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The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament
The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in public and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in publick and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Jehovah hear when I do pray, And let my cry come unto thee. verse 2 From me hide not thy face away I'th' day when trouble is on me. Thine ear to me O do thou bend, I'th' day I cry, haste, answer me. verse 3 For as the smoke my days do spend, And like an hearth my bones burnt be.
JEhovah hear when I do pray, And let my cry come unto thee. verse 2 From me hide not thy face away I'th' day when trouble is on me. Thine ear to me O do thou bend, I'th' day I cry, haste, answer me. verse 3 For as the smoak my days do spend, And like an hearth my bones burnt be.
verse 4 My heart is smi•, and grass-like dry, That I to eat my bread forget, verse 5 My groanings voice, the cause is why My bones into my skin are set. verse 6 In desert like a pelican Like Owl in wilderness am I verse 7 I watch, and like a Sparrow am On house •op solitarily.
verse 4 My heart is smi•, and grass-like dry, That I to eat my bread forget, verse 5 My groanings voice, the cause is why My bones into my skin are set. verse 6 In desart like a pelican Like Owl in wilderness am I verse 7 I watch, and like a Sparrow am On house •op solitarily.
verse 8 My toes reproach me daily yet 'Gainst me they rage 'gainst me they swear verse 9 That I for bread do ashes eat, And […] my drink with weeping tear. verse 10 Thine anger is the cause hereof, Also thy vehement disdain: For thou hast set me up aloft, And thou hast cast me down again.
verse 8 My toes reproach me daily yet 'Gainst me they rage 'gainst me they swear verse 9 That I for bread do ashes eat, And my drink with weeping tear. verse 10 Thine anger is the cause hereof, Also thy vehement disdain: For thou hast set me up aloft, And thou hast cast me down again.