{"slug": "o-mighty-man-why-wilt-thou-boast", "title": "The Vindication of Righteousness", "first_line": "O mighty man, why wilt Thou boast", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 52, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 52"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 145) 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 52, selection 145. 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 might -- y man, why wilt Thou boast Thy -- self in hate -- ful cru -- el -- ty, When God Al -- might -- y is most kind, And ev -- er mer -- ci -- ful is He?", "prose": ["O mighty man, why wilt Thou boast", "Thyself in hateful cruelty,", "When God Almighty is most kind,", "And ever merciful is He?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy tongue de -- vis -- eth wick -- ed -- ness, A weap -- on treach -- er -- ous and keen; Thou lov -- est e -- vil more than good, And false -- hood in thy sight is clean.", "prose": ["Thy tongue deviseth wickedness,", "A weapon treacherous and keen;", "Thou lovest evil more than good,", "And falsehood in thy sight is clean."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Since, O thou false, de -- ceit -- ful tongue, In dead -- ly words Thou find -- est joy, The Lord shall pluck thee from thy place And all thy wick -- ed -- ness de -- stroy.", "prose": ["Since, O thou false, deceitful tongue,", "In deadly words Thou findest joy,", "The Lord shall pluck thee from thy place", "And all thy wickedness destroy."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The good, con -- firmed in god -- ly fear, The pride and fol -- ly shall con -- fess Of those who make not God their strength, But trust in wealth and wick -- ed -- ness.", "prose": ["The good, confirmed in godly fear,", "The pride and folly shall confess", "Of those who make not God their strength,", "But trust in wealth and wickedness."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "I put my trust in God a -- lone, For ev -- er -- more I trust His grace, And like the trees with -- in His courts I flour -- ish in a fa -- vored place.", "prose": ["I put my trust in God alone,", "For evermore I trust His grace,", "And like the trees within His courts", "I flourish in a favored place."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "With end -- less thanks, O Lord, to Thee, Thy won -- drous works will I pro -- claim, And in the pres -- ence of Thy saints Will ev -- er hope in Thy good Name.", "prose": ["With endless thanks, O Lord, to Thee,", "Thy wondrous works will I proclaim,", "And in the presence of Thy saints", "Will ever hope in Thy good Name."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}