{"slug": "judge-my-integrity", "title": "Integrity of Character", "first_line": "Judge my integrity", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 26, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 26"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 70) 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 26, selection 70. 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": "Judge my in -- teg -- ri -- ty, The right -- eous judge Thy art; Prove me, O Lord, ex -- am -- ine me. And try my in -- most heart.", "prose": ["Judge my integrity,", "The righteous judge Thy art;", "Prove me, O Lord, examine me.", "And try my inmost heart."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy mer -- cy and Thy grace I love to con -- tem -- plate; Thy paths of truth my foot -- steps trace, And wick -- ed men I hate.", "prose": ["Thy mercy and Thy grace", "I love to contemplate;", "Thy paths of truth my footsteps trace,", "And wicked men I hate."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Clean hands, O Lord, I raise As I Thy al -- tars seek, Where I may sing in grate -- ful praise, And of Thy won -- ders speak.", "prose": ["Clean hands, O Lord, I raise", "As I Thy altars seek,", "Where I may sing in grateful praise,", "And of Thy wonders speak."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O Lord, thy house I love, Where glo -- ry dwells with -- in; O keep my heart se -- cure a -- bove All fel -- low -- ship with win.", "prose": ["O Lord, thy house I love,", "Where glory dwells within;", "O keep my heart secure above", "All fellowship with win."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Re -- deem -- ing love and grace Be -- stow, O Lord, on me; A -- mong Thy saints how blest my place, For -- ev -- er prais -- ing Thee.", "prose": ["Redeeming love and grace", "Bestow, O Lord, on me;", "Among Thy saints how blest my place,", "Forever praising Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}