{"slug": "o-lord-of-hosts-to-thee-i-cry", "title": "Longings for Sanctuary Fellowship", "first_line": "O Lord of Hosts, to Thee I cry", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 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 226) 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 226. 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, to Thee I cry, Our fa -- thers' God to Thee; Let my pe -- ti -- tions reach Thy ear, My prayer ac -- cep -- ted be; O God our shield, look Thou on us, Re -- veal Thy -- self in grace, And let Thy own a -- noint -- ed one Be -- hold Thee face to face.", "prose": ["O Lord of Hosts, to Thee I cry,", "Our fathers' God to Thee;", "Let my petitions reach Thy ear,", "My prayer accepted be;", "O God our shield, look Thou on us,", "Reveal Thyself in grace,", "And let Thy own anointed one", "Behold Thee face to face."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "A sin -- gle day with -- in Thy courts, Where I Thy beau -- ty see, Is bet -- ter than a thou -- sand days, My God, a -- part from Thee. A low -- ly sta -- tion in Thy house Were dear -- er to my heart Than in the tents of wick -- ed -- ness to claim the chief -- est part.", "prose": ["A single day within Thy courts,", "Where I Thy beauty see,", "Is better than a thousand days,", "My God, apart from Thee.", "A lowly station in Thy house", "Were dearer to my heart", "Than in the tents of wickedness", "to claim the chiefest part."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "A sun and shield is God, the Lord, To ligh -- ten and de -- fend; The Lord to such as look to Him Will grace and glo -- ry send; To those that walk in right -- eous -- ness No good will He de -- ny; The Lord of Hosts, how blest are they Who on Thy grace re -- ly.", "prose": ["A sun and shield is God, the Lord,", "To lighten and defend;", "The Lord to such as look to Him", "Will grace and glory send;", "To those that walk in righteousness", "No good will He deny;", "The Lord of Hosts, how blest are they", "Who on Thy grace rely."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}