{"slug": "o-lord-how-are-my-foes-increased", "title": "God Our Guardian", "first_line": "O Lord, how are my foes increased!", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 3, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 3"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 5) 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 3, selection 5. 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, how are my foes in -- creased! A -- gainst me man -- y rise; How man -- y say, In vain for help He on his God re -- lies!", "prose": ["O Lord, how are my foes increased!", "Against me many rise;", "How many say, In vain for help", "He on his God relies!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thou art my shield and glo -- ry, Lord, My Sav -- iour, O Most High. The Lord from out His ho -- ly hill Gives an -- swer when I cry.", "prose": ["Thou art my shield and glory, Lord,", "My Saviour, O Most High.", "The Lord from out His holy hill", "Gives answer when I cry."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I laid me down and slept, I waked, Be -- cause the Lord sus -- tains; Tho' man -- y thou -- sands com -- pass me, Un -- moved my soul re -- mains.", "prose": ["I laid me down and slept, I waked,", "Because the Lord sustains;", "Tho' many thousands compass me,", "Unmoved my soul remains."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "A -- rise, o Lord; save me, my God; For Thou hast owned my cause, And oft hast beat -- en down my foes Who scorn Thy right -- eous laws.", "prose": ["Arise, o Lord; save me, my God;", "For Thou hast owned my cause,", "And oft hast beaten down my foes", "Who scorn Thy righteous laws."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Sal -- va -- tion to the Lord be -- longs, In Him His saints are blest; O let Thy bless -- ing ev -- er -- more Up -- on Thy peo -- ple rest.", "prose": ["Salvation to the Lord belongs,", "In Him His saints are blest;", "O let Thy blessing evermore", "Upon Thy people rest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}