{"slug": "remember-not-o-god", "title": "Forgiving Mercy Besought", "first_line": "Remember not, O God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 79, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 79"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 217) 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 79, selection 217. 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 -- mem -- ber not, O God, The sins of long a -- go; In ten -- der mer -- cy vis -- it us, Dis -- tressed and hum -- bled low.", "prose": ["Remember not, O God,", "The sins of long ago;", "In tender mercy visit us,", "Distressed and humbled low."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O Lord, our Sav -- iour, help, And glo -- ri -- fy Thy Name; De -- liv -- er us from all our sins And take a -- way our shame.", "prose": ["O Lord, our Saviour, help,", "And glorify Thy Name;", "Deliver us from all our sins", "And take away our shame."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "In Thy com -- pas -- sion hear Thy pris -- 'ner's plain -- tive sigh, And in the great -- ness of Thy pow'r Save those a -- bout to die.", "prose": ["In Thy compassion hear", "Thy pris'ner's plaintive sigh,", "And in the greatness of Thy pow'r", "Save those about to die."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Then, safe with -- in Thy fold, We will ex -- alt Thy Name; Our thank -- ful hearts with songs of joy Thy good -- ness will pro -- claim.", "prose": ["Then, safe within Thy fold,", "We will exalt Thy Name;", "Our thankful hearts with songs of joy", "Thy goodness will proclaim."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}