{"slug": "lord-hear-my-prayer-and-let-my-cry", "title": "Affliction and Appeal", "first_line": "Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 102, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 102"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 272) 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 102, selection 272. 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, hear my prayer, and let my cry Have read -- y ac -- cess un -- to Thee; When in dis -- tress to thee i fly, O hide not thou thy face from me.", "prose": ["Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry", "Have ready access unto Thee;", "When in distress to thee i fly,", "O hide not thou thy face from me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "At -- tend, o Lord, to my de -- sire, O haste to an -- swer when I pray, For grief con -- sumes my strength like fire, My days as smoke pass swift a -- way.", "prose": ["Attend, o Lord, to my desire,", "O haste to answer when I pray,", "For grief consumes my strength like fire,", "My days as smoke pass swift away."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My heart is with -- ered like the grass, And I for -- get my dai -- ly bread; In lone -- ly grief my days I pass And sad my thoughts up -- on my bed.", "prose": ["My heart is withered like the grass,", "And I forget my daily bread;", "In lonely grief my days I pass", "And sad my thoughts upon my bed."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "My foes re -- proach me all the day, My drink is tars, my bread is grief, For in Thy wrath I pine a -- way, My days are like a fad -- ing leaf.", "prose": ["My foes reproach me all the day,", "My drink is tars, my bread is grief,", "For in Thy wrath I pine away,", "My days are like a fading leaf."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}