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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
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.
PSALM LIV. To the chief Musician; on Neginoth; Masichil. Of David. When the Ziphims came, and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?
1 BY thy Name save thou me, O God ‖ and judge me by thy strength. ‖
2 Hear thou my Prayer, O God; Give ear ‖ to the Words of my Mouth. ‖
3 For Strangers have against me risen, ‖ and formidable ones ‖ pursued my soul, they have not set ‖ God in their view at all. ‖ Selah. ‖
3 For Strangers have against me ris'n, ‖ and formidable ones ‖ pursued my soul, they have not set ‖ God in their view at all. ‖ Selah. ‖