{"slug": "i-with-my-voice-cried-to-the-lord", "title": "I with My Voice Cried to the Lord", "first_line": "I with my voice cried to the Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 142, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 142"], "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 142. 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 with my voice cried to the Lord, with it made my re -- quest: Poured out to him my plaint, to him my trou -- ble I ex -- pressed.", "prose": ["I with my voice cried to the Lord,", "with it made my request:", "Poured out to him my plaint, to him", "my trouble I expressed."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When in me was o'er -- whelmed my spirit, then well thou knew'st my way; Where I did walk a snare for me they priv -- i -- ly did lay.", "prose": ["When in me was o'erwhelmed my spirit,", "then well thou knew'st my way;", "Where I did walk a snare for me", "they privily did lay."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I looked on my right hand, and viewed, but none to know me were; All ref -- uge fail -- ed me, no man did for my soul take care.", "prose": ["I looked on my right hand, and viewed,", "but none to know me were;", "All refuge failed me, no man", "did for my soul take care."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I cried to thee; I said, Thou art my ref -- uge, Lord, a -- lone; And in the land of those that live thou art my por -- ti -- on.", "prose": ["I cried to thee; I said, Thou art", "my refuge, Lord, alone;", "And in the land of those that live", "thou art my portion."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause I am brought ver -- y low, at -- tend un -- to my cry: Me from my per -- se -- cu -- tors save, who stron -- ger are than I.", "prose": ["Because I am brought very low,", "attend unto my cry:", "Me from my persecutors save,", "who stronger are than I."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "From pris -- on bring my soul, that I thy name may glo -- ri -- fy: The just shall com -- pass me, when thou with me deal'st boun -- teous -- ly.", "prose": ["From prison bring my soul, that I", "thy name may glorify:", "The just shall compass me, when thou", "with me deal'st bounteously."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}