{"slug": "o-god-the-god-that-saveth-me", "title": "Pardon and Testimony", "first_line": "O God, the God that saveth me", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 51, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 51"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 144) 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 51, selection 144. 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, the God that sav -- eth me, Re -- move my guilt -- y stains, And I will sing thy right -- eous -- ness In grate -- ful, joy -- ous strains.", "prose": ["O God, the God that saveth me,", "Remove my guilty stains,", "And I will sing thy righteousness", "In grateful, joyous strains."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O Lord, now o -- pen Thou my lips, Long closed by sin and shame; My mouth shall show be -- fore the world The glo -- ry of Thy Name.", "prose": ["O Lord, now open Thou my lips,", "Long closed by sin and shame;", "My mouth shall show before the world", "The glory of Thy Name."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "No sac -- ri -- fice dost thou de -- sire, Else would I give it Thee; Now with ap -- point -- ed of -- fer -- ings Wilt Thou de -- light -- ed be.", "prose": ["No sacrifice dost thou desire,", "Else would I give it Thee;", "Now with appointed offerings", "Wilt Thou delighted be."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "A bro -- ken spir -- it is to God A pleas -- ing sac -- ri -- fice; A bro -- ken and a con -- trite heart Thou, Lord, wilt not de -- spise.", "prose": ["A broken spirit is to God", "A pleasing sacrifice;", "A broken and a contrite heart", "Thou, Lord, wilt not despise."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Do good to Zi -- on in thy grace, Her ru -- ined walls re -- store; Then sac -- ri -- fice of right -- eous -- ness Shall please Thee as of yore.", "prose": ["Do good to Zion in thy grace,", "Her ruined walls restore;", "Then sacrifice of righteousness", "Shall please Thee as of yore."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Thy peo -- ple then with wil -- ling hands And hearts that Thou hast blessed Shall bring in thank -- ful sac -- ri -- fice Their choic -- est gifts and best.", "prose": ["Thy people then with willing hands", "And hearts that Thou hast blessed", "Shall bring in thankful sacrifice", "Their choicest gifts and best."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}