N01640:2069
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.
2 Before thy Face, O let my Prayer ‖ a free Admission have; ‖ Unto the Cry I make with Grief ‖ do Thou incline thine Ear. ‖
3 For that my Soul with Trouble is ‖ fully replenished; ‖ for that my Life is very near ‖ come down unto the Pit. ‖
4 I reckoned am with them who do ‖ descend into the Grave; ‖ I am become like to a Man ‖ that has no strength in him. ‖
4 I reckon'd am with them who do ‖ descend into the Grave; ‖ I am become like to a Man ‖ that has no strength in him. ‖
5 Among the Dead I am exposed ‖ Free to all sorts of wrongs; ‖ I am like to the Slain who do ‖ Sleep in the Sepulchre. ‖ Such as thou dost not any more ‖ show a Remembrance of; ‖ Even such as Violently are ‖ cut off by thy Hands blow. ‖