{"slug": "the-man-that-fears-the-lord", "title": "The Friendship of the Lord", "first_line": "The man that fears the Lord", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 25, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 25"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 62) 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 25, selection 62. 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 man that fears the Lord God's way shall un -- der -- stand; His soul shall ev -- er dwell at ease, His chil -- dren rule the land.", "prose": ["The man that fears the Lord", "God's way shall understand;", "His soul shall ever dwell at ease,", "His children rule the land."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The friend -- ship of the Lord Is ev -- er with His own, And un -- to those that fear His Name His faith -- ful -- ness is shown.", "prose": ["The friendship of the Lord", "Is ever with His own,", "And unto those that fear His Name", "His faithfulness is shown."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My eyes are ev -- er -- more Tow'rd Thee, O Lord, Whose care Shall sure -- ly save my heed -- less feet From ev -- 'ry hid -- den snare.", "prose": ["My eyes are evermore", "Tow'rd Thee, O Lord, Whose care", "Shall surely save my heedless feet", "From ev'ry hidden snare."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O turn to me Thy face, To me Thy mer -- cy show, For I am ver -- y des -- o -- late And brought exce -- ed -- ing low.", "prose": ["O turn to me Thy face,", "To me Thy mercy show,", "For I am very desolate", "And brought exceeding low."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}