{"slug": "lord-thou-hast-been-our-dwelling-place", "title": "Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling-place", "first_line": "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 90, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 90"], "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 90. 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, thou hast been our dwell -- ing -- place in gen -- er -- a -- tions all. Be -- fore thou ev -- er hadst brought forth the moun -- tains great or small;", "prose": ["Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place", "in generations all.", "Before thou ever hadst brought forth", "the mountains great or small;"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Ere ev -- er thou hadst formed the earth, and all the world a -- broad; Ev'n thou from ev -- er -- last -- ing art to ev -- er -- last -- ing God.", "prose": ["Ere ever thou hadst formed the earth,", "and all the world abroad;", "Ev'n thou from everlasting art", "to everlasting God."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thou dost un -- to de -- struc -- ti -- on man that is mor -- tal turn; And un -- to them thou say'st, A -- gain, ye sons of men, re -- turn.", "prose": ["Thou dost unto destruction", "man that is mortal turn;", "And unto them thou say'st, Again,", "ye sons of men, return."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause a thou -- sand years ap -- pear no more be -- fore thy sight Than yes -- ter -- day, when it is past, or than a watch by night.", "prose": ["Because a thousand years appear", "no more before thy sight", "Than yesterday, when it is past,", "or than a watch by night."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "As with an o -- ver -- flow -- ing flood thou car -- riest them a -- way: They like a sleep are, like the grass that grows at morn are they.", "prose": ["As with an overflowing flood", "thou carriest them away:", "They like a sleep are, like the grass", "that grows at morn are they."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "At morn it flour -- ish -- es and grows, cut down at ev'n doth fade. For by thine an -- ger we're con -- sumed, thy wrath makes us a -- fraid.", "prose": ["At morn it flourishes and grows,", "cut down at ev'n doth fade.", "For by thine anger we're consumed,", "thy wrath makes us afraid."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Our sins thou and in -- iq -- ui -- ties dost in thy pres -- ence place, And sett'st our se -- cret faults be -- fore the bright -- ness of thy face.", "prose": ["Our sins thou and iniquities", "dost in thy presence place,", "And sett'st our secret faults before", "the brightness of thy face."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "For in thine an -- ger all our days do pass on to an end; And as a tale that hath been told, so we our years do spend.", "prose": ["For in thine anger all our days", "do pass on to an end;", "And as a tale that hath been told,", "so we our years do spend."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Three -- score and ten years do sum up our days and years, we see; Or if, by rea -- son of more strength, in some four -- score they be:", "prose": ["Threescore and ten years do sum up", "our days and years, we see;", "Or if, by reason of more strength,", "in some fourscore they be:"]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Yet doth the strength of such old men but grief and la -- bour prove; For it is soon cut off, and we fly hence, and soon re -- move.", "prose": ["Yet doth the strength of such old men", "but grief and labour prove;", "For it is soon cut off, and we", "fly hence, and soon remove."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Who knows the pow -- er of thy wrath? ac -- cord -- ing to thy fear So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us our end in mind to bear;", "prose": ["Who knows the power of thy wrath?", "according to thy fear", "So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us", "our end in mind to bear;"]}, "12": {"syllabified": "And so to count our days, that we our hearts may still ap -- ply To learn thy wis -- dom and thy truth, that we may live there -- by.", "prose": ["And so to count our days, that we", "our hearts may still apply", "To learn thy wisdom and thy truth,", "that we may live thereby."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Turn yet a -- gain to us, O Lord, how long thus shall it be? Let it re -- pent thee now for those that ser -- vants are to thee.", "prose": ["Turn yet again to us, O Lord,", "how long thus shall it be?", "Let it repent thee now for those", "that servants are to thee."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "O with thy ten -- der mer -- cies, Lord, us ear -- ly sat -- is -- fy; So we re -- joice shall all our days, and still be glad in thee.", "prose": ["O with thy tender mercies, Lord,", "us early satisfy;", "So we rejoice shall all our days,", "and still be glad in thee."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "Ac -- cord -- ing as the days have been, where -- in we grief have had, And years where -- in we ill have seen, so do thou make us glad.", "prose": ["According as the days have been,", "wherein we grief have had,", "And years wherein we ill have seen,", "so do thou make us glad."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "O let thy work and pow'r ap -- pear thy ser -- vants' face be -- fore; And show un -- to their chil -- dren dear thy glo -- ry ev -- er -- more:", "prose": ["O let thy work and pow'r appear", "thy servants' face before;", "And show unto their children dear", "thy glory evermore:"]}, "17": {"syllabified": "And let the beau -- ty of the Lord our God be us up -- on: Our han -- di -- works es -- tab -- lish thou, es -- tab -- lish them each one.", "prose": ["And let the beauty of the Lord", "our God be us upon:", "Our handiworks establish thou,", "establish them each one."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}