{"slug": "o-lord-give-ear-when-with-my-voice", "title": "Desire After God", "first_line": "O Lord, give ear when with my voice", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 27, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 27"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 74) 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 27, selection 74. 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 Lord, give ear when with my voice I cry a -- loud to Thee; Have mer -- cy al -- so, I en -- treat, Give an -- swer un -- to me.", "prose": ["O Lord, give ear when with my voice", "I cry aloud to Thee;", "Have mercy also, I entreat,", "Give answer unto me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When Thou didst say, Seek ye My face, My an -- sw'ring heart re -- plied, Thy face, Je -- ho -- vah, will I seek A -- bove all else be -- side.", "prose": ["When Thou didst say, Seek ye My face,", "My answering heart replied,", "Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek", "Above all else beside."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Hide not Thy face, nor in Thy wrath Thy ser -- vant put a -- way; Thou hast a help -- er been to me In ev -- 'ry trou -- blous day.", "prose": ["Hide not Thy face, nor in Thy wrath", "Thy servant put away;", "Thou hast a helper been to me", "In ev'ry troublous day."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O God, my Sav -- iour, leave me not; Tho' par -- ents should for -- sake, The Lord, with -- in His arms of love, His child will sure -- ly take.", "prose": ["O God, my Saviour, leave me not;", "Tho' parents should forsake,", "The Lord, within His arms of love,", "His child will surely take."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}