{"slug": "regard-my-grief-and-rescue-me", "title": "Divine Help Invoked", "first_line": "Regard my grief and rescue me", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 119, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 119"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 340) 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 119, selection 340. 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": "Re -- gard my grief and res -- cue me, For I do not for -- get Thy laws; As Thou hast prom -- ised, save me Lord; Re -- deem my soul, and plead my cause.", "prose": ["Regard my grief and rescue me,", "For I do not forget Thy laws;", "As Thou hast promised, save me Lord;", "Redeem my soul, and plead my cause."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Far is sal -- va -- tion from the men Who do not seek Thy stat -- ues, Lord; Great are Thy mer -- cies, qui -- cken me Ac -- cord -- ing to Thy ho -- ly word.", "prose": ["Far is salvation from the men", "Who do not seek Thy statues, Lord;", "Great are Thy mercies, quicken me", "According to Thy holy word."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I bear the spit of man -- y foes, Yet from Thy law I do not swerve; I saw the faith -- less and was grieved, For they Thy word do not ob -- serve.", "prose": ["I bear the spit of many foes,", "Yet from Thy law I do not swerve;", "I saw the faithless and was grieved,", "For they Thy word do not observe."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold how I Thy pre -- cepts love! In kind -- ness Lord, re -- vive Thou me; The sum of all Thy word is truth, Thy word a -- bides e -- ter -- nal -- ly.", "prose": ["Behold how I Thy precepts love!", "In kindness Lord, revive Thou me;", "The sum of all Thy word is truth,", "Thy word abides eternally."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}