{"slug": "my-heart-is-fixed-lord-i-will-sing", "title": "My Heart Is Fixed, Lord; I Will Sing", "first_line": "My heart is fixed, Lord; I will sing", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 108, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 108"], "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 108. 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 heart is fixed, Lord; I will sing, and with my glo -- ry praise. A -- wake up psal -- ter -- y and harp; my -- self I'll ear -- ly raise.", "prose": ["My heart is fixed, Lord; I will sing,", "and with my glory praise.", "Awake up psaltery and harp;", "myself I'll early raise."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I'll praise thee 'mong the peo -- ple, Lord; 'mong na -- tions sing will I: For a -- bove heav'n thy mer -- cy's great, thy truth doth reach the sky.", "prose": ["I'll praise thee 'mong the people, Lord;", "'mong nations sing will I:", "For above heav'n thy mercy's great,", "thy truth doth reach the sky."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be thou a -- bove the heav -- ens, Lord, ex -- al -- ted glo -- rious -- ly; Thy glo -- ry all the earth a -- bove be lift -- ed up on high.", "prose": ["Be thou above the heavens, Lord,", "exalted gloriously;", "Thy glory all the earth above", "be lifted up on high."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "That those who thy be -- lov -- ed are de -- liv -- er -- ed may be, O do thou save with thy right hand, and an -- swer give to me.", "prose": ["That those who thy beloved are", "delivered may be,", "O do thou save with thy right hand,", "and answer give to me."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "God in his ho -- li -- ness hath said, Here -- in I will take plea -- sure; She -- chem I will di -- vide, and forth will Suc -- coth's val -- ley mea -- sure.", "prose": ["God in his holiness hath said,", "Herein I will take pleasure;", "Shechem I will divide, and forth", "will Succoth's valley measure."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Gil -- ead I claim as mine by right; Ma -- nas -- seh mine shall be; Eph -- raim is of my head the strength; Ju -- dah gives laws for me;", "prose": ["Gilead I claim as mine by right;", "Manasseh mine shall be;", "Ephraim is of my head the strength;", "Judah gives laws for me;"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Mo -- ab's my wash -- ing -- pot; my shoe I'll o -- ver E -- dom throw; O -- ver the land of Pal -- es -- tine I will in tri -- umph go.", "prose": ["Moab's my washing-pot; my shoe", "I'll over Edom throw;", "Over the land of Palestine", "I will in triumph go."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "O who is he will bring me to the cit -- y for -- ti -- fied? O who is he that to the land of E -- dom will me guide?", "prose": ["O who is he will bring me to", "the city fortified?", "O who is he that to the land", "of Edom will me guide?"]}, "9": {"syllabified": "O God, thou who hadst cast us off, this thing wilt thou not do? And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O God, forth with our ar -- mies go?", "prose": ["O God, thou who hadst cast us off,", "this thing wilt thou not do?", "And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O God,", "forth with our armies go?"]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Do thou from trou -- ble give us help, for help -- less is man's aid. Through God we shall do val -- iant -- ly; our foes he shall down tread.", "prose": ["Do thou from trouble give us help,", "for helpless is man's aid.", "Through God we shall do valiantly;", "our foes he shall down tread."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}