{"slug": "o-lord-thy-judgments-give-the-king", "title": "O Lord, Thy Judgments Give the King", "first_line": "O Lord, thy judgments give the king", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 72, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 72"], "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 72. 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, thy judg -- ments give the king, his son thy right -- eous -- ness. With right he shall thy peo -- ple judge, thy poor with up -- right -- ness.", "prose": ["O Lord, thy judgments give the king,", "his son thy righteousness.", "With right he shall thy people judge,", "thy poor with uprightness."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The loft -- y moun -- tains shall bring forth un -- to the peo -- ple peace; Like -- wise the lit -- tle hills the same shall do by right -- eous -- ness.", "prose": ["The lofty mountains shall bring forth", "unto the people peace;", "Likewise the little hills the same", "shall do by righteousness."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The peo -- ple's poor ones he shall judge, the nee -- dy's chil -- dren save; And those shall he in piec -- es break who them op -- press -- ed have.", "prose": ["The people's poor ones he shall judge,", "the needy's children save;", "And those shall he in pieces break", "who them oppressed have."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "They shall thee fear, while sun and moon do last, through ag -- es all. Like rain on mown grass he shall drop, or show'rs on earth that fall.", "prose": ["They shall thee fear, while sun and moon", "do last, through ages all.", "Like rain on mown grass he shall drop,", "or show'rs on earth that fall."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The just shall flour -- ish in his days, and pros -- per in his reign: He shall, while doth the moon en -- dure, a -- bun -- dant peace main -- tain.", "prose": ["The just shall flourish in his days,", "and prosper in his reign:", "He shall, while doth the moon endure,", "abundant peace maintain."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "His large and great do -- min -- ion shall from sea to sea ex -- tend: It from the riv -- er shall reach forth un -- to earth's ut -- most end.", "prose": ["His large and great dominion shall", "from sea to sea extend:", "It from the river shall reach forth", "unto earth's utmost end."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "They in the wil -- der -- ness that dwell bow down be -- fore him must; And they that are his en -- e -- mies shall lick the ver -- y dust.", "prose": ["They in the wilderness that dwell", "bow down before him must;", "And they that are his enemies", "shall lick the very dust."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "The kings of Tar -- shish, and the isles, to him shall pres -- ents bring; And un -- to him shall of -- fer gifts She -- ba's and Se -- ba's king.", "prose": ["The kings of Tarshish, and the isles,", "to him shall presents bring;", "And unto him shall offer gifts", "Sheba's and Seba's king."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Yea, all the might -- y kings on earth be -- fore him down shall fall; And all the na -- tions of the world do ser -- vice to him shall.", "prose": ["Yea, all the mighty kings on earth", "before him down shall fall;", "And all the nations of the world", "do service to him shall."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "For he the need -- y shall pre -- serve, when he to him doth call; The poor al -- so, and him that hath no help of man at all.", "prose": ["For he the needy shall preserve,", "when he to him doth call;", "The poor also, and him that hath", "no help of man at all."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "The poor man and the in -- di -- gent in mer -- cy he shall spare; He shall pre -- serve a -- live the souls of those that need -- y are.", "prose": ["The poor man and the indigent", "in mercy he shall spare;", "He shall preserve alive the souls", "of those that needy are."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Both from de -- ceit and vi -- o -- lence their soul he shall set free; And in his sight right pre -- ci -- ous and dear their blood shall be.", "prose": ["Both from deceit and violence", "their soul he shall set free;", "And in his sight right precious", "and dear their blood shall be."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him shall be of She -- ba's gold: For him still shall they pray, and he shall dai -- ly be ex -- tolled.", "prose": ["Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him", "shall be of Sheba's gold:", "For him still shall they pray, and he", "shall daily be extolled."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "Of corn an hand -- ful in the earth on tops of moun -- tains high, With pros -- p'rous fruit shall shake, like trees on Leb -- a -- non that be.", "prose": ["Of corn an handful in the earth", "on tops of mountains high,", "With prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like trees", "on Lebanon that be."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "The cit -- y shall be flour -- ish -- ing, her cit -- i -- zens a -- bound In num -- ber shall, like to the grass that grows up -- on the ground.", "prose": ["The city shall be flourishing,", "her citizens abound", "In number shall, like to the grass", "that grows upon the ground."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "His name for ev -- er shall en -- dure; last like the sun it shall: Men shall be blessed in him, and blessed all na -- tions shall him call.", "prose": ["His name for ever shall endure;", "last like the sun it shall:", "Men shall be blessed in him, and blessed", "all nations shall him call."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Now bless -- ed be the Lord our God, the God of I -- sra -- el, For he a -- lone doth won -- drous works, in glo -- ry that ex -- cel.", "prose": ["Now blessed be the Lord our God,", "the God of Israel,", "For he alone doth wondrous works,", "in glory that excel."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "And bless -- ed be his glo -- rious name to all e -- ter -- ni -- ty: The whole earth let his glo -- ry fill. A -- men, so let it be.", "prose": ["And blessed be his glorious name", "to all eternity:", "The whole earth let his glory fill.", "Amen, so let it be."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}