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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.
1 WHY, O ETERNAL God dost thou ‖ stand so far off from us? ‖ Why dost thou hide thy self in times ‖ when we are in distress? ‖
1 WHY, O ETERNAL God dost thou ‖ stard so far off from us? ‖ Why dost thou hide thy self in times ‖ when we are in distress? ‖
2 In the pride of the wicked one ‖ the humbled poor's on fire: ‖ May they be taken in the plots ‖ the which they have devised. ‖
2 In the pride of the wicked one ‖ the humbled poor's on fire: ‖ May they be taken in the plots ‖ the which they have devis'd. ‖
3 The wicked one does glory much ‖ upon his hearts desire; ‖ and he does bless the covetous ‖ the' ETERNAL doth abhor. ‖