{"slug": "when-in-the-night-i-meditate", "title": "Fellowship with God", "first_line": "When in the night I meditate", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 16, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 16"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 28) 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 16, selection 28. 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": "When in the night I med -- i -- tate On mer -- cies mul -- ti -- plied, My grate -- ful heart in -- spires my tongue to bless the Lord, my Guide.", "prose": ["When in the night I meditate", "On mercies multiplied,", "My grateful heart inspires my tongue", "to bless the Lord, my Guide."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "For -- ev -- er in my thought the Lord Be -- fore my face shall stand; Se -- cure, un -- moved, I shall re -- main, With Him at my right hand.", "prose": ["Forever in my thought the Lord", "Before my face shall stand;", "Secure, unmoved, I shall remain,", "With Him at my right hand."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My in -- most be -- ing thrills with joy And glad -- ness fills my breast; Be -- cause on Him my trust is stayed, My flesh in hope shall rest.", "prose": ["My inmost being thrills with joy", "And gladness fills my breast;", "Because on Him my trust is stayed,", "My flesh in hope shall rest."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "I know that I shall not be left For -- got -- ten in the grave, And from cor -- rup -- tion, Thou, O Lord, Thy ho -- ly one wilt save.", "prose": ["I know that I shall not be left", "Forgotten in the grave,", "And from corruption, Thou, O Lord,", "Thy holy one wilt save."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "The path of life Thou show -- est me; Of joy a bound -- less store Is ev -- er found at Thy right hand, and plea -- sures ev -- er -- more.", "prose": ["The path of life Thou showest me;", "Of joy a boundless store", "Is ever found at Thy right hand,", "and pleasures evermore."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}