{"slug": "my-song-forever-shall-record", "title": "The Mercies and Faithfulness of God", "first_line": "My song forever shall record", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 89, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 89"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 241) 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 89, selection 241. 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 song for -- ev -- er shall re -- cord The ten -- der mer -- cies of the Lord; Thy faith -- ful -- ness will I pro -- claim, And ev -- 'ry age shall know Thy name.", "prose": ["My song forever shall record", "The tender mercies of the Lord;", "Thy faithfulness will I proclaim,", "And ev'ry age shall know Thy name."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I sing of mer -- cies that en -- dure, For -- ev -- er build -- ed firm and sure, Of faith -- ful -- ness that nev -- er dies, Es -- tab -- lished change -- less in the skies.", "prose": ["I sing of mercies that endure,", "Forever builded firm and sure,", "Of faithfulness that never dies,", "Established changeless in the skies."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold God's truth and grace dis -- played, For He has faith -- ful cov -- 'nant made, And He has sworn that Da -- vid's son Shall ev -- er sit up -- on his throne.", "prose": ["Behold God's truth and grace displayed,", "For He has faithful covenant made,", "And He has sworn that David's son", "Shall ever sit upon his throne."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The heav'ns shall join in glad ac -- cord To praise Thy won -- drous works, O Lord; Thy faith -- ful -- ness shall praise com -- mand Where ho -- ly ones as -- sem -- bled stand.", "prose": ["The heav'ns shall join in glad accord", "To praise Thy wondrous works, O Lord;", "Thy faithfulness shall praise command", "Where holy ones assembled stand."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Who in the heav'n -- ly dwell -- ings fair Can with the Lord Him -- self com -- pare? Or who a -- mong the might -- y shares The like -- ness that Je -- ho -- vah bears.", "prose": ["Who in the heav'nly dwellings fair", "Can with the Lord Himself compare?", "Or who among the mighty shares", "The likeness that Jehovah bears."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "With fear and rev -- 'rence at His feet God's ho -- ly ones in coun -- cil meet; Yea, more than all a -- bout His throne Must He be feared, and He a -- lone.", "prose": ["With fear and reverence at His feet", "God's holy ones in council meet;", "Yea, more than all about His throne", "Must He be feared, and He alone."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "O Thou Je -- ho -- vah, God of Hosts, What might -- y one Thy like -- ness boasts? In all Thy works and vast de -- signs Thy faith -- ful -- ness for -- ev -- er shines.", "prose": ["O Thou Jehovah, God of Hosts,", "What mighty one Thy likeness boasts?", "In all Thy works and vast designs", "Thy faithfulness forever shines."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "The swell -- ing sea o -- beys Thy will, Its an -- gry waves Thy voice can still; Thy might -- y en -- e -- mies are slain, Thy foes re -- sist Thy power in vain.", "prose": ["The swelling sea obeys Thy will,", "Its angry waves Thy voice can still;", "Thy mighty enemies are slain,", "Thy foes resist Thy power in vain."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "The heavens and earth, by right di -- vine, The world and all there -- in, are Thine; The whole creat -- io -- n's won -- drous frame Pro -- claims its Mak -- er's glo -- rious Name.", "prose": ["The heavens and earth, by right divine,", "The world and all therein, are Thine;", "The whole creation's wondrous frame", "Proclaims its Maker's glorious Name."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}