{"slug": "lord-hear-my-prayr-and-let-my-cry", "title": "Lord, Hear My Pray'r, and Let My Cry (Second Version)", "first_line": "Lord, hear my pray'r, and let my cry", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "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": "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 102 (second version). 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, hear my pray'r, and let my cry Have spee -- dy ac -- cess un -- to thee; In day of my ca -- lam -- i -- ty O hide not thou thy face from me.", "prose": ["Lord, hear my pray'r, and let my cry", "Have speedy access unto thee;", "In day of my calamity", "O hide not thou thy face from me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Hear when I call to thee; that day An an -- swer speed -- i -- ly re -- turn: My days, like smoke, con -- sume a -- way, And, as an hearth, my bones do burn.", "prose": ["Hear when I call to thee; that day", "An answer speedily return:", "My days, like smoke, consume away,", "And, as an hearth, my bones do burn."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My heart is woun -- ded ver -- y sore, And with -- er -- ed, like grass doth fade: I am for -- get -- ful grown there -- fore To take and eat my dai -- ly bread.", "prose": ["My heart is wounded very sore,", "And withered, like grass doth fade:", "I am forgetful grown therefore", "To take and eat my daily bread."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "By rea -- son of my smart with -- in, And voice of my most griev -- ous groans, My flesh con -- sum -- ed is, my skin, All parched, doth cleave un -- to my bones.", "prose": ["By reason of my smart within,", "And voice of my most grievous groans,", "My flesh consumed is, my skin,", "All parched, doth cleave unto my bones."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The pel -- i -- can of wil -- der -- ness, The owl in des -- ert, I do match; And, spar -- row -- like, com -- pan -- ion -- less, Up -- on the hous -- e's top, I watch.", "prose": ["The pelican of wilderness,", "The owl in desert, I do match;", "And, sparrow-like, companionless,", "Upon the house's top, I watch."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "I all day long am made a scorn, Re -- proached by my ma -- li -- cious foes: The mad -- men are a -- gainst me sworn, The men a -- gainst me that a -- rose.", "prose": ["I all day long am made a scorn,", "Reproached by my malicious foes:", "The madmen are against me sworn,", "The men against me that arose."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "For I have ash -- es eat -- en up, To me as if they had been bread; And with my drink I in my cup Of bit -- ter tears a mix -- ture made.", "prose": ["For I have ashes eaten up,", "To me as if they had been bread;", "And with my drink I in my cup", "Of bitter tears a mixture made."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause thy wrath was not ap -- peased, And dread -- ful in -- dig -- na -- ti -- on: There -- fore it was that thou me raised, And thou a -- gain didst cast me down.", "prose": ["Because thy wrath was not appeased,", "And dreadful indignation:", "Therefore it was that thou me raised,", "And thou again didst cast me down."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "My days are like a shade al -- way, Which doth de -- clin -- ing swift -- ly pass; And I am with -- er -- ed a -- way, Much like un -- to the fad -- ing grass.", "prose": ["My days are like a shade alway,", "Which doth declining swiftly pass;", "And I am withered away,", "Much like unto the fading grass."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "But thou, O Lord, shalt still en -- dure, From change and all mu -- ta -- tion free, And to all gen -- er -- a -- tions sure Shall thy re -- mem -- brance ev -- er be.", "prose": ["But thou, O Lord, shalt still endure,", "From change and all mutation free,", "And to all generations sure", "Shall thy remembrance ever be."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Thou shalt a -- rise, and mer -- cy yet Thou to mount Zi -- on shalt ex -- tend: Her time for fa -- vour which was set, Be -- hold, is now come to an end.", "prose": ["Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet", "Thou to mount Zion shalt extend:", "Her time for favour which was set,", "Behold, is now come to an end."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Thy saints take plea -- sure in her stones, Her ver -- y dust to them is dear. All hea -- then lands and king -- ly thrones On earth thy glo -- rious name shall fear.", "prose": ["Thy saints take pleasure in her stones,", "Her very dust to them is dear.", "All heathen lands and kingly thrones", "On earth thy glorious name shall fear."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "God in his glo -- ry shall ap -- pear, When Zi -- on he builds and re -- pairs. He shall re -- gard and lend his ear Un -- to the nee -- dy's hum -- ble pray'rs:", "prose": ["God in his glory shall appear,", "When Zion he builds and repairs.", "He shall regard and lend his ear", "Unto the needy's humble pray'rs:"]}, "14": {"syllabified": "Th'af -- flic -- ted's pray'r he will not scorn. All times this shall be on re -- cord: And gen -- er -- a -- tions yet un -- born Shall praise and mag -- ni -- fy the Lord.", "prose": ["Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn.", "All times this shall be on record:", "And generations yet unborn", "Shall praise and magnify the Lord."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "He from his ho -- ly place looked down, The earth he viewed from heav'n on high; To hear the pris -- 'ner's mourn -- ing groan, And free them that are doomed to die;", "prose": ["He from his holy place looked down,", "The earth he viewed from heav'n on high;", "To hear the pris'ner's mourning groan,", "And free them that are doomed to die;"]}, "16": {"syllabified": "That Zi -- on, and Je -- ru -- s'lem too, His name and praise may well re -- cord, When peo -- ple and the king -- doms do As -- sem -- ble all to praise the Lord.", "prose": ["That Zion, and Jerus'lem too,", "His name and praise may well record,", "When people and the kingdoms do", "Assemble all to praise the Lord."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "My strength he weak -- ened in the way, My days of life he shor -- ten -- ed. My God, O take me not a -- way In mid -- time of my days, I said:", "prose": ["My strength he weakened in the way,", "My days of life he shortened.", "My God, O take me not away", "In mid-time of my days, I said:"]}, "18": {"syllabified": "Thy years through -- out all ag -- es last. Of old thou hast es -- tab -- lish -- ed The earth's foun -- da -- tion firm and fast: Thy might -- y hands the heav'ns have made.", "prose": ["Thy years throughout all ages last.", "Of old thou hast established", "The earth's foundation firm and fast:", "Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made."]}, "19": {"syllabified": "They per -- ish shall, as gar -- ments do, But thou shalt ev -- er -- more en -- dure; As ves -- tures, thou shalt change them so; And they shall all be chang -- ed sure:", "prose": ["They perish shall, as garments do,", "But thou shalt evermore endure;", "As vestures, thou shalt change them so;", "And they shall all be changed sure:"]}, "20": {"syllabified": "But from all chan -- ges thou art free; Thy end -- less years do last for aye. Thy ser -- vants, and their seed who be, Es -- tab -- lished shall be -- fore thee stay.", "prose": ["But from all changes thou art free;", "Thy endless years do last for aye.", "Thy servants, and their seed who be,", "Established shall before thee stay."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}