{"slug": "lord-keep-me-for-i-trust-in-thee", "title": "Lord, Keep Me; for I Trust in Thee", "first_line": "Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 16, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 16"], "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 16. 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, keep me; for I trust in thee. To God thus was my speech, Thou art my Lord; and un -- to thee my good -- ness doth not reach:", "prose": ["Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee.", "To God thus was my speech,", "Thou art my Lord; and unto thee", "my goodness doth not reach:"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "To saints on earth, to th'ex -- cel -- lent, where my de -- light's all placed. Their sor -- rows shall be mul -- ti -- plied to oth -- er gods that haste:", "prose": ["To saints on earth, to th' excellent,", "where my delight's all placed.", "Their sorrows shall be multiplied", "to other gods that haste:"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Of their drin -- kof -- fer -- ings of blood I will no of -- f'ring make; Yea, nei -- ther I their ver -- y names up in my lips will take.", "prose": ["Of their drink-offerings of blood", "I will no off'ring make;", "Yea, neither I their very names", "up in my lips will take."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "God is of mine in -- her -- i -- tance and cup the por -- ti -- on; The lot that fal -- len is to me thou dost main -- tain a -- lone.", "prose": ["God is of mine inheritance", "and cup the portion;", "The lot that fallen is to me", "thou dost maintain alone."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Un -- to me hap -- pi -- ly the lines in pleas -- ant plac -- es fell; Yea, the in -- her -- i -- tance I got in beau -- ty doth ex -- cel.", "prose": ["Unto me happily the lines", "in pleasant places fell;", "Yea, the inheritance I got", "in beauty doth excel."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "I bless the Lord, be -- cause he doth by coun -- sel me con -- duct; And in the sea -- sons of the night my reins do me in -- struct.", "prose": ["I bless the Lord, because he doth", "by counsel me conduct;", "And in the seasons of the night", "my reins do me instruct."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Be -- fore me still the Lord I set: sith it is so that he Doth ev -- er stand at my right hand, I shall not mov -- ed be.", "prose": ["Before me still the Lord I set:", "sith it is so that he", "Doth ever stand at my right hand,", "I shall not moved be."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause of this my heart is glad, and joy shall be ex -- pressed Ev'n by my glo -- ry; and my flesh in con -- fi -- dence shall rest.", "prose": ["Because of this my heart is glad,", "and joy shall be expressed", "Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh", "in confidence shall rest."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause my soul in grave to dwell shall not be left by thee; Nor wilt thou give thine Ho -- ly One cor -- rup -- ti -- on to see.", "prose": ["Because my soul in grave to dwell", "shall not be left by thee;", "Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One", "corruption to see."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Thou wilt me show the path of life: of joys there is full store Be -- fore thy face; at thy right hand are plea -- sures ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["Thou wilt me show the path of life:", "of joys there is full store", "Before thy face; at thy right hand", "are pleasures evermore."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}