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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.
21 Do not I hate those who do hate ‖ Thee, O ETERNAL God? ‖ Those who do up against thee rife, ‖ be'nt I offended at? ‖
22 I hate them with perfection in ‖ my hatred unto them; ‖ They as my Adversaries are ‖ ever esteemed with me. ‖
22 I hate them with perfection in ‖ my hatred unto them; ‖ They as my Adversaties are ‖ ever esteem'd with me. ‖
23 Make thou a thorough search of me, ‖ O God, and know my heart; ‖ A thorough trial make of me, ‖ and know my very that's. ‖
23 Make thou a thorough search of me, ‖ O God, and know my heart; ‖ A thorough trial make of me, ‖ and know my very thot's. ‖
And see if I have any way ‖ that should be mourned for; ‖ but lead me in the way that lasts ‖ to perpetuity. ‖