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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 142: PSALM CXLII. Maschil; Of David. A Prayer when he was in the Cava.
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.
1 With my Voice I did make a Cry ‖ to the ETERNAL God; ‖ with my voice to the' ETERNAL God ‖ I made my humble Pray'r. ‖
1 WIth my Voice I did make a Cry ‖ to the ETERNAL God; ‖ with my voice to th' ETERNAL God ‖ I made my humble Pray'r. ‖
2 Before His Face I poured out ‖ what I had thought upon; ‖ Before His Face I uttered what ‖ was troublesome to me. ‖
3 Within me when my Spirit failed, ‖ then Thou didst know my Path; ‖ In the way where I should have walked ‖ they laid a Snare for me. ‖
3 Within me when my Spiritfaild, ‖ then Thou didst know my Path; ‖ In the way where I should have walk'd ‖ they laid a Snare for me. ‖
4 Look on the Right hand, and behold; ‖ there's none does know me there; ‖ Refuge does perish from me, and ‖ there's none to seek my Soul. ‖