{"slug": "to-god-for-help-will-i-repair", "title": "Doubts Overcome by Faith", "first_line": "To God for help will I repair", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 77, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 77"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 209) 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 77, selection 209. 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": "To God for help will I re -- pair, To God will I di -- rect my prayer, And sure -- ly He will an -- swer me, His great sal -- va -- tion I shall see.", "prose": ["To God for help will I repair,", "To God will I direct my prayer,", "And surely He will answer me,", "His great salvation I shall see."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "In long -- con -- tin -- ued grief I stand And seek the Lord with out -- stretched hand; I find no com -- fort for my soul the clouds of dark -- ness o'er me roll.", "prose": ["In long-continued grief I stand", "And seek the Lord with outstretched hand;", "I find no comfort for my soul", "the clouds of darkness o'er me roll."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I think of God and call to mind His good -- ness, yet no peace I find; I still pour out my sad com -- plaints, My bur -- den -- ed spirit al -- most faints.", "prose": ["I think of God and call to mind", "His goodness, yet no peace I find;", "I still pour out my sad complaints,", "My burdened spirit almost faints."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "With sleep -- less eyes and speech -- less grief I search the past to find re -- lief, The for -- mer years when days were bright And songs of glad -- ness cheered my night.", "prose": ["With sleepless eyes and speechless grief", "I search the past to find relief,", "The former years when days were bright", "And songs of gladness cheered my night."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "My con -- stant med -- i -- ta -- tions bring My heart to an -- xious ques -- tion -- ing: Has God cast off, and will He be No long -- er mer -- ci -- ful to me?", "prose": ["My constant meditations bring", "My heart to anxious questioning:", "Has God cast off, and will He be", "No longer merciful to me?"]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Has God for -- got -- ten to be kind? Shall I His prom -- ise faith -- less find? For me shall wrath hence -- forth re -- place His ten -- der mer -- cies and His grace?", "prose": ["Has God forgotten to be kind?", "Shall I His promise faithless find?", "For me shall wrath henceforth replace", "His tender mercies and His grace?"]}, "7": {"syllabified": "In weak -- ness I was pressed with fear, But bet -- ter hopes my spir -- it cheer; Past mer -- cies lead me to re -- ly Up -- on the help of God Most High.", "prose": ["In weakness I was pressed with fear,", "But better hopes my spirit cheer;", "Past mercies lead me to rely", "Upon the help of God Most High."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Thy deeds, O Lord, will I re -- late And on thy won -- ders med -- i -- tate; Thy way, O God, is just and right, And none is like to Thee in might.", "prose": ["Thy deeds, O Lord, will I relate", "And on thy wonders meditate;", "Thy way, O God, is just and right,", "And none is like to Thee in might."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "A -- mong the na -- tions Thou hast shown Thy won -- drous power and made it known; Thou art the God that might -- i -- ly Re -- deemed and set Thy peo -- ple free.", "prose": ["Among the nations Thou hast shown", "Thy wondrous power and made it known;", "Thou art the God that mightily", "Redeemed and set Thy people free."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "At sight of Thee the wa -- ters fled, The quak -- ing clouds their tor -- rents shed, The light -- nings flashed, the thun -- der pealed, The trem -- bling earth her fear re -- vealed.", "prose": ["At sight of Thee the waters fled,", "The quaking clouds their torrents shed,", "The lightnings flashed, the thunder pealed,", "The trembling earth her fear revealed."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "Thy way, O God, was in the sea, But, though Thy paths mys -- ter -- ious be, Thy peo -- ple Thou didst safe -- ly keep As shep -- herds lead their help -- less sheep.", "prose": ["Thy way, O God, was in the sea,", "But, though Thy paths mysterious be,", "Thy people Thou didst safely keep", "As shepherds lead their helpless sheep."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}