{"slug": "i-said-i-will-look-to-my-ways", "title": "I Said, I Will Look to My Ways", "first_line": "I said, I will look to my ways", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 39, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 39"], "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 39. 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 said, I will look to my ways, lest with my tongue I sin: In sight of wick -- ed men my mouth with brid -- le I'll keep in.", "prose": ["I said, I will look to my ways,", "lest with my tongue I sin:", "In sight of wicked men my mouth", "with bridle I'll keep in."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "With si -- lence I as dumb be -- came, I did my -- self re -- strain From speak -- ing good; but then the more in -- creas -- ed was my pain.", "prose": ["With silence I as dumb became,", "I did myself restrain", "From speaking good; but then the more", "increased was my pain."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My heart with -- in me wax -- ed hot; and, while I mus -- ing was, The fire did burn; and from my tongue these words I did let pass:", "prose": ["My heart within me waxed hot;", "and, while I musing was,", "The fire did burn; and from my tongue", "these words I did let pass:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Mine end, and mea -- sure of my days, O Lord, un -- to me show What is the same; that I there -- by my frail -- ty well may know.", "prose": ["Mine end, and measure of my days,", "O Lord, unto me show", "What is the same; that I thereby", "my frailty well may know."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Lo, thou my days an hand -- breadth mad'st; mine age is in thine eye As noth -- ing: sure each man at best is whol -- ly van -- i -- ty.", "prose": ["Lo, thou my days an handbreadth mad'st;", "mine age is in thine eye", "As nothing: sure each man at best", "is wholly vanity."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Sure each man walks in a vain show; they vex them -- selves in vain: He heaps up wealth, and doth not know to whom it shall per -- tain.", "prose": ["Sure each man walks in a vain show;", "they vex themselves in vain:", "He heaps up wealth, and doth not know", "to whom it shall pertain."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "And now, O Lord, what wait I for? my hope is fixed on thee. Free me from all my tres -- pass -- es, the fool's scorn make not me.", "prose": ["And now, O Lord, what wait I for?", "my hope is fixed on thee.", "Free me from all my trespasses,", "the fool's scorn make not me."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Dumb was I, op'n -- ing not my mouth, be -- cause this work was thine. Thy stroke take from me; by the blow of thine hand I do pine.", "prose": ["Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth,", "because this work was thine.", "Thy stroke take from me; by the blow", "of thine hand I do pine."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "When with re -- bukes thou dost cor -- rect man for in -- iq -- ui -- ty, Thou wastes his beau -- ty like a moth: sure each man's van -- i -- ty.", "prose": ["When with rebukes thou dost correct", "man for iniquity,", "Thou wastes his beauty like a moth:", "sure each man's vanity."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "At -- tend my cry, Lord, at my tears and pray'rs not si -- lent be: I so -- journ as my fa -- thers all, and stran -- ger am with thee.", "prose": ["Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears", "and pray'rs not silent be:", "I sojourn as my fathers all,", "and stranger am with thee."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "O spare thou me, that I my strength re -- cov -- er may a -- gain, Be -- fore from hence I do de -- part, and here no more re -- main.", "prose": ["O spare thou me, that I my strength", "recover may again,", "Before from hence I do depart,", "and here no more remain."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}