{"slug": "lord-unto-us-be-merciful", "title": "Lord, unto Us Be Merciful (Second Version)", "first_line": "Lord, unto us be merciful", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 67, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 67"], "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 67 (second version). 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, un -- to us be mer -- ci -- ful, do thou us al -- so bless; And gra -- cious -- ly cause shine on us the bright -- ness of thy face:", "prose": ["Lord, unto us be merciful,", "do thou us also bless;", "And graciously cause shine on us", "the brightness of thy face:"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "That so thy way up -- on the earth to all men may be known; Al -- so a -- mong the na -- tions all thy sav -- ing health be shown.", "prose": ["That so thy way upon the earth", "to all men may be known;", "Also among the nations all", "thy saving health be shown."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O let the peo -- ple praise thee, Lord; let peo -- ple all thee praise. O let the na -- ti -- ons be glad, and sing for joy al -- ways:", "prose": ["O let the people praise thee, Lord;", "let people all thee praise.", "O let the nations be glad,", "and sing for joy always:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "For right -- ly thou shalt peo -- ple judge, and na -- tions rule on earth. Let peo -- ple praise thee, Lord; let all the folk praise thee with mirth.", "prose": ["For rightly thou shalt people judge,", "and nations rule on earth.", "Let people praise thee, Lord; let all", "the folk praise thee with mirth."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Then shall the earth yield her in -- crease; God, our God, bless us shall. God shall us bless; and of the earth the ends shall fear him all.", "prose": ["Then shall the earth yield her increase;", "God, our God, bless us shall.", "God shall us bless; and of the earth", "the ends shall fear him all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}