{"slug": "my-heart-is-fixed-o-god", "title": "Exultent Confidence", "first_line": "My heart is fixed, O God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 108, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 108"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 299) 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 108, selection 299. 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 heart is fixed, O God, A grate -- ful song I raise; A -- wake, O harp, in joy -- ful strains, A -- wake, my soul, to praise.", "prose": ["My heart is fixed, O God,", "A grateful song I raise;", "Awake, O harp, in joyful strains,", "Awake, my soul, to praise."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "A -- mong the na -- tions, Lord, To Thee my song shall rise; Thy truth is great a -- bove the heav'ns, Thy mer -- cies reach the skies.", "prose": ["Among the nations, Lord,", "To Thee my song shall rise;", "Thy truth is great above the heav'ns,", "Thy mercies reach the skies."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A -- bove the heav'ns, o God, And o -- ver all the earth, Let men ex -- alt Thy glo -- rious Name And tell Thy match -- less worth.", "prose": ["Above the heav'ns, o God,", "And over all the earth,", "Let men exalt Thy glorious Name", "And tell Thy matchless worth."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Stretch forth Thy might -- y hand In an -- swer to our prayer, And let Thy own be -- lov -- ed ones Thy great sal -- va -- tion share.", "prose": ["Stretch forth Thy mighty hand", "In answer to our prayer,", "And let Thy own beloved ones", "Thy great salvation share."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The ho -- ly God hath said, All lands shall own My sway; My peo -- ple shall My glo -- ry share, The hea -- then shall o -- bey.", "prose": ["The holy God hath said,", "All lands shall own My sway;", "My people shall My glory share,", "The heathen shall obey."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O who will lead our hosts To tri -- umph o'er the foe, If Thou shalt cast us off, O God, Nor with our ar -- mies go?", "prose": ["O who will lead our hosts", "To triumph o'er the foe,", "If Thou shalt cast us off, O God,", "Nor with our armies go?"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "The help of man is vain, Be Thou our help -- er, Lord; Through Thee we shall do val -- iant -- ly If Thou Thy aid af -- ford.", "prose": ["The help of man is vain,", "Be Thou our helper, Lord;", "Through Thee we shall do valiantly", "If Thou Thy aid afford."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}