{"slug": "like-as-the-hart-for-water-brooks", "title": "Like as the Hart for Water-brooks", "first_line": "Like as the hart for water-brooks", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 42, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 42"], "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 42. 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": "Like as the hart for wa -- ter -- brooks in thirst doth pant and bray; So pants my long -- ing soul, O God, that come to thee I may.", "prose": ["Like as the hart for water-brooks", "in thirst doth pant and bray;", "So pants my longing soul, O God,", "that come to thee I may."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My soul for God, the liv -- ing God, doth thirst: when shall I near Un -- to thy coun -- ten -- ance ap -- proach, and in God's sight ap -- pear?", "prose": ["My soul for God, the living God,", "doth thirst: when shall I near", "Unto thy countenance approach,", "and in God's sight appear?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My tears have un -- to me been meat, both in the night and day, While un -- to me con -- tin -- ual -- ly, Where is thy God? they say.", "prose": ["My tears have unto me been meat,", "both in the night and day,", "While unto me continually,", "Where is thy God? they say."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "My soul is pour -- ed out in me, when this I think up -- on; Be -- cause that with the mul -- ti -- tude I here -- to -- fore had gone:", "prose": ["My soul is poured out in me,", "when this I think upon;", "Because that with the multitude", "I heretofore had gone:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "With them in -- to God's house I went, with voice of joy and praise; Yea, with the mul -- ti -- tude that kept the sol -- emn ho -- ly days.", "prose": ["With them into God's house I went,", "with voice of joy and praise;", "Yea, with the multitude that kept", "the solemn holy days."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O why art thou cast down, my soul? why in me so dis -- mayed? Trust God, for I shall praise him yet, his count' -- nance is mine aid.", "prose": ["O why art thou cast down, my soul?", "why in me so dismayed?", "Trust God, for I shall praise him yet,", "his count'nance is mine aid."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "My God, my soul's cast down in me; thee there -- fore mind I will From Jor -- dan's land, the Her -- mo -- nites, and ev'n from Mi -- zar hill.", "prose": ["My God, my soul's cast down in me;", "thee therefore mind I will", "From Jordan's land, the Hermonites,", "and ev'n from Mizar hill."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "At the noise of thy wa -- ter -- spouts deep un -- to deep doth call; Thy break -- ing waves pass o -- ver me, yea, and thy bil -- lows all.", "prose": ["At the noise of thy water-spouts", "deep unto deep doth call;", "Thy breaking waves pass over me,", "yea, and thy billows all."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "His lov -- ing -- kind -- ness yet the Lord com -- mand will in the day, His song's with me by night; to God, by whom I live, I'll pray:", "prose": ["His loving-kindness yet the Lord", "command will in the day,", "His song's with me by night; to God,", "by whom I live, I'll pray:"]}, "10": {"syllabified": "And I will say to God my rock, Why me for -- gett'st thou so? Why, for my foes' op -- pres -- si -- on, thus mourn -- ing do I go?", "prose": ["And I will say to God my rock,", "Why me forgett'st thou so?", "Why, for my foes' oppression,", "thus mourning do I go?"]}, "11": {"syllabified": "'Tis as a sword with -- in my bones, when my foes me up -- braid; Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God? 'tis dai -- ly to me said.", "prose": ["'Tis as a sword within my bones,", "when my foes me upbraid;", "Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God?", "'tis daily to me said."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "O why art thou cast down, my soul? why, thus with grief op -- pressed, Art thou dis -- qui -- et -- ed in me? in God still hope and rest:", "prose": ["O why art thou cast down, my soul?", "why, thus with grief oppressed,", "Art thou disquieted in me?", "in God still hope and rest:"]}, "13": {"syllabified": "For yet I know I shall him praise, who gra -- cious -- ly to me The health is of my coun -- ten -- ance, yea, mine own God is he.", "prose": ["For yet I know I shall him praise,", "who graciously to me", "The health is of my countenance,", "yea, mine own God is he."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}