{"slug": "why-dost-thou-stand-afar", "title": "Prayer for the Oppressed", "first_line": "Why dost Thou stand afar", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 10, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 10"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 19) 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 10, selection 19. 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": "Why dost Thou stand a -- far, O Lord, in our dis -- tress? And why dost Thou con -- ceal Thy -- self When trou -- blous times op -- press?", "prose": ["Why dost Thou stand afar,", "O Lord, in our distress?", "And why dost Thou conceal Thyself", "When troublous times oppress?"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Do Thou, O Lord, a -- rise; O God, lift up Thy hand; For -- get Thou not the suf -- f'ring poor, The hum -- ble in the land.", "prose": ["Do Thou, O Lord, arise;", "O God, lift up Thy hand;", "Forget Thou not the suff'ring poor,", "The humble in the land."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Their foes Thou dost be -- hold, Their wrongs Thou wilt re -- pay; The poor com -- mit them -- selves to Thee, Thou art the or -- phan's stay.", "prose": ["Their foes Thou dost behold,", "Their wrongs Thou wilt repay;", "The poor commit themselves to Thee,", "Thou art the orphan's stay."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thou, Lord, hast heard their prayer With hum -- ble hearts drew nigh; Thou al -- so wilt re -- vive their strength And ev -- er hear their cry.", "prose": ["Thou, Lord, hast heard their prayer", "With humble hearts drew nigh;", "Thou also wilt revive their strength", "And ever hear their cry."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "De -- fend the fa -- ther -- less And all who are op -- pressed, That they by hu -- man pride and pow'r May be no more dis -- tressed.", "prose": ["Defend the fatherless", "And all who are oppressed,", "That they by human pride and pow'r", "May be no more distressed."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}