{"slug": "now-israel-may-say-and-that-truly", "title": "Now Israel May Say, and That Truly (Second Version)", "first_line": "Now Israel may say, and that truly", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "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": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against The Psalms of David in Metre, Glasgow 1846 printing (archive.org psalmsofdavidinm1846chur))", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 124 (second version). Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Now I -- sra -- el may say, and that tru -- ly, If that the Lord had not our cause main -- tained; If that the Lord had not our right sus -- tained, When cru -- el men a -- gainst us fu -- rious -- ly Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;", "prose": ["Now Israel may say, and that truly,", "If that the Lord had not our cause maintained;", "If that the Lord had not our right sustained,", "When cruel men against us furiously", "Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Then cer -- tain -- ly they had de -- voured us all, And swal -- lowed quick, for ought that we could deem; Such was their rage, as we might well es -- teem. And as fierce floods be -- fore them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down.", "prose": ["Then certainly they had devoured us all,", "And swallowed quick, for ought that we could deem;", "Such was their rage, as we might well esteem.", "And as fierce floods before them all things drown,", "So had they brought our soul to death quite down."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The rag -- ing streams, with their proud swell -- ing waves, Had then our soul o'er -- whelm -- ed in the deep. But blessed be God, who doth us safe -- ly keep, And hath not giv'n us for a liv -- ing prey Un -- to their teeth, and blood -- y cru -- el -- ty.", "prose": ["The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves,", "Had then our soul o'erwhelmed in the deep.", "But blessed be God, who doth us safely keep,", "And hath not giv'n us for a living prey", "Unto their teeth, and bloody cruelty."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Ev'n as a bird out of the fow -- ler's snare Es -- capes a -- way, so is our soul set free: Broke are their nets, and thus es -- cap -- ed we. There -- fore our help is in the Lord's great name, Who heav'n and earth by his great pow'r did frame.", "prose": ["Ev'n as a bird out of the fowler's snare", "Escapes away, so is our soul set free:", "Broke are their nets, and thus escaped we.", "Therefore our help is in the Lord's great name,", "Who heav'n and earth by his great pow'r did frame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}