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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.
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. ‖
6 Tho' there should be ten thousands of ‖ those people who do set ‖ themselves against me round about; ‖ I will not be afraid. ‖
7 ETERNAL, rise; save me, my God; ‖ For thou hast smitten all ‖ my Foes on the cheek-bone; Thou hast ‖ broken the wicked's teeth. ‖
8 Salvation is what does belong ‖ to the ETERNAL God; ‖ On those that are thy People is ‖ thy benediction still. ‖