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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 64: PSALM LXIV. To the Chief Musician. 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.
3 The Men who like a cutting Sword ‖ do whet their spiteful tongue: ‖ they've bent to shoot their arrows out, ‖ a word of bitterness. ‖
4 This they do to shoot secretly ‖ against the perfect one; ‖ they suddenly do shoot at him, ‖ and they are not afraid. ‖
5 An evil matter for themselves ‖ they give a strength unto; ‖ they talk about their hiding snares: ‖ Who shall see them? They say ‖
6 They search iniquities; they make ‖ an exact scrutiny. ‖ The inward thought of every one, ‖ and the heart is a deep. ‖