{"slug": "the-spacious-heavns-declare", "title": "Nature's Tribute to God", "first_line": "The spacious heav'ns declare", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 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 37) 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 37. 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 spa -- cious heav'ns de -- clare The glo -- ry of our God, The fir -- ma -- ment dis -- plays His han -- di -- work a -- broad; Day un -- to day pro -- claims His might, And night His wis -- dom tells to night.", "prose": ["The spacious heav'ns declare", "The glory of our God,", "The firmament displays", "His handiwork abroad;", "Day unto day proclaims His might,", "And night His wisdom tells to night."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "A -- loud they do not speak, They ut -- ter forth no word, Nor in -- to lan -- guage break Their voice is nev -- er heard; Yet through the world the truth they bear And their Cre -- a -- tor's pow'r de -- clare.", "prose": ["Aloud they do not speak,", "They utter forth no word,", "Nor into language break", "Their voice is never heard;", "Yet through the world the truth they bear", "And their Creator's pow'r declare."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The clouds of heav'n are spread, A tent to hold the sun, And like a bride -- groom fair Comes forth the might -- y one, Re -- joic -- ing in his strength and grace To run his won -- drous dai -- ly race.", "prose": ["The clouds of heav'n are spread,", "A tent to hold the sun,", "And like a bridegroom fair", "Comes forth the mighty one,", "Rejoicing in his strength and grace", "To run his wondrous daily race."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "His dai -- ly go -- ing forth Is from the end of heav'n; The fir -- ma -- ment to him Is for his cir -- cuit giv'n; His jour -- ney reach -- es to its ends, And ev -- 'ry -- where his heat ex -- tends.", "prose": ["His daily going forth", "Is from the end of heav'n;", "The firmament to him", "Is for his circuit giv'n;", "His journey reaches to its ends,", "And ev'rywhere his heat extends."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}