{"slug": "sing-loud-to-god-our-strength-with-joy", "title": "Sing Loud to God Our Strength; with Joy", "first_line": "Sing loud to God our strength; with joy", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 81, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 81"], "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 81. 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": "Sing loud to God our strength; with joy to Ja -- cob's God do sing. Take up a psalm, the pleas -- ant harp, tim -- brel and psal -- t'ry bring.", "prose": ["Sing loud to God our strength; with joy", "to Jacob's God do sing.", "Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp,", "timbrel and psalt'ry bring."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Blow trum -- pets at new -- moon, what day our feast ap -- point -- ed is: For charge to Is -- r'el, and a law of Ja -- cob's God was this.", "prose": ["Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day", "our feast appointed is:", "For charge to Isr'el, and a law", "of Jacob's God was this."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To Jo -- seph this a test' -- mo -- ny he made, when E -- gypt land He trav -- elled through, where speech I heard I did not un -- der -- stand.", "prose": ["To Joseph this a test'mony", "he made, when Egypt land", "He travelled through, where speech I heard", "I did not understand."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "His shoul -- der I from bur -- dens took, his hands from pots did free. Thou didst in trou -- ble on me call, and I de -- liv -- ered thee:", "prose": ["His shoulder I from burdens took,", "his hands from pots did free.", "Thou didst in trouble on me call,", "and I delivered thee:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "In se -- cret place of thun -- der -- ing I did thee an -- swer make; And at the streams of Mer -- i -- bah of thee a proof did take.", "prose": ["In secret place of thundering", "I did thee answer make;", "And at the streams of Meribah", "of thee a proof did take."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O thou, my peo -- ple, give an ear, I'll tes -- ti -- fy to thee; To thee, O Is -- r'el, if thou wilt but hear -- ken un -- to me.", "prose": ["O thou, my people, give an ear,", "I'll testify to thee;", "To thee, O Isr'el, if thou wilt", "but hearken unto me."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "In midst of thee there shall not be an -- y strange god at all; Nor un -- to an -- y god un -- known thou bow -- ing down shalt fall.", "prose": ["In midst of thee there shall not be", "any strange god at all;", "Nor unto any god unknown", "thou bowing down shalt fall."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "I am the Lord thy God, which did from E -- gypt land thee guide; I'll fill thy mouth a -- bun -- dant -- ly, do thou it o -- pen wide.", "prose": ["I am the Lord thy God, which did", "from Egypt land thee guide;", "I'll fill thy mouth abundantly,", "do thou it open wide."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "But yet my peo -- ple to my voice would not at -- ten -- tive be; And ev'n my cho -- sen I -- sra -- el he would have none of me.", "prose": ["But yet my people to my voice", "would not attentive be;", "And ev'n my chosen Israel", "he would have none of me."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "So to the lust of their own hearts I them de -- liv -- er -- ed; And then in coun -- sels of their own they vain -- ly wan -- der -- ed.", "prose": ["So to the lust of their own hearts", "I them delivered;", "And then in counsels of their own", "they vainly wandered."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "O that my peo -- ple had me heard, Is -- r'el my ways had chose! I had their en -- 'mies soon sub -- dued, my hand turned on their foes.", "prose": ["O that my people had me heard,", "Isr'el my ways had chose!", "I had their en'mies soon subdued,", "my hand turned on their foes."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "The hat -- ers of the Lord to him sub -- mis -- sion should have feigned; But as for them, their time should have for ev -- er -- more re -- mained.", "prose": ["The haters of the Lord to him", "submission should have feigned;", "But as for them, their time should have", "for evermore remained."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "He should have al -- so fed them with the fin -- est of the wheat; Of hon -- ey from the rock thy fill I should have made thee eat.", "prose": ["He should have also fed them with", "the finest of the wheat;", "Of honey from the rock thy fill", "I should have made thee eat."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}