N01640:110
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original;…
Psalterium Americanum. The Book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse. : Fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it. : Whereunto are added, some other portions of the sacred Scripture, to enrich the cantional.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Eliot, 1718
Book 1 › Psalm 3: PSALM III. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Abs•dom his S••
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.
3 But now about me thou'rt a shield, ‖ O thou ETERNAL God, ‖ Thou art my Glory, and thou art ‖ the uplifter of my head. ‖
3 But now about me thou'rt a shield, ‖ O thou ETERNAL God, ‖ Thou art my Glory, and thou art ‖ th'uplifter of my head. ‖
4 Unto the' ETERNAL God, I cried, ‖ with my extended voice, ‖ And He gave answer unto me ‖ out of His holy hill. ‖ Selah. ‖
4 Unto th' ETERNAL God, I cried, ‖ with my extended voice, ‖ And He gave answer unto me ‖ out of His holy hill. ‖ Selah. ‖
5 I laid me down, and took my sleep; ‖ and then I did awake: ‖ Because that the ETERNAL God ‖ sustained me all along. ‖
5 I laid me down, and took my sleep; ‖ and then I did awake: ‖ Because that the ETERNAL God ‖ sustain'd me all along. ‖