place."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause of those mine en -- e -- mies, Lord, in thy right -- eous -- ness Do thou me lead; do thou thy way make straight be -- fore my face.", "prose": ["Because of those mine enemies,", "Lord, in thy righteousness", "Do thou me lead; do thou thy way", "make straight before my face."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "For in their mouth there is no truth, their in -- ward part is ill; Their throat's an o -- pen sep -- ul -- chre, their tongue doth flat -- ter still.", "prose": ["For in their mouth there is no truth,", "their inward part is ill;", "Their throat's an open sepulchre,", "their tongue doth flatter still."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "O God, de -- stroy them; let them be by their own coun -- sel quelled: Them for their man -- y sins cast out, for they 'gainst thee re -- belled.", "prose": ["O God, destroy them; let them be", "by their own counsel quelled:", "Them for their many sins cast out,", "for they 'gainst thee rebelled."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "But let all joy that trust in thee, and still make shout -- ing noise; For them thou sav'st: let all that love thy name in thee re -- joice.", "prose": ["But let all joy that trust in thee,", "and still make shouting noise;", "For them thou sav'st: let all that love", "thy name in thee rejoice."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "For, Lord, un -- to the right -- eous man thou wilt thy bless -- ing yield: With fa -- vour thou wilt com -- pass him a -- bout, as with a shield.", "prose": ["For, Lord, unto the righteous man", "thou wilt thy blessing yield:", "With favour thou wilt compass him", "about, as with a shield."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}