{"slug": "the-wicked-watching-for-their-prey", "title": "The Righteous and the Evil-Doer", "first_line": "The wicked, watching for their prey", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 37, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 37"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 99) 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 37, selection 99. 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 wick -- ed, watch -- ing for their prey, De -- sire the right -- eous man to slay, But God is on his side; He will not leave him in their hands, Nor count him guilt -- y when he stands In judg -- ment to be tried.", "prose": ["The wicked, watching for their prey,", "Desire the righteous man to slay,", "But God is on his side;", "He will not leave him in their hands,", "Nor count him guilty when he stands", "In judgment to be tried."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Wait on the Lord and keep His way; He will ex -- alt thee, nor de -- lay To give the land to thee; And when the wick -- ed are cut off, The wick -- ed who a -- gainst thee scoff, Their judg -- ment thou shalt see.", "prose": ["Wait on the Lord and keep His way;", "He will exalt thee, nor delay", "To give the land to thee;", "And when the wicked are cut off,", "The wicked who against thee scoff,", "Their judgment thou shalt see."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed in great pow'r are seen, Like spread -- ing tree with fo -- liage green That grows in na -- tive ground. I looked a -- gain, they were no more; I sought the men so proud be -- fore, But they could not be found.", "prose": ["The wicked in great pow'r are seen,", "Like spreading tree with foliage green", "That grows in native ground.", "I looked again, they were no more;", "I sought the men so proud before,", "But they could not be found."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Mark thou the up -- right day by day, Be -- hold the per -- fect in his way; His jour -- ney ends in peace. De -- stroyed at once shall reb -- els be; Cut off from all pos -- ter -- i -- ty, Their ver -- y name shall cease.", "prose": ["Mark thou the upright day by day,", "Behold the perfect in his way;", "His journey ends in peace.", "Destroyed at once shall rebels be;", "Cut off from all posterity,", "Their very name shall cease."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Sal -- va -- tion is from God, a -- lone, Whom as their co -- vert saints have known When by sore trou -- bles tried; The Lord Who helped in trou -- bles past Will save them to the ver -- y last, For they in Him con -- fide.", "prose": ["Salvation is from God, alone,", "Whom as their covert saints have known", "When by sore troubles tried;", "The Lord Who helped in troubles past", "Will save them to the very last,", "For they in Him confide."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}