{"slug": "god-moves-in-a-mysterious-way", "title": "God Moves in a Mysterious Way", "first_line": "God Moves in a Mysterious Way", "author": "william-cowper", "author_date": "1774", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Providence", "Trust", "Comfort"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "William Cowper, \"Light Shining out of Darkness,\" Olney Hymns (1779), Book III, No. 15; written 1774. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "God moves in a mys -- te -- rious way His won -- ders to per -- form; He plants His foot -- steps in the sea And rides up -- on the storm.", "prose": ["God moves in a mysterious way", "His wonders to perform;", "He plants His footsteps in the sea", "And rides upon the storm."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Deep in un -- fath -- om -- a -- ble mines Of nev -- er fail -- ing skill He treas -- ures up His bright de -- signs And works His sov -- ereign will.", "prose": ["Deep in unfathomable mines", "Of never failing skill", "He treasures up His bright designs", "And works His sovereign will."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Ye fear -- ful saints, fresh cour -- age take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mer -- cy and shall break In bless -- ings on your head.", "prose": ["Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;", "The clouds ye so much dread", "Are big with mercy and shall break", "In blessings on your head."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Judge not the Lord by fee -- ble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Be -- hind a frown -- ing prov -- i -- dence He hides a smil -- ing face.", "prose": ["Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,", "But trust Him for His grace;", "Behind a frowning providence", "He hides a smiling face."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "His pur -- pos -- es will rip -- en fast, Un -- fold -- ing ev -- ery hour; The bud may have a bit -- ter taste, But sweet will be the flower.", "prose": ["His purposes will ripen fast,", "Unfolding every hour;", "The bud may have a bitter taste,", "But sweet will be the flower."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Blind un -- be -- lief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own in -- ter -- pret -- er, And He will make it plain.", "prose": ["Blind unbelief is sure to err", "And scan His work in vain;", "God is His own interpreter,", "And He will make it plain."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}