{"slug": "my-sins-and-faults-of-youth", "title": "The Sins of Youth", "first_line": "My sins and faults of youth", "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 61) 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 61. 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 sins and faults of youth, Let them for -- got -- ten be, And for Thy ten -- der mer -- cies' sake, O Lord, re -- mem -- ber me.", "prose": ["My sins and faults of youth,", "Let them forgotten be,", "And for Thy tender mercies' sake,", "O Lord, remember me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The Lord is just and good, In -- struct -- ing those that stray; The meek He will in judg -- ment guide And make them know His way.", "prose": ["The Lord is just and good,", "Instructing those that stray;", "The meek He will in judgment guide", "And make them know His way."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The path -- ways of the Lord Are truth and mer -- cy sure The meek He will in jud -- gement guide And make them know His way.", "prose": ["The pathways of the Lord", "Are truth and mercy sure", "The meek He will in judgement guide", "And make them know His way."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "For Thy Name's sake, O Lord, With Thee I hum -- bly plead To par -- don my in -- iq -- ui -- ty, For it is great in -- deed.", "prose": ["For Thy Name's sake, O Lord,", "With Thee I humbly plead", "To pardon my iniquity,", "For it is great indeed."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}