{"slug": "praise-god-ye-servants-of-the-lord", "title": "Praise God: Ye Servants of the Lord", "first_line": "Praise God: ye servants of the Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 113, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 113"], "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 113. 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: ye ser -- vants of the Lord, O praise, the Lord's name praise. Yea, bless -- ed be the name of God from this time forth al -- ways.", "prose": ["Praise God: ye servants of the Lord,", "O praise, the Lord's name praise.", "Yea, blessed be the name of God", "from this time forth always."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "From ris -- ing sun to where it sets, God's name is to be praised. A -- bove all na -- tions God is high, 'bove heav'ns his glo -- ry raised.", "prose": ["From rising sun to where it sets,", "God's name is to be praised.", "Above all nations God is high,", "'bove heav'ns his glory raised."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Un -- to the Lord our God that dwells on high, who can com -- pare? Him -- self that hum -- bleth things to see in heav'n and earth that are.", "prose": ["Unto the Lord our God that dwells", "on high, who can compare?", "Himself that humbleth things to see", "in heav'n and earth that are."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "He from the dust doth raise the poor, that ver -- y low doth lie; And from the dun -- ghill lifts the man op -- pressed with pov -- er -- ty;", "prose": ["He from the dust doth raise the poor,", "that very low doth lie;", "And from the dunghill lifts the man", "oppressed with poverty;"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "That he may high -- ly him ad -- vance, and with the prin -- ces set; With those that of his peo -- ple are the chief, ev'n prin -- ces great.", "prose": ["That he may highly him advance,", "and with the princes set;", "With those that of his people are", "the chief, ev'n princes great."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The bar -- ren wom -- an house to keep he mak -- eth, and to be Of sons a moth -- er full of joy. Praise to the Lord give ye.", "prose": ["The barren woman house to keep", "he maketh, and to be", "Of sons a mother full of joy.", "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."}