N01640:222
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.
12 When He inquireth after Blood, ‖ He will remember them: ‖ He's not unmindful of the cry ‖ made by the humbled poor. ‖
13 Have Mercy, O ETERNAL God ‖ on me: behold my grief ‖ from them that hare me; raising me ‖ up from the gates of death. ‖
14 For this, that I may utter all ‖ thy praises in the gates ‖ of Scions daughter; I'll rejoice ‖ in thy salvation still. ‖
14 For this, that I may utter all ‖ thy praises in the gates ‖ of Sions daughter; I'll rejoyce ‖ in thy salvation still. ‖
15 The Nations are sunk down into ‖ the pit themselves have made; ‖ their own foot's taken in the net ‖ which they themselves have hid. ‖