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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.
16 Who will rise up for me against ‖ them who do evil things? ‖ Who will stand up for me against ‖ workers of vanity? ‖
17 Unless that the ETERNAL God ‖ bad given help to me, ‖ my Soul had quickly dwelt in the ‖ sad silence of the Grave. ‖
18 When I did say within my self, ‖ My foot is on the slip, ‖ thy mercy, O ETERNAL God, ‖ was what sustained me. ‖
19 When I've a multitude of thoughts, ‖ mixed in the midst of me, ‖ then do thy comforts make my Soul ‖ glad with repeated joys. ‖
19 When I've a multitude of tho'ts, ‖ mix'd in the midst of me, ‖ then do thy comforts make my Soul ‖ glad with repeted joys. ‖