{"slug": "i-love-the-lord-who-heard-my-cry", "title": "Granted Prayers", "first_line": "I love the Lord Who heard my cry", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "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": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 312) 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 116, selection 312. 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": "I love the Lord Who heard my cry And grant -- ed my re -- quest; In Him Who hears and an -- swers prayer My trust thro' life shall rest.", "prose": ["I love the Lord Who heard my cry", "And granted my request;", "In Him Who hears and answers prayer", "My trust thro' life shall rest."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "With dead -- ly sor -- rows com -- passed round, My heart was full of grief; Then to the Lord I made my prayer That He would send re -- lief.", "prose": ["With deadly sorrows compassed round,", "My heart was full of grief;", "Then to the Lord I made my prayer", "That He would send relief."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The Lord is just and mer -- ci -- ful, And gra -- cious to the meek; He saved me when I cried to Him, Tho' I was poor and weak.", "prose": ["The Lord is just and merciful,", "And gracious to the meek;", "He saved me when I cried to Him,", "Tho' I was poor and weak."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Re -- turn un -- to thy rest, my soul, No long -- er trou -- bled be; The Lord sus -- tains thee, and has dealt Most gra -- cious -- ly with thee.", "prose": ["Return unto thy rest, my soul,", "No longer troubled be;", "The Lord sustains thee, and has dealt", "Most graciously with thee."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Be -- fore my Sav -- iour I will live, From death He saved my soul, My eyes from tears, my feet from falls, And He has made me whole.", "prose": ["Before my Saviour I will live,", "From death He saved my soul,", "My eyes from tears, my feet from falls,", "And He has made me whole."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "In my af -- flic -- tion this I found, That hu -- man help de -- ceived, But ev -- er faith -- ful was the Lord In Whom my soul be -- lieved.", "prose": ["In my affliction this I found,", "That human help deceived,", "But ever faithful was the Lord", "In Whom my soul believed."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}