{"slug": "o-god-why-hast-thou-cast-us-off", "title": "O God, Why Hast Thou Cast Us Off?", "first_line": "O God, why hast thou cast us off?", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 74, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 74"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 74. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O God, why hast thou cast us off? is it for ev -- er -- more? A -- gainst thy pas -- ture -- sheep why doth thine an -- ger smoke so sore?", "prose": ["O God, why hast thou cast us off?", "is it for evermore?", "Against thy pasture-sheep why doth", "thine anger smoke so sore?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O call to thy re -- mem -- ber -- ance thy con -- gre -- ga -- ti -- on, Which thou hast pur -- chas -- ed of old; still think the same up -- on:", "prose": ["O call to thy rememberance", "thy congregation,", "Which thou hast purchased of old;", "still think the same upon:"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The rod of thine in -- her -- i -- tance, which thou re -- deem -- ed hast, This Zi -- on hill, where -- in thou hadst thy dwell -- ing in times past.", "prose": ["The rod of thine inheritance,", "which thou redeemed hast,", "This Zion hill, wherein thou hadst", "thy dwelling in times past."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To these long des -- o -- la -- ti -- ons thy feet lift, do not tar -- ry; For all the ills thy foes have done with -- in thy sanc -- tua -- ry.", "prose": ["To these long desolations", "thy feet lift, do not tarry;", "For all the ills thy foes have done", "within thy sanctuary."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "A -- midst thy con -- gre -- ga -- ti -- ons thine en -- e -- mies do roar: Their en -- signs they set up for signs of tri -- umph thee be -- fore.", "prose": ["Amidst thy congregations", "thine enemies do roar:", "Their ensigns they set up for signs", "of triumph thee before."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "A man was fa -- mous, and was had in es -- ti -- ma -- ti -- on, Ac -- cord -- ing as he lift -- ed up his axe thick trees up -- on.", "prose": ["A man was famous, and was had", "in estimation,", "According as he lifted up", "his axe thick trees upon."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "But all at once with ax -- es now and ham -- mers they go to, And down the carv -- ed work there -- of they break, and quite un -- do.", "prose": ["But all at once with axes now", "and hammers they go to,", "And down the carved work thereof", "they break, and quite undo."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "They fir -- ed have thy sanc -- tua -- ry, and have de -- filed the same, By cast -- ing down un -- to the ground the place where dwelt thy name.", "prose": ["They fired have thy sanctuary,", "and have defiled the same,", "By casting down unto the ground", "the place where dwelt thy name."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Thus said they in their hearts, Let us de -- stroy them out of hand: They burnt up all the syn -- a -- gogues of God with -- in the land.", "prose": ["Thus said they in their hearts, Let us", "destroy them out of hand:", "They burnt up all the synagogues", "of God within the land."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Our signs we do not now be -- hold; there is not us a -- mong A proph -- et more, nor an -- y one that knows the time how long.", "prose": ["Our signs we do not now behold;", "there is not us among", "A prophet more, nor any one", "that knows the time how long."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "How long, Lord, shall the en -- e -- my thus in re -- proach ex -- claim? And shall the ad -- ver -- sar -- y thus al -- ways blas -- pheme thy name?", "prose": ["How long, Lord, shall the enemy", "thus in reproach exclaim?", "And shall the adversary thus", "always blaspheme thy name?"]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might, why dost thou thus draw back? O from thy bos -- om pluck it out for our de -- liv -- 'rance' sake.", "prose": ["Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might,", "why dost thou thus draw back?", "O from thy bosom pluck it out", "for our deliv'rance' sake."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "For cer -- tain -- ly God is my King, ev'n from the times of old, Work -- ing in midst of all the earth sal -- va -- tion man -- i -- fold.", "prose": ["For certainly God is my King,", "ev'n from the times of old,", "Working in midst of all the earth", "salvation manifold."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part a -- sun -- der thou didst make; And thou the drag -- ons' heads, O Lord, with -- in the wa -- ters brake.", "prose": ["The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part", "asunder thou didst make;", "And thou the dragons' heads, O Lord,", "within the waters brake."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "The le -- vi -- a -- than's head thou brak'st in piec -- es, and didst give Him to be meat un -- to the folk in wil -- der -- ness that live.", "prose": ["The leviathan's head thou brak'st", "in pieces, and didst give", "Him to be meat unto the folk", "in wilderness that live."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Thou clav'st the foun -- tain and the flood, which did with streams a -- bound: Thou dri'dst the might -- y wa -- ters up un -- to the ver -- y ground.", "prose": ["Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood,", "which did with streams abound:", "Thou dri'dst the mighty waters up", "unto the very ground."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Thine on -- ly is the day, O Lord, thine al -- so is the night; And thou a -- lone pre -- par -- ed hast the sun and shin -- ing light.", "prose": ["Thine only is the day, O Lord,", "thine also is the night;", "And thou alone prepared hast", "the sun and shining light."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "By thee the bor -- ders of the earth were settled ev -- er -- y -- where: The sum -- mer and the win -- ter both by thee cre -- at -- ed were.", "prose": ["By thee the borders of the earth", "were settled everywhere:", "The summer and the winter both", "by thee created were."]}, "19": {"syllabified": "That th'en -- e -- my re -- proach -- ed hath, O keep it in re -- cord; And that the fool -- ish peo -- ple have blas -- phemed thy name, O Lord.", "prose": ["That th' enemy reproached hath,", "O keep it in record;", "And that the foolish people have", "blasphemed thy name, O Lord."]}, "20": {"syllabified": "Un -- to the mul -- ti -- tude do not thy turt -- le's soul de -- liv -- er: The con -- gre -- ga -- tion of thy poor do not for -- get for ev -- er.", "prose": ["Unto the multitude do not", "thy turtle's soul deliver:", "The congregation of thy poor", "do not forget for ever."]}, "21": {"syllabified": "Un -- to thy cov -- 'nant have re -- spect; for earth's dark plac -- es be Full of the hab -- i -- ta -- ti -- ons of hor -- rid cru -- el -- ty.", "prose": ["Unto thy cov'nant have respect;", "for earth's dark places be", "Full of the habitations", "of horrid cruelty."]}, "22": {"syllabified": "O let not those that be op -- pressed re -- turn a -- gain with shame: Let those that poor and need -- y are give praise un -- to thy name.", "prose": ["O let not those that be oppressed", "return again with shame:", "Let those that poor and needy are", "give praise unto thy name."]}, "23": {"syllabified": "Do thou, O God, a -- rise and plead the cause that is thine own: Re -- mem -- ber how thou art re -- proached still by the fool -- ish one.", "prose": ["Do thou, O God, arise and plead", "the cause that is thine own:", "Remember how thou art reproached", "still by the foolish one."]}, "24": {"syllabified": "Do not for -- get the voice of those that are thine en -- e -- mies: Of those the tu -- mult ev -- er grows that do a -- gainst thee rise.", "prose": ["Do not forget the voice of those", "that are thine enemies:", "Of those the tumult ever grows", "that do against thee rise."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}