{"slug": "o-god-to-thy-anointed-king", "title": "The Reign of Christ", "first_line": "O God, to thy Anointed King", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 72, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 72"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 193) 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 72, selection 193. 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, to thy A -- noint -- ed King Give truth and right -- eous -- ness; Thy peo -- ple He will just -- ly judge And give the poor re -- dress.", "prose": ["O God, to thy Anointed King", "Give truth and righteousness;", "Thy people He will justly judge", "And give the poor redress."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Then ev -- 'ry fruit -- ful moun -- tain side Shall yield its rich in -- crease, And right -- eous -- ness in all the land Shall bear the fruit of peace.", "prose": ["Then ev'ry fruitful mountain side", "Shall yield its rich increase,", "And righteousness in all the land", "Shall bear the fruit of peace."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The poor man's cause He will main -- tain, The need -- y He will bless, And He will break the strength of those Who would the poor op -- press.", "prose": ["The poor man's cause He will maintain,", "The needy He will bless,", "And He will break the strength of those", "Who would the poor oppress."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "So men shall fear Thee wile the sun In dai -- ly splen -- dor glows, And through all ag -- es, while the moon On earth its light be -- stows.", "prose": ["So men shall fear Thee wile the sun", "In daily splendor glows,", "And through all ages, while the moon", "On earth its light bestows."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Like rain up -- on the new -- mown grass, That falls re -- fresh -- ing -- ly, Like gen -- tle show'rs that cheer the earth, So shall His com -- ing be.", "prose": ["Like rain upon the new-mown grass,", "That falls refreshingly,", "Like gentle show'rs that cheer the earth,", "So shall His coming be."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The right -- eous in His glo -- rious day Shall flour -- ish and in -- crease; The earth, un -- til the moon shall fade, Shall have a -- bun -- dant peace.", "prose": ["The righteous in His glorious day", "Shall flourish and increase;", "The earth, until the moon shall fade,", "Shall have abundant peace."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}