{"slug": "thou-who-didst-make-and-fashion-me", "title": "Illumination and Testimony", "first_line": "Thou, Who didst make and fashion me", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 119, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 119"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 330) 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 119, selection 330. 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, Who didst make and fash -- ion me, O make me wise, Thy law to learn; Then they that fear Thee shall be glad When they my hope in God dis -- cern.", "prose": ["Thou, Who didst make and fashion me,", "O make me wise, Thy law to learn;", "Then they that fear Thee shall be glad", "When they my hope in God discern."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Thou, Lord, art just in all Thy ways, And faith -- ful Thou chas -- ten -- est me; I pray Thee, let Thy prom -- ised grace Thy ser -- vant's help and com -- fort be.", "prose": ["Thou, Lord, art just in all Thy ways,", "And faithful Thou chastenest me;", "I pray Thee, let Thy promised grace", "Thy servant's help and comfort be."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Show mer -- cy, Lord, that I may live, For in thy law is all my joy; while those who wrong me are re -- buked, Thy pre -- cepts shall my thought em -- ploy.", "prose": ["Show mercy, Lord, that I may live,", "For in thy law is all my joy;", "while those who wrong me are rebuked,", "Thy precepts shall my thought employ."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Let those that fear Thee turn to me, Thy truth to them will I pro -- claim; In -- struct my heart to keep Thy law, That I may not be put to shame.", "prose": ["Let those that fear Thee turn to me,", "Thy truth to them will I proclaim;", "Instruct my heart to keep Thy law,", "That I may not be put to shame."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}