{"slug": "the-law-that-the-lord-has-ordained", "title": "The Divine Law", "first_line": "The law that the Lord has ordained", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 19, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 19"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 40) 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 19, selection 40. 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": "The law that the Lord has or -- dained Is per -- fect, the soul to re -- store; His truth makes the sim -- ple most wise, The truth that is sure ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["The law that the Lord has ordained", "Is perfect, the soul to restore;", "His truth makes the simple most wise,", "The truth that is sure evermore."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "His pre -- cepts are right -- eous and just, Re -- joic -- ing the heart and the mind; And all His com -- mand -- ments are pure, En -- light -- 'ning the eyes of the blind.", "prose": ["His precepts are righteous and just,", "Rejoicing the heart and the mind;", "And all His commandments are pure,", "Enlight'ning the eyes of the blind."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The fear of the Lord is most clean, For -- ev -- er un -- moved it has stood; His judg -- ments are per -- fect -- ly true, In all things most right -- eous and good.", "prose": ["The fear of the Lord is most clean,", "Forever unmoved it has stood;", "His judgments are perfectly true,", "In all things most righteous and good."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Such trea -- sure no gold can sup -- ply, Such sweet -- ness no hon -- ey af -- ford; Their warn -- ings none heed and o -- bey But find most a -- bun -- dant re -- ward.", "prose": ["Such treasure no gold can supply,", "Such sweetness no honey afford;", "Their warnings none heed and obey", "But find most abundant reward."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O who can his er -- rors dis -- cern? From hid -- den faults, Lord, keep me free; Let pride nev -- er reign in my heart, And clear of great sin I shall be.", "prose": ["O who can his errors discern?", "From hidden faults, Lord, keep me free;", "Let pride never reign in my heart,", "And clear of great sin I shall be."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "I pray that my words and my thoughts May all with Thy pre -- cepts ac -- cord, And ev -- er be pleas -- ing to Thee, My rock, my Re -- deem -- er, my Lord.", "prose": ["I pray that my words and my thoughts", "May all with Thy precepts accord,", "And ever be pleasing to Thee,", "My rock, my Redeemer, my Lord."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}