{"slug": "o-god-give-ear-unto-my-cry-psalm-61", "title": "Confidence in God", "first_line": "O God, give ear unto my cry", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 61, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 61"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 160) 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 61, selection 160. 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 God, give ear un -- to my cry, And to my voice at -- tend; Thought far from home and from Thy house, To Thee my prayers as -- cend.", "prose": ["O God, give ear unto my cry,", "And to my voice attend;", "Thought far from home and from Thy house,", "To Thee my prayers ascend."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When trou -- bles o -- ver -- whelm my heart, Then Thou wilt hear my cry, For safe -- ty lead me to the Rock That high -- er is than I.", "prose": ["When troubles overwhelm my heart, \\", "Then Thou wilt hear my cry,", "For safety lead me to the Rock", "That higher is than I."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A ref -- uge Thou hast been for me When storms of trou -- ble low'r; When foes as -- sail, then Thou hast been My strong de -- fense and tow'r.", "prose": ["A refuge Thou hast been for me", "When storms of trouble low'r;", "When foes assail, then Thou hast been", "My strong defense and tow'r."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "With -- in Thy ho -- ly tem -- ple, Lord, I ev -- er will a -- bide; Be -- neath the co -- vert of Thy wings In con -- fi -- dence I hide.", "prose": ["Within Thy holy temple, Lord,", "I ever will abide;", "Beneath the covert of Thy wings", "In confidence I hide."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}