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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 58: PSALM LVIII. To the Chief Musician. Altaschith. Mictam 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.
2 Yea, in the heart contriving it ‖ you work iniquities; ‖ you in the Earth will still weigh out ‖ the violence of your hands. ‖
3 The wicked are estranged from God, ‖ even from the very womb; ‖ they go astray as soon as born, ‖ the speakers of a lie ‖
3 The wicked are estrang'd from God, ‖ ev'n from the very womb; ‖ they go astray as soon as born, ‖ the speakers of a lie ‖
4 Their poison's like the poison which ‖ a serpent has in it; ‖ like that of the deaf adder which ‖ does obturate her ear. ‖
5 She will not hearken to the voice ‖ of any Charming ones; ‖ No, tho' the Charmer should be one ‖ never so skilled in Charms. ‖
5 She will not hearken to the voice ‖ of any Charming ones; ‖ No, tho' the Charmer should be one ‖ never so skill'd in Charms. ‖