{"slug": "stand-up-and-bless-the-lord", "title": "Stand Up and Bless the Lord", "first_line": "Stand up and bless the Lord", "author": "james-montgomery", "author_date": "1824", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Praise", "Worship"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "James Montgomery, \"Stand up and bless the Lord,\" written for the Sunday School Union (1824). Montgomery d. 1854; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Stand up and bless the Lord, Ye peo -- ple of His choice; Stand up and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice.", "prose": ["Stand up and bless the Lord,", "Ye people of His choice;", "Stand up and bless the Lord your God", "With heart and soul and voice."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Though high a -- bove all praise, A -- bove all bless -- ing high, Who would not fear His ho -- ly Name, And laud and mag -- ni -- fy?", "prose": ["Though high above all praise,", "Above all blessing high,", "Who would not fear His holy Name,", "And laud and magnify?"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O for the liv -- ing flame From His own al -- tar brought, To touch our lips, our minds in -- spire, And wing to heav'n our thought!", "prose": ["O for the living flame", "From His own altar brought,", "To touch our lips, our minds inspire,", "And wing to heaven our thought!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "God is our strength and song, And His sal -- va -- tion ours; Then be His love in Christ pro -- claimed With all our ran -- somed powers.", "prose": ["God is our strength and song,", "And His salvation ours;", "Then be His love in Christ proclaimed", "With all our ransomed powers."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Stand up and bless the Lord; The Lord your God a -- dore; Stand up and bless His glo -- rious Name, Hence -- forth for -- ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["Stand up and bless the Lord;", "The Lord your God adore;", "Stand up and bless His glorious Name,", "Henceforth forevermore."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}