{"slug": "thou-o-jehovah-shalt-endure", "title": "The Deliverance of Zion", "first_line": "Thou, O Jehovah, shalt endure", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 102, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 102"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 273) 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 102, selection 273. 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": "Thou, O Je -- ho -- vah, shalt en -- dure, Thy throne for -- ev -- er is the same; And to all gen -- er -- a -- tions sure Shall be Thy great me -- mo -- rial Name.", "prose": ["Thou, O Jehovah, shalt endure,", "Thy throne forever is the same;", "And to all generations sure", "Shall be Thy great memorial Name."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The time for Zi -- on's help is near, The time ap -- point -- ed in thy love; O let Thy gra -- cious aid ap -- pear, Look Thou in mer -- cy from a -- bove.", "prose": ["The time for Zion's help is near,", "The time appointed in thy love;", "O let Thy gracious aid appear,", "Look Thou in mercy from above."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O Lord, re -- gard the prayer of those who love the walls of Zi -- on well, Whose hearts are heav -- y for her woes, Who sad a -- mid her ru -- ins dwell.", "prose": ["O Lord, regard the prayer of those", "who love the walls of Zion well,", "Whose hearts are heavy for her woes,", "Who sad amid her ruins dwell."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thy pow'r and glo -- ry shall ap -- pear, And Zi -- on's walls shall be re -- stored; Then all the kings of earth shall fear And hea -- then na -- tions serve the Lord.", "prose": ["Thy pow'r and glory shall appear,", "And Zion's walls shall be restored;", "Then all the kings of earth shall fear", "And heathen nations serve the Lord."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The Lord has heard and an -- swered prayer And saved His peo -- ple in dis -- tress; This to the com -- ing age de -- clare, That they His ho -- ly Name may bless.", "prose": ["The Lord has heard and answered prayer", "And saved His people in distress;", "This to the coming age declare,", "That they His holy Name may bless."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "The Lord, ex -- al -- ted on His throne, Looked down from heav'n with pity -- ing eye to still the low -- ly cap -- tive's moan And save His peo -- ple doomed to die.", "prose": ["The Lord, exalted on His throne,", "Looked down from heav'n with pitying eye", "to still the lowly captive's moan", "And save His people doomed to die."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "All men in Zi -- on shall de -- clare His gra -- cious Name with one ac -- cord, When kings and na -- tions gath -- er there To serve and wor -- ship God the Lord.", "prose": ["All men in Zion shall declare", "His gracious Name with one accord,", "When kings and nations gather there", "To serve and worship God the Lord."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}