{"slug": "o-lord-of-hosts-how-lovely", "title": "Delight in Church Ordinances", "first_line": "O Lord of Hosts, how lovely", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 84, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 84"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 227) 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 84, selection 227. 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 of Hosts, how love -- ly, Thy tab -- er -- nac -- les are; For them my heart is yearn -- ing In ban -- ish -- ment a -- far. My souls is long -- ing, faint -- ing, Thy sa -- cred courts to see; My heart and flesh are cry -- ing, O liv -- ing God, for Thee.", "prose": ["O Lord of Hosts, how lovely,", "Thy tabernacles are;", "For them my heart is yearning", "In banishment afar.", "My souls is longing, fainting,", "Thy sacred courts to see;", "My heart and flesh are crying,", "O living God, for Thee."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Be -- neath Thy care the spar -- row Finds place for peace -- ful rest; To keep her young in safe -- ty The swal -- low finds a nest; Then, Lord, my King Al -- might -- y, Thy love will shel -- ter me; Be -- side Thy ho -- ly al -- tar My dwell -- ing -- place shall be.", "prose": ["Beneath Thy care the sparrow", "Finds place for peaceful rest;", "To keep her young in safety", "The swallow finds a nest;", "Then, Lord, my King Almighty,", "Thy love will shelter me;", "Beside Thy holy altar", "My dwelling-place shall be."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Blest they who dwell in Zi -- on, Whose joy and strength Thou art; For -- ev -- er they will praise Thee, Thy ways are in their heart. Tho' tried, their tears like show -- ers Shall fill the springs with peace, And all the way to Zi -- on Their strength shall still in -- crease.", "prose": ["Blest they who dwell in Zion,", "Whose joy and strength Thou art;", "Forever they will praise Thee,", "Thy ways are in their heart.", "Tho' tried, their tears like showers", "Shall fill the springs with peace,", "And all the way to Zion", "Their strength shall still increase."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}