N01640:3469
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 As when one plougheth up the Earth ‖ and it asunder tears; ‖ our hones are scattered so about ‖ at the Mouth of the Grave. ‖
8 But, O ETERNAL God, the Lord, ‖ My Eyes are unto thee; ‖ on thee I my reliance place; ‖ O do not strip my Soul. ‖
9 Keep me from the Hands of the snare ‖ which they have laid for me; ‖ and from the' entangling gins of those ‖ that work iniquity. ‖
9 Keep me from the Hands of the snare ‖ which they have laid for me; ‖ and from th' intangling gins of those ‖ that work iniquity. ‖
10 O let the wicked fall into ‖ the Nets they've spread themselves: ‖ I will keep close with thee and mine ‖ until that I escape. ‖