{"slug": "his-wide-dominion-shall-extend", "title": "The Kingdom of Our Lord", "first_line": "His wide dominion shall extend", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 72, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 72"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 194) 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 72, selection 194. 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": "His wide do -- min -- ion shall ex -- tend From sea to ut -- most sea, And un -- to earth's re -- mot -- est bounds His peace -- ful rule shall be.", "prose": ["His wide dominion shall extend", "From sea to utmost sea,", "And unto earth's remotest bounds", "His peaceful rule shall be."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The tribes that in the des -- ert dwell Shall bow be -- fore His throne; His en -- e -- mies shall be sub -- dued, And He shall rule a -- lone.", "prose": ["The tribes that in the desert dwell", "Shall bow before His throne;", "His enemies shall be subdued,", "And He shall rule alone."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The kings shall come from dis -- tant lands And is -- lands of the sea; Ob -- la -- tions they shall bring to Him and wait on end -- ed knee.", "prose": ["The kings shall come from distant lands", "And islands of the sea;", "Oblations they shall bring to Him", "and wait on ended knee."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Yea, all the kings shall bow to Him, His rule all na -- tions hail; He will re -- gard the poor man's cry When oth -- er help -- ers fail.", "prose": ["Yea, all the kings shall bow to Him,", "His rule all nations hail;", "He will regard the poor man's cry", "When other helpers fail."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The poor and need -- y He shall spare, And save their souls from fear; He shall re -- deem them from all wrong, Their life to Him is dear.", "prose": ["The poor and needy He shall spare,", "And save their souls from fear;", "He shall redeem them from all wrong,", "Their life to Him is dear."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "So they shall live, and bring to Him Their gifts of fin -- est gold; For Him shall con -- stant prayer be made, His praise each day be told.", "prose": ["So they shall live, and bring to Him", "Their gifts of finest gold;", "For Him shall constant prayer be made,", "His praise each day be told."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}