{"slug": "i-will-extol-thee-o-my-god", "title": "Our Glorious King", "first_line": "I will extol Thee, O my God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 145, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 145"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 394) 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 145, selection 394. 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 will ex -- tol Thee, O my God, And praise Thee, O my King; Yes, ev -- 'ry day and ev -- er -- more Thy prais -- es I will sing. Great is the Lord, our might -- y God, And great -- ly to be praised; His great -- ness is un -- sear -- cha -- ble, A -- bove all glo -- ry raised.", "prose": ["I will extol Thee, O my God,", "And praise Thee, O my King;", "Yes, ev'ry day and evermore", "Thy praises I will sing.", "Great is the Lord, our mighty God,", "And greatly to be praised;", "His greatness is unsearchable,", "Above all glory raised."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Each gen -- er -- a -- tion to the next Shall tes -- ti -- mo -- ny bear, And to your praise, from age to age, Thy won -- drous acts de -- clare. Up -- on Thy glo -- rious maj -- es -- ty And hon -- or I will dwell, And all Thy grand and glo -- rious works And all Thy great -- ness tell.", "prose": ["Each generation to the next", "Shall testimony bear,", "And to your praise, from age to age,", "Thy wondrous acts declare.", "Upon Thy glorious majesty", "And honor I will dwell,", "And all Thy grand and glorious works", "And all Thy greatness tell."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thy might -- y acts and ter -- ri -- ble Shall men with awe con -- fess; Of Thy great good -- ness they shall sing, And per -- fect right -- eous -- ness. Most gra -- cious and com -- pas -- sion -- ate Is God Who reigns a -- bove; His wrath is ev -- er slow to rise, Un -- bound -- ed is His love.", "prose": ["Thy mighty acts and terrible", "Shall men with awe confess;", "Of Thy great goodness they shall sing,", "And perfect righteousness.", "Most gracious and compassionate", "Is God Who reigns above;", "His wrath is ever slow to rise,", "Unbounded is His love."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}