{"slug": "lord-hear-my-prayr-attend-my-suits", "title": "Lord, Hear My Pray'r, Attend My Suits", "first_line": "Lord, hear my pray'r, attend my suits", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 143, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 143"], "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 143. 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, at -- tend my suits; and in thy faith -- ful -- ness Give thou an an -- swer un -- to me, and in thy right -- eous -- ness.", "prose": ["Lord, hear my pray'r, attend my suits;", "and in thy faithfulness", "Give thou an answer unto me,", "and in thy righteousness."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy ser -- vant al -- so bring thou not in judg -- ment to be tried: Be -- cause no liv -- ing man can be in thy sight jus -- ti -- fied.", "prose": ["Thy servant also bring thou not", "in judgment to be tried:", "Because no living man can be", "in thy sight justified."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For th'en -- 'my hath pur -- sued my soul, my life to ground down tread: In dark -- ness he hath made me dwell, as who have long been dead.", "prose": ["For th' en'my hath pursued my soul,", "my life to ground down tread:", "In darkness he hath made me dwell,", "as who have long been dead."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "My spirit is there -- fore o -- ver -- whelmed in me per -- plex -- ed -- ly; With -- in me is my ver -- y heart a -- maz -- ed won -- drous -- ly.", "prose": ["My spirit is therefore overwhelmed", "in me perplexedly;", "Within me is my very heart", "amazed wondrously."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "I call to mind the days of old, to med -- i -- tate I use On all thy works; up -- on the deeds I of thy hands do muse.", "prose": ["I call to mind the days of old,", "to meditate I use", "On all thy works; upon the deeds", "I of thy hands do muse."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "My hands to thee I stretch; my soul thirsts, as dry land, for thee. Haste, Lord, to hear, my spir -- it fails: hide not thy face from me;", "prose": ["My hands to thee I stretch; my soul", "thirsts, as dry land, for thee.", "Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails:", "hide not thy face from me;"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Lest like to them I do be -- come that go down to the dust. At morn let me thy kind -- ness hear; for in thee do I trust.", "prose": ["Lest like to them I do become", "that go down to the dust.", "At morn let me thy kindness hear;", "for in thee do I trust."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Teach me the way that I should walk: I lift my soul to thee. Lord, free me from my foes; I flee to thee to cov -- er me.", "prose": ["Teach me the way that I should walk:", "I lift my soul to thee.", "Lord, free me from my foes; I flee", "to thee to cover me."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause thou art my God, to do thy will do me in -- struct: Thy Spirit is good, me to the land of up -- right -- ness con -- duct.", "prose": ["Because thou art my God, to do", "thy will do me instruct:", "Thy Spirit is good, me to the land", "of uprightness conduct."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Re -- vive and qui -- cken me, O Lord, ev'n for thine own name's sake; And do thou, for thy right -- eous -- ness, my soul from trou -- ble take.", "prose": ["Revive and quicken me, O Lord,", "ev'n for thine own name's sake;", "And do thou, for thy righteousness,", "my soul from trouble take."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "And of thy mer -- cy slay my foes; let all de -- stroy -- ed be That do af -- flict my soul: for I a ser -- vant am to thee.", "prose": ["And of thy mercy slay my foes;", "let all destroyed be", "That do afflict my soul: for I", "a servant am to thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}