{"slug": "show-mercy-lord-to-me-for-man", "title": "Show Mercy, Lord, to Me, for Man", "first_line": "Show mercy, Lord, to me, for man", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 56, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 56"], "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 56. 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": "Show mer -- cy, Lord, to me, for man would swal -- low me out -- right; He me op -- press -- eth, while he doth a -- gainst me dai -- ly fight.", "prose": ["Show mercy, Lord, to me, for man", "would swallow me outright;", "He me oppresseth, while he doth", "against me daily fight."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "They dai -- ly would me swal -- low up that hate me spite -- ful -- ly; For they be man -- y that do fight a -- gainst me, O Most High.", "prose": ["They daily would me swallow up", "that hate me spitefully;", "For they be many that do fight", "against me, O Most High."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "When I'm a -- fraid I'll trust in thee: In God I'll praise his word; I will not fear what flesh can do, my trust is in the Lord.", "prose": ["When I'm afraid I'll trust in thee:", "In God I'll praise his word;", "I will not fear what flesh can do,", "my trust is in the Lord."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts 'gainst me are all for ill. They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps, wait -- ing my soul to kill.", "prose": ["Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts", "'gainst me are all for ill.", "They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps,", "waiting my soul to kill."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "But shall they by in -- iq -- ui -- ty es -- cape thy judg -- ments so? O God, with in -- dig -- na -- tion down do thou the peo -- ple throw.", "prose": ["But shall they by iniquity", "escape thy judgments so?", "O God, with indignation down", "do thou the people throw."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "My wan -- d'rings all what they have been thou know'st, their num -- ber took; In -- to thy bott -- le put my tears: are they not in thy book?", "prose": ["My wand'rings all what they have been", "thou know'st, their number took;", "Into thy bottle put my tears:", "are they not in thy book?"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "My foes shall, when I cry, turn back; I know't, God is for me. In God his word I'll praise; his word in God shall prais -- ed be.", "prose": ["My foes shall, when I cry, turn back;", "I know 't, God is for me.", "In God his word I'll praise; his word", "in God shall praised be."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "In God I trust; I will not fear what man can do to me. Thy vows up -- on me are, O God: I'll ren -- der praise to thee.", "prose": ["In God I trust; I will not fear", "what man can do to me.", "Thy vows upon me are, O God:", "I'll render praise to thee."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Wilt thou not, who from death me saved, my feet from falls keep free, To walk be -- fore God in the light of those that liv -- ing be?", "prose": ["Wilt thou not, who from death me saved,", "my feet from falls keep free,", "To walk before God in the light", "of those that living be?"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}