N01640:1346
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 His strength is that for which I will ‖ keep waiting upon thee, ‖ because that God is evermore ‖ my high-place of defence. ‖
10 The God of all my mercy shall ‖ prevent me still with it; ‖ God shall make me to see what does ‖ befall my enemies. ‖
11 Slay them not, lest my People do ‖ for get; but by thy power ‖ O scatter them, and bring them down, ‖ O Lord, who art out Shield. ‖
11 Slay them not, lest my People do ‖ for get; but by thy power ‖ O scarter them, and bring them down, ‖ O Lord, who art out Shield. ‖
12 For their mouth's sin, for their lips word, ‖ and for their pride let them ‖ be taken, and for cursing, and ‖ for lying which they speak. ‖