{"slug": "most-perfect-is-the-law-of-god", "title": "The Value of Holy Scripture", "first_line": "Most perfect is the law of God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 19, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 19"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 41) 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 19, selection 41. 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": "Most per -- fect is the law of God, Re -- stor -- ing those that stray; His tes -- ti -- mo -- ny is most sure, Pro -- claim -- ing wis -- dom's way.", "prose": ["Most perfect is the law of God,", "Restoring those that stray;", "His testimony is most sure,", "Proclaiming wisdom's way."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The pre -- cepts of the Lord are right; With joy they fill the heart; The Lord's com -- mand -- ments all are pure, And clear -- est light im -- part.", "prose": ["The precepts of the Lord are right;", "With joy they fill the heart;", "The Lord's commandments all are pure,", "And clearest light impart."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The fear of God is un -- de -- filed And ev -- er shall en -- dure; The stat -- utes of the Lord are truth And right -- eous -- ness most pure.", "prose": ["The fear of God is undefiled", "And ever shall endure;", "The statutes of the Lord are truth", "And righteousness most pure."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "They warn from ways of wick -- ed -- ness Dis -- pleas -- ing to the Lord, And in the keep -- ing of His Word There is a great re -- ward.", "prose": ["They warn from ways of wickedness", "Displeasing to the Lord,", "And in the keeping of His Word", "There is a great reward."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "What man can know his e -- vil heart, Dis -- cern -- ing all his sin? O cleanse me, Lord, from hid -- den faults, And make me pure with -- in.", "prose": ["What man can know his evil heart,", "Discerning all his sin?", "O cleanse me, Lord, from hidden faults,", "And make me pure within."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "From will -- ful sins Thy ser -- vant keep, No van -- tage let them gain; From great trans -- gres -- sions thus made free, I up -- right shall re -- main.", "prose": ["From willful sins Thy servant keep,", "No vantage let them gain;", "From great transgressions thus made free,", "I upright shall remain."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "The words which from my mouth pro -- ceed, The thoughts with -- in my heart, Ac -- cept, O Lord, for Thou my Rock And my Re -- deem -- er art.", "prose": ["The words which from my mouth proceed,", "The thoughts within my heart,", "Accept, O Lord, for Thou my Rock", "And my Redeemer art."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}