{"slug": "o-come-my-people-to-my-law", "title": "Religious Training", "first_line": "O come, my people, to my law", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 78, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 78"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 215) 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 78, selection 215. 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": "O come, my peo -- ple, to my law At -- ten -- tive -- ly give ear; With wil -- ling heart and teach -- a -- ble The words of wis -- dom hear.", "prose": ["O come, my people, to my law", "Attentively give ear;", "With willing heart and teachable", "The words of wisdom hear."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My mouth shall speak in par -- a -- bles Of hid -- den truths of old, Which, hand -- ed down from age to age, To us our fa -- thers told.", "prose": ["My mouth shall speak in parables", "Of hidden truths of old,", "Which, handed down from age to age,", "To us our fathers told."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "We will not from their chil -- dren hide Je -- ho -- vah's wor -- thy praise, But tell the great -- ness of His strength, His won -- drous works and ways.", "prose": ["We will not from their children hide", "Jehovah's worthy praise,", "But tell the greatness of His strength,", "His wondrous works and ways."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "A tes -- ti -- mo -- ny and a law The Lord our God de -- creed, And bade our fa -- thers teach their sons, That they His ways might heed.", "prose": ["A testimony and a law", "The Lord our God decreed,", "And bade our fathers teach their sons,", "That they His ways might heed."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "He willed that each suc -- ceed -- ing race His deeds might learn and know, That chil -- dren's chil -- dren to their sons Might all these won -- ders show.", "prose": ["He willed that each succeeding race", "His deeds might learn and know,", "That children's children to their sons", "Might all these wonders show."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Let chil -- dren learn God's right -- eous ways And on Him stay their heart, That they may not for -- get His works Nor from His ways de -- part.", "prose": ["Let children learn God's righteous ways", "And on Him stay their heart,", "That they may not forget His works", "Nor from His ways depart."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}