{"slug": "o-lord-unto-my-prayr-give-ear", "title": "O Lord, unto My Pray'r Give Ear", "first_line": "O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 102, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 102"], "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 102. 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, un -- to my pray'r give ear, my cry let come to thee; And in the day of my dis -- tress hide not thy face from me.", "prose": ["O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear,", "my cry let come to thee;", "And in the day of my distress", "hide not thy face from me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Give ear to me; what time I call, to an -- swer me make haste: For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt, my days, like smoke, do waste.", "prose": ["Give ear to me; what time I call,", "to answer me make haste:", "For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,", "my days, like smoke, do waste."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My heart with -- in me smit -- ten is, and it is with -- er -- ed Like ver -- y grass; so that I do for -- get to eat my bread.", "prose": ["My heart within me smitten is,", "and it is withered", "Like very grass; so that I do", "forget to eat my bread."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "By rea -- son of my groan -- ing voice my bones cleave to my skin. Like pel -- i -- can in wil -- der -- ness for -- sak -- en I have been:", "prose": ["By reason of my groaning voice", "my bones cleave to my skin.", "Like pelican in wilderness", "forsaken I have been:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "I like an owl in des -- ert am, that night -- ly there doth moan; I watch, and like a spar -- row am on the hou -- se -- top a -- lone.", "prose": ["I like an owl in desert am,", "that nightly there doth moan;", "I watch, and like a sparrow am", "on the house-top alone."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "My bit -- ter en -- 'mies all the day re -- proach -- es cast on me; And, be -- ing mad at me, with rage a -- gainst me sworn they be.", "prose": ["My bitter en'mies all the day", "reproaches cast on me;", "And, being mad at me, with rage", "against me sworn they be."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "For why? I ash -- es eat -- en have like bread, in sor -- rows deep; My drink I al -- so min -- gled have with tears that I did weep.", "prose": ["For why? I ashes eaten have", "like bread, in sorrows deep;", "My drink I also mingled have", "with tears that I did weep."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Thy wrath and in -- dig -- na -- ti -- on did cause this grief and pain; For thou hast lift me up on high, and cast me down a -- gain.", "prose": ["Thy wrath and indignation", "did cause this grief and pain;", "For thou hast lift me up on high,", "and cast me down again."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "My days are like un -- to a shade, which doth de -- clin -- ing pass; And I am dried and with -- er -- ed, ev'n like un -- to the grass.", "prose": ["My days are like unto a shade,", "which doth declining pass;", "And I am dried and withered,", "ev'n like unto the grass."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "But thou, Lord, ev -- er -- last -- ing art, and thy re -- mem -- brance shall Con -- tin -- ual -- ly en -- dure, and be to gen -- er -- a -- tions all.", "prose": ["But thou, Lord, everlasting art,", "and thy remembrance shall", "Continually endure, and be", "to generations all."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Thou shalt a -- rise, and mer -- cy have up -- on thy Zi -- on yet; The time to fa -- vour her is come, the time that thou hast set.", "prose": ["Thou shalt arise, and mercy have", "upon thy Zion yet;", "The time to favour her is come,", "the time that thou hast set."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "For in her rub -- bish and her stones thy ser -- vants plea -- sure take; Yea, they the ver -- y dust there -- of do fa -- vour for her sake.", "prose": ["For in her rubbish and her stones", "thy servants pleasure take;", "Yea, they the very dust thereof", "do favour for her sake."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "So shall the hea -- then peo -- ple fear the Lord's most ho -- ly name; And all the kings on earth shall dread thy glo -- ry and thy fame.", "prose": ["So shall the heathen people fear", "the Lord's most holy name;", "And all the kings on earth shall dread", "thy glory and thy fame."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "When Zi -- on by the might -- y Lord built up a -- gain shall be, In glo -- ry then and maj -- es -- ty to men ap -- pear shall he.", "prose": ["When Zion by the mighty Lord", "built up again shall be,", "In glory then and majesty", "to men appear shall he."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "The pray -- er of the des -- ti -- tute he sure -- ly will re -- gard; Their pray -- er will he not de -- spise, by him it shall be heard.", "prose": ["The prayer of the destitute", "he surely will regard;", "Their prayer will he not despise,", "by him it shall be heard."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "For gen -- er -- a -- tions yet to come this shall be on re -- cord: So shall the peo -- ple that shall be cre -- at -- ed praise the Lord.", "prose": ["For generations yet to come", "this shall be on record:", "So shall the people that shall be", "created praise the Lord."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "He from his sanc -- tu -- a -- ry's height hath down -- ward cast his eye; And from his glo -- rious throne in heaven the Lord the earth did spy;", "prose": ["He from his sanctuary's height", "hath downward cast his eye;", "And from his glorious throne in heaven", "the Lord the earth did spy;"]}, "18": {"syllabified": "That of the mourn -- ful pris -- on -- er the groan -- ings he might hear, To set them free that un -- to death by men ap -- point -- ed are:", "prose": ["That of the mournful prisoner", "the groanings he might hear,", "To set them free that unto death", "by men appointed are:"]}, "19": {"syllabified": "That they in Zi -- on may de -- clare the Lord's most ho -- ly name, And pub -- lish in Je -- ru -- sa -- lem the prais -- es of the same;", "prose": ["That they in Zion may declare", "the Lord's most holy name,", "And publish in Jerusalem", "the praises of the same;"]}, "20": {"syllabified": "When as the peo -- ple gath -- er shall in troops with one ac -- cord, When king -- doms shall as -- sem -- bled be to serve the high -- est Lord.", "prose": ["When as the people gather shall", "in troops with one accord,", "When kingdoms shall assembled be", "to serve the highest Lord."]}, "21": {"syllabified": "My wont -- ed strength and force he hath a -- bat -- ed in the way, And he my days hath shor -- ten -- ed: Thus there -- fore did I say,", "prose": ["My wonted strength and force he hath", "abated in the way,", "And he my days hath shortened:", "Thus therefore did I say,"]}, "22": {"syllabified": "My God, in mid -- time of my days take thou me not a -- way: From age to age e -- ter -- nal -- ly thy years en -- dure and stay.", "prose": ["My God, in mid-time of my days", "take thou me not away:", "From age to age eternally", "thy years endure and stay."]}, "23": {"syllabified": "The firm foun -- da -- tion of the earth of old time thou hast laid; The heav -- ens al -- so are the work which thine own hands have made.", "prose": ["The firm foundation of the earth", "of old time thou hast laid;", "The heavens also are the work", "which thine own hands have made."]}, "24": {"syllabified": "Thou shalt for ev -- er -- more en -- dure, but they shall per -- ish all; Yea, ev -- 'ry one of them wax old, like to a gar -- ment, shall:", "prose": ["Thou shalt for evermore endure,", "but they shall perish all;", "Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old,", "like to a garment, shall:"]}, "25": {"syllabified": "Thou, as a ves -- ture, shalt them change, and they shall chang -- ed be: But thou the same art, and thy years are to e -- ter -- ni -- ty.", "prose": ["Thou, as a vesture, shalt them change,", "and they shall changed be:", "But thou the same art, and thy years", "are to eternity."]}, "26": {"syllabified": "The chil -- dren of thy ser -- vants shall con -- tin -- ual -- ly en -- dure; And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed shall be es -- tab -- lished sure.", "prose": ["The children of thy servants shall", "continually endure;", "And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed", "shall be established sure."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}