{"slug": "judge-me-o-god-and-plead-my-cause", "title": "Judge Me, O God, and Plead My Cause", "first_line": "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 43, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 43"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 43. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause a -- gainst th'un -- god -- ly na -- tion; From the un -- just and craf -- ty man, O be thou my sal -- va -- tion.", "prose": ["Judge me, O God, and plead my cause", "against th' ungodly nation;", "From the unjust and crafty man,", "O be thou my salvation."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For thou the God art of my strength; why thrusts thou me thee fro'? For th'en -- e -- my's op -- pres -- si -- on why do I mourn -- ing go?", "prose": ["For thou the God art of my strength;", "why thrusts thou me thee fro'?", "For th' enemy's oppression", "why do I mourning go?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O send thy light forth and thy truth; let them be guides to me, And bring me to thine ho -- ly hill, ev'n where thy dwell -- ings be.", "prose": ["O send thy light forth and thy truth;", "let them be guides to me,", "And bring me to thine holy hill,", "ev'n where thy dwellings be."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Then will I to God's al -- tar go, to God my chief -- est joy: Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise my harp I will em -- ploy.", "prose": ["Then will I to God's altar go,", "to God my chiefest joy:", "Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise", "my harp I will employ."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Why art thou then cast down, my soul? what should dis -- cour -- age thee? And why with vex -- ing thoughts art thou dis -- qui -- et -- ed in me?", "prose": ["Why art thou then cast down, my soul?", "what should discourage thee?", "And why with vexing thoughts art thou", "disquieted in me?"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Still trust in God; for him to praise good cause I yet shall have: He of my count' -- nance is the health, my God that doth me save.", "prose": ["Still trust in God; for him to praise", "good cause I yet shall have:", "He of my count'nance is the health,", "my God that doth me save."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}