{"slug": "on-god-alone-my-soul-relies", "title": "Confession and Trust", "first_line": "On God alone my soul relies", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 55, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 55"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 149) 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 55, selection 149. 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": "On God a -- lone my soul re -- lies, And He will soon re -- lieve; The Lord will hear my plain -- tive cries At morn -- ing, noon, and eve.", "prose": ["On God alone my soul relies,", "And He will soon relieve;", "The Lord will hear my plaintive cries", "At morning, noon, and eve."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He has re -- deemed my soul in peace, From con -- flict set me free; My man -- y foes are made to cease, And strive no more with me.", "prose": ["He has redeemed my soul in peace,", "From conflict set me free;", "My many foes are made to cease,", "And strive no more with me."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The liv -- ing God in right -- eous -- ness Will rec -- om -- pense with shame the men who, hard -- ened by suc -- cess, For -- get to fear His Name.", "prose": ["The living God in righteousness", "Will recompense with shame", "the men who, hardened by success,", "Forget to fear His Name."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "All treach -- 'rous friends who o -- ver -- reach And break their plight -- ed troth, Who hide their hate with hon -- eyed speech, With such the Lord is wroth.", "prose": ["All treach'rous friends who overreach", "And break their plighted troth,", "Who hide their hate with honeyed speech,", "With such the Lord is wroth."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Up -- on the Lord thy bur -- den cast, To Him bring all thy care; He will sus -- tain and hold thee fast, And give thee strength to bear.", "prose": ["Upon the Lord thy burden cast,", "To Him bring all thy care;", "He will sustain and hold thee fast,", "And give thee strength to bear."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "God will not let His saints be moved; Pro -- tec -- ted, they shall see Their foes cut off and sin re -- proved; O God, I trust in Thee.", "prose": ["God will not let His saints be moved;", "Protected, they shall see", "Their foes cut off and sin reproved;", "O God, I trust in Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}