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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.
8 Even like to a dissolving shall ‖ let each one pass away, ‖ as a Females untimely birth; ‖ they have not seen the Sun. ‖
9 Before your Pots can feel the thorns, ‖ as raw flesh snatched away, ‖ so let wrath carry him away, ‖ even as a whirlwind would. ‖
9 Before your Pots can feel the thorns, ‖ as raw flesh snatch'd away, ‖ so let wrath carry him away, ‖ ev'n as a whirlwind would. ‖
10 When that the righteous one shall see ‖ this vengeance, he'll rejoice; ‖ in the blood of the wicked one ‖ then shall he wash his feet. ‖
10 When that the righteous one shall see ‖ this vengeance, he'll rejoyce; ‖ in the blood of the wicked one ‖ then shall he wash his feet. ‖