{"slug": "o-worship-the-king", "title": "O Worship the King", "first_line": "O Worship the King", "author": "robert-grant", "author_date": "1833", "foot": "anapestic", "meter": {"pattern": [10, 10, 11, 11], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["God, As King", "Praise", "Providence"], "scripture": "Psalm 104:1-2", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Robert Grant (1779-1838), \"O worship the King,\" a paraphrase of Psalm 104 (after William Kethe's 1561 Genevan Psalter version), published in Edward Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody (1833), no. 17. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. The interjection is normalized \"O\" (the source prints \"Oh\"); verse 6 line 2 keeps Grant's original \"to hymn Thee above\" (the Cyber Hymnal's altered \"to worship Thee above\" adds a syllable and breaks the 10.10.11.11 meter). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O wor -- ship the King, all glo -- rious a -- bove O grate -- ful -- ly sing His power and His love; Our shield and de -- fend -- er, the An -- cient of Days, Pa -- vil -- ioned in splen -- dor, and gird -- ed with praise.", "prose": ["O worship the King, all glorious above!", "O gratefully sing His power and His love;", "Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,", "Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O tell of His might! O sing of His grace! Whose robe is the light, whose can -- o -- py space; His char -- iots of wrath the deep thun -- der -- clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.", "prose": ["O tell of His might! O sing of His grace!", "Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;", "His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,", "And dark is His path on the wings of the storm."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The earth, with its store of won -- ders un -- told, Al -- might -- y! Thy power hath found -- ed of old; Es -- tab -- lished it fast by a change -- less de -- cree, And round it hath cast, like a man -- tle, the sea.", "prose": ["The earth, with its store of wonders untold,", "Almighty! Thy power hath founded of old;", "Established it fast by a changeless decree,", "And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thy boun -- ti -- ful care, what tongue can re -- cite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hills, it de -- scends to the plain, And sweet -- ly dis -- tills in the dew and the rain.", "prose": ["Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?", "It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;", "It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,", "And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Frail child -- ren of dust, and fee -- ble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail; Thy mer -- cies how ten -- der! How firm to the end! Our mak -- er, de -- fend -- er, re -- deem -- er, and friend!", "prose": ["Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,", "In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;", "Thy mercies how tender! How firm to the end!", "Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend!"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O mea -- sure -- less might! In -- ef -- fa -- ble love! While an -- gels de -- light to hymn Thee a -- bove; The hum -- bler cre -- a -- tion, though fee -- ble their lays, With true ad -- o -- ra -- tion shall all sing Thy praise.", "prose": ["O measureless might! Ineffable love!", "While angels delight to hymn Thee above,", "The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,", "With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}