{"slug": "how-blest-is-he-whose-trespass", "title": "Sin and Forgiveness", "first_line": "How blest is he whose trespass", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 32, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 32"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 83) 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 32, selection 83. 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": "How blest is he whose tres -- pass Hath free -- ly been for -- giv'n, Whose sin is whol -- ly cov -- ered Be -- fore the sight of heav'n. Blest he to whom Je -- ho -- vah Im -- put -- eth not his sin, Who hath a guile -- less spir -- it, Whose heart is true with -- in.", "prose": ["How blest is he whose trespass", "Hath freely been forgiv'n,", "Whose sin is wholly covered", "Before the sight of heav'n.", "Blest he to whom Jehovah", "Imputeth not his sin,", "Who hath a guileless spirit,", "Whose heart is true within."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "While I kept guilt -- y si -- lence, My strength was spent with grief, Thy hand was heav -- y on me, My soul found no re -- lief; But when I owned my tres -- pass, My sin hid not from Thee, When I con -- fessed trans -- gres -- sion, Then Thou for -- gav -- est me.", "prose": ["While I kept guilty silence,", "My strength was spent with grief,", "Thy hand was heavy on me,", "My soul found no relief;", "But when I owned my trespass,", "My sin hid not from Thee,", "When I confessed transgression,", "Then Thou forgavest me."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "So let the god -- ly seek Thee In times when Thou art near; No whelm -- ing floods shall reach them Nor cause their hearts to fear. In Thee, O Lord, I hide me, Thou sav -- est me from ill, And songs of Thy sal -- va -- tion My heart with rap -- ture thrill.", "prose": ["So let the godly seek Thee", "In times when Thou art near;", "No whelming floods shall reach them", "Nor cause their hearts to fear.", "In Thee, O Lord, I hide me,", "Thou savest me from ill,", "And songs of Thy salvation", "My heart with rapture thrill."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}