{"slug": "in-thy-great-indignation-psalm-38", "title": "In Thy Great Indignation", "first_line": "In thy great indignation", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 38, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 38"], "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 38. 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 thy great in -- dig -- na -- ti -- on, O Lord, re -- buke me not; Nor on me lay thy chas -- t'ning hand, in thy dis -- plea -- sure hot.", "prose": ["In thy great indignation,", "O Lord, rebuke me not;", "Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,", "in thy displeasure hot."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For in me fast thine ar -- rows stick, thine hand doth press me sore: And in my flesh there is no health, nor sound -- ness an -- y more.", "prose": ["For in me fast thine arrows stick,", "thine hand doth press me sore:", "And in my flesh there is no health,", "nor soundness any more."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "This grief I have, be -- cause thy wrath is forth a -- gainst me gone; And in my bones there is no rest, for sin that I have done.", "prose": ["This grief I have, because thy wrath", "is forth against me gone;", "And in my bones there is no rest,", "for sin that I have done."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause gone up a -- bove mine head my great trans -- gres -- sions be; And, as a weight -- y bur -- den, they too heav -- y are for me.", "prose": ["Because gone up above mine head", "my great transgressions be;", "And, as a weighty burden, they", "too heavy are for me."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "My wounds do stink, and are cor -- rupt; my fol -- ly makes it so. I troubled am, and much bow -- ed down; all day I mourn -- ing go.", "prose": ["My wounds do stink, and are corrupt;", "my folly makes it so.", "I troubled am, and much bowed down;", "all day I mourning go."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "For a dis -- ease that loath -- some is so fills my loins with pain, That in my weak and wea -- ry flesh no sound -- ness doth re -- main.", "prose": ["For a disease that loathsome is", "so fills my loins with pain,", "That in my weak and weary flesh", "no soundness doth remain."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "So fee -- ble and in -- firm am I, and bro -- ken am so sore, That, through dis -- qui -- et of my heart, I have been made to roar.", "prose": ["So feeble and infirm am I,", "and broken am so sore,", "That, through disquiet of my heart,", "I have been made to roar."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "O Lord, all that I do de -- sire is still be -- fore thine eye; And of my heart the se -- cret groans not hid -- den are from thee.", "prose": ["O Lord, all that I do desire", "is still before thine eye;", "And of my heart the secret groans", "not hidden are from thee."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "My heart doth pant in -- ces -- sant -- ly, my strength doth quite de -- cay; As for mine eyes, their wont -- ed light is from me gone a -- way.", "prose": ["My heart doth pant incessantly,", "my strength doth quite decay;", "As for mine eyes, their wonted light", "is from me gone away."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "My lov -- ers and my friends do stand at dis -- tance from my sore; And those do stand a -- loof that were kin -- smen and kind be -- fore.", "prose": ["My lovers and my friends do stand", "at distance from my sore;", "And those do stand aloof that were", "kinsmen and kind before."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Yea, they that seek my life lay snares: who seek to do me wrong Speak things mis -- chie -- vous, and de -- ceits im -- ag -- ine all day long.", "prose": ["Yea, they that seek my life lay snares:", "who seek to do me wrong", "Speak things mischievous, and deceits", "imagine all day long."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "But, as one deaf, that hear -- eth not, I suff -- ered all to pass; I as a dumb man did be -- come, whose mouth not o -- pened was:", "prose": ["But, as one deaf, that heareth not,", "I suffered all to pass;", "I as a dumb man did become,", "whose mouth not opened was:"]}, "13": {"syllabified": "As one that hears not, in whose mouth are no re -- proofs at all. For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God, thou'lt hear me when I call.", "prose": ["As one that hears not, in whose mouth", "are no reproofs at all.", "For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God,", "thou'lt hear me when I call."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "For I said, Hear me, lest they should re -- joice o'er me with pride; And o'er me mag -- ni -- fy them -- selves, when as my foot doth slide.", "prose": ["For I said, Hear me, lest they should", "rejoice o'er me with pride;", "And o'er me magnify themselves,", "when as my foot doth slide."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "For I am near to halt, my grief is still be -- fore mine eye: For I'll de -- clare my sin, and grieve for mine in -- iq -- ui -- ty.", "prose": ["For I am near to halt, my grief", "is still before mine eye:", "For I'll declare my sin, and grieve", "for mine iniquity."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "But yet mine en -- 'mies live -- ly are, and strong are they be -- side; And they that hate me wrong -- ful -- ly are great -- ly mul -- ti -- plied.", "prose": ["But yet mine en'mies lively are,", "and strong are they beside;", "And they that hate me wrongfully", "are greatly multiplied."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "And they for good that ren -- der ill, as en -- 'mies me with -- stood; Yea, ev'n for this, be -- cause that I do fol -- low what is good.", "prose": ["And they for good that render ill,", "as en'mies me withstood;", "Yea, ev'n for this, because that I", "do follow what is good."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "For -- sake me not, O Lord; my God, far from me nev -- er be. O Lord, thou my sal -- va -- tion art, haste to give help to me.", "prose": ["Forsake me not, O Lord; my God,", "far from me never be.", "O Lord, thou my salvation art,", "haste to give help to me."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}