{"slug": "the-offring-on-the-altar-burned", "title": "Personal Devotion to God", "first_line": "The off'ring on the altar burned", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 40, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 40"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 109) 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 40, selection 109. 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 of -- f'ring on the al -- tar burned Gives no de -- light to Thee; The hear -- ing ear, the wil -- ling heart, Thou giv -- est un -- to me.", "prose": ["The off'ring on the altar burned", "Gives no delight to Thee;", "The hearing ear, the willing heart,", "Thou givest unto me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Then, O my God, I come, I come, Thy pur -- pose to ful -- fill; Thy law is writ -- ten in my heart, 'Tis joy to do Thy will.", "prose": ["Then, O my God, I come, I come,", "Thy purpose to fulfill;", "Thy law is written in my heart,", "'Tis joy to do Thy will."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- fore Thy peo -- ple I will now Thy right -- eous -- ness pro -- claim; Thou know -- est, Lord, I will not cease To praise Thy ho -- ly Name.", "prose": ["Before Thy people I will now", "Thy righteousness proclaim;", "Thou knowest, Lord, I will not cease", "To praise Thy holy Name."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I nev -- er have with -- in my heart Thy faith -- ful -- ness con -- cealed, But Thy sal -- va -- tion and Thy truth To men I have re -- vealed.", "prose": ["I never have within my heart", "Thy faithfulness concealed,", "But Thy salvation and Thy truth", "To men I have revealed."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}