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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
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.
4 O do not Thou incline my Heart ‖ unto an Evil thing; ‖ to practise wicked Works with Men ‖ that work Iniquity. ‖ And in their Delicacies let ‖ me not Communicate. ‖
5 (The Just shall kindly smite me, and ‖ shall give reproofs to me); ‖ But the rich Oil of such an One ‖ shan't mollify my Head: ‖ For still my Prayer it is against ‖ the Wicked th••gs they do. ‖
6 By the sides of the Rock it was ‖ their Judges were let down; ‖ they then did hearken to my words, ‖ for they were pleasant ones. ‖
7 As when one plougheth up the Earth ‖ and it asunder tears; ‖ our hones are scattered so about ‖ at the Mouth of the Grave. ‖