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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.
5 The Enemy then pursue my Soul, ‖ and overtake it too! ‖ yea, tread my life to the' Earth, & lay ‖ my honour in the dust. ‖ Selah. ‖
5 The Enemy then pursue my Soul, ‖ and overtake it too! ‖ yea, tread my life to th' Earth, & lay ‖ my honour in the dust. ‖ Selah. ‖
6 LORD, in thine anger rise; lift up, ‖ for the rage of my foes: ‖ Wake for me; There's a Judgment which ‖ thou givest Commandment for. ‖
7 So shall the Congregation of ‖ the People compass thee: ‖ For their sakes therefore, O do thou ‖ return unto the height. ‖
7 So shall the Congregation of ‖ the People compass thee: ‖ For their sakes therefore, O do thou ‖ return unto the heighth. ‖
8 The People shall the' ETERNAL Judge: ‖ Me, O ETERNAL, Judge; ‖ as is my righteousness, and as ‖ my innocence in me. ‖