N01640:1307
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.
4 My Soul's with Lions; I do lye ‖ among a fiery crew; ‖ Mens sons whose teeth are spears & darts, ‖ & a sharp sword their tongue. ‖
5 Above the Heavens, O God the Judge, ‖ Be thou lift up on high; ‖ and over all the Farth let be ‖ thy Glory spread abroad. ‖
6 They for my steps prepared a net; ‖ he bowed down my Soul; ‖ before me they have dug a pit, ‖ wherein they're fallen themselves, ‖ Selah.
6 They for my steps prepar'd a net; ‖ he bowed down my Soul; ‖ before me they have dug a pit, ‖ wherein they're fall'n themselves, ‖ Selah.
7 My heart is well prepared, O God, ‖ My heart is well-prepared; ‖ and being so prepared, I'll sing, ‖ and I will make a Psalm. ‖