{"slug": "lord-god-my-saviour-day-and-night", "title": "Lord God, My Saviour, Day and Night", "first_line": "Lord God, my Saviour, day and night", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 88, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 88"], "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 88. 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": "Lord God, my Sav -- iour, day and night be -- fore thee cried have I. Be -- fore thee let my pray -- er come; give ear un -- to my cry.", "prose": ["Lord God, my Saviour, day and night", "before thee cried have I.", "Before thee let my prayer come;", "give ear unto my cry."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For trou -- bles great do fill my soul; my life draws nigh the grave. I'm count -- ed with those that go down to pit, and no strength have.", "prose": ["For troubles great do fill my soul;", "my life draws nigh the grave.", "I'm counted with those that go down", "to pit, and no strength have."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Ev'n free a -- mong the dead, like them that slain in grave do lie; Cut off from thy hand, whom no more thou hast in mem -- o -- ry.", "prose": ["Ev'n free among the dead, like them", "that slain in grave do lie;", "Cut off from thy hand, whom no more", "thou hast in memory."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thou hast me laid in low -- est pit, in deeps and dark -- some caves. Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast me pressed with all thy waves.", "prose": ["Thou hast me laid in lowest pit,", "in deeps and darksome caves.", "Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast", "me pressed with all thy waves."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Thou hast put far from me my friends, thou mad'st them to ab -- hor me; And I am so shut up, that I find no e -- va -- sion for me.", "prose": ["Thou hast put far from me my friends,", "thou mad'st them to abhor me;", "And I am so shut up, that I", "find no evasion for me."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "By rea -- son of af -- flic -- ti -- on mine eye mourns dole -- ful -- ly: To thee, Lord, do I call, and stretch my hands con -- tin -- ual -- ly.", "prose": ["By reason of affliction", "mine eye mourns dolefully:", "To thee, Lord, do I call, and stretch", "my hands continually."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Wilt thou show won -- ders to the dead? shall they rise, and thee bless? Shall in the grave thy love be told? in death thy faith -- ful -- ness?", "prose": ["Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?", "shall they rise, and thee bless?", "Shall in the grave thy love be told?", "in death thy faithfulness?"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Shall thy great won -- ders in the dark, or shall thy right -- eous -- ness Be known to an -- y in the land of deep for -- get -- ful -- ness?", "prose": ["Shall thy great wonders in the dark,", "or shall thy righteousness", "Be known to any in the land", "of deep forgetfulness?"]}, "9": {"syllabified": "But, Lord, to thee I cried; my pray'r at morn pre -- vent shall thee. Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul, and hid'st thy face from me?", "prose": ["But, Lord, to thee I cried; my pray'r", "at morn prevent shall thee.", "Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul,", "and hid'st thy face from me?"]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Dis -- tressed am I, and from my youth I read -- y am to die; Thy ter -- rors I have borne, and am dis -- tract -- ed fear -- ful -- ly.", "prose": ["Distressed am I, and from my youth", "I ready am to die;", "Thy terrors I have borne, and am", "distracted fearfully."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "The dread -- ful fierce -- ness of thy wrath quite o -- ver me doth go: Thy ter -- rors great have cut me off, they did pur -- sue me so.", "prose": ["The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath", "quite over me doth go:", "Thy terrors great have cut me off,", "they did pursue me so."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "For round a -- bout me ev -- 'ry day, like wa -- ter, they did roll; And, gath -- er -- ing to -- geth -- er, they have com -- pass -- ed my soul.", "prose": ["For round about me ev'ry day,", "like water, they did roll;", "And, gathering together, they", "have compassed my soul."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "My friends thou hast put far from me, and him that did me love; And those that mine ac -- quain -- tance were to dark -- ness didst re -- move.", "prose": ["My friends thou hast put far from me,", "and him that did me love;", "And those that mine acquaintance were", "to darkness didst remove."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}