{"slug": "had-not-the-lord-been-on-our-side", "title": "Had Not the Lord Been on Our Side", "first_line": "Had not the Lord been on our side", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 124, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 124"], "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 124. 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": "Had not the Lord been on our side, may I -- sra -- el now say; Had not the Lord been on our side, when men rose us to slay;", "prose": ["Had not the Lord been on our side,", "may Israel now say;", "Had not the Lord been on our side,", "when men rose us to slay;"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "They had us swal -- lowed quick, when as their wrath 'gainst us did flame: Wa -- ters had cov -- ered us, our soul had sunk be -- neath the stream.", "prose": ["They had us swallowed quick, when as", "their wrath 'gainst us did flame:", "Waters had covered us, our soul", "had sunk beneath the stream."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Then had the wa -- ters, swell -- ing high, o -- ver our soul made way. Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth us gave not for a prey.", "prose": ["Then had the waters, swelling high,", "over our soul made way.", "Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth", "us gave not for a prey."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Our soul's es -- cap -- ed, as a bird out of the fow -- ler's snare; The snare a -- sun -- der bro -- ken is, and we es -- cap -- ed are.", "prose": ["Our soul's escaped, as a bird", "out of the fowler's snare;", "The snare asunder broken is,", "and we escaped are."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Our sure and all -- suf -- fi -- cient help is in JE -- HO -- VAH's name; His name who did the heav'n cre -- ate, and who the earth did frame.", "prose": ["Our sure and all-sufficient help", "is in JEHOVAH's name;", "His name who did the heav'n create,", "and who the earth did frame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}