{"slug": "o-lord-i-unto-thee-do-cry", "title": "O Lord, I unto Thee Do Cry", "first_line": "O Lord, I unto thee do cry", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 141, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 141"], "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 141. 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 Lord, I un -- to thee do cry, do thou make haste to me, And give an ear un -- to my voice, when I cry un -- to thee.", "prose": ["O Lord, I unto thee do cry,", "do thou make haste to me,", "And give an ear unto my voice,", "when I cry unto thee."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "As in -- cense let my pray -- er be di -- rect -- ed in thine eyes; And the up -- lift -- ing of my hands as th'ev' -- ning sac -- ri -- fice.", "prose": ["As incense let my prayer be", "directed in thine eyes;", "And the uplifting of my hands", "as th' ev'ning sacrifice."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Set, Lord, a watch be -- fore my mouth, keep of my lips the door. My heart in -- cline thou not un -- to the ills I should ab -- hor,", "prose": ["Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth,", "keep of my lips the door.", "My heart incline thou not unto", "the ills I should abhor,"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To prac -- tise wick -- ed works with men that work in -- iq -- ui -- ty; And with their del -- i -- cates my taste let me not sat -- is -- fy.", "prose": ["To practise wicked works with men", "that work iniquity;", "And with their delicates my taste", "let me not satisfy."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Let him that right -- eous is me smite, it shall a kind -- ness be; Let him re -- prove, I shall it count a pre -- cious oil to me:", "prose": ["Let him that righteous is me smite,", "it shall a kindness be;", "Let him reprove, I shall it count", "a precious oil to me:"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Such smit -- ing shall not break my head; for yet the time shall fall, When I in their ca -- lam -- i -- ties to God pray for them shall.", "prose": ["Such smiting shall not break my head;", "for yet the time shall fall,", "When I in their calamities", "to God pray for them shall."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "When as their jud -- ges down shall be in sto -- ny plac -- es cast, Then shall they hear my words; for they shall sweet be to their taste.", "prose": ["When as their judges down shall be", "in stony places cast,", "Then shall they hear my words; for they", "shall sweet be to their taste."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "A -- bout the grave's de -- vour -- ing mouth our bones are scat -- tered round, As wood which men do cut and cleave lies scat -- tered on the ground.", "prose": ["About the grave's devouring mouth", "our bones are scattered round,", "As wood which men do cut and cleave", "lies scattered on the ground."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "But un -- to thee, O God the Lord, mine eyes up -- lift -- ed be: My soul do not leave des -- ti -- tute; my trust is set on thee.", "prose": ["But unto thee, O God the Lord,", "mine eyes uplifted be:", "My soul do not leave destitute;", "my trust is set on thee."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Lord, keep me safe -- ly from the snares which they for me pre -- pare; And from the subt -- le gins of them that wick -- ed wor -- kers are.", "prose": ["Lord, keep me safely from the snares", "which they for me prepare;", "And from the subtle gins of them", "that wicked workers are."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Let wor -- kers of in -- iq -- ui -- ty in -- to their own nets fall, Whilst I do, by thine help, es -- cape the dan -- ger of them all.", "prose": ["Let workers of iniquity", "into their own nets fall,", "Whilst I do, by thine help, escape", "the danger of them all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}