{"slug": "o-come-let-us-sing-to-the-lord", "title": "O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord", "first_line": "O come, let us sing to the Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 95, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 95"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 95. 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": "O come, let us sing to the Lord: come, let us ev -- ery one A joy -- ful noise make to the Rock of our sal -- va -- ti -- on.", "prose": ["O come, let us sing to the Lord:", "come, let us every one", "A joyful noise make to the Rock", "of our salvation."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Let us be -- fore his pres -- ence come with praise and thank -- ful voice; Let us sing psalms to him with grace, and make a joy -- ful noise.", "prose": ["Let us before his presence come", "with praise and thankful voice;", "Let us sing psalms to him with grace,", "and make a joyful noise."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For God, a great God, and great King, a -- bove all gods he is. Depths of the earth are in his hand, the strength of hills is his.", "prose": ["For God, a great God, and great King,", "above all gods he is.", "Depths of the earth are in his hand,", "the strength of hills is his."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To him the spa -- cious sea be -- longs, for he the same did make; The dry land al -- so from his hands its form at first did take.", "prose": ["To him the spacious sea belongs,", "for he the same did make;", "The dry land also from his hands", "its form at first did take."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O come, and let us wor -- ship him, let us bow down with -- al, And on our knees be -- fore the Lord our Mak -- er let us fall.", "prose": ["O come, and let us worship him,", "let us bow down withal,", "And on our knees before the Lord", "our Maker let us fall."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "For he's our God, the peo -- ple we of his own pas -- ture are, And of his hand the sheep; to -- day, if ye his voice will hear,", "prose": ["For he's our God, the people we", "of his own pasture are,", "And of his hand the sheep; to-day,", "if ye his voice will hear,"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Then har -- den not your hearts, as in the prov -- o -- ca -- ti -- on, As in the des -- ert, on the day of the ten -- ta -- ti -- on:", "prose": ["Then harden not your hearts, as in", "the provocation,", "As in the desert, on the day", "of the tentation:"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "When me your fa -- thers tempt'd and proved, and did my work -- ing see; Ev'n for the space of for -- ty years this race hath griev -- ed me.", "prose": ["When me your fathers tempt'd and proved,", "and did my working see;", "Ev'n for the space of forty years", "this race hath grieved me."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "I said, This peo -- ple errs in heart, my ways they do not know: To whom I sware in wrath, that to my rest they should not go.", "prose": ["I said, This people errs in heart,", "my ways they do not know:", "To whom I sware in wrath, that to", "my rest they should not go."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}