{"slug": "how-long-wilt-thou-forget-me-lord", "title": "How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, Lord?", "first_line": "How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 13, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 13"], "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 13. 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": "How long wilt thou for -- get me, Lord? shall it for ev -- er be? O how long shall it be that thou wilt hide thy face from me?", "prose": ["How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?", "shall it for ever be?", "O how long shall it be that thou", "wilt hide thy face from me?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "How long take coun -- sel in my soul, still sad in heart, shall I? How long ex -- al -- ted o -- ver me shall be mine en -- e -- my?", "prose": ["How long take counsel in my soul,", "still sad in heart, shall I?", "How long exalted over me", "shall be mine enemy?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O Lord my God, con -- sid -- er well, and an -- swer to me make: Mine eyes en -- ligh -- ten, lest the sleep of death me o -- ver -- take:", "prose": ["O Lord my God, consider well,", "and answer to me make:", "Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep", "of death me overtake:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Lest that mine en -- e -- my should say, A -- gainst him I pre -- vailed; And those that trou -- ble me re -- joice, when I am moved and failed.", "prose": ["Lest that mine enemy should say,", "Against him I prevailed;", "And those that trouble me rejoice,", "when I am moved and failed."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "But I have all my con -- fi -- dence thy mer -- cy set up -- on; My heart with -- in me shall re -- joice in thy sal -- va -- ti -- on.", "prose": ["But I have all my confidence", "thy mercy set upon;", "My heart within me shall rejoice", "in thy salvation."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "I will un -- to the Lord my God sing prais -- es cheer -- ful -- ly, Be -- cause he hath his boun -- ty shown to me a -- bun -- dant -- ly.", "prose": ["I will unto the Lord my God", "sing praises cheerfully,", "Because he hath his bounty shown", "to me abundantly."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}