{"slug": "unto-the-lord-i-with-my-voice", "title": "Unto the Lord I with My Voice", "first_line": "Unto the Lord I with my voice", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 77, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 77"], "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 77. 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": "Un -- to the Lord I with my voice, I un -- to God did cry; Ev'n with my voice, and un -- to me his ear he did ap -- ply.", "prose": ["Unto the Lord I with my voice,", "I unto God did cry;", "Ev'n with my voice, and unto me", "his ear he did apply."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "I in my trou -- ble sought the Lord, my sore by night did run, And ceas -- ed not; my griev -- ed soul did con -- so -- la -- tion shun.", "prose": ["I in my trouble sought the Lord,", "my sore by night did run,", "And ceased not; my grieved soul", "did consolation shun."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "I to re -- mem -- brance God did call, yet trou -- ble did re -- main; And o -- ver -- whelmed my spir -- it was, whilst I did sore com -- plain.", "prose": ["I to remembrance God did call,", "yet trouble did remain;", "And overwhelmed my spirit was,", "whilst I did sore complain."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Mine eyes, de -- barred from rest and sleep, thou mak -- est still to wake; My trou -- ble is so great that I un -- a -- ble am to speak.", "prose": ["Mine eyes, debarred from rest and sleep,", "thou makest still to wake;", "My trouble is so great that I", "unable am to speak."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The days of old to mind I called, and oft did think up -- on The times and ag -- es that are past full man -- y years a -- gone.", "prose": ["The days of old to mind I called,", "and oft did think upon", "The times and ages that are past", "full many years agone."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "By night my song I call to mind, and com -- mune with my heart; My spirit did care -- ful -- ly en -- quire how I might ease my smart.", "prose": ["By night my song I call to mind,", "and commune with my heart;", "My spirit did carefully enquire", "how I might ease my smart."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "For ev -- er will the Lord cast off, and gra -- cious be no more? For ev -- er is his mer -- cy gone? fails his word ev -- er -- more?", "prose": ["For ever will the Lord cast off,", "and gracious be no more?", "For ever is his mercy gone?", "fails his word evermore?"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Is't true that to be gra -- ci -- ous the Lord for -- got -- ten hath? And that his ten -- der mer -- cies he hath shut up in his wrath?", "prose": ["Is 't true that to be gracious", "the Lord forgotten hath?", "And that his tender mercies he", "hath shut up in his wrath?"]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Then did I say, That sure -- ly this is mine in -- firm -- it -- y: I'll mind the years of the right hand of him that is most High.", "prose": ["Then did I say, That surely this", "is mine infirmity:", "I'll mind the years of the right hand", "of him that is most High."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Yea, I re -- mem -- ber will the works per -- form -- ed by the Lord: The won -- ders done of old by thee I sure -- ly will re -- cord.", "prose": ["Yea, I remember will the works", "performed by the Lord:", "The wonders done of old by thee", "I surely will record."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "I al -- so will of all thy works my med -- i -- ta -- tion make; And of thy do -- ings to dis -- course great plea -- sure I will take.", "prose": ["I also will of all thy works", "my meditation make;", "And of thy doings to discourse", "great pleasure I will take."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "O God, thy way most ho -- ly is with -- in thy sanc -- tua -- ry; And what God is so great in pow'r as is our God most high?", "prose": ["O God, thy way most holy is", "within thy sanctuary;", "And what God is so great in pow'r", "as is our God most high?"]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Thou art the God that won -- ders do'st by thy right hand most strong: Thy might -- y pow'r thou hast de -- clared the na -- ti -- ons a -- mong.", "prose": ["Thou art the God that wonders do'st", "by thy right hand most strong:", "Thy mighty pow'r thou hast declared", "the nations among."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "To thine own peo -- ple with thine arm thou didst re -- demp -- tion bring; To Ja -- cob's sons, and to the tribes of Jo -- seph that do spring.", "prose": ["To thine own people with thine arm", "thou didst redemption bring;", "To Jacob's sons, and to the tribes", "of Joseph that do spring."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "The wa -- ters, Lord, per -- ceiv -- ed thee, the wa -- ters saw thee well; And they for fear a -- side did flee; the depths on trem -- bling fell.", "prose": ["The waters, Lord, perceived thee,", "the waters saw thee well;", "And they for fear aside did flee;", "the depths on trembling fell."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "The clouds in wa -- ter forth were poured, sound loud -- ly did the sky; And swift -- ly through the world a -- broad thine ar -- rows fierce did fly.", "prose": ["The clouds in water forth were poured,", "sound loudly did the sky;", "And swiftly through the world abroad", "thine arrows fierce did fly."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "Thy thun -- der's voice a -- longst the heav'n a might -- y noise did make; By light -- nings light -- en'd was the world, th'earth trem -- ble did and shake.", "prose": ["Thy thunder's voice alongst the heav'n", "a mighty noise did make;", "By lightnings lighten'd was the world,", "th' earth tremble did and shake."]}, "18": {"syllabified": "Thy way is in the sea, and in the wa -- ters great thy path; Yet are thy foot -- steps hid, O Lord; none knowl -- edge there -- of hath.", "prose": ["Thy way is in the sea, and in", "the waters great thy path;", "Yet are thy footsteps hid, O Lord;", "none knowledge thereof hath."]}, "19": {"syllabified": "Thy peo -- ple thou didst safe -- ly lead, like to a flock of sheep; By Mo -- ses' hand and Aa -- ron's thou didst them con -- duct and keep.", "prose": ["Thy people thou didst safely lead,", "like to a flock of sheep;", "By Moses' hand and Aaron's thou", "didst them conduct and keep."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}