{"slug": "keep-not-o-god-we-thee-entreat", "title": "Keep Not, O God, We Thee Entreat", "first_line": "Keep not, O God, we thee entreat", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 83, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 83"], "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 83. 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": "Keep not, O God, we thee en -- treat, O keep not si -- lence now: Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, and still no more be thou.", "prose": ["Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,", "O keep not silence now:", "Do thou not hold thy peace, O God,", "and still no more be thou."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For, lo, thine en -- e -- mies a noise tu -- mul -- tuous -- ly have made; And they that hat -- ers are of thee have lift -- ed up the head.", "prose": ["For, lo, thine enemies a noise", "tumultuously have made;", "And they that haters are of thee", "have lifted up the head."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A -- gainst thy cho -- sen peo -- ple they do craf -- ty coun -- sel take: And they a -- gainst thy hid -- den ones do con -- sul -- ta -- tions make.", "prose": ["Against thy chosen people they", "do crafty counsel take:", "And they against thy hidden ones", "do consultations make."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Come, let us cut them off, said they, from be -- ing a na -- tion, That of the name of Is -- r'el may no more be men -- ti -- on.", "prose": ["Come, let us cut them off, said they,", "from being a nation,", "That of the name of Isr'el may", "no more be mention."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "For with joint heart they plot, in league a -- gainst thee they com -- bine. The tents of E -- dom, Ish -- m'el -- ites, Mo -- ab's and Ha -- gar's line;", "prose": ["For with joint heart they plot, in league", "against thee they combine.", "The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites,", "Moab's and Hagar's line;"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Ge -- bal, and Am -- mon, Am -- a -- lek, Phi -- lis -- tines, those of Tyre; And As -- sur joined with them, to help Lot's chil -- dren they con -- spire.", "prose": ["Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,", "Philistines, those of Tyre;", "And Assur joined with them, to help", "Lot's children they conspire."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Do to them as to Mid -- i -- an, Ja -- bin at Ki -- son strand; And Sis -- 'ra, which at En -- dor fell, as dung to fat the land.", "prose": ["Do to them as to Midian,", "Jabin at Kison strand;", "And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell,", "as dung to fat the land."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Like O -- reb and like Ze -- eb make their no -- ble men to fall; Like Ze -- ba and Zal -- mun -- na like, make thou their prin -- ces all;", "prose": ["Like Oreb and like Zeeb make", "their noble men to fall;", "Like Zeba and Zalmunna like,", "make thou their princes all;"]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Who said, For our pos -- ses -- si -- on let us God's hous -- es take. My God, them like a wheel, as chaff be -- fore the wind, them make.", "prose": ["Who said, For our possession", "let us God's houses take.", "My God, them like a wheel, as chaff", "before the wind, them make."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "As fire con -- sumes the wood, as flame doth moun -- tains set on fire, Chase and af -- fright them with the storm and tem -- pest of thine ire.", "prose": ["As fire consumes the wood, as flame", "doth mountains set on fire,", "Chase and affright them with the storm", "and tempest of thine ire."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Their fac -- es fill with shame, O Lord, that they may seek thy name. Let them con -- found -- ed be, and vexed, and per -- ish in their shame:", "prose": ["Their faces fill with shame, O Lord,", "that they may seek thy name.", "Let them confounded be, and vexed,", "and perish in their shame:"]}, "12": {"syllabified": "That men may know that thou, to whom a -- lone doth ap -- per -- tain The name JE -- HO -- VAH, dost most high o'er all the earth re -- main.", "prose": ["That men may know that thou, to whom", "alone doth appertain", "The name JEHOVAH, dost most high", "o'er all the earth remain."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}