{"slug": "praise-waits-in-zion-lord-for-thee-psalm-65", "title": "The Blessings of Grace", "first_line": "Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 65, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 65"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 172) 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 65, selection 172. 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": "Praise waits in Zi -- on, Lord, for Thee; There we will pay our vow; O Thou, the God that hear -- est prayer, Be -- fore Thee all shall bow.", "prose": ["Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee;", "There we will pay our vow;", "O Thou, the God that hearest prayer,", "Before Thee all shall bow."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "A -- gainst me my be -- sett -- ing sins Pre -- vail from day to day, But Thou in Thy for -- giv -- ing grace Wilt take them all a -- way.", "prose": ["Against me my besetting sins", "Prevail from day to day,", "But Thou in Thy forgiving grace", "Wilt take them all away."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O blest the man whom Thou dost choose, And draw in love to Thee, That in Thy sa -- cred courts, O Lord, He may a dwel -- ler be.", "prose": ["O blest the man whom Thou dost choose,", "And draw in love to Thee,", "That in Thy sacred courts, O Lord,", "He may a dweller be."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "We sure -- ly shall be sat -- is -- fied With Thy a -- bun -- dant grace, Yea, with the good -- ness of Thy house, Of Thy most ho -- ly place.", "prose": ["We surely shall be satisfied", "With Thy abundant grace,", "Yea, with the goodness of Thy house,", "Of Thy most holy place."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}