{"slug": "o-thou-that-dwellest-in-the-heavns", "title": "O Thou That Dwellest in the Heav'ns", "first_line": "O thou that dwellest in the heav'ns", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 123, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 123"], "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 123. 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 thou that dwel -- lest in the heav'ns, I lift mine eyes to thee. Be -- hold, as ser -- vants' eyes do look their mas -- ters' hand to see,", "prose": ["O thou that dwellest in the heav'ns,", "I lift mine eyes to thee.", "Behold, as servants' eyes do look", "their masters' hand to see,"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "As hand -- maid's eyes her mis -- tress' hand; so do our eyes at -- tend Up -- on the Lord our God, un -- til to us he mer -- cy send.", "prose": ["As handmaid's eyes her mistress' hand;", "so do our eyes attend", "Upon the Lord our God, until", "to us he mercy send."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O Lord, be gra -- ci -- ous to us, un -- to us gra -- cious be; Be -- cause re -- plen -- ished with con -- tempt ex -- ceed -- ing -- ly are we.", "prose": ["O Lord, be gracious to us,", "unto us gracious be;", "Because replenished with contempt", "exceedingly are we."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Our soul is filled with scorn of those that at their ease a -- bide, And with the in -- so -- lent con -- tempt of those that swell in pride.", "prose": ["Our soul is filled with scorn of those", "that at their ease abide,", "And with the insolent contempt", "of those that swell in pride."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}