{"slug": "praise-ye-the-lord-for-he-is-good", "title": "Praise and Confession", "first_line": "Praise ye the Lord, for He is good", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 106, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 106"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 290) 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 106, selection 290. 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 ye the Lord, for He is good; Give thanks and bless His Name; His lov -- ing -- kind -- ness chan -- ges not, From age to age the same.", "prose": ["Praise ye the Lord, for He is good;", "Give thanks and bless His Name;", "His loving-kindness changes not,", "From age to age the same."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "What tongue can tell His might -- y deeds, His won -- drous works and ways? O who can show His glo -- ry forth, Or ut -- ter all His praise?", "prose": ["What tongue can tell His mighty deeds,", "His wondrous works and ways?", "O who can show His glory forth,", "Or utter all His praise?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The Lord will bless and pros -- per those, Yea, blest in -- deed are they, Whose ways are just, who con -- stant -- ly His right -- eous law o -- bey.", "prose": ["The Lord will bless and prosper those,", "Yea, blest indeed are they,", "Whose ways are just, who constantly", "His righteous law obey."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O Lord, re -- mem -- ber me in grace, Let me sal -- va -- tion see; The grace Thou show -- est to Thy saints, That grace re -- veal to me.", "prose": ["O Lord, remember me in grace,", "Let me salvation see;", "The grace Thou showest to Thy saints,", "That grace reveal to me."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Let me be -- hold Thy peo -- ple's good And in their joy re -- joice; With Thy tri -- um -- phant her -- i -- tage Let me lift up my voice.", "prose": ["Let me behold Thy people's good", "And in their joy rejoice;", "With Thy triumphant heritage", "Let me lift up my voice."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "In e -- vil we have gone a -- stray, And sin -- ful is our race; Re -- bel -- lious -- ly our fa -- thers walked, For -- get -- ful of Thy grace.", "prose": ["In evil we have gone astray,", "And sinful is our race;", "Rebelliously our fathers walked,", "Forgetful of Thy grace."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Though they re -- belled, yet for their help In sav -- ing strength he came To make His power al -- might -- y known And glo -- ri -- fy His Name.", "prose": ["Though they rebelled, yet for their help", "In saving strength he came", "To make His power almighty known", "And glorify His Name."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "He brought them safe -- ly through the sea And o -- ver -- whelmed their foes; Their faith was stirred, and for the time Their songs of praise a -- rose.", "prose": ["He brought them safely through the sea", "And overwhelmed their foes;", "Their faith was stirred, and for the time", "Their songs of praise arose."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "For -- get -- ful soon, they tempt -- ed God, Nor for His coun -- sel cared; He sent them lean -- ness in their souls, Whilst they earth's boun -- ties shared.", "prose": ["Forgetful soon, they tempted God,", "Nor for His counsel cared;", "He sent them leanness in their souls,", "Whilst they earth's bounties shared."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "With en -- vy they re -- gard -- ed those Whom God to them had sent; The o -- pening earth, the kin -- dling flame, Brought aw -- ful pun -- ish -- ment.", "prose": ["With envy they regarded those", "Whom God to them had sent;", "The opening earth, the kindling flame,", "Brought awful punishment."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "A gol -- den im -- age they a -- dored, And wor -- shiped at its shrine; Thus they de -- spised the liv -- ing God And scorned His love di -- vine.", "prose": ["A golden image they adored,", "And worshiped at its shrine;", "Thus they despised the living God", "And scorned His love divine."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}