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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
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 VII. Shaggajon of David; which he Sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
O Thou ETERNAL God, my God; ‖ in Thee I put my trust. ‖ From all my persecutors save ‖ me, and, Oh! Rescue me, ‖
2 Least he to pieces tear my Soul, ‖ like as a Lion tears; ‖ To pieces rending it, while there ‖ is no deliverer. ‖
3 O Thou ETERNAL God, my God; ‖ if I have done this thing ‖ wherewith I'm charged; if in my hands ‖ there be iniquity: ‖
3 O Thou ETERNAL God, my God; ‖ if I have done this thing ‖ wherewith I'm charg'd; if in my hands ‖ there be iniquity: ‖
4 If I have rendered ill to him ‖ that was at peace with me; ‖ (yea, I have rescued him that was ‖ my causeless enemy!) ‖