{"slug": "o-god-give-thou-ear-to-my-plea", "title": "Desire for Rest", "first_line": "O God, give Thou ear to my plea", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 55, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 55"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 150) 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 55, selection 150. 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 Thou ear to my plea, And hide not Thy -- self from my cry; O hear -- ken and an -- swer Thou me, As rest -- less and wea -- ry I sigh.", "prose": ["O God, give Thou ear to my plea,", "And hide not Thyself from my cry;", "O hearken and answer Thou me,", "As restless and weary I sigh."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O that I had wings like a dove, Fro then I would fly far a -- way And seek for the rest that I love, Where trou -- ble no more could dis -- may.", "prose": ["O that I had wings like a dove,", "Fro then I would fly far away", "And seek for the rest that I love,", "Where trouble no more could dismay."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Nay, soul, call on god all the day; The Lord for Thy help will ap -- pear; At eve, morn, and noon hum -- bly pray, And He thy pe -- ti -- tion will hear.", "prose": ["Nay, soul, call on god all the day;", "The Lord for Thy help will appear;", "At eve, morn, and noon humbly pray,", "And He thy petition will hear."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thy bur -- den now cast on the Lord, And He shall thy weak -- ness sus -- tain; The right -- eous who trust in His word Un -- moved shall for -- ev -- er re -- main.", "prose": ["Thy burden now cast on the Lord,", "And He shall thy weakness sustain;", "The righteous who trust in His word", "Unmoved shall forever remain."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}