{"slug": "upon-the-hills-of-holiness", "title": "Upon the Hills of Holiness", "first_line": "Upon the hills of holiness", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 87, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 87"], "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 87. 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": "Up -- on the hills of ho -- li -- ness he his foun -- da -- tion sets. God, more than Ja -- cob's dwell -- ings all, de -- lights in Zi -- on's gates.", "prose": ["Upon the hills of holiness", "he his foundation sets.", "God, more than Jacob's dwellings all,", "delights in Zion's gates."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Things glo -- ri -- ous are said of thee, thou cit -- y of the Lord. Ra -- hab and Ba -- bel I, to those that know me, will re -- cord:", "prose": ["Things glorious are said of thee,", "thou city of the Lord.", "Rahab and Babel I, to those", "that know me, will record:"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold ev'n Ty -- rus, and with it the land of Pal -- es -- tine, And like -- wise E -- thi -- o -- pi -- a; this man was born there -- in.", "prose": ["Behold ev'n Tyrus, and with it", "the land of Palestine,", "And likewise Ethiopia;", "this man was born therein."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And it of Zi -- on shall be said, This man and that man there Was born; and he that is most High him -- self shall stab -- lish her.", "prose": ["And it of Zion shall be said,", "This man and that man there", "Was born; and he that is most High", "himself shall stablish her."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "When God the peo -- ple writes, he'll count that this man born was there. There be that sing and play; and all my well -- springs in thee are.", "prose": ["When God the people writes, he'll count", "that this man born was there.", "There be that sing and play; and all", "my well-springs in thee are."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}