{"slug": "o-royal-bride-give-heed", "title": "The Church the Bride of Christ", "first_line": "O Royal Bride give heed", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 45, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 45"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 125) 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 45, selection 125. 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 Ro -- yal Bride give heed, And to my words at -- tend; For Christ the King for -- sake the world And ev -- 'ry for -- mer friend.", "prose": ["O Royal Bride give heed,", "And to my words attend;", "For Christ the King forsake the world", "And ev'ry former friend."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thy beau -- ty and thy grace Shall then de -- light the King; He on -- ly is the right -- ful Lord, To Him thy wor -- ship bring.", "prose": ["Thy beauty and thy grace", "Shall then delight the King;", "He only is the rightful Lord,", "To Him thy worship bring."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To thee, since thou art His, Great hon -- or shall be shown; The rich shall bring their gifts to thee Thy glo -- ry they shall own.", "prose": ["To thee, since thou art His,", "Great honor shall be shown;", "The rich shall bring their gifts to thee", "Thy glory they shall own."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "En -- throned in ro -- yal state, All glo -- rious thou shalt dwell, With gar -- ments fair, in -- wrought with gold, The Church He lov -- eth well.", "prose": ["Enthroned in royal state,", "All glorious thou shalt dwell,", "With garments fair, in-wrought with gold,", "The Church He loveth well."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "And they that hon -- or thee Shall in thy train at -- tend; And to the pal -- ace of the King Shall joy -- ful -- ly as -- cend.", "prose": ["And they that honor thee", "Shall in thy train attend;", "And to the palace of the King", "Shall joyfully ascend."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O King of ro -- yal race, Thy sons of heaven -- ly birth Thou wilt en -- dow with king -- ly gifts As prin -- ces in the earth.", "prose": ["O King of royal race,", "Thy sons of heavenly birth", "Thou wilt endow with kingly gifts", "As princes in the earth."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Thy name shall be pro -- claimed Through all suc -- ceed -- ing days, And all the na -- tions of the earth Shall give Thee end -- less praise.", "prose": ["Thy name shall be proclaimed", "Through all succeeding days,", "And all the nations of the earth", "Shall give Thee endless praise."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}