{"slug": "within-thy-temple-lord", "title": "The Church of the Living God", "first_line": "Within Thy temple, Lord", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 48, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 48"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 133) 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 48, selection 133. 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": "With -- in Thy tem -- ple, Lord, We think on mer -- cies past; Let earth all praise ac -- cord, Long as Thy Name shall last; The right -- eous judg -- ments of her King Let Zi -- on and her daugh -- ters sing.", "prose": ["Within Thy temple, Lord,", "We think on mercies past;", "Let earth all praise accord,", "Long as Thy Name shall last;", "The righteous judgments of her King", "Let Zion and her daughters sing."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "A -- bout Mount Zi -- on go, Her tow'rs and ram -- parts tell; That ye her strength may know, Mark her de -- fen -- ses well; Her ro -- yal pal -- ac -- es be -- hold That ye her glo -- ries may un -- fold.", "prose": ["About Mount Zion go,", "Her tow'rs and ramparts tell;", "That ye her strength may know,", "Mark her defenses well;", "Her royal palaces behold", "That ye her glories may unfold."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "To all the com -- ing race Re -- peat the mes -- sage o'er: This might -- y God of grace Is ours for ev -- er -- more; Yea, He our Sav -- iour will a -- bide, And un -- to death will be our guide.", "prose": ["To all the coming race", "Repeat the message o'er:", "This mighty God of grace", "Is ours for evermore;", "Yea, He our Saviour will abide,", "And unto death will be our guide."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}