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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.
8 I would make all the haste I could ‖ in making my escape, ‖ from the impetuous Wind which does ‖ rise with a mighty storm. ‖
9 Lord, Send Destruction upon them; ‖ and Oh, divide their Tongues: ‖ for in the City I have seen ‖ fierce Violence and Strife. ‖
10 Both Day and Night they compass it, ‖ upon the Walls thereof; ‖ and troublesome Iniquity ‖ is in the midst thereof. ‖
11 Grievous Corruptions full of fraud ‖ are in the midst thereof, ‖ and from the Streets thereof Deceit ‖ and guile do not Depart. ‖