{"slug": "in-these-our-days-so-perilous", "title": "In These Our Days So Perilous", "first_line": "In these our days so perilous, Lord, peace in", "author_source": "Latin, 6th century", "adapter": "martin-luther", "translator": "richard-massie", "translator_date": "1854", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Atonement", "Blood", "Comfort"], "scripture": ["1 Peter 2:5-8", "Ephesians 2:19-22", "Matthew 7:24-27", "Psalm 18:2"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:281; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1854).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "in_these_our_days_so_perilous", "total_instances": 2}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "In these our days so per -- il -- ous, Lord, peace in mer -- cy send us; No God but Thee can fight for us, No God but Thee de -- fend us; Thou our on -- ly God and Sav -- ior.", "prose": ["In these our days so perilous,", "Lord, peace in mercy send us;", "No God but Thee can fight for us,", "No God but Thee defend us;", "Thou our only God and Savior."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}