{"slug": "thy-wondrous-testimonies-lord", "title": "The Wondrous Testimonies of God", "first_line": "Thy wondrous testimonies, Lord", "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 337) 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 337. 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": "Thy won -- drous tes -- ti -- mo -- nies, Lord, My soul will keep and great -- ly praise; Thy word, by faith -- ful lips pro -- claimed, To sim -- plest minds the truth con -- veys.", "prose": ["Thy wondrous testimonies, Lord,", "My soul will keep and greatly praise;", "Thy word, by faithful lips proclaimed,", "To simplest minds the truth conveys."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I thirst for Thy com -- mand -- ments, Lord, And for Thy mer -- cy press my claim; O look on me, and show the grace Dis -- played to all who love Thy Name.", "prose": ["I thirst for Thy commandments, Lord,", "And for Thy mercy press my claim;", "O look on me, and show the grace", "Displayed to all who love Thy Name."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Di -- rect my foot -- steps in Thy word, From sin's do -- min -- ion save my soul, From man's op -- pres -- sion set me free, That I may yield to Thy con -- trol.", "prose": ["Direct my footsteps in Thy word,", "From sin's dominion save my soul,", "From man's oppression set me free,", "That I may yield to Thy control."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O make Thy face to shine on me, And teach me all thy laws to keep; Be -- cause Thy stat -- utes are de -- spised, With o -- ver -- whelm -- ing grief I weep.", "prose": ["O make Thy face to shine on me,", "And teach me all thy laws to keep;", "Because Thy statutes are despised,", "With overwhelming grief I weep."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}