{"slug": "in-full-assurance-of-thy-grace", "title": "Petitions for Deliverance", "first_line": "In full assurance of Thy grace", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 69, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 69"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 185) 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 69, selection 185. 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": "In full as -- sur -- ance of Thy grace To thee my prayer as -- cend; In Thy a -- bound -- ing love and truth, O God, sal -- va -- tion send.", "prose": ["In full assurance of Thy grace", "To thee my prayer ascend;", "In Thy abounding love and truth,", "O God, salvation send."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Pre -- serve my sink -- ing soul, I pray, From tides of ha -- tred save; Let not the wa -- ters o -- ver -- flow, Re -- deem me from the grave.", "prose": ["Preserve my sinking soul, I pray,", "From tides of hatred save;", "Let not the waters overflow,", "Redeem me from the grave."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause Thy mer -- cy, Lord, is good, O an -- swer me in grace, And in the rich -- es of Thy love O turn to me Thy face.", "prose": ["Because Thy mercy, Lord, is good,", "O answer me in grace,", "And in the riches of Thy love", "O turn to me Thy face."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Hide not Thy face from my dis -- tress, A spee -- dy an -- swer send; Draw near to me, my soul re -- deem, From all my foes de -- fend.", "prose": ["Hide not Thy face from my distress,", "A speedy answer send;", "Draw near to me, my soul redeem,", "From all my foes defend."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Well known to Thee is my re -- proach, My shame and my dis -- grace; The ad -- ver -- sar -- ies of my soul Are all be -- fore Thy face.", "prose": ["Well known to Thee is my reproach,", "My shame and my disgrace;", "The adversaries of my soul", "Are all before Thy face."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "My heart is bro -- ken by re -- proach, My soul is full of grief; I looked in vain for com -- for -- ters, For pit -- y and re -- lief.", "prose": ["My heart is broken by reproach,", "My soul is full of grief;", "I looked in vain for comforters,", "For pity and relief."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "They gave me bit -- ter gall for food, And taunt -- ing words they spake; They gave me vin -- e -- gar to drink, My burn -- ing thirst to slake.", "prose": ["They gave me bitter gall for food,", "And taunting words they spake;", "They gave me vinegar to drink,", "My burning thirst to slake."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Their peace and plen -- ty be their snare, In blind -- ness let them grope; Thy in -- dig -- na -- tion on them pour, And des -- o -- late their hope.", "prose": ["Their peace and plenty be their snare,", "In blindness let them grope;", "Thy indignation on them pour,", "And desolate their hope."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause they proud -- ly per -- se -- cute Those whom Thou, Lord, dost smite, Let them be blott -- ed from Thy book And ban -- ished from Thy sight.", "prose": ["Because they proudly persecute", "Those whom Thou, Lord, dost smite,", "Let them be blotted from Thy book", "And banished from Thy sight."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}