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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.
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. ‖
6 O God, What teeth are in their mouth, ‖ do thou quite break them out; ‖ The great teeth of the dragons break, ‖ O Thou ETERNAL God. ‖
7 Like water let them melt away, ‖ divide among themselves; ‖ Let him direct his arrows, let ‖ them yet be as cut off. ‖
8 Even like to a dissolving shall ‖ let each one pass away, ‖ as a Females untimely birth; ‖ they have not seen the Sun. ‖