{"slug": "my-god-it-was-thy-grace", "title": "Thoughts on God's Loving-Kindness", "first_line": "My God, it was Thy grace", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 30, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 30"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 79) 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 30, selection 79. 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": "My God, it was Thy grace That did my strength sup -- ply; When Thou didst hide Thy face, Sore trou -- bled then was I. To Thee I cried, O Lord; to Thee I made my sup -- pli -- cat -- ing plea.", "prose": ["My God, it was Thy grace", "That did my strength supply;", "When Thou didst hide Thy face,", "Sore troubled then was I.", "To Thee I cried, O Lord; to Thee", "I made my supplicating plea."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "What prof -- it can it bring If life Thou dost not spare? Shall dust thy prais -- es sing, Shall it Thy truth de -- clare? Je -- ho -- vah hear, in mer -- cy hear, My Help -- er, Sav -- iour, now ap -- pear.", "prose": ["What profit can it bring", "If life Thou dost not spare?", "Shall dust thy praises sing,", "Shall it Thy truth declare?", "Jehovah hear, in mercy hear,", "My Helper, Saviour, now appear."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "With grief to glad -- ness turned, With sor -- row changed to joy, Thy prais -- es I have learned, And songs my lips em -- ploy; So shall my tongue thro' life a -- dore And praise Thy Name for ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["With grief to gladness turned,", "With sorrow changed to joy,", "Thy praises I have learned,", "And songs my lips employ;", "So shall my tongue thro' life adore", "And praise Thy Name for evermore."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}