{"slug": "i-waited-for-the-lord-my-god-psalm-40", "title": "A Recital of Gracious Experience", "first_line": "I waited for the Lord my God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 40, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 40"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 108) 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 40, selection 108. 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 wait -- ed for the Lord my God, Yea, pa -- tient -- ly drew near, And He at length in -- clined to me, My plead -- ing cry to hear.", "prose": ["I waited for the Lord my God,", "Yea, patiently drew near,", "And He at length inclined to me,", "My pleading cry to hear."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He took me from de -- struc -- tion's pit, From out the mi -- ry clay; He set my feet up -- on a rock, and stead -- fast made my way.", "prose": ["He took me from destruction's pit,", "From out the miry clay;", "He set my feet upon a rock,", "and steadfast made my way."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A new and joy -- ful song of praise My thank -- ful heart He taught, A song of glo -- ry to our God For all that He has wrought.", "prose": ["A new and joyful song of praise", "My thankful heart He taught,", "A song of glory to our God", "For all that He has wrought."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And man -- y who be -- hold how good The Lord has been to me Shall learn to fear, and in His Name Their trust hence -- forth shall be.", "prose": ["And many who behold how good", "The Lord has been to me", "Shall learn to fear, and in His Name", "Their trust henceforth shall be."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O tru -- ly bless -- ed is the man That on the Lord re -- lies, Re -- spect -- ing not the proud, nor such As turn a -- side to lies.", "prose": ["O truly blessed is the man", "That on the Lord relies,", "Respecting not the proud, nor such", "As turn aside to lies."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O Lord, my God, how man -- i -- fold The works which Thou hast wrought, Oft -- times Thou hast be -- stowed on us Thy care and gra -- cious thought.", "prose": ["O Lord, my God, how manifold", "The works which Thou hast wrought,", "Ofttimes Thou hast bestowed on us", "Thy care and gracious thought."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Thy works and thoughts most won -- der -- ful, If I of them would speak, Can -- not be num -- bered, and in vain To set them forth I seek.", "prose": ["Thy works and thoughts most wonderful,", "If I of them would speak,", "Cannot be numbered, and in vain", "To set them forth I seek."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}