{"slug": "o-lord-thou-hast-me-searched-and-known", "title": "O Lord, Thou Hast Me Searched and Known", "first_line": "O Lord, thou hast me searched and known", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 139, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 139"], "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 139. 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 me searched and known. Thou know'st my sitt -- ing down, And ris -- ing up; yea, all my thoughts a -- far to thee are known.", "prose": ["O Lord, thou hast me searched and known.", "Thou know'st my sitting down,", "And rising up; yea, all my thoughts", "afar to thee are known."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My foot -- steps, and my ly -- ing down, thou com -- pass -- est al -- ways; Thou al -- so most en -- tire -- ly art ac -- quaint with all my ways.", "prose": ["My footsteps, and my lying down,", "thou compassest always;", "Thou also most entirely art", "acquaint with all my ways."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For in my tongue, be -- fore I speak, not an -- y word can be, But al -- to -- geth -- er, lo, O Lord, it is well known to thee.", "prose": ["For in my tongue, before I speak,", "not any word can be,", "But altogether, lo, O Lord,", "it is well known to thee."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be -- hind, be -- fore, thou hast be -- set, and laid on me thine hand. Such knowl -- edge is too strange for me, too high to un -- der -- stand.", "prose": ["Behind, before, thou hast beset,", "and laid on me thine hand.", "Such knowledge is too strange for me,", "too high to understand."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "From thy Spirit whith -- er shall I go? or from thy pres -- ence fly? As -- cend I heav'n, lo, thou art there; there, if in hell I lie.", "prose": ["From thy Spirit whither shall I go?", "or from thy presence fly?", "Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there;", "there, if in hell I lie."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Take I the morn -- ing wings, and dwell in ut -- most parts of sea; Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead, thy right hand hold shall me.", "prose": ["Take I the morning wings, and dwell", "in utmost parts of sea;", "Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,", "thy right hand hold shall me."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "If I do say that dark -- ness shall me cov -- er from thy sight, Then sure -- ly shall the ver -- y night a -- bout me be as light.", "prose": ["If I do say that darkness shall", "me cover from thy sight,", "Then surely shall the very night", "about me be as light."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Yea, dark -- ness hid -- eth not from thee, but night doth shine as day: To thee the dark -- ness and the light are both a -- like al -- way.", "prose": ["Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,", "but night doth shine as day:", "To thee the darkness and the light", "are both alike alway."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "For thou pos -- sess -- ed hast my reins, and thou hast cov -- ered me, When I with -- in my moth -- er's womb in -- clos -- ed was by thee.", "prose": ["For thou possessed hast my reins,", "and thou hast covered me,", "When I within my mother's womb", "inclosed was by thee."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Thee will I praise; for fear -- ful -- ly and strange -- ly made I am; Thy works are marv'l -- lous, and right well my soul doth know the same.", "prose": ["Thee will I praise; for fearfully", "and strangely made I am;", "Thy works are marv'llous, and right well", "my soul doth know the same."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "My sub -- stance was not hid from thee, when as in se -- cret I Was made; and in earth's low -- est parts was wrought most cu -- rious -- ly.", "prose": ["My substance was not hid from thee,", "when as in secret I", "Was made; and in earth's lowest parts", "was wrought most curiously."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Thine eyes my sub -- stance did be -- hold, yet be -- ing un -- per -- fect; And in the vol -- ume of thy book my mem -- bers all were writ;", "prose": ["Thine eyes my substance did behold,", "yet being unperfect;", "And in the volume of thy book", "my members all were writ;"]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Which af -- ter in con -- tin -- u -- ance were fash -- ioned ev -- 'ry one, When as they yet all shape -- less were, and of them there was none.", "prose": ["Which after in continuance", "were fashioned ev'ry one,", "When as they yet all shapeless were,", "and of them there was none."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "How pre -- cious al -- so are thy thoughts, O gra -- cious God, to me! And in their sum how pass -- ing great and num -- ber -- less they be!", "prose": ["How precious also are thy thoughts,", "O gracious God, to me!", "And in their sum how passing great", "and numberless they be!"]}, "15": {"syllabified": "If I should count them, than the sand they more in num -- ber be: What time so -- ev -- er I a -- wake, I ev -- er am with thee.", "prose": ["If I should count them, than the sand", "they more in number be:", "What time soever I awake,", "I ever am with thee."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wick -- ed slay: hence from me blood -- y men. Thy foes a -- gainst thee loud -- ly speak, and take thy name in vain.", "prose": ["Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay:", "hence from me bloody men.", "Thy foes against thee loudly speak,", "and take thy name in vain."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Do not I hate all those, O Lord, that ha -- tred bear to thee? With those that up a -- gainst thee rise can I but griev -- ed be?", "prose": ["Do not I hate all those, O Lord,", "that hatred bear to thee?", "With those that up against thee rise", "can I but grieved be?"]}, "18": {"syllabified": "With per -- fect ha -- tred them I hate, my foes I them do hold. Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, my thoughts un -- fold:", "prose": ["With perfect hatred them I hate,", "my foes I them do hold.", "Search me, O God, and know my heart,", "try me, my thoughts unfold:"]}, "19": {"syllabified": "And see if an -- y wick -- ed way there be at all in me; And in thine ev -- er -- last -- ing way to me a lead -- er be.", "prose": ["And see if any wicked way", "there be at all in me;", "And in thine everlasting way", "to me a leader be."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}