{"slug": "i-mercy-will-and-judgment-sing", "title": "I Mercy Will and Judgment Sing", "first_line": "I mercy will and judgment sing", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 101, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 101"], "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 101. 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 mer -- cy will and judg -- ment sing, Lord, I will sing to thee. With wis -- dom in a per -- fect way shall my be -- hav -- iour be.", "prose": ["I mercy will and judgment sing,", "Lord, I will sing to thee.", "With wisdom in a perfect way", "shall my behaviour be."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O when, in kind -- ness un -- to me, wilt thou be pleased to come? I with a per -- fect heart will walk with -- in my house at home.", "prose": ["O when, in kindness unto me,", "wilt thou be pleased to come?", "I with a perfect heart will walk", "within my house at home."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I will en -- dure no wick -- ed thing be -- fore mine eyes to be: I hate their work that turn a -- side, it shall not cleave to me.", "prose": ["I will endure no wicked thing", "before mine eyes to be:", "I hate their work that turn aside,", "it shall not cleave to me."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "A stub -- born and a fro -- ward heart de -- part quite from me shall; A per -- son giv'n to wick -- ed -- ness I will not know at all.", "prose": ["A stubborn and a froward heart", "depart quite from me shall;", "A person giv'n to wickedness", "I will not know at all."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "I'll cut him off that slan -- der -- eth his neigh -- bour priv -- i -- ly: The haugh -- ty heart I will not bear, nor him that look -- eth high.", "prose": ["I'll cut him off that slandereth", "his neighbour privily:", "The haughty heart I will not bear,", "nor him that looketh high."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Up -- on the faith -- ful of the land mine eyes shall be, that they May dwell with me: he shall me serve that walks in per -- fect way.", "prose": ["Upon the faithful of the land", "mine eyes shall be, that they", "May dwell with me: he shall me serve", "that walks in perfect way."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Who of de -- ceit a wor -- ker is in my house shall not dwell; And in my pres -- ence shall he not re -- main that lies doth tell.", "prose": ["Who of deceit a worker is", "in my house shall not dwell;", "And in my presence shall he not", "remain that lies doth tell."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Yea, all the wick -- ed of the land ear -- ly de -- stroy will I; All from God's cit -- y to cut off that work in -- iq -- ui -- ty.", "prose": ["Yea, all the wicked of the land", "early destroy will I;", "All from God's city to cut off", "that work iniquity."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}