{"slug": "how-lovely-is-thy-dwelling-place", "title": "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling-place", "first_line": "How lovely is thy dwelling-place", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 84, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 84"], "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 84. 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 love -- ly is thy dwell -- ing -- place, O Lord of hosts, to me! The tab -- er -- nac -- les of thy grace how pleas -- ant, Lord, they be!", "prose": ["How lovely is thy dwelling-place,", "O Lord of hosts, to me!", "The tabernacles of thy grace", "how pleasant, Lord, they be!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My thir -- sty soul longs veh' -- ment -- ly, yea faints, thy courts to see: My ver -- y heart and flesh cry out, O liv -- ing God, for thee.", "prose": ["My thirsty soul longs veh'mently,", "yea faints, thy courts to see:", "My very heart and flesh cry out,", "O living God, for thee."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold, the spar -- row find -- eth out an house where -- in to rest; The swal -- low al -- so for her -- self hath pur -- chas -- ed a nest;", "prose": ["Behold, the sparrow findeth out", "an house wherein to rest;", "The swallow also for herself", "hath purchased a nest;"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Ev'n thine own al -- tars, where she safe her young ones forth may bring, O thou al -- might -- y Lord of hosts, who art my God and King.", "prose": ["Ev'n thine own altars, where she safe", "her young ones forth may bring,", "O thou almighty Lord of hosts,", "who art my God and King."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Bless'd are they in thy house that dwell, they ev -- er give thee praise. Bless'd is the man whose strength thou art, in whose heart are thy ways:", "prose": ["Bless'd are they in thy house that dwell,", "they ever give thee praise.", "Bless'd is the man whose strength thou art,", "in whose heart are thy ways:"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Who pass -- ing thor -- ough Ba -- ca's vale, there -- in do dig up wells; Al -- so the rain that fall -- eth down the pools with wa -- ter fills.", "prose": ["Who passing thorough Baca's vale,", "therein do dig up wells;", "Also the rain that falleth down", "the pools with water fills."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "So they from strength un -- wear -- ied go still for -- ward un -- to strength, Un -- til in Zi -- on they ap -- pear be -- fore the Lord at length.", "prose": ["So they from strength unwearied go", "still forward unto strength,", "Until in Zion they appear", "before the Lord at length."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Lord God of hosts, my pray -- er hear; O Ja -- cob's God, give ear. See God our shield, look on the face of thine a -- noint -- ed dear.", "prose": ["Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear;", "O Jacob's God, give ear.", "See God our shield, look on the face", "of thine anointed dear."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "For in thy courts one day ex -- cels a thou -- sand; rath -- er in My God's house will I keep a door, than dwell in tents of sin.", "prose": ["For in thy courts one day excels", "a thousand; rather in", "My God's house will I keep a door,", "than dwell in tents of sin."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "For God the Lord's a sun and shield: he'll grace and glo -- ry give; And will with -- hold no good from them that up -- right -- ly do live.", "prose": ["For God the Lord's a sun and shield:", "he'll grace and glory give;", "And will withhold no good from them", "that uprightly do live."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "O thou that art the Lord of hosts, that man is tru -- ly blessed, Who by as -- sur -- ed con -- fi -- dence on thee a -- lone doth rest.", "prose": ["O thou that art the Lord of hosts,", "that man is truly blessed,", "Who by assured confidence", "on thee alone doth rest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}