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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 2 › Psalm 55: PSALM LV. To the Chief Musician. On Neginoth. Maschil; of David.
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.
4 Within the midst of me my heart ‖ trembles in travailing pain; ‖ and there are fallen upon me, ‖ the terribles of Death. ‖
5 Terror with Trepidation hath ‖ now much surprised me, ‖ and horrid Consternation hath ‖ quite overwhelmed me, ‖
6 Then said I, O! who is't will give ‖ Wings of a Dove to me? ‖ with them I'd swiftly fly away, ‖ where I might find a Rest. ‖
7 Behold, I would then make my flight ‖ to a vast Distance off; ‖ my Lodging I would make in a ‖ far distant Wilderness. ‖ Selah. ‖