{"slug": "now-israel-may-say-and-that-in-truth", "title": "Divine Deliverance", "first_line": "Now Israel may say, and that in truth", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [10, 10, 10, 10, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 124, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 124"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 353) 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 124, selection 353. 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": "Now I -- sra -- el may say, and that in truth If that the Lord had not our right main -- tained; If that the Lord had not with us re -- mained, When cru -- el men a -- gainst us rose to strive, We sure -- ly had been swal -- lowed up a -- live", "prose": ["Now Israel may say, and that in truth", "If that the Lord had not our right maintained;", "If that the Lord had not with us remained,", "When cruel men against us rose to strive,", "We surely had been swallowed up alive"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Yea, when their wrath a -- gainst us fierce -- ly rose, The swell -- ing tide had o'er us spread its wave, The rag -- ing stream had then be -- come our grave, The sur -- ging flood, in proud -- ly swell -- ing roll, Most sure -- ly then had o -- ver -- whelmed our soul.", "prose": ["Yea, when their wrath against us fiercely rose,", "The swelling tide had o'er us spread its wave,", "The raging stream had then become our grave,", "The surging flood, in proudly swelling roll,", "Most surely then had overwhelmed our soul."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Blest be the Lord Who made us not their prey; As from the snare a bird es -- cap -- eth free, Their net is rent and so es -- caped are we; Our on -- ly help is in Je -- ho -- vah's Name, Who made the earth and all the heav'n -- ly frame.", "prose": ["Blest be the Lord Who made us not their prey;", "As from the snare a bird escapeth free,", "Their net is rent and so escaped are we;", "Our only help is in Jehovah's Name,", "Who made the earth and all the heav'nly frame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}