{"slug": "jehovah-hear-thee-in-the-day-psalm-20", "title": "The Safeguards of Prayer", "first_line": "Jehovah hear thee in the day", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 20, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 20"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 44) 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 20, selection 44. 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": "Je -- ho -- vah hear thee in the day When trou -- ble He doth send: And let our cov -- 'nant -- keep -- ing God From ev -- 'ry ill de -- fend.", "prose": ["Jehovah hear thee in the day", "When trouble He doth send:", "And let our covenant-keeping God", "From ev'ry ill defend."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O let Him send His help to thee Forth from His ho -- ly place; Let Him from Zi -- on, His own hill Sus -- tain thee by His grace.", "prose": ["O let Him send His help to thee", "Forth from His holy place;", "Let Him from Zion, His own hill", "Sustain thee by His grace."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "May He re -- mem -- ber all thy gifts, Ac -- cept thy sac -- ri -- fice: And, grant -- ing thee thy heart's de -- sire Ful -- fill thy coun -- sels wise.", "prose": ["May He remember all thy gifts,", "Accept thy sacrifice:", "And, granting thee thy heart's desire", "Fulfill thy counsels wise."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "In thy sal -- va -- tion we will joy; When thou to God dost pray, May he give an -- swer, in Whose Name Our ban -- ners we dis -- play.", "prose": ["In thy salvation we will joy;", "When thou to God dost pray,", "May he give answer, in Whose Name", "Our banners we display."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}