{"slug": "jehovah-is-my-light", "title": "The Fearlessness of Faith", "first_line": "Jehovah is my light", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 27, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 27"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 71) 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 27, selection 71. 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 is my light, And my sal -- va -- tion near; Who shall my soul af -- fright, Or cause my heart to fear? While God my strength, my life sus -- tains, Se -- cure from fear my soul re -- mains.", "prose": ["Jehovah is my light,", "And my salvation near;", "Who shall my soul affright,", "Or cause my heart to fear?", "While God my strength, my life sustains,", "Secure from fear my soul remains."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When e -- vil -- do -- ers came To make my life their prey, They stum -- bled in their shame And fell in sore dis -- may; Though hosts make war on ev -- ery side, Still fear -- less I in God con -- fide.", "prose": ["When evil-doers came", "To make my life their prey,", "They stumbled in their shame", "And fell in sore dismay;", "Though hosts make war on every side,", "Still fearless I in God confide."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My one re -- quest has been, And still this prayer I raise, That I may dwell with -- in God's house through all my days, Je -- ho -- vah's beau -- ty to ad -- mire, And in His tem -- ple to in -- quire.", "prose": ["My one request has been,", "And still this prayer I raise,", "That I may dwell within", "God's house through all my days,", "Jehovah's beauty to admire,", "And in His temple to inquire."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "When trou -- bles round me swell, When fears and dan -- gers throng, Se -- cure -- ly I will dwell In His pa -- vil -- ion strong; with -- in the co -- vert of His tent He hides me till the storm is spent.", "prose": ["When troubles round me swell,", "When fears and dangers throng,", "Securely I will dwell", "In His pavilion strong;", "within the covert of His tent", "He hides me till the storm is spent."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Up -- lift -- ed on a rock A -- bove my foes a -- round, A -- mid the ba -- ttle shock My song shall still re -- sound; Then joy -- ful of -- f'rings I will bring, Je -- ho -- vah's praise my heart shall sing.", "prose": ["Uplifted on a rock", "Above my foes around,", "Amid the battle shock", "My song shall still resound;", "Then joyful offerings I will bring,", "Jehovah's praise my heart shall sing."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}