{"slug": "who-o-lord-with-thee-abiding", "title": "Tests of Christian Character", "first_line": "Who, O Lord, with Thee abiding", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 15, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 15"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 24) 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 15, selection 24. 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": "Who, O Lord, with Thee a -- bid -- ing, In Thy house shall be Thy guest? Who, his feet to Zi -- on turn -- ing, In Thy ho -- ly hill shall rest? He that ev -- er walks up -- right -- ly, Does the right with -- out a fear, When he speaks, he speaks not light -- ly, But with truth and love sin -- cere.", "prose": ["Who, O Lord, with Thee abiding,", "In Thy house shall be Thy guest?", "Who, his feet to Zion turning,", "In Thy holy hill shall rest?", "He that ever walks uprightly,", "Does the right without a fear,", "When he speaks, he speaks not lightly,", "But with truth and love sincere."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He that slan -- ders not his broth -- er, Does no e -- vil to a friend; To re -- proach -- es of an -- oth -- er He re -- fus -- es to at -- tend. Wick -- ed men win not his fa -- vor, But the good who fear the Lord; From his vow he will not wa -- ver, Tho' it bring him sad re -- ward.", "prose": ["He that slanders not his brother,", "Does no evil to a friend;", "To reproaches of another", "He refuses to attend.", "Wicked men win not his favor,", "But the good who fear the Lord;", "From his vow he will not waver,", "Tho' it bring him sad reward."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Free -- ly to the need -- y lend -- ing, No ex -- cess he asks a -- gain; And the in -- no -- cent be -- frien -- ding, He de -- sires not praise of men. Do -- ing this, and e -- vil spurn -- ing, He shall nev -- er -- more be moved: This the man with Thee so -- journ -- ing, This the man by Thee ap -- proved.", "prose": ["Freely to the needy lending,", "No excess he asks again;", "And the innocent befriending,", "He desires not praise of men.", "Doing this, and evil spurning,", "He shall nevermore be moved:", "This the man with Thee sojourning,", "This the man by Thee approved."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}