N01640:2074
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.
7 Thy Wrath is lying upon me ‖ like to a mighty Weight; ‖ and with all thy Tempestuous Waves ‖ Thou hast afflicted me. ‖ Selah. ‖
8 Those that were known to me thou hast ‖ put far from me; and made ‖ me loathsome unto them; I am ‖ shut up, and can't come forth. ‖
9 Mine Eye does through' Affliction waste; ‖ O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ I call upon thee every Day; ‖ I stretch my Hands to Thee. ‖
9 Mine Eye does thro' Affliction waste; ‖ O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ I call upon thee every Day; ‖ I stretch my Hands to Thee. ‖
10 For such as do lye dead wilt Thou ‖ work a thing Wonderful? ‖ Shall the deceased ones arise ‖ and celebrate thy Praise. ‖? Selah. ‖