{"slug": "wholehearted-thanksgiving-to-thee-i-will-bring", "title": "The Lord the Righteous Judge", "first_line": "Wholehearted thanksgiving to Thee I will bring", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 11, 11], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 9, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 9"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 16) 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 9, selection 16. 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": "Whole -- heart -- ed thanks -- giv -- ing to Thee I will bring; In praise of Thy mar -- ve -- lous works I will sing, In Thee I will joy and ex -- ult -- ing -- ly cry Thy Name I will praise, O Je -- ho -- vah Most High.", "prose": ["Wholehearted thanksgiving to Thee I will bring;", "In praise of Thy marvelous works I will sing,", "In Thee I will joy and exultingly cry", "Thy Name I will praise, O Jehovah Most High."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "My en -- e -- mies turn and are scat -- tered in fear, They stum -- ble and per -- ish be -- cause Thou art near; For Thou hast de -- fend -- ed my right and my cause, Thou sitt -- est in judg -- ment, up -- hold -- ing Thy laws.", "prose": ["My enemies turn and are scattered in fear,", "They stumble and perish because Thou art near;", "For Thou hast defended my right and my cause,", "Thou sittest in judgment, upholding Thy laws."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Re -- buked are the na -- tions, the wick -- ed de -- stroyed, Their mem -- o -- ry per -- ished, their dwell -- ing -- place void; En -- throned and e -- ter -- nal, Je -- ho -- vah shall reign, The peo -- ples to judge and the right to main -- tain.", "prose": ["Rebuked are the nations, the wicked destroyed,", "Their memory perished, their dwelling-place void;", "Enthroned and eternal, Jehovah shall reign,", "The peoples to judge and the right to maintain."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thou, Lord, art a ref -- uge for all the op -- pressed; All trust Thee who know Thee, and trust -- ing are blest; For nev -- er, O Lord, did Thy mer -- cy for -- sake The soul that has sought of Thy grace to par -- take.", "prose": ["Thou, Lord, art a refuge for all the oppressed;", "All trust Thee who know Thee, and trusting are blest;", "For never, O Lord, did Thy mercy forsake", "The soul that has sought of Thy grace to partake."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Give praise to Je -- ho -- vah, the might -- y deeds tell Of Him Who has cho -- sen in Zi -- on to dwell, Of Him to Whom jus -- tice and ven -- geance be -- long, Who vis -- its the low -- ly and o -- ver -- throws wrong.", "prose": ["Give praise to Jehovah, the mighty deeds tell", "Of Him Who has chosen in Zion to dwell,", "Of Him to Whom justice and vengeance belong,", "Who visits the lowly and overthrows wrong."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold my af -- flic -- tion, Thy mer -- cy ac -- cord, And back from death's por -- tals re -- store me, O Lord, That I in the gates of Thy Zi -- on may raise My song of sal -- va -- tion and show forth Thy praise.", "prose": ["Behold my affliction, Thy mercy accord,", "And back from death's portals restore me, O Lord,", "That I in the gates of Thy Zion may raise", "My song of salvation and show forth Thy praise."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "The sins of the na -- tions their ru -- in have wrought, Their own e -- vil -- doing de -- struc -- ti -- on has brought; In this the Lord's jus -- tice e -- ter -- nal -- ly stands, That sin -- ners are snared in the work of their hands.", "prose": ["The sins of the nations their ruin have wrought,", "Their own evildoing destruction has brought;", "In this the Lord's justice eternally stands,", "That sinners are snared in the work of their hands."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "The wick -- ed shall per -- ish, the na -- tions shall fall For -- gett -- ing their God, Who is God o -- ver all; But God will re -- mem -- ber the prayer of the weak, Most sure -- ly ful -- fill -- ing the hope of the meek.", "prose": ["The wicked shall perish, the nations shall fall", "Forgetting their God, Who is God over all;", "But God will remember the prayer of the weak,", "Most surely fulfilling the hope of the meek."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "A -- rise in Thy jus -- tice, O Lord, and Thy might, No long -- er let sin -- ners pre -- vail in Thy sight; Great Judge of the na -- tions, in judg -- ment ap -- pear To hum -- ble the proud and to teach them to fear.", "prose": ["Arise in Thy justice, O Lord, and Thy might,", "No longer let sinners prevail in Thy sight;", "Great Judge of the nations, in judgment appear", "To humble the proud and to teach them to fear."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}