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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 69: PSALM LXIX. To the Chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. 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.
28 Let them be blotted out of the ‖ Book of the living ones; ‖ and let them not in Writing be ‖ enrolled with the Just. ‖
29 But I'm a poor afflicted one, ‖ and I am sorrowful; ‖ O God, Let thy Salvation now ‖ exalt me gloriously. ‖
30 The Praises of the Name of God ‖ I'll utter with a Song; ‖ and I'll with a confession Him ‖ thankfully magnify. ‖
31 This also will more grateful be ‖ to the ETERNAL God, ‖ than Beef or Calf on which the horns ‖ as well as hoofs appear. ‖