N01640:346
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 Thy wondrous favours show, O thou ‖ who dost deliver them ‖ that hope for it, from those who do ‖ rise against thy right hand. ‖
7 Thy wondrous favours shew, O thou ‖ who dost deliver them ‖ that hope for it, from those who do ‖ rise against thy righthand. ‖
8 O do thou keep me even as ‖ the apple of thine Eye; ‖ under the shadow of thy wings ‖ O do thou cover me. ‖
9 From the face of the impious ones, ‖ such as have laid me waste; ‖ The enemies who for my Soul ‖ about encompass me. ‖
10 In their own stupefying grease ‖ they have enclosed themselves: ‖ They with their mouth have loudly spoke ‖ in their exalted pride. ‖
10 In their own stupifying grease ‖ they have enclos'd themselves: ‖ They with their mouth have loudly spoke ‖ in their exalted pride. ‖