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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 70: PSALM LXX. To the Chief Musician. Of David. To bring to Remembrance.
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.
PSALM LXX. To the Chief Musician. Of David. To bring to Remembrance.
1 O God, For to deliver me! ‖ O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ O do thou now make haste for the ‖ relief of my distress. ‖
2 Let them be shamed and blush, who do‖ seek to destroy my Soul; ‖ Let them be turned back, and perplexed ‖ who do desire my hurt. ‖
2 Let them be sham'd and blush, who do‖ seek to destroy my Soul; ‖ Let them be turn'd back, and perplext ‖ who do desire my hurt. ‖
3 Let them be forced to turn about ‖ for a just recompense ‖ of the shame that belongs to them, ‖ who say, Aha, Aha. ‖
3 Let them be forc'd to turn about ‖ for a just recompence ‖ of the shame that belongs to them, ‖ who say, Aha, Aha. ‖