{"slug": "ye-children-come-give-ear-to-me", "title": "The Secret of a Happy Life", "first_line": "Ye children, come, give ear to me", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 34, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 34"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 89) 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 34, selection 89. 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": "Ye chil -- dren, come, give ear to me And learn Je -- ho -- vah's fear; He who would long and hap -- py live, Let him my coun -- sel hear.", "prose": ["Ye children, come, give ear to me", "And learn Jehovah's fear;", "He who would long and happy live,", "Let him my counsel hear."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Re -- strain thy lips from speak -- ing guile, From wick -- ed speech de -- part, From e -- vil turn and do the good, Seek peace with all thy heart.", "prose": ["Restrain thy lips from speaking guile,", "From wicked speech depart,", "From evil turn and do the good,", "Seek peace with all thy heart."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Je -- ho -- vah's eyes are on the just, He hear -- kens to their cry; A -- gainst the wick -- ed sets His face, Their ver -- y name shall die.", "prose": ["Jehovah's eyes are on the just,", "He hearkens to their cry;", "Against the wicked sets His face,", "Their very name shall die."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The Lord may suf -- fer man -- y griefs Up -- on the just to fall, But He will bring them safe -- ly through, De -- liv -- 'ring them from all.", "prose": ["The Lord may suffer many griefs", "Upon the just to fall,", "But He will bring them safely through,", "Deliv'ring them from all."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "By e -- vil are the e -- vil slain, And they that hate the just; But all His ser -- vants God re -- deems, And safe in Him they trust.", "prose": ["By evil are the evil slain,", "And they that hate the just;", "But all His servants God redeems,", "And safe in Him they trust."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}