{"slug": "lord-haste-me-to-deliver", "title": "Lord, Haste Me to Deliver", "first_line": "Lord, haste me to deliver", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 70, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 70"], "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 70. 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, haste me to de -- liv -- er; with speed, Lord, suc -- cour me. Let them that for my soul do seek shamed and con -- found -- ed be:", "prose": ["Lord, haste me to deliver;", "with speed, Lord, succour me.", "Let them that for my soul do seek", "shamed and confounded be:"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Turned back be they, and shamed, that in my hurt de -- light. Turned back be they, Ha, ha! that say, their sham -- ing to re -- quite.", "prose": ["Turned back be they, and shamed,", "that in my hurt delight.", "Turned back be they, Ha, ha! that say,", "their shaming to requite."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "In thee let all be glad, and joy that seek for thee: Let them who thy sal -- va -- tion love say still, God prais -- ed be.", "prose": ["In thee let all be glad,", "and joy that seek for thee:", "Let them who thy salvation love", "say still, God praised be."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I poor and need -- y am; come, Lord, and make no stay: My help thou and de -- liv -- 'rer art; O Lord, make no de -- lay.", "prose": ["I poor and needy am;", "come, Lord, and make no stay:", "My help thou and deliv'rer art;", "O Lord, make no delay."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}