{"slug": "save-me-o-god-because-the-floods", "title": "Save Me, O God, Because the Floods", "first_line": "Save me, O God, because the floods", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 69, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 69"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 69. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Save me, O God, be -- cause the floods do so en -- vi -- ron me, That ev'n un -- to my ver -- y soul come in the wa -- ters be.", "prose": ["Save me, O God, because the floods", "do so environ me,", "That ev'n unto my very soul", "come in the waters be."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I down -- ward in deep mire do sink, where stand -- ing there is none: I am in -- to deep wa -- ters come, where floods have o'er me gone.", "prose": ["I downward in deep mire do sink,", "where standing there is none:", "I am into deep waters come,", "where floods have o'er me gone."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I wea -- ry with my cry -- ing am, my throat is al -- so dried; Mine eyes do fail, while for my God I wait -- ing do a -- bide.", "prose": ["I weary with my crying am,", "my throat is also dried;", "Mine eyes do fail, while for my God", "I waiting do abide."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Those men that do with -- out a cause bear ha -- tred un -- to me, Than are the hairs up -- on my head in num -- ber more they be:", "prose": ["Those men that do without a cause", "bear hatred unto me,", "Than are the hairs upon my head", "in number more they be:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "They that would me de -- stroy, and are mine en -- 'mies wrong -- ful -- ly, Are might -- y: so what I took not, to ren -- der forced was I.", "prose": ["They that would me destroy, and are", "mine en'mies wrongfully,", "Are mighty: so what I took not,", "to render forced was I."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Lord, thou my fol -- ly know'st, my sins not cov -- ered are from thee. Let none that wait on thee be shamed, Lord God of hosts, for me.", "prose": ["Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins", "not covered are from thee.", "Let none that wait on thee be shamed,", "Lord God of hosts, for me."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "O Lord, the God of I -- sra -- el, let none, who search do make, And seek thee, be at an -- y time con -- found -- ed for my sake.", "prose": ["O Lord, the God of Israel,", "let none, who search do make,", "And seek thee, be at any time", "confounded for my sake."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "For I have borne re -- proach for thee, my face is hid with shame. To breth -- ren strange, to moth -- er's sons an a -- lien I be -- came.", "prose": ["For I have borne reproach for thee,", "my face is hid with shame.", "To brethren strange, to mother's sons", "an alien I became."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause the zeal did eat me up, which to thine house I bear; And the re -- proach -- es cast at thee, up -- on me fal -- len are.", "prose": ["Because the zeal did eat me up,", "which to thine house I bear;", "And the reproaches cast at thee,", "upon me fallen are."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "My tears and fasts, t'af -- flict my soul, were turn -- ed to my shame. When sack -- cloth I did wear, to them a prov -- erb I be -- came.", "prose": ["My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul,", "were turned to my shame.", "When sackcloth I did wear, to them", "a proverb I became."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "The men that in the gate do sit a -- gainst me e -- vil spake; They al -- so that vile drun -- kards were of me their song did make.", "prose": ["The men that in the gate do sit", "against me evil spake;", "They also that vile drunkards were", "of me their song did make."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "But, in an ac -- cep -- ta -- ble time, my pray'r, Lord, is to thee: In truth of thy sal -- va -- tion, Lord, and mer -- cy great, hear me.", "prose": ["But, in an acceptable time,", "my pray'r, Lord, is to thee:", "In truth of thy salvation, Lord,", "and mercy great, hear me."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "De -- liv -- er me out of the mire, from sink -- ing do me keep; Free me from those that do me hate, and from the wa -- ters deep.", "prose": ["Deliver me out of the mire,", "from sinking do me keep;", "Free me from those that do me hate,", "and from the waters deep."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "Let not the flood on me pre -- vail, whose wa -- ter o -- ver -- flows; Nor deep me swal -- low, nor the pit her mouth up -- on me close.", "prose": ["Let not the flood on me prevail,", "whose water overflows;", "Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit", "her mouth upon me close."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "Hear me, O Lord, be -- cause thy love and kind -- ness is most good; Turn un -- to me, ac -- cord -- ing to thy mer -- cies' mul -- ti -- tude.", "prose": ["Hear me, O Lord, because thy love", "and kindness is most good;", "Turn unto me, according to", "thy mercies' multitude."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Nor from thy ser -- vant hide thy face: I'm trou -- bled, soon at -- tend. Draw near my soul, and it re -- deem; me from my foes de -- fend.", "prose": ["Nor from thy servant hide thy face:", "I'm troubled, soon attend.", "Draw near my soul, and it redeem;", "me from my foes defend."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "To thee is my re -- proach well known, my shame, and my dis -- grace: Those that mine ad -- ver -- sar -- ies be are all be -- fore thy face.", "prose": ["To thee is my reproach well known,", "my shame, and my disgrace:", "Those that mine adversaries be", "are all before thy face."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "Re -- proach hath broke my heart; I'm full of grief: I looked for one To pit -- y me, but none I found; com -- for -- ters found I none.", "prose": ["Reproach hath broke my heart; I'm full", "of grief: I looked for one", "To pity me, but none I found;", "comforters found I none."]}, "19": {"syllabified": "They al -- so bit -- ter gall did give un -- to me for my meat: They gave me vin -- e -- gar to drink, when as my thirst was great.", "prose": ["They also bitter gall did give", "unto me for my meat:", "They gave me vinegar to drink,", "when as my thirst was great."]}, "20": {"syllabified": "Be -- fore them let their ta -- ble prove a snare; and do thou make Their wel -- fare and pros -- per -- i -- ty a trap them -- selves to take.", "prose": ["Before them let their table prove", "a snare; and do thou make", "Their welfare and prosperity", "a trap themselves to take."]}, "21": {"syllabified": "Let thou their eyes so dark -- ened be, that sight may them for -- sake; And let their loins be made by thee con -- tin -- ual -- ly to shake.", "prose": ["Let thou their eyes so darkened be,", "that sight may them forsake;", "And let their loins be made by thee", "continually to shake."]}, "22": {"syllabified": "Thy fu -- ry pour thou out on them, and in -- dig -- na -- ti -- on; And let thy wrath -- ful an -- ger, Lord, fast hold take them up -- on.", "prose": ["Thy fury pour thou out on them,", "and indignation;", "And let thy wrathful anger, Lord,", "fast hold take them upon."]}, "23": {"syllabified": "All waste and des -- o -- late let be their hab -- i -- ta -- ti -- on; And in their tab -- er -- nac -- les all in -- hab -- i -- tants be none.", "prose": ["All waste and desolate let be", "their habitation;", "And in their tabernacles all", "inhabitants be none."]}, "24": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause him they do per -- se -- cute, whom thou didst smite be -- fore; They talk un -- to the grief of those whom thou hast woun -- ded sore.", "prose": ["Because him they do persecute,", "whom thou didst smite before;", "They talk unto the grief of those", "whom thou hast wounded sore."]}, "25": {"syllabified": "Add thou in -- iq -- ui -- ty un -- to their for -- mer wick -- ed -- ness; And do not let them come at all in -- to thy right -- eous -- ness.", "prose": ["Add thou iniquity unto", "their former wickedness;", "And do not let them come at all", "into thy righteousness."]}, "26": {"syllabified": "Out of the book of life let them be razed and blott -- ed quite; A -- mong the just and right -- e -- ous let not their names be writ.", "prose": ["Out of the book of life let them", "be razed and blotted quite;", "Among the just and righteous", "let not their names be writ."]}, "27": {"syllabified": "But now be -- come exce -- ed -- ing poor and sor -- row -- ful am I: By thy sal -- va -- tion, O my God, let me be set on high.", "prose": ["But now become exceeding poor", "and sorrowful am I:", "By thy salvation, O my God,", "let me be set on high."]}, "28": {"syllabified": "The name of God I with a song most cheer -- ful -- ly will praise; And I, in giv -- ing thanks to him, his name shall high -- ly raise.", "prose": ["The name of God I with a song", "most cheerfully will praise;", "And I, in giving thanks to him,", "his name shall highly raise."]}, "29": {"syllabified": "This to the Lord a sac -- ri -- fice more gra -- ci -- ous shall prove Than bul -- lock, ox, or an -- y beast that hath both horn and hoof.", "prose": ["This to the Lord a sacrifice", "more gracious shall prove", "Than bullock, ox, or any beast", "that hath both horn and hoof."]}, "30": {"syllabified": "When this the hum -- ble men shall see, it joy to them shall give: O all ye that do seek the Lord, your hearts shall ev -- er live.", "prose": ["When this the humble men shall see,", "it joy to them shall give:", "O all ye that do seek the Lord,", "your hearts shall ever live."]}, "31": {"syllabified": "For God the poor hears, and will not his pris -- on -- ers con -- temn. Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise, and all that move in them.", "prose": ["For God the poor hears, and will not", "his prisoners contemn.", "Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise,", "and all that move in them."]}, "32": {"syllabified": "For God will Ju -- dah's cit -- ies build, and he will Zi -- on save, That they may dwell there -- in, and it in sure pos -- ses -- sion have.", "prose": ["For God will Judah's cities build,", "and he will Zion save,", "That they may dwell therein, and it", "in sure possession have."]}, "33": {"syllabified": "And they that are his ser -- vants' seed in -- her -- it shall the same; So shall they have their dwell -- ing there that love his bless -- ed name.", "prose": ["And they that are his servants' seed", "inherit shall the same;", "So shall they have their dwelling there", "that love his blessed name."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}