{"slug": "save-me-o-god-because-the-floods-psalm-69", "title": "Suffering and Prayer", "first_line": "Save me, O God, because the floods", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "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": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 184) 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 69, selection 184. 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": "Save me, O God, be -- cause the floods Come in up -- on my soul; I sink in depths where none can stand, Deep wa -- ters o'er me roll.", "prose": ["Save me, O God, because the floods", "Come in upon my soul;", "I sink in depths where none can stand,", "Deep waters o'er me roll."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My con -- stant cal -- ling wea -- ries me, My throat is parched and dried; My eyes grow dim while for my God Still wait -- ing I a -- bide.", "prose": ["My constant calling wearies me,", "My throat is parched and dried;", "My eyes grow dim while for my God", "Still waiting I abide."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The foes who hate me un -- pro -- voked Are strong and still in -- crease, Tho' to dis -- arm their en -- mi -- ty My right I yield for peace.", "prose": ["The foes who hate me unprovoked", "Are strong and still increase,", "Tho' to disarm their enmity", "My right I yield for peace."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O God, my fol -- ly and my sin Thy ho -- ly eye can see; Yet save from shame, Lord God of Hosts, Thy saints that wait on Thee.", "prose": ["O God, my folly and my sin", "Thy holy eye can see;", "Yet save from shame, Lord God of Hosts,", "Thy saints that wait on Thee."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "For -- bid, O God, our cov -- 'nant God, That those who seek Thy face Should see Thy ser -- vant put to shame And share in my dis -- grace.", "prose": ["Forbid, O God, our covenant God,", "That those who seek Thy face", "Should see Thy servant put to shame", "And share in my disgrace."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "It is for Thee I am re -- proached, For Thee I suf -- fer shame, Un -- til my breth -- ren know me not, And hat -- ed is my name.", "prose": ["It is for Thee I am reproached,", "For Thee I suffer shame,", "Until my brethren know me not,", "And hated is my name."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "It is my zeal for Thy a -- bode That has con -- sumed my life; Re -- proached by those re -- proach -- ing Thee, I suf -- fer in the strife.", "prose": ["It is my zeal for Thy abode", "That has consumed my life;", "Reproached by those reproaching Thee,", "I suffer in the strife."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "I wept, with fast -- ing bowed my soul, Yet that was made my shame; When I in sack -- cloth clothed my -- self, Their by -- word I be -- came.", "prose": ["I wept, with fasting bowed my soul,", "Yet that was made my shame;", "When I in sackcloth clothed myself,", "Their byword I became."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "The men who sit with -- in the gate With slan -- der do me wrong, And they who lin -- ger at their cups Make me their jest and song.", "prose": ["The men who sit within the gate", "With slander do me wrong,", "And they who linger at their cups", "Make me their jest and song."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}