{"slug": "my-griefs-of-heart-abound", "title": "Forgiveness and Deliverance", "first_line": "My griefs of heart abound", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 25, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 25"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 63) 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 25, selection 63. 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 griefs of heart a -- bound, Re -- lieve my sore dis -- tress, See my af -- flic -- tion and my pain, For -- give my sin -- ful -- ness.", "prose": ["My griefs of heart abound,", "Relieve my sore distress,", "See my affliction and my pain,", "Forgive my sinfulness."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Con -- sid -- er Thou my foes, So man -- y and so bold, For cru -- el is the ha -- tred, Lord, Which they a -- gainst me hold.", "prose": ["Consider Thou my foes,", "So many and so bold,", "For cruel is the hatred, Lord,", "Which they against me hold."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "De -- fend, and keep my soul, From foes de -- liv -- er me, And let me not be bro't to shame: I put my trust in Thee.", "prose": ["Defend, and keep my soul,", "From foes deliver me,", "And let me not be bro't to shame:", "I put my trust in Thee."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be truth and right my shield, Be -- cause I wait for Thee; Thy Church, O God, do Thou re -- deem From all ad -- ver -- si -- ty.", "prose": ["Be truth and right my shield,", "Because I wait for Thee;", "Thy Church, O God, do Thou redeem", "From all adversity."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}