{"slug": "the-mighty-god-the-lord", "title": "The Mighty God, the Lord", "first_line": "The mighty God, the Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 50, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 50"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 50. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "The might -- y God, the Lord, hath spo -- ken, and did call The earth, from ris -- ing of the sun, to where he hath his fall.", "prose": ["The mighty God, the Lord,", "hath spoken, and did call", "The earth, from rising of the sun,", "to where he hath his fall."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "From out of Zi -- on hill, which of ex -- cel -- len -- cy And beau -- ty the per -- fec -- tion is, God shin -- ed glo -- rious -- ly.", "prose": ["From out of Zion hill,", "which of excellency", "And beauty the perfection is,", "God shined gloriously."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Our God shall sure -- ly come; keep si -- lence shall not he: Be -- fore him fire shall waste, great storms shall round a -- bout him be.", "prose": ["Our God shall surely come;", "keep silence shall not he:", "Before him fire shall waste, great storms", "shall round about him be."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Un -- to the heav -- ens clear he from a -- bove shall call, And to the earth like -- wise, that he may judge his peo -- ple all.", "prose": ["Unto the heavens clear", "he from above shall call,", "And to the earth likewise, that he", "may judge his people all."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "To -- geth -- er let my saints un -- to me gath -- ered be, Those that by sac -- ri -- fice have made a cov -- e -- nant with me.", "prose": ["Together let my saints", "unto me gathered be,", "Those that by sacrifice have made", "a covenant with me."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "And then the heav -- ens shall his right -- eous -- ness de -- clare: Be -- cause the Lord him -- self is he by whom men judg -- ed are.", "prose": ["And then the heavens shall", "his righteousness declare:", "Because the Lord himself is he", "by whom men judged are."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "My peo -- ple Is -- r'el hear, speak will I from on high, A -- gainst thee I will tes -- ti -- fy; God, ev'n thy God, am I.", "prose": ["My people Isr'el hear,", "speak will I from on high,", "Against thee I will testify;", "God, ev'n thy God, am I."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "I for thy sac -- ri -- fice no blame will on thee lay, Nor for burnt -- of -- f'rings, which to me thou of -- fer'dst ev -- 'ry day.", "prose": ["I for thy sacrifice", "no blame will on thee lay,", "Nor for burnt-off'rings, which to me", "thou offer'dst ev'ry day."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "I'll take no calf nor goats from house or fold of thine: For beasts of for -- est, cat -- tle all on thou -- sand hills, are mine.", "prose": ["I'll take no calf nor goats", "from house or fold of thine:", "For beasts of forest, cattle all", "on thousand hills, are mine."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "The fowls on moun -- tains high are all to me well known; Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, ev'n they are all mine own.", "prose": ["The fowls on mountains high", "are all to me well known;", "Wild beasts which in the fields do lie,", "ev'n they are all mine own."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Then, if I hun -- gry were, I would not tell it thee; Be -- cause the world, and ful -- ness all there -- of, be -- longs to me.", "prose": ["Then, if I hungry were,", "I would not tell it thee;", "Because the world, and fulness all", "thereof, belongs to me."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "Will I eat flesh of bulls? or goats' blood drink will I? Thanks of -- fer thou to God, and pay thy vows to the Most High.", "prose": ["Will I eat flesh of bulls?", "or goats' blood drink will I?", "Thanks offer thou to God, and pay", "thy vows to the Most High."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "And call up -- on me when in trou -- ble thou shalt be; I will de -- liv -- er thee, and thou my name shalt glo -- ri -- fy.", "prose": ["And call upon me when", "in trouble thou shalt be;", "I will deliver thee, and thou", "my name shalt glorify."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "But to the wick -- ed man God saith, My laws and truth Should'st thou de -- clare? how dar'st thou take my cov -- 'nant in thy mouth?", "prose": ["But to the wicked man", "God saith, My laws and truth", "Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou take", "my cov'nant in thy mouth?"]}, "15": {"syllabified": "Sith thou in -- struc -- tion hat'st, which should thy ways di -- rect; And sith my words be -- hind thy back thou cast'st, and dost re -- ject.", "prose": ["Sith thou instruction hat'st,", "which should thy ways direct;", "And sith my words behind thy back", "thou cast'st, and dost reject."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "When thou a thief didst see, with him thou didst con -- sent; And with the vile a -- dul -- ter -- ers par -- tak -- er on thou went.", "prose": ["When thou a thief didst see,", "with him thou didst consent;", "And with the vile adulterers", "partaker on thou went."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill, thy tongue de -- ceit doth frame; Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy broth -- er speak'st, thy moth -- er's son dost shame.", "prose": ["Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,", "thy tongue deceit doth frame;", "Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,", "thy mother's son dost shame."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "Be -- cause I si -- lence kept, while thou these things hast wrought; That I was al -- to -- geth -- er like thy -- self, hath been thy thought;", "prose": ["Because I silence kept,", "while thou these things hast wrought;", "That I was altogether like", "thyself, hath been thy thought;"]}, "19": {"syllabified": "Yet I will thee re -- prove, and set be -- fore thine eyes, In or -- der rank -- ed, thy mis -- deeds and thine in -- iq -- ui -- ties.", "prose": ["Yet I will thee reprove,", "and set before thine eyes,", "In order ranked, thy misdeeds", "and thine iniquities."]}, "20": {"syllabified": "Now, ye that God for -- get, this care -- ful -- ly con -- sid -- er; Lest I in piec -- es tear you all, and none can you de -- liv -- er.", "prose": ["Now, ye that God forget,", "this carefully consider;", "Lest I in pieces tear you all,", "and none can you deliver."]}, "21": {"syllabified": "Who -- so doth of -- fer praise me glo -- ri -- fies; and I Will show him God's sal -- va -- ti -- on, that or -- ders right his way.", "prose": ["Whoso doth offer praise", "me glorifies; and I", "Will show him God's salvation,", "that orders right his way."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}