{"slug": "lord-thou-hast-greatly-blessed-our-land", "title": "Assurance of Blessing", "first_line": "Lord, Thou hast greatly blessed our land", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 85, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 85"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 230) 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 85, selection 230. 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, Thou hast great -- ly blessed our land, Thou hast brought back our cap -- tive band, Thy par -- d'ning grace has made us free And cov -- ered our in -- iq -- ui -- ty.", "prose": ["Lord, Thou hast greatly blessed our land,", "Thou hast brought back our captive band,", "Thy pard'ning grace has made us free", "And covered our iniquity."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O Thou, Who in a for -- mer day Didst turn Thy dread -- ful wrath a -- way, In grace Thy peo -- ple, Lord, re -- turn, And let Thy wrath no long -- er burn.", "prose": ["O Thou, Who in a former day", "Didst turn Thy dreadful wrath away,", "In grace Thy people, Lord, return,", "And let Thy wrath no longer burn."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O will Thy an -- ger nev -- er cease, For -- ev -- er shall thy wrath in -- crease? Re -- vive and qui -- cken us once more, And Thy salvat -- io -- n's joy re -- store.", "prose": ["O will Thy anger never cease,", "Forever shall thy wrath increase?", "Revive and quicken us once more,", "And Thy salvation's joy restore."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To us Thy mer -- cy now af -- ford And show us Thy sal -- va -- tion, Lord; Yea, Thou wilt an -- swer us in peace, If from our fol -- ly we will cease.", "prose": ["To us Thy mercy now afford", "And show us Thy salvation, Lord;", "Yea, Thou wilt answer us in peace,", "If from our folly we will cease."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The Lord's sal -- va -- tion will ap -- pear To men of faith and god -- ly fear, And glo -- ry in our land shall dwell When we shall heed God's pre -- cepts well.", "prose": ["The Lord's salvation will appear", "To men of faith and godly fear,", "And glory in our land shall dwell", "When we shall heed God's precepts well."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Now truth a -- grees with mer -- cy mild, Now law and peace are rec -- on -- ciled; Be -- hold the truth from earth a -- rise, With jus -- tice shin -- ing from the skies.", "prose": ["Now truth agrees with mercy mild,", "Now law and peace are reconciled;", "Behold the truth from earth arise,", "With justice shining from the skies."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "The Lord will send His bless -- ing down, And har -- vest all our land shall crown; Be -- fore Him right -- eous -- ness a -- bides, And in His steps our feet He guides.", "prose": ["The Lord will send His blessing down,", "And harvest all our land shall crown;", "Before Him righteousness abides,", "And in His steps our feet He guides."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}