{"slug": "rest-in-the-lord-and-be-thou-still", "title": "Contrasted Characters", "first_line": "Rest in the Lord and be thou still", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 37, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 37"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 96) 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 37, selection 96. 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": "Rest in the Lord and be thou still, With pa -- tience wait His ho -- ly will, En -- dur -- ing to the end. Fret not tho' sin -- ners' gains in -- crease; for -- sake thy wrath, from an -- ger cease; It will to e -- vil tend.", "prose": ["Rest in the Lord and be thou still,", "With patience wait His holy will,", "Enduring to the end.", "Fret not tho' sinners' gains increase;", "forsake thy wrath, from anger cease;", "It will to evil tend."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The e -- vil -- do -- er soon shall die, But those that on the Lord re -- ly Shall all the land ob -- tain; A lit -- tle while and thou shalt see That wick -- ed men cut off shall be, They shall be sought in vain.", "prose": ["The evildoer soon shall die,", "But those that on the Lord rely", "Shall all the land obtain;", "A little while and thou shalt see", "That wicked men cut off shall be,", "They shall be sought in vain."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Yea, thou shalt soon con -- sid -- er well The place where they were wont to dwell, And it shall not be found; But saints shall all the land pos -- sess, And find de -- light and hap -- pi -- ness where fruits of peace a -- bound.", "prose": ["Yea, thou shalt soon consider well", "The place where they were wont to dwell,", "And it shall not be found;", "But saints shall all the land possess,", "And find delight and happiness", "where fruits of peace abound."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The vile may plot a -- gainst the just who in the Lord Je -- ho -- vah trust, But God will scorn them all; The Lord their com -- ing day shall see, When bro -- ken all their pow'r shall be, And ru -- in on them fall.", "prose": ["The vile may plot against the just", "who in the Lord Jehovah trust,", "But God will scorn them all;", "The Lord their coming day shall see,", "When broken all their pow'r shall be,", "And ruin on them fall."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}