{"slug": "lord-rebuke-me-not-in-anger", "title": "Divine Chastisement", "first_line": "Lord, rebuke me not in anger", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 6, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 6"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 12) 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 6, selection 12. 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, re -- buke me not in an -- ger; Chas -- tened sore I waste a -- way; Pit -- y my dis -- tress and hear me; Lord, how long wilt Thou de -- lay?", "prose": ["Lord, rebuke me not in anger;", "Chastened sore I waste away;", "Pity my distress and hear me;", "Lord, how long wilt Thou delay?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Come, O Lord, my soul de -- liv -- er, In Thy lov -- ing -- kind -- ness save. Shall the dead Thy Name re -- mem -- ber? Who shall praise Thee in the grave?", "prose": ["Come, O Lord, my soul deliver,", "In Thy loving-kindness save.", "Shall the dead Thy Name remember?", "Who shall praise Thee in the grave?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Pit -- y, Lord, my sad con -- di -- tion; I am wea -- ry and dis -- tressed; Man -- y ad -- ver -- sar -- ies vex me, Weep -- ing, I can find no rest.", "prose": ["Pity, Lord, my sad condition;", "I am weary and distressed;", "Many adversaries vex me,", "Weeping, I can find no rest."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Now the foes that seek to harm me, Quick -- ly put to shame, shall flee, For the Lord hath heard my weep -- ing, And He will re -- gard my plea.", "prose": ["Now the foes that seek to harm me,", "Quickly put to shame, shall flee,", "For the Lord hath heard my weeping,", "And He will regard my plea."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}