{"slug": "praise-god-the-lord-praise-o-my-soul", "title": "Praise God. The Lord Praise, O My Soul", "first_line": "Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 146, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 146"], "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 146. 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": "Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul. I'll praise God while I live; While I have be -- ing to my God in songs I'll prais -- es give.", "prose": ["Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul.", "I'll praise God while I live;", "While I have being to my God", "in songs I'll praises give."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Trust not in prin -- ces, nor man's son, in whom there is no stay: His breath de -- parts, to's earth he turns; that day his thoughts de -- cay.", "prose": ["Trust not in princes, nor man's son,", "in whom there is no stay:", "His breath departs, to 's earth he turns;", "that day his thoughts decay."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O hap -- py is that man and blest, whom Ja -- cob's God doth aid; Whose hope up -- on the Lord doth rest, and on his God is stayed:", "prose": ["O happy is that man and blest,", "whom Jacob's God doth aid;", "Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest,", "and on his God is stayed:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Who made the earth and heav -- ens high, who made the swell -- ing deep, And all that is with -- in the same; who truth doth ev -- er keep:", "prose": ["Who made the earth and heavens high,", "who made the swelling deep,", "And all that is within the same;", "who truth doth ever keep:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Who right -- eous judg -- ment ex -- e -- cutes for those op -- pressed that be, Who to the hun -- gry giv -- eth food; God sets the pris -- 'ners free.", "prose": ["Who righteous judgment executes", "for those oppressed that be,", "Who to the hungry giveth food;", "God sets the pris'ners free."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The Lord doth give the blind their sight, the bow -- ed down doth raise: The Lord doth dear -- ly love all those that walk in up -- right ways.", "prose": ["The Lord doth give the blind their sight,", "the bowed down doth raise:", "The Lord doth dearly love all those", "that walk in upright ways."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "The stran -- ger's shield, the wid -- ow's stay, the or -- phan's help, is he: But yet by him the wi -- cked's way turn'd up -- side down shall be.", "prose": ["The stranger's shield, the widow's stay,", "the orphan's help, is he:", "But yet by him the wicked's way", "turn'd upside down shall be."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "The Lord shall reign for ev -- er -- more: thy God, O Zi -- on, he Reigns to all gen -- er -- a -- ti -- ons. Praise to the Lord give ye.", "prose": ["The Lord shall reign for evermore:", "thy God, O Zion, he", "Reigns to all generations.", "Praise to the Lord give ye."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}