{"slug": "my-god-deliver-me-from-those", "title": "My God, Deliver Me from Those", "first_line": "My God, deliver me from those", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 59, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 59"], "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 59. 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": "My God, de -- liv -- er me from those that are mine en -- e -- mies; And do thou me de -- fend from those that up a -- gainst me rise.", "prose": ["My God, deliver me from those", "that are mine enemies;", "And do thou me defend from those", "that up against me rise."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Do thou de -- liv -- er me from them that work in -- iq -- ui -- ty; And give me safe -- ty from the men of blood -- y cru -- el -- ty.", "prose": ["Do thou deliver me from them", "that work iniquity;", "And give me safety from the men", "of bloody cruelty."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For, lo, they for my soul lay wait: the might -- y do com -- bine A -- gainst me, Lord; not for my fault, nor an -- y sin of mine.", "prose": ["For, lo, they for my soul lay wait:", "the mighty do combine", "Against me, Lord; not for my fault,", "nor any sin of mine."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "They run, and, with -- out fault in me, them -- selves do read -- y make: A -- wake to meet me with thy help; and do thou no -- tice take.", "prose": ["They run, and, without fault in me,", "themselves do ready make:", "Awake to meet me with thy help;", "and do thou notice take."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "A -- wake there -- fore, Lord God of hosts, thou God of I -- sra -- el, To vis -- it hea -- then all: spare none that wick -- ed -- ly re -- bel.", "prose": ["Awake therefore, Lord God of hosts,", "thou God of Israel,", "To visit heathen all: spare none", "that wickedly rebel."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "At ev' -- ning they go to and fro; they make great noise and sound, Like to a dog, and of -- ten walk a -- bout the cit -- y round.", "prose": ["At ev'ning they go to and fro;", "they make great noise and sound,", "Like to a dog, and often walk", "about the city round."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold, they belch out with their mouth, and in their lips are swords: For they do say thus, Who is he that now doth hear our words?", "prose": ["Behold, they belch out with their mouth,", "and in their lips are swords:", "For they do say thus, Who is he", "that now doth hear our words?"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them, and all the hea -- then mock. While he's in pow'r I'll wait on thee; for God is my high rock.", "prose": ["But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them,", "and all the heathen mock.", "While he's in pow'r I'll wait on thee;", "for God is my high rock."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "He of my mer -- cy that is God be -- times shall me pre -- vent; Up -- on mine en -- 'mies God shall let me see mine heart's con -- tent.", "prose": ["He of my mercy that is God", "betimes shall me prevent;", "Upon mine en'mies God shall let", "me see mine heart's content."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Them slay not, lest my folk for -- get; but scat -- ter them a -- broad By thy strong pow'r; and bring them down, O thou our shield and God.", "prose": ["Them slay not, lest my folk forget;", "but scatter them abroad", "By thy strong pow'r; and bring them down,", "O thou our shield and God."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "For their mouth's sin, and for the words that from their lips do fly, Let them be tak -- en in their pride; be -- cause they curse and lie.", "prose": ["For their mouth's sin, and for the words", "that from their lips do fly,", "Let them be taken in their pride;", "because they curse and lie."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "In wrath con -- sume them, them con -- sume, that so they may not be: And that in Ja -- cob God doth rule to th'earth's ends let them see.", "prose": ["In wrath consume them, them consume,", "that so they may not be:", "And that in Jacob God doth rule", "to th' earth's ends let them see."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "At ev' -- ning let thou them re -- turn, mak -- ing great noise and sound, Like to a dog, and of -- ten walk a -- bout the cit -- y round.", "prose": ["At ev'ning let thou them return,", "making great noise and sound,", "Like to a dog, and often walk", "about the city round."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "And let them wan -- der up and down, in seek -- ing food to eat; And let them grudge when they shall not be sat -- is -- fied with meat.", "prose": ["And let them wander up and down,", "in seeking food to eat;", "And let them grudge when they shall not", "be satisfied with meat."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "But of thy pow'r I'll sing a -- loud; at morn thy mer -- cy praise: For thou to me my ref -- uge wast, and tow'r, in trou -- blous days.", "prose": ["But of thy pow'r I'll sing aloud;", "at morn thy mercy praise:", "For thou to me my refuge wast,", "and tow'r, in troublous days."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "O God, thou art my strength, I will sing prais -- es un -- to thee; For God is my de -- fence, a God of mer -- cy un -- to me.", "prose": ["O God, thou art my strength, I will", "sing praises unto thee;", "For God is my defence, a God", "of mercy unto me."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}