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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.
7 His mouth's of execration full, ‖ and of deceits and frauds; ‖ under his tongue there lies concealed ‖ mischief and vanity. ‖
7 His mouth's of execration full, ‖ and of deceits and frauds; ‖ under his tongue there lies conceal'd ‖ mischief and vanity. ‖
8 He sits in lurking-holes of towns; ‖ he in by-places kills ‖ the innocent; his eyes are set ‖ slyly against the poor. ‖
8 He sits in lurking-holes of towns; ‖ he in by-places kills ‖ the innocent; his eyes are set ‖ sliely against the poor. ‖
9 Like a denned lion close he lurks; ‖ he lurks to catch the poor: ‖ he seizes on the poor when he ‖ draws him into his net. ‖
9 Like a den'd lion clos• he lurks; ‖ he lurks to catch the poor: ‖ he seizes on the poor when he ‖ draws him into his net. ‖