{"slug": "jesus-tender-shepherd-hear-me", "title": "Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me", "first_line": "Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me", "author": "mary-lundie-duncan", "author_date": "1839", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Contrition", "Darkness, Spiritual", "Evening", "Following Jesus, In Faith", "Friendship", "God, Care of", "Guidance", "Invitation (Faithful's to God)", "Jesus", "Prayer", "Shepard", "Lamb"], "scripture": ["Psalm 63:8", "John 10:11"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:311 (line 40846); words Mary L. Duncan, 1839 (d. 1840). Pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus, ten -- der Shep -- herd, hear me; Bless Thy lit -- tle lamb to -- night; Through the dark -- ness be Thou near me; Watch my sleep till morn -- ing light.", "prose": ["Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me;", "Bless Thy little lamb tonight;", "Through the darkness be Thou near me;", "Watch my sleep till morning light."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "All this day thy hand has led me, And I thank Thee for Thy care; Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me, Lis -- ten to my eve -- ning prayer.", "prose": ["All this day thy hand has led me,", "And I thank Thee for Thy care;", "Thou hast clothed me, warmed and fed me,", "Listen to my evening prayer."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Let my sins be all for -- giv -- en; Bless the friends I love so well; Take me, when I die, to heav -- en, Hap -- py there with Thee to dwell.", "prose": ["Let my sins be all forgiven;", "Bless the friends I love so well;", "Take me, when I die, to heaven,", "Happy there with Thee to dwell."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}