{"slug": "o-my-soul-bless-god-the-father", "title": "O My Soul, Bless God the Father", "first_line": "O my soul, bless God the Father", "author_source": "The United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 103, "topics": ["Psalms", "Praise"], "scripture": "Psalm 103", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"O My Soul, Bless God the Father\" (omysoulb.htm); all six stanzas as printed there, credited \"From the United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871.\"", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "A metrical paraphrase of Psalm 103 from The Book of Psalms (United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1871; committee versification, no named author), as credited by The Cyber Hymnal (\"From the United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871\") \u2014 US public domain by pre-1931 publication. One sung elision normalized for the 8.7.8.7 meter: \"covenant\" is elided to \"cov'nant\" in 5.1 (the Cyber Hymnal prints the full spelling; the line scans at eight syllables only with the standard two-syllable elision).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O my soul, bless God the Fa -- ther; All with -- in me bless His name; Bless the Fa -- ther, and for -- get not All His mer -- cies to pro -- claim.", "prose": ["O my soul, bless God the Father;", "All within me bless His name;", "Bless the Father, and forget not", "All His mercies to proclaim."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Who for -- gives all your trans -- gres -- sions, Your dis -- eas -- es all who heals; Who re -- deems you from de -- struc -- tion, Who with you so kind -- ly deals.", "prose": ["Who forgives all your transgressions,", "Your diseases all who heals;", "Who redeems you from destruction,", "Who with you so kindly deals."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Far as east from west is dis -- tant, He has put a -- way our sin; Like the pit -- y of a fa -- ther Has the Lord's com -- pas -- sion been.", "prose": ["Far as east from west is distant,", "He has put away our sin;", "Like the pity of a father", "Has the Lord's compassion been."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "As it was with -- out be -- gin -- ning, So it lasts with -- out an end; To their chil -- dren's chil -- dren ev -- er Shall His right -- eous -- ness ex -- tend.", "prose": ["As it was without beginning,", "So it lasts without an end;", "To their children's children ever", "Shall His righteousness extend."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Un -- to such as keep His cov -- 'nant And are stead -- fast in His way; Un -- to those who still re -- mem -- ber His com -- mand -- ments, and o -- bey.", "prose": ["Unto such as keep His cov'nant", "And are steadfast in His way;", "Unto those who still remember", "His commandments, and obey."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Bless the Fa -- ther, all His crea -- tures, Ev -- er un -- der His con -- trol, All through -- out His vast do -- min -- ion; Bless the Fa -- ther, O my soul.", "prose": ["Bless the Father, all His creatures,", "Ever under His control,", "All throughout His vast dominion;", "Bless the Father, O my soul."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}