{"slug": "in-thy-wrath-and-hot-displeasure", "title": "Penitential Grief and Supplication", "first_line": "In Thy wrath and hot displeasure", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 38, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 38"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 102) 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 38, selection 102. 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 Thy wrath and hot dis -- plea -- sure, Chas -- ten not Thy ser -- vant, Lord; Let Thy mer -- cy, with -- out mea -- sure, Help and peace to me af -- ford.", "prose": ["In Thy wrath and hot displeasure,", "Chasten not Thy servant, Lord;", "Let Thy mercy, without measure,", "Help and peace to me afford."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Heav -- y is my trib -- u -- la -- tion, Sore my pun -- ish -- ment has been; Bro -- ken by Thy in -- dig -- na -- tion, I am trou -- bled by my sin.", "prose": ["Heavy is my tribulation,", "Sore my punishment has been;", "Broken by Thy indignation,", "I am troubled by my sin."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "With my bur -- den of trans -- gres -- sion Heav -- y lad -- en, o -- ver -- borne, Hum -- bled low I make con -- fes -- sion, For my fol -- ly now I mourn.", "prose": ["With my burden of transgression", "Heavy laden, overborne,", "Humbled low I make confession,", "For my folly now I mourn."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Weak and woun -- ded, I im -- plore Thee; Lord, to me Thy mer -- cy show; All my prayer is now be -- fore Thee, All my trou -- ble Thou dost know.", "prose": ["Weak and wounded, I implore Thee;", "Lord, to me Thy mercy show;", "All my prayer is now before Thee,", "All my trouble Thou dost know."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Dark -- ness gath -- ers, foes as -- sail me, But I an -- swer not a word; All my friends des -- ert and fail me, On -- ly Thou my cry hast heard.", "prose": ["Darkness gathers, foes assail me,", "But I answer not a word;", "All my friends desert and fail me,", "Only Thou my cry hast heard."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}