{"slug": "o-lord-thou-hast-been-favrable", "title": "O Lord, Thou Hast Been Fav'rable", "first_line": "O Lord, thou hast been fav'rable", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 85, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 85"], "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 85. 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, thou hast been fa -- v'ra -- ble to thy be -- lov -- ed land: Ja -- cob's cap -- tiv -- i -- ty thou hast re -- called with might -- y hand.", "prose": ["O Lord, thou hast been fav'rable", "to thy beloved land:", "Jacob's captivity thou hast", "recalled with mighty hand."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thou par -- don -- ed thy peo -- ple hast all their in -- iq -- ui -- ties; Thou all their tres -- pass -- es and sins hast cov -- ered from thine eyes.", "prose": ["Thou pardoned thy people hast", "all their iniquities;", "Thou all their trespasses and sins", "hast covered from thine eyes."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thou took'st off all thine ire, and turn'dst from thy wrath's fu -- rious -- ness. Turn us, God of our health, and cause thy wrath 'gainst us to cease.", "prose": ["Thou took'st off all thine ire, and turn'dst", "from thy wrath's furiousness.", "Turn us, God of our health, and cause", "thy wrath 'gainst us to cease."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Shall thy dis -- plea -- sure thus en -- dure a -- gainst us with -- out end? Wilt thou to gen -- er -- a -- tions all thine an -- ger forth ex -- tend?", "prose": ["Shall thy displeasure thus endure", "against us without end?", "Wilt thou to generations all", "thine anger forth extend?"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "That in thee may thy peo -- ple joy, wilt thou not us re -- vive? Show us thy mer -- cy, Lord, to us do thy sal -- va -- tion give.", "prose": ["That in thee may thy people joy,", "wilt thou not us revive?", "Show us thy mercy, Lord, to us", "do thy salvation give."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "I'll hear what God the Lord will speak: to his folk he'll speak peace, And to his saints; but let them not re -- turn to fool -- ish -- ness.", "prose": ["I'll hear what God the Lord will speak:", "to his folk he'll speak peace,", "And to his saints; but let them not", "return to foolishness."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "To them that fear him sure -- ly near is his sal -- va -- ti -- on; That glo -- ry in our land may have her hab -- i -- ta -- ti -- on.", "prose": ["To them that fear him surely near", "is his salvation;", "That glory in our land may have", "her habitation."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Truth met with mer -- cy, right -- eous -- ness and peace kissed mu -- tual -- ly: Truth springs from earth, and right -- eous -- ness looks down from heav -- en high.", "prose": ["Truth met with mercy, righteousness", "and peace kissed mutually:", "Truth springs from earth, and righteousness", "looks down from heaven high."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Yea, what is good the Lord shall give; our land shall yield in -- crease: Jus -- tice, to set us in his steps, shall go be -- fore his face.", "prose": ["Yea, what is good the Lord shall give;", "our land shall yield increase:", "Justice, to set us in his steps,", "shall go before his face."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}