N01640:1291
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.
9 In the Day when I make my Cry ‖ then shall my enemies ‖ be turned back; this I do know, ‖ because God is for me. ‖
10 In God I'll praise the Word, in the ‖ ETERNAL praise the Word. ‖
11 I hope in God; I will not fear ‖ what man may do to me. ‖
12 O God upon me are thy Vows; ‖ to thee I'll praise• pay. ‖
13 Because thou hast delivered ‖ my Soul from threatened Death; ‖ O wilt thou not deliver now ‖ my feet from falling too ‖? That I may walk before God in ‖ the Light of living ones. ‖