{"slug": "wherefore-is-it-that-thou-o-lord", "title": "Wherefore Is It That Thou, O Lord", "first_line": "Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 10, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 10"], "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 10. 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": "Where -- fore is it that thou, O Lord, dost stand from us a -- far? And where -- fore hid -- est thou thy -- self when times so trou -- blous are?", "prose": ["Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,", "dost stand from us afar?", "And wherefore hidest thou thyself", "when times so troublous are?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed in his lof -- ti -- ness doth per -- se -- cute the poor: In these de -- vic -- es they have framed let them be tak -- en sure.", "prose": ["The wicked in his loftiness", "doth persecute the poor:", "In these devices they have framed", "let them be taken sure."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed of his heart's de -- sire doth talk with boast -- ing great; He bless -- eth him that's cov -- et -- ous, whom yet the Lord doth hate.", "prose": ["The wicked of his heart's desire", "doth talk with boasting great;", "He blesseth him that's covetous,", "whom yet the Lord doth hate."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed, through his pride of face, on God he doth not call; And in the coun -- sels of his heart the Lord is not at all.", "prose": ["The wicked, through his pride of face,", "on God he doth not call;", "And in the counsels of his heart", "the Lord is not at all."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "His ways they al -- ways griev -- ous are; thy judg -- ments from his sight Re -- mov -- ed are: at all his foes he puff -- eth with de -- spite.", "prose": ["His ways they always grievous are;", "thy judgments from his sight", "Removed are: at all his foes", "he puffeth with despite."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "With -- in his heart he thus hath said, I shall not mov -- ed be; And no ad -- ver -- si -- ty at all shall ev -- er come to me.", "prose": ["Within his heart he thus hath said,", "I shall not moved be;", "And no adversity at all", "shall ever come to me."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "His mouth with curs -- ing, fraud, de -- ceit, is filled a -- bun -- dant -- ly; And un -- der -- neath his tongue there is mis -- chief and van -- i -- ty.", "prose": ["His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,", "is filled abundantly;", "And underneath his tongue there is", "mischief and vanity."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "He close -- ly sits in vil -- lag -- es; he slays the in -- no -- cent: A -- gainst the poor that pass him by his cru -- el eyes are bent.", "prose": ["He closely sits in villages;", "he slays the innocent:", "Against the poor that pass him by", "his cruel eyes are bent."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "He, li -- on -- like, lurks in his den; he waits the poor to take; And when he draws him in his net, his prey he doth him make.", "prose": ["He, lion-like, lurks in his den;", "he waits the poor to take;", "And when he draws him in his net,", "his prey he doth him make."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Him -- self he hum -- bleth ver -- y low, he crouch -- eth down with -- al, That so a mul -- ti -- tude of poor may by his strong ones fall.", "prose": ["Himself he humbleth very low,", "he croucheth down withal,", "That so a multitude of poor", "may by his strong ones fall."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "He thus hath said with -- in his heart, The Lord hath quite for -- got; He hides his coun -- ten -- ance, and he for ev -- er sees it not.", "prose": ["He thus hath said within his heart,", "The Lord hath quite forgot;", "He hides his countenance, and he", "for ever sees it not."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "O Lord, do thou a -- rise; O God, lift up thine hand on high: Put not the meek af -- flic -- ted ones out of thy mem -- o -- ry.", "prose": ["O Lord, do thou arise; O God,", "lift up thine hand on high:", "Put not the meek afflicted ones", "out of thy memory."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "Why is it that the wick -- ed man thus doth the Lord de -- spise? Be -- cause that God will it re -- quire he in his heart de -- nies.", "prose": ["Why is it that the wicked man", "thus doth the Lord despise?", "Because that God will it require", "he in his heart denies."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "Thou hast it seen; for their mis -- chief and spite thou wilt re -- pay: The poor com -- mits him -- self to thee; thou art the or -- phan's stay.", "prose": ["Thou hast it seen; for their mischief", "and spite thou wilt repay:", "The poor commits himself to thee;", "thou art the orphan's stay."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "The arm break of the wick -- ed man, and of the e -- vil one; Do thou seek out his wick -- ed -- ness, un -- til thou find -- est none.", "prose": ["The arm break of the wicked man,", "and of the evil one;", "Do thou seek out his wickedness,", "until thou findest none."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "The Lord is king through ag -- es all, ev'n to e -- ter -- ni -- ty; The hea -- then peo -- ple from his land are per -- ished ut -- ter -- ly.", "prose": ["The Lord is king through ages all,", "ev'n to eternity;", "The heathen people from his land", "are perished utterly."]}, "17": {"syllabified": "O Lord, of those that hum -- ble are thou the de -- sire didst hear; Thou wilt pre -- pare their heart, and thou to hear wilt bend thine ear;", "prose": ["O Lord, of those that humble are", "thou the desire didst hear;", "Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou", "to hear wilt bend thine ear;"]}, "18": {"syllabified": "To judge the fa -- ther -- less, and those that are op -- press -- ed sore; That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them op -- press no more.", "prose": ["To judge the fatherless, and those", "that are oppressed sore;", "That man, that is but sprung of earth,", "may them oppress no more."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}