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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.
14 We sweetly did Communicate ‖ secrets to one another; ‖ We walked into the House of God ‖ in Company together. ‖
14 We sweetly did Communicate ‖ secrets to one another; ‖ We walk'd into the House of God ‖ in Company together. ‖
15 Let Death arrest them, let them go ‖ down to the Pitt alive; ‖ for mischiefs are where they do meet, ‖ even in the midst of them. ‖
16 But as for me, This I will do, ‖ I upon God will call; ‖ and the ETERNAL God will give ‖ Deliverance to me. ‖
17 Evening and Morning, and at Noon, ‖ I meditate for Prayer; ‖ so I will make a fervent Cry, ‖ and he will hear my Voice. ‖