{"slug": "oh-hear-my-prayer-lord", "title": "Oh, Hear My Prayer, Lord (Second Version)", "first_line": "Oh, hear my prayer, Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 143, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 143"], "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 143 (second version). 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": "Oh, hear my pray -- er, Lord, And un -- to my de -- sire To bow thine ear ac -- cord, I hum -- bly thee re -- quire; And, in thy faith -- ful -- ness, Un -- to me an -- swer make, And, in thy right -- eous -- ness, Up -- on me pit -- y take.", "prose": ["Oh, hear my prayer, Lord,", "And unto my desire", "To bow thine ear accord,", "I humbly thee require;", "And, in thy faithfulness,", "Unto me answer make,", "And, in thy righteousness,", "Upon me pity take."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "In judg -- ment en -- ter not With me thy ser -- vant poor; For why, this well I wot, No sin -- ner can en -- dure The sight of thee, O God: If thou his deeds shalt try, He dare make none a -- bode Him -- self to jus -- ti -- fy.", "prose": ["In judgment enter not", "With me thy servant poor;", "For why, this well I wot,", "No sinner can endure", "The sight of thee, O God:", "If thou his deeds shalt try,", "He dare make none abode", "Himself to justify."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold, the cru -- el foe Me per -- se -- cutes with spite, My soul to o -- ver -- throw: Yea, he my life down quite Un -- to the ground hath smote, And made me dwell full low In dark -- ness, as for -- got, Or men dead long a -- go.", "prose": ["Behold, the cruel foe", "Me persecutes with spite,", "My soul to overthrow:", "Yea, he my life down quite", "Unto the ground hath smote,", "And made me dwell full low", "In darkness, as forgot,", "Or men dead long ago."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "There -- fore my spirit much vexed, O'er -- whelmed is me with -- in; My heart right sore per -- plexed And des -- o -- late hath been. Yet I do call to mind What an -- cient days re -- cord, Thy works of ev -- 'ry kind I think up -- on, O Lord.", "prose": ["Therefore my spirit much vexed,", "O'erwhelmed is me within;", "My heart right sore perplexed", "And desolate hath been.", "Yet I do call to mind", "What ancient days record,", "Thy works of ev'ry kind", "I think upon, O Lord."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Lo, I do stretch my hands To thee, my help a -- lone; For thou well un -- der -- stands All my com -- plaint and moan: My thirst -- ing soul de -- sires, And long -- eth af -- ter thee, As thir -- sty ground re -- quires With rain re -- freshed to be.", "prose": ["Lo, I do stretch my hands", "To thee, my help alone;", "For thou well understands", "All my complaint and moan:", "My thirsting soul desires,", "And longeth after thee,", "As thirsty ground requires", "With rain refreshed to be."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Lord, let my pray'r pre -- vail, To an -- swer it make speed; For, lo, my spirit doth fail: Hide not thy face in need; Lest I be like to those That do in dark -- ness sit, Or him that down -- ward goes In -- to the dread -- ful pit.", "prose": ["Lord, let my pray'r prevail,", "To answer it make speed;", "For, lo, my spirit doth fail:", "Hide not thy face in need;", "Lest I be like to those", "That do in darkness sit,", "Or him that downward goes", "Into the dreadful pit."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause I trust in thee, O Lord, cause me to hear Thy lov -- ing -- kind -- ness free, When morn -- ing doth ap -- pear: Cause me to know the way Where -- in my path should be; For why, my soul on high I do lift up to thee.", "prose": ["Because I trust in thee,", "O Lord, cause me to hear", "Thy loving-kindness free,", "When morning doth appear:", "Cause me to know the way", "Wherein my path should be;", "For why, my soul on high", "I do lift up to thee."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "From my fierce en -- e -- my In safe -- ty do me guide, Be -- cause I flee to thee, Lord, that thou may'st me hide. My God a -- lone art thou, Teach me thy right -- eous -- ness: Thy Spirit's good, lead me to The land of up -- right -- ness.", "prose": ["From my fierce enemy", "In safety do me guide,", "Because I flee to thee,", "Lord, that thou may'st me hide.", "My God alone art thou,", "Teach me thy righteousness:", "Thy Spirit 's good, lead me to", "The land of uprightness."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "O Lord, for thy name's sake, Be pleased to qui -- cken me; And, for thy truth, forth take My soul from mis -- er -- y. And of thy grace de -- stroy My foes, and put to shame All who my soul an -- noy; For I thy ser -- vant am.", "prose": ["O Lord, for thy name's sake,", "Be pleased to quicken me;", "And, for thy truth, forth take", "My soul from misery.", "And of thy grace destroy", "My foes, and put to shame", "All who my soul annoy;", "For I thy servant am."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}