{"slug": "the-lord-i-will-at-all-times-bless", "title": "The Goodness of God Proved", "first_line": "The Lord I will at all times bless", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 34, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 34"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 88) 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 34, selection 88. 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 Lord I will at all times bless, In praise my mouth em -- ploy; My soul shall in Je -- ho -- vah boast, The meek shall hear with joy. O mag -- ni -- fy the Lord with me, Let us ex -- ult His Name; When in dis -- tress on Him I called, He to my res -- cue came.", "prose": ["The Lord I will at all times bless,", "In praise my mouth employ;", "My soul shall in Jehovah boast,", "The meek shall hear with joy.", "O magnify the Lord with me,", "Let us exult His Name;", "When in distress on Him I called,", "He to my rescue came."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "We looked to Him and light re -- ceived, A -- shamed we shall not be; Our hum -- ble cry Je -- ho -- vah heard, From trou -- ble set us free. The an -- gel of the Lord en -- camps A -- round a -- bout His own, De -- liv -- ers them from all their foes, Lest they be o -- ver -- thrown.", "prose": ["We looked to Him and light received,", "Ashamed we shall not be;", "Our humble cry Jehovah heard,", "From trouble set us free.", "The angel of the Lord encamps", "Around about His own,", "Delivers them from all their foes,", "Lest they be overthrown."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O taste and see that God is good To all that seek His face; Yea, blest the man that trust in Him, Con -- fid -- ing in His grace. O fear the Lord, all ye His saints; No want shall bring dis -- tress; The li -- ons young may pine for food, The saints all good pos -- sess.", "prose": ["O taste and see that God is good", "To all that seek His face;", "Yea, blest the man that trust in Him,", "Confiding in His grace.", "O fear the Lord, all ye His saints;", "No want shall bring distress;", "The lions young may pine for food,", "The saints all good possess."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}