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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 140: PSALM. CXL. 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.
7 ETERNAL God, the Lord, the Strength ‖ of my Salvation, Thou! ‖ Thou hast in day of Battle given ‖ a covering to my Head. ‖
7 ETERNAL God, the Lord, the Strength ‖ of my Salvation, Thou! ‖ Thou hast in day of Battle giv'n ‖ a covering to my Head. ‖
8 Grant not, O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ the wicked ones desires; ‖ O let not his design obtain; ‖ they will exalt themselves. ‖ Selah. ‖
9 As for the *Venomous Head of those ‖ who compass me about, ‖ the mischief of their own Lips, let ‖ it overwhelm themselves. ‖
10 Let burning Coals upon him fall; ‖ let them be cast into ‖ the Fire, into the deepest pits […] let them not rise again. ‖
10 Let burning Coals upon him fall; ‖ let them be cast into ‖ the Fire, into the deepest pits let them not rise again. ‖