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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.
12 Yea, Darkness nothing hides from thee; ‖ but Night doth shine like Day; ‖ The Darkness and the Light, they are ‖ both but the very same. ‖
13 For my most hidden Reins thou hast ‖ in thy possession held; ‖ Thou in my Mothers Womb, as with ‖ a Tent hast covered me. ‖
13 For my most hidden Reins thou hast ‖ in thy possession held; ‖ Thou in my Mothers Womb, as with ‖ a Tent hast cover'd me. ‖
14 I'll praise thee for with wonders I ‖ have separated been; ‖ Thy Works are wondrous, and my Soul ‖ knows this abundantly. ‖
15 My strength was not hid from thee; when ‖ ⟨p. 381⟩I was in secret made, ‖ in the Earth's lowest parts I was ‖ most curiously wrought. ‖