{"slug": "i-love-the-lord-because-my-voice", "title": "I Love the Lord, Because My Voice", "first_line": "I love the Lord, because my voice", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 116, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 116"], "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 116. 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 love the Lord, be -- cause my voice and pray -- ers he did hear. I, while I live, will call on him, who bowed to me his ear.", "prose": ["I love the Lord, because my voice", "and prayers he did hear.", "I, while I live, will call on him,", "who bowed to me his ear."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Of death the cords and sor -- rows did a -- bout me com -- pass round; The pains of hell took hold on me, I grief and trou -- ble found.", "prose": ["Of death the cords and sorrows did", "about me compass round;", "The pains of hell took hold on me,", "I grief and trouble found."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Up -- on the name of God the Lord then did I call, and say, De -- liv -- er thou my soul, O Lord, I do thee hum -- bly pray.", "prose": ["Upon the name of God the Lord", "then did I call, and say,", "Deliver thou my soul, O Lord,", "I do thee humbly pray."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "God mer -- ci -- ful and right -- eous is, yea, gra -- cious is our Lord. God saves the meek: I was brought low, he did me help af -- ford.", "prose": ["God merciful and righteous is,", "yea, gracious is our Lord.", "God saves the meek: I was brought low,", "he did me help afford."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O thou my soul, do thou re -- turn un -- to thy qui -- et rest; For large -- ly, lo, the Lord to thee his boun -- ty hath ex -- pressed.", "prose": ["O thou my soul, do thou return", "unto thy quiet rest;", "For largely, lo, the Lord to thee", "his bounty hath expressed."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "For my dis -- tress -- ed soul from death de -- liv -- ered was by thee: Thou didst my mourn -- ing eyes from tears, my feet from fall -- ing, free.", "prose": ["For my distressed soul from death", "delivered was by thee:", "Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears,", "my feet from falling, free."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "I in the land of those that live will walk the Lord be -- fore. I did be -- lieve, there -- fore I spake: I was af -- flic -- ted sore.", "prose": ["I in the land of those that live", "will walk the Lord before.", "I did believe, therefore I spake:", "I was afflicted sore."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "I said, when I was in my haste, that all men li -- ars be. What shall I ren -- der to the Lord for all his gifts to me?", "prose": ["I said, when I was in my haste,", "that all men liars be.", "What shall I render to the Lord", "for all his gifts to me?"]}, "9": {"syllabified": "I'll of sal -- va -- tion take the cup, on God's name will I call: I'll pay my vows now to the Lord be -- fore his peo -- ple all.", "prose": ["I'll of salvation take the cup,", "on God's name will I call:", "I'll pay my vows now to the Lord", "before his people all."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Dear in God's sight is his saints' death. Thy ser -- vant, Lord, am I; Thy ser -- vant sure, thine hand -- maid's son: my bands thou didst un -- tie.", "prose": ["Dear in God's sight is his saints' death.", "Thy servant, Lord, am I;", "Thy servant sure, thine handmaid's son:", "my bands thou didst untie."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Thank -- of -- f'rings I to thee will give, and on God's name will call. I'll pay my vows now to the Lord be -- fore his peo -- ple all;", "prose": ["Thank-off'rings I to thee will give,", "and on God's name will call.", "I'll pay my vows now to the Lord", "before his people all;"]}, "12": {"syllabified": "With -- in the courts of God's own house, with -- in the midst of thee, O cit -- y of Je -- ru -- sa -- lem. Praise to the Lord give ye.", "prose": ["Within the courts of God's own house,", "within the midst of thee,", "O city of Jerusalem.", "Praise to the Lord give ye."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}