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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
Book 5 › Psalm 139: PSALM CXXXIX. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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.
6 Such knowledge as this is, it is ‖ too wonderful for me; ‖ Sublime it is, and it is more ‖ than I can reach unto! ‖
7 Where shall I from thy Spirit go? ‖ And where fly from thy Face? ‖
8 If I should say, I will ascend ‖ to Heaven, Thou art there: ‖ Or, If I make my Bed in Hell; lo, Thou art also there. ‖
9 I'll take the Mornings Wings, I'll dwell ‖ at the Seas utmost bounds. ‖
10 Even unto that very place ‖ thy hand shall carry me; ‖ Thy Right hand also, that shall make ‖ a seizure on me there. ‖