{"slug": "to-thee-i-lift-my-soul", "title": "To Thee I Lift My Soul", "first_line": "To thee I lift my soul", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 25, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 25"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 25. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "To thee I lift my soul: O Lord, I trust in thee: My God, let me not be a -- sham'd, nor foes tri -- umph o'er me.", "prose": ["To thee I lift my soul:", "O Lord, I trust in thee:", "My God, let me not be asham'd,", "nor foes triumph o'er me."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Let none that wait on thee be put to shame at all; But those that with -- out cause trans -- gress, let shame up -- on them fall.", "prose": ["Let none that wait on thee", "be put to shame at all;", "But those that without cause transgress,", "let shame upon them fall."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Show me thy ways, O Lord; thy paths, O teach thou me: And do thou lead me in thy truth, there -- in my teach -- er be:", "prose": ["Show me thy ways, O Lord;", "thy paths, O teach thou me:", "And do thou lead me in thy truth,", "therein my teacher be:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "For thou art God that dost to me sal -- va -- tion send, And I up -- on thee all the day ex -- pect -- ing do at -- tend.", "prose": ["For thou art God that dost", "to me salvation send,", "And I upon thee all the day", "expecting do attend."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Thy ten -- der mer -- cies, Lord, I pray thee to re -- mem -- ber, And lo -- ving -- kind -- nes -- ses; for they have been of old for ev -- er.", "prose": ["Thy tender mercies, Lord,", "I pray thee to remember,", "And loving-kindnesses; for they", "have been of old for ever."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "My sins and faults of youth do thou, O Lord, for -- get: Af -- ter thy mer -- cy think on me, and for thy good -- ness great.", "prose": ["My sins and faults of youth", "do thou, O Lord, forget:", "After thy mercy think on me,", "and for thy goodness great."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "God good and up -- right is: the way he'll sin -- ners show. The meek in judg -- ment he will guide, and make his path to know.", "prose": ["God good and upright is:", "the way he'll sinners show.", "The meek in judgment he will guide,", "and make his path to know."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "The whole paths of the Lord are truth and mer -- cy sure, To those that do his cov -- 'nant keep, and tes -- ti -- mo -- nies pure.", "prose": ["The whole paths of the Lord", "are truth and mercy sure,", "To those that do his cov'nant keep,", "and testimonies pure."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Now, for thine own name's sake, O Lord, I thee en -- treat To par -- don mine in -- iq -- ui -- ty; for it is ver -- y great.", "prose": ["Now, for thine own name's sake,", "O Lord, I thee entreat", "To pardon mine iniquity;", "for it is very great."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "What man is he that fears the Lord, and doth him serve? Him shall he teach the way that he shall choose, and still ob -- serve.", "prose": ["What man is he that fears", "the Lord, and doth him serve?", "Him shall he teach the way that he", "shall choose, and still observe."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "His soul shall dwell at ease; and his pos -- ter -- i -- ty Shall flour -- ish still, and of the earth in -- her -- i -- tors shall be.", "prose": ["His soul shall dwell at ease;", "and his posterity", "Shall flourish still, and of the earth", "inheritors shall be."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "With those that fear him is the se -- cret of the Lord; The knowl -- edge of his cov -- e -- nant he will to them af -- ford.", "prose": ["With those that fear him is", "the secret of the Lord;", "The knowledge of his covenant", "he will to them afford."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Mine eyes up -- on the Lord con -- tin -- ual -- ly are set; For he it is that shall bring forth my feet out of the net.", "prose": ["Mine eyes upon the Lord", "continually are set;", "For he it is that shall bring forth", "my feet out of the net."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "Turn un -- to me thy face, and to me mer -- cy show; Be -- cause that I am des -- o -- late, and am brought ver -- y low.", "prose": ["Turn unto me thy face,", "and to me mercy show;", "Because that I am desolate,", "and am brought very low."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "My heart's griefs are in -- creased: me from dis -- tress re -- lieve. See mine af -- flic -- tion and my pain, and all my sins for -- give.", "prose": ["My heart's griefs are increased:", "me from distress relieve.", "See mine affliction and my pain,", "and all my sins forgive."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Con -- sid -- er thou my foes, be -- cause they man -- y are; And it a cru -- el ha -- tred is which they a -- gainst me bear.", "prose": ["Consider thou my foes,", "because they many are;", "And it a cruel hatred is", "which they against me bear."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "O do thou keep my soul, do thou de -- liv -- er me: And let me nev -- er be a -- shamed, be -- cause I trust in thee.", "prose": ["O do thou keep my soul,", "do thou deliver me:", "And let me never be ashamed,", "because I trust in thee."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "Let up -- right -- ness and truth keep me, who thee at -- tend. Re -- demp -- tion, Lord, to I -- sra -- el from all his trou -- bles send.", "prose": ["Let uprightness and truth", "keep me, who thee attend.", "Redemption, Lord, to Israel", "from all his troubles send."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}