{"slug": "joy-to-the-world", "title": "Joy to the World", "first_line": "Joy to the world, the Lord is come", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1719", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6, 6, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 98, "topics": ["Advent", "Christmas", "Praise"], "scripture": ["Psalm 98:4-9"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "watts-psalms-1719", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, 1719. Author d. 1748.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "joy_to_the_world_the_lord_is_come", "total_instances": 2027}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth re -- ceive her King; Let ev -- 'ry heart pre -- pare Him room, And Heav'n and na -- ture sing, And Heav'n and na -- ture sing, And Heav'n, and Heav'n, and na -- ture sing.", "prose": ["Joy to the world, the Lord is come!", "Let earth receive her King;", "Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,", "And Heav'n and nature sing."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Joy to the earth, the Sav -- ior reigns! Let men their songs em -- ploy; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Re -- peat the sound -- ing joy, Re -- peat the sound -- ing joy, Re -- peat, re -- peat, the sound -- ing joy.", "prose": ["Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!", "Let men their songs employ;", "While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains", "Repeat the sounding joy."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "No more let sins and sor -- rows grow, Nor thorns in -- fest the ground; He comes to make His bless -- ings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found.", "prose": ["No more let sins and sorrows grow,", "Nor thorns infest the ground;", "He comes to make His blessings flow", "Far as the curse is found."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the na -- tions prove The glo -- ries of His right -- eous -- ness, And won -- ders of His love, And won -- ders of His love, And won -- ders, won -- ders, of His love.", "prose": ["He rules the world with truth and grace,", "And makes the nations prove", "The glories of His righteousness,", "And wonders of His love."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}