{"slug": "my-hope-is-built", "title": "My Hope Is Built", "first_line": "My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus'", "author": "edward-mote", "author_date": "c. 1834", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Brevity of Life", "Calmness", "Faithfulness"], "scripture": ["Psalm 90:1", "Hebrews 1:1-2"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:282; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1876).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "my_hope_is_built_on_nothing_less", "total_instances": 1226}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "My hope is built on noth -- ing less Than Je -- sus' blood and right -- eous -- ness. I dare not trust the sweet -- est frame, But whol -- ly trust in Je -- sus' Name.", "prose": ["My hope is built on nothing less", "Than Jesus' blood and righteousness.", "I dare not trust the sweetest frame,", "But wholly trust in Jesus' Name."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When dark -- ness veils His love -- ly face, I rest on His un -- chang -- ing grace. In ev -- ery high and storm -- y gale, My an -- chor holds with -- in the veil.", "prose": ["When darkness veils His lovely face,", "I rest on His unchanging grace.", "In every high and stormy gale,", "My anchor holds within the veil."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "His oath, His cov -- e -- nant, His blood, Sup -- port me in the whelm -- ing flood. When all a -- round my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.", "prose": ["His oath, His covenant, His blood,", "Support me in the whelming flood.", "When all around my soul gives way,", "He then is all my hope and stay."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "When He shall come with trum -- pet sound, Oh may I then in Him be found. Dressed in His right -- eous -- ness a -- lone, Fault -- less to stand be -- fore the throne.", "prose": ["When He shall come with trumpet sound,", "Oh may I then in Him be found.", "Dressed in His righteousness alone,", "Faultless to stand before the throne."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "On Christ the sol -- id Rock I stand, All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand.", "prose": ["On Christ the solid Rock I stand,", "All other ground is sinking sand."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}