{"slug": "o-lord-thy-perfect-righteousness", "title": "True Love for the Word", "first_line": "O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 119, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 119"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 338) 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 119, selection 338. 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, Thy per -- fect right -- eous -- ness Is in thy judg -- ments shown; In Thy un -- chang -- ing faith -- ful -- ness Thy truth Thou hast made known.", "prose": ["O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness", "Is in thy judgments shown;", "In Thy unchanging faithfulness", "Thy truth Thou hast made known."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause Thy foes for -- get Thy law My soul is great -- ly stirred; Thy ser -- vant loves the pur -- i -- ty Of Thy most ho -- ly word.", "prose": ["Because Thy foes forget Thy law", "My soul is greatly stirred;", "Thy servant loves the purity", "Of Thy most holy word."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Tho' I am hum -- ble and de -- spised, I strive Thy will to do; E -- ter -- nal is Thy right -- eous -- ness, And all Thy law is true.", "prose": ["Tho' I am humble and despised,", "I strive Thy will to do;", "Eternal is Thy righteousness,", "And all Thy law is true."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "De -- light a -- mid dis -- tress and pain Do Thy com -- mand -- ments give; Thy word is right -- eous ev -- er -- more, Teach me that I may live.", "prose": ["Delight amid distress and pain", "Do Thy commandments give;", "Thy word is righteous evermore,", "Teach me that I may live."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}