{"slug": "since-with-my-god-with-perfect-heart", "title": "Holiness and Divine Favor", "first_line": "Since with my God with perfect heart", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 18, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 18"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 35) 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 18, selection 35. 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": "Since with my God with per -- fect heart I walk and make His word my guide, And from in -- iq -- ui -- ty de -- part, The Lord His bless -- ing will pro -- vide.", "prose": ["Since with my God with perfect heart", "I walk and make His word my guide,", "And from iniquity depart,", "The Lord His blessing will provide."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The mer -- ci -- ful shall know Thy grace, The per -- fect Thy per -- fec -- tion see, The pure shall see Thy own pure face, The fro -- ward find a foe in Thee.", "prose": ["The merciful shall know Thy grace,", "The perfect Thy perfection see,", "The pure shall see Thy own pure face,", "The froward find a foe in Thee."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To smite the proud and bring them low, To save the poor is Thy de -- light. The Lord will cause my lamp to glow, My God will make my dark -- ness light.", "prose": ["To smite the proud and bring them low,", "To save the poor is Thy delight.", "The Lord will cause my lamp to glow,", "My God will make my darkness light."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "From God the vic -- t'ry I re -- ceive; Most per -- fect is His ho -- ly way; His word is tried, they who be -- lieve Will find the Lord their shield and stay.", "prose": ["From God the vict'ry I receive;", "Most perfect is His holy way;", "His word is tried, they who believe", "Will find the Lord their shield and stay."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "For who is God, and strong to save, Be -- side the Lord our God of might? 'Tis He that makes me strong and brave, The Lord Who guides my steps a -- right.", "prose": ["For who is God, and strong to save,", "Beside the Lord our God of might?", "'Tis He that makes me strong and brave,", "The Lord Who guides my steps aright."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Thy free sal -- va -- tion is my shield, My sure de -- fense in ev -- ery strait; Thy hand u -- pholds me, lest I yield; Thy gent -- le -- ness has made me great.", "prose": ["Thy free salvation is my shield,", "My sure defense in every strait;", "Thy hand upholds me, lest I yield;", "Thy gentleness has made me great."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}