{"slug": "in-gods-assembly-god-doth-stand", "title": "In Gods' Assembly God Doth Stand", "first_line": "In gods' assembly God doth stand", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 82, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 82"], "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 82. 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": "In gods' as -- sem -- bly God doth stand; he judg -- eth gods a -- mong. How long, ac -- cept -- ing per -- sons vile, will ye give judg -- ment wrong?", "prose": ["In gods' assembly God doth stand;", "he judgeth gods among.", "How long, accepting persons vile,", "will ye give judgment wrong?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "De -- fend the poor and fa -- ther -- less; to poor op -- pressed do right. The poor and need -- y ones set free; rid them from ill men's might.", "prose": ["Defend the poor and fatherless;", "to poor oppressed do right.", "The poor and needy ones set free;", "rid them from ill men's might."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "They know not, nor will un -- der -- stand; in dark -- ness they walk on: All the foun -- da -- tions of the earth out of their course are gone.", "prose": ["They know not, nor will understand;", "in darkness they walk on:", "All the foundations of the earth", "out of their course are gone."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I said that ye are gods, and are sons of the High -- est all: But ye shall die like men, and as one of the prin -- ces fall.", "prose": ["I said that ye are gods, and are", "sons of the Highest all:", "But ye shall die like men, and as", "one of the princes fall."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O God, do thou raise up thy -- self, the earth to judg -- ment call: For thou, as thine in -- her -- i -- tance, shalt take the na -- tions all.", "prose": ["O God, do thou raise up thyself,", "the earth to judgment call:", "For thou, as thine inheritance,", "shalt take the nations all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}