{"slug": "that-man-is-blest-who-fearing-god", "title": "The Blessedness of the Godly", "first_line": "That man is blest who, fearing God", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 1, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 1) 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 1, selection 1. 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": "That man is blest who, fear -- ing God, From sin re -- strains his feet, Who will not stand with wick -- ed men, Who shuns the scor -- ners' seat.", "prose": ["That man is blest who, fearing God,", "From sin restrains his feet,", "Who will not stand with wicked men,", "Who shuns the scorners' seat."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Yea, blest is he who makes God's law His por -- tion and de -- light, And med -- i -- tates up -- on that law With glad -- ness day and night.", "prose": ["Yea, blest is he who makes God's law", "His portion and delight,", "And meditates upon that law", "With gladness day and night."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "That man is nour -- ished like a tree Set by the riv -- ers' side; Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure, And thus his works a -- bide.", "prose": ["That man is nourished like a tree", "Set by the rivers' side;", "Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure,", "And thus his works abide."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed like the driv -- en chaff Are swept from off the land; They shall not gath -- er with the just, Nor in the judg -- ment stand.", "prose": ["The wicked like the driven chaff", "Are swept from off the land;", "They shall not gather with the just,", "Nor in the judgment stand."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The Lord will guard the right -- eous well, Their way to Him is known; The way of sin -- ners, far from God, Shall sure -- ly be o'er -- thrown.", "prose": ["The Lord will guard the righteous well,", "Their way to Him is known;", "The way of sinners, far from God,", "Shall surely be o'erthrown."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}