{"slug": "shepherd-divine-our-wants-relieve", "title": "Shepherd Divine, Our Wants Relieve", "first_line": "Shepherd divine, our wants relieve", "author": "charles-wesley", "author_date": "1742", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Prayer", "Consecration", "Perseverance"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Charles Wesley (1707-1788), \"Shepherd divine, our wants relieve,\" a hymn on Jacob wrestling with the angel, published in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Shep -- herd di -- vine, our wants re -- lieve In this our e -- vil day, To all Thy tempt -- ed fol -- low'rs give The pow'r to watch and pray.", "prose": ["Shepherd divine, our wants relieve", "In this our evil day,", "To all Thy tempted followers give", "The power to watch and pray."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Long as our fi -- ery tri -- als last, Long as the cross we bear, O let our souls on Thee be cast In nev -- er ceas -- ing prayer!", "prose": ["Long as our fiery trials last,", "Long as the cross we bear,", "O let our souls on Thee be cast", "In never ceasing prayer!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The Sp'rit of in -- ter -- ced -- ing grace Give us in faith to claim; To wres -- tle till we see Thy face, And know Thy hid -- den name.", "prose": ["The Spirit of interceding grace", "Give us in faith to claim;", "To wrestle till we see Thy face,", "And know Thy hidden name."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Till Thou Thy per -- fect love im -- part, Till Thou Thy -- self be -- stow, Be this the cry of ev -- ery heart, \"I will not let Thee go:", "prose": ["Till Thou Thy perfect love impart,", "Till Thou Thyself bestow,", "Be this the cry of every heart,", "\"I will not let Thee go:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "\"I will not let Thee go, un -- less Thou tell Thy name to me, With all Thy great sal -- va -- tion bless, And make me all like Thee:", "prose": ["\"I will not let Thee go, unless", "Thou tell Thy name to me,", "With all Thy great salvation bless,", "And make me all like Thee:"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Then let me on the moun -- tain top Be -- hold Thy o -- pen face, Where faith in sight is swal -- lowed up, And prayer in end -- less praise.", "prose": ["Then let me on the mountain top", "Behold Thy open face,", "Where faith in sight is swallowed up,", "And prayer in endless praise."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}