{"slug": "lord-god-of-hosts-in-mercy", "title": "True Blessedness", "first_line": "Lord God of Hosts, in mercy", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 84, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 84"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 228) 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 84, selection 228. 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": "Lord God of Hosts, in mer -- cy My sup -- pli -- ca -- tion hear; Al -- might -- y and all -- faith -- ful, Our fa -- thers' God, give ear; Our shield and great de -- fen -- der, No long -- er hide Thy face, But look up -- on Thy ser -- vant, A -- noint -- ed by Thy grace.", "prose": ["Lord God of Hosts, in mercy", "My supplication hear;", "Almighty and all-faithful,", "Our fathers' God, give ear;", "Our shield and great defender,", "No longer hide Thy face,", "But look upon Thy servant,", "Anointed by Thy grace."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "In Thy blest courts to wor -- ship, My God, a sin -- gle day Is bet -- ter than a thou -- sand While far from Thee I stray; Tho' in a low -- ly sta -- tion, the ser -- vice of my Lord I choose a -- bove all plea -- sures That sin -- ful ways af -- ford.", "prose": ["In Thy blest courts to worship,", "My God, a single day", "Is better than a thousand", "While far from Thee I stray;", "Tho' in a lowly station,", "the service of my Lord", "I choose above all pleasures", "That sinful ways afford."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A sun and shield for -- ev -- er Is God, the Lord Most High; To those who walk up -- right -- ly No good will He de -- ny; His saints, His grace re -- ceiv -- ing, Shall soon His glo -- ry see; O Lord of Hosts, most bless -- ed Are they that trust in Thee.", "prose": ["A sun and shield forever", "Is God, the Lord Most High;", "To those who walk uprightly", "No good will He deny;", "His saints, His grace receiving,", "Shall soon His glory see;", "O Lord of Hosts, most blessed", "Are they that trust in Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}