{"slug": "in-thee-o-lord-i-put-my-trust", "title": "In Thee, O Lord, I Put My Trust", "first_line": "In thee, O Lord, I put my trust", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 31, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 31"], "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 31. 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 thee, O Lord, I put my trust, shamed let me nev -- er be; Ac -- cord -- ing to thy right -- eous -- ness do thou de -- liv -- er me.", "prose": ["In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,", "shamed let me never be;", "According to thy righteousness", "do thou deliver me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Bow down thine ear to me, with speed send me de -- liv -- er -- ance: To save me, my strong rock be thou, and my house of de -- fence.", "prose": ["Bow down thine ear to me, with speed", "send me deliverance:", "To save me, my strong rock be thou,", "and my house of defence."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause thou art my rock, and thee I for my for -- tress take; There -- fore do thou me lead and guide, ev'n for thine own name's sake.", "prose": ["Because thou art my rock, and thee", "I for my fortress take;", "Therefore do thou me lead and guide,", "ev'n for thine own name's sake."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And sith thou art my strength, there -- fore pull me out of the net, Which they in subt -- le -- ty for me so priv -- i -- ly have set.", "prose": ["And sith thou art my strength, therefore", "pull me out of the net,", "Which they in subtlety for me", "so privily have set."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "In -- to thine hands I do com -- mit my spirit: for thou art he, O thou, JE -- HO -- VAH, God of truth, that hast re -- deem -- ed me.", "prose": ["Into thine hands I do commit", "my spirit: for thou art he,", "O thou, JEHOVAH, God of truth,", "that hast redeemed me."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Those that do ly -- ing van -- i -- ties re -- gard, I have ab -- horred: But as for me, my con -- fi -- dence is fix -- ed on the Lord.", "prose": ["Those that do lying vanities", "regard, I have abhorred:", "But as for me, my confidence", "is fixed on the Lord."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "I'll in thy mer -- cy glad -- ly joy: for thou my mis -- er -- ies Con -- sid -- ered hast; thou hast my soul known in ad -- ver -- si -- ties:", "prose": ["I'll in thy mercy gladly joy:", "for thou my miseries", "Considered hast; thou hast my soul", "known in adversities:"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "And thou hast not in -- clos -- ed me with -- in the en -- 'my's hand; And by thee have my feet been made in a large room to stand.", "prose": ["And thou hast not inclosed me", "within the en'my's hand;", "And by thee have my feet been made", "in a large room to stand."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "O Lord, up -- on me mer -- cy have, for trou -- ble is on me: Mine eye, my bel -- ly, and my soul, with grief con -- sum -- ed be.", "prose": ["O Lord, upon me mercy have,", "for trouble is on me:", "Mine eye, my belly, and my soul,", "with grief consumed be."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause my life with grief is spent, my years with sighs and groans: My strength doth fail; and for my sin con -- sum -- ed are my bones.", "prose": ["Because my life with grief is spent,", "my years with sighs and groans:", "My strength doth fail; and for my sin", "consumed are my bones."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "I was a scorn to all my foes, and to my friends a fear; And spe -- cial -- ly re -- proached of those that were my neigh -- bours near:", "prose": ["I was a scorn to all my foes,", "and to my friends a fear;", "And specially reproached of those", "that were my neighbours near:"]}, "12": {"syllabified": "When they me saw they from me fled. Ev'n so I am for -- got, As men are out of mind when dead: I'm like a bro -- ken pot.", "prose": ["When they me saw they from me fled.", "Ev'n so I am forgot,", "As men are out of mind when dead:", "I'm like a broken pot."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "For slan -- ders I of man -- y heard; fear com -- passed me, while they A -- gainst me did con -- sult, and plot to take my life a -- way.", "prose": ["For slanders I of many heard;", "fear compassed me, while they", "Against me did consult, and plot", "to take my life away."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "But as for me, O Lord, my trust up -- on thee I did lay; And I to thee, Thou art my God, did con -- fi -- dent -- ly say.", "prose": ["But as for me, O Lord, my trust", "upon thee I did lay;", "And I to thee, Thou art my God,", "did confidently say."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "My times are whol -- ly in thine hand: do thou de -- liv -- er me From their hands that mine en -- e -- mies and per -- se -- cu -- tors be.", "prose": ["My times are wholly in thine hand:", "do thou deliver me", "From their hands that mine enemies", "and persecutors be."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Thy coun -- ten -- ance to shine do thou up -- on thy ser -- vant make: Un -- to me give sal -- va -- ti -- on, for thy great mer -- cies' sake.", "prose": ["Thy countenance to shine do thou", "upon thy servant make:", "Unto me give salvation,", "for thy great mercies' sake."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Let me not be a -- shamed, O Lord, for on thee called I have: Let wick -- ed men be shamed, let them be si -- lent in the grave.", "prose": ["Let me not be ashamed, O Lord,", "for on thee called I have:", "Let wicked men be shamed, let them", "be silent in the grave."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "To si -- lence put the ly -- ing lips, that griev -- ous things do say, And hard re -- ports, in pride and scorn, on right -- eous men do lay.", "prose": ["To silence put the lying lips,", "that grievous things do say,", "And hard reports, in pride and scorn,", "on righteous men do lay."]}, "19": {"syllabified": "How great's the good -- ness thou for them that fear thee keep'st in store, And wrought'st for them that trust in thee the sons of men be -- fore!", "prose": ["How great's the goodness thou for them", "that fear thee keep'st in store,", "And wrought'st for them that trust in thee", "the sons of men before!"]}, "20": {"syllabified": "In se -- cret of thy pres -- ence thou shalt hide them from man's pride: From strife of tongues thou close -- ly shalt, as in a tent, them hide.", "prose": ["In secret of thy presence thou", "shalt hide them from man's pride:", "From strife of tongues thou closely shalt,", "as in a tent, them hide."]}, "21": {"syllabified": "All praise and thanks be to the Lord; for he hath mag -- ni -- fied His won -- drous love to me with -- in a cit -- y for -- ti -- fied.", "prose": ["All praise and thanks be to the Lord;", "for he hath magnified", "His wondrous love to me within", "a city fortified."]}, "22": {"syllabified": "For from thine eyes cut off I am, I in my haste had said; My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee with cries my moan I made.", "prose": ["For from thine eyes cut off I am,", "I in my haste had said;", "My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee", "with cries my moan I made."]}, "23": {"syllabified": "O love the Lord, all ye his saints; be -- cause the Lord doth guard The faith -- ful, and he plen -- teous -- ly proud do -- ers doth re -- ward.", "prose": ["O love the Lord, all ye his saints;", "because the Lord doth guard", "The faithful, and he plenteously", "proud doers doth reward."]}, "24": {"syllabified": "Be of good cour -- age, and he strength un -- to your heart shall send, All ye whose hope and con -- fi -- dence doth on the Lord de -- pend.", "prose": ["Be of good courage, and he strength", "unto your heart shall send,", "All ye whose hope and confidence", "doth on the Lord depend."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}