{"slug": "when-i-to-thee-my-prayer-make", "title": "When I to Thee My Prayer Make", "first_line": "When I to thee my prayer make", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 64, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 64"], "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 64. 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": "When I to thee my pray -- er make, Lord, to my voice give ear; My life save from the en -- e -- my, of whom I stand in fear.", "prose": ["When I to thee my prayer make,", "Lord, to my voice give ear;", "My life save from the enemy,", "of whom I stand in fear."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Me from their se -- cret coun -- sel hide who do live wick -- ed -- ly; From in -- sur -- rec -- tion of those men that work in -- iq -- ui -- ty:", "prose": ["Me from their secret counsel hide", "who do live wickedly;", "From insurrection of those men", "that work iniquity:"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Who do their tongues with mal -- ice whet, and make them cut like swords; In whose bent bows are ar -- rows set, ev'n sharp and bit -- ter words:", "prose": ["Who do their tongues with malice whet,", "and make them cut like swords;", "In whose bent bows are arrows set,", "ev'n sharp and bitter words:"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "That they may at the per -- fect man in se -- cret aim their shot; Yea, sud -- den -- ly they dare at him to shoot, and fear it not.", "prose": ["That they may at the perfect man", "in secret aim their shot;", "Yea, suddenly they dare at him", "to shoot, and fear it not."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "In ill en -- cour -- age they them -- selves, and their snares close do lay: To -- geth -- er con -- fer -- ence they have; Who shall them see? they say.", "prose": ["In ill encourage they themselves,", "and their snares close do lay:", "Together conference they have;", "Who shall them see? they say."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "They have searched out in -- iq -- ui -- ties, a per -- fect search they keep: Of each of them the in -- ward thought, and ver -- y heart, is deep.", "prose": ["They have searched out iniquities,", "a perfect search they keep:", "Of each of them the inward thought,", "and very heart, is deep."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "God shall an ar -- row shoot at them, and wound them sud -- den -- ly: So their own tongue shall them con -- found; all who them see shall fly.", "prose": ["God shall an arrow shoot at them,", "and wound them suddenly:", "So their own tongue shall them confound;", "all who them see shall fly."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "And on all men a fear shall fall, God's works they shall de -- clare; For they shall wise -- ly no -- tice take what these his do -- ings are.", "prose": ["And on all men a fear shall fall,", "God's works they shall declare;", "For they shall wisely notice take", "what these his doings are."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "In God the right -- eous shall re -- joice, and trust up -- on his might; Yea, they shall great -- ly glo -- ry all in heart that are up -- right.", "prose": ["In God the righteous shall rejoice,", "and trust upon his might;", "Yea, they shall greatly glory all", "in heart that are upright."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}