{"slug": "o-lord-thou-art-my-god-and-king-psalm-145", "title": "The Greatness and Grace of God", "first_line": "O Lord, Thou art my God and King", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 145, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 145"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 397) 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 145, selection 397. 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, Thou art my God and King, And I will ev -- er bless Thy Name; I will ex -- tol Thee ev -- 'ry day, And ev -- er -- more Thy praise pro -- claim.", "prose": ["O Lord, Thou art my God and King,", "And I will ever bless Thy Name;", "I will extol Thee ev'ry day,", "And evermore Thy praise proclaim."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The Lord is great -- ly to be praised, His great -- ness is be -- yond our thought; From age to age the sons of men Shall tell the won -- ders God has wrought.", "prose": ["The Lord is greatly to be praised,", "His greatness is beyond our thought;", "From age to age the sons of men", "Shall tell the wonders God has wrought."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Up -- on Thy glo -- rious maj -- es -- ty And won -- drous works my mind shall dwell; thy deeds shall fill the world with awe, And of Thy great -- ness I will tell.", "prose": ["Upon Thy glorious majesty", "And wondrous works my mind shall dwell;", "thy deeds shall fill the world with awe,", "And of Thy greatness I will tell."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thy match -- less good -- ness and Thy grace Thy peo -- ple shall com -- mem -- o -- rate, And all Thy truth and right -- eous -- ness My joy -- ful song shall cel -- e -- brate.", "prose": ["Thy matchless goodness and Thy grace", "Thy people shall commemorate,", "And all Thy truth and righteousness", "My joyful song shall celebrate."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The Lord out God is rich in grace, Most ten -- der and com -- pas -- sion -- ate; His an -- ger is most slow to rise, His lov -- ing -- kind -- ness is most great.", "prose": ["The Lord out God is rich in grace,", "Most tender and compassionate;", "His anger is most slow to rise,", "His loving-kindness is most great."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The Lord is good in all His ways, His crea -- tures know His con -- stant care; To all His works His love ex -- tends, All men His ten -- der mer -- cies share.", "prose": ["The Lord is good in all His ways,", "His creatures know His constant care;", "To all His works His love extends,", "All men His tender mercies share."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Thy works shall give Thee thanks, O Lord, Thy saints Thy might -- y acts shall show, Till o'er the earth the sons of men Thy king -- dom, power, and glo -- ry know.", "prose": ["Thy works shall give Thee thanks, O Lord,", "Thy saints Thy mighty acts shall show,", "Till o'er the earth the sons of men", "Thy kingdom, power, and glory know."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "E -- ter -- nal is Thy king -- dom, Lord, For -- ev -- er strong and ev -- er sure; while gen -- er -- a -- tions rise and die Shall Thy do -- min -- ion still en -- dure.", "prose": ["Eternal is Thy kingdom, Lord,", "Forever strong and ever sure;", "while generations rise and die", "Shall Thy dominion still endure."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}