{"slug": "i-joyed-when-to-the-house-of-god", "title": "I Joyed When to the House of God", "first_line": "I joyed when to the house of God", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 122, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 122"], "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 122. 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": "I joyed when to the house of God, Go up, they said to me. Je -- ru -- sa -- lem, with -- in thy gates our feet shall stand -- ing be.", "prose": ["I joyed when to the house of God,", "Go up, they said to me.", "Jerusalem, within thy gates", "our feet shall standing be."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Je -- ru -- s'lem, as a cit -- y, is com -- pact -- ly built to -- geth -- er: Un -- to that place the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thith -- er:", "prose": ["Jerus'lem, as a city, is", "compactly built together:", "Unto that place the tribes go up,", "the tribes of God go thither:"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To Is -- r'el's tes -- ti -- mo -- ny, there to God's name thanks to pay. For thrones of judg -- ment, ev'n the thrones of Da -- vid's house, there stay.", "prose": ["To Isr'el's testimony, there", "to God's name thanks to pay.", "For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones", "of David's house, there stay."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Pray that Je -- ru -- sa -- lem may have peace and fe -- lic -- i -- ty: Let them that love thee and thy peace have still pros -- per -- i -- ty.", "prose": ["Pray that Jerusalem may have", "peace and felicity:", "Let them that love thee and thy peace", "have still prosperity."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "There -- fore I wish that peace may still with -- in thy walls re -- main, And ev -- er may thy pal -- ac -- es pros -- per -- i -- ty re -- tain.", "prose": ["Therefore I wish that peace may still", "within thy walls remain,", "And ever may thy palaces", "prosperity retain."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Now, for my friends' and breth -- ren's sakes, Peace be in thee, I'll say. And for the house of God our Lord, I'll seek thy good al -- way.", "prose": ["Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes,", "Peace be in thee, I'll say.", "And for the house of God our Lord,", "I'll seek thy good alway."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}