{"slug": "oft-did-they-vex-me-from-my-youth", "title": "Oft Did They Vex Me from My Youth", "first_line": "Oft did they vex me from my youth", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 129, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 129"], "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 129. 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": "Oft did they vex me from my youth, may Is -- r'el now de -- clare; Oft did they vex me from my youth, yet not vic -- tor -- ious were.", "prose": ["Oft did they vex me from my youth,", "may Isr'el now declare;", "Oft did they vex me from my youth,", "yet not victorious were."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The plou -- ghers ploughed up -- on my back; they long their fur -- rows drew. The right -- eous Lord did cut the cords of the un -- god -- ly crew.", "prose": ["The ploughers ploughed upon my back;", "they long their furrows drew.", "The righteous Lord did cut the cords", "of the ungodly crew."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Let Zi -- on's hat -- ers all be turned back with con -- fu -- si -- on. As grass on hous -- es' tops be they, which fades ere it be grown:", "prose": ["Let Zion's haters all be turned", "back with confusion.", "As grass on houses' tops be they,", "which fades ere it be grown:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Where -- of e -- nough to fill his hand the mow -- er can -- not find; Nor can the man his bos -- om fill, whose work is sheaves to bind.", "prose": ["Whereof enough to fill his hand", "the mower cannot find;", "Nor can the man his bosom fill,", "whose work is sheaves to bind."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Nei -- ther say they who do go by, God's bless -- ing on you rest: We in the name of God the Lord do wish you to be blessed.", "prose": ["Neither say they who do go by,", "God's blessing on you rest:", "We in the name of God the Lord", "do wish you to be blessed."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}