{"slug": "judge-me-o-lord-for-i-have-walked", "title": "Judge Me, O Lord, for I Have Walked", "first_line": "Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 26, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 26"], "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 26. 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 Lord, for I have walked in mine in -- teg -- ri -- ty: I trust -- ed al -- so in the Lord; slide there -- fore shall not I.", "prose": ["Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked", "in mine integrity:", "I trusted also in the Lord;", "slide therefore shall not I."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Ex -- am -- ine me, and do me prove; try heart and reins, O God: For thy love is be -- fore mine eyes, thy truth's paths I have trod.", "prose": ["Examine me, and do me prove;", "try heart and reins, O God:", "For thy love is before mine eyes,", "thy truth's paths I have trod."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "With per -- sons vain I have not sat, nor with dis -- sem -- blers gone: Th'as -- sem -- bly of ill men I hate; to sit with such I shun.", "prose": ["With persons vain I have not sat,", "nor with dissemblers gone:", "Th' assembly of ill men I hate;", "to sit with such I shun."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Mine hands in in -- no -- cence, O Lord, I'll wash and pu -- ri -- fy; So to thine ho -- ly al -- tar go, and com -- pass it will I:", "prose": ["Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,", "I'll wash and purify;", "So to thine holy altar go,", "and compass it will I:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "That I, with voice of thanks -- giv -- ing, may pub -- lish and de -- clare, And tell of all thy might -- y works, that great and won -- drous are.", "prose": ["That I, with voice of thanksgiving,", "may publish and declare,", "And tell of all thy mighty works,", "that great and wondrous are."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The hab -- i -- ta -- tion of thy house, Lord, I have lov -- ed well; Yea, in that place I do de -- light where doth thine hon -- our dwell.", "prose": ["The habitation of thy house,", "Lord, I have loved well;", "Yea, in that place I do delight", "where doth thine honour dwell."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "With sin -- ners gath -- er not my soul, and such as blood would spill: Whose hands mis -- chie -- vous plots, right hand cor -- rupt -- ing bribes do fill.", "prose": ["With sinners gather not my soul,", "and such as blood would spill:", "Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand", "corrupting bribes do fill."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "But as for me, I will walk on in mine in -- teg -- ri -- ty: Do thou re -- deem me, and, O Lord, be mer -- ci -- ful to me.", "prose": ["But as for me, I will walk on", "in mine integrity:", "Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord,", "be merciful to me."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "My foot up -- on an e -- ven place doth stand with sted -- fast -- ness: With -- in the con -- gre -- ga -- ti -- ons th'E -- ter -- nal I will bless.", "prose": ["My foot upon an even place", "doth stand with stedfastness:", "Within the congregations", "th' Eternal I will bless."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}