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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 61: PSALM LXI. To the Chief Musician. Upon Neginoth. A Psalm 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.
1 O God, hear thou my mighty cry; ‖ attend unto my prayer. ‖
1 O God, hear thou my mighty cry; ‖ attend unto my pray'r. ‖
2 From the end of the Earth I will ‖ send up my cry to thee; ‖ When that my heart is overwhelmed, ‖ this will be still my course; ‖ O lead thou me unto the Rock ‖ that is more high than I. ‖
2 From the end of the Earth I will ‖ send up my cry to thee; ‖ When that my heart is overwhelm'd, ‖ this will be still my course; ‖ O lead thou me unto the Rock ‖ that is more high than I. ‖
3 For thou hast been my sheltering place, ‖ which I have hoped in; ‖ A Tower of strength to hide from the ‖ face of the enemy. ‖
3 For thou hast been my sheltring place, ‖ which I have hoped in; ‖ A Tower of strength to hide from the ‖ face of the enemy. ‖