N01640:3516
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.
6 The Lightning do thou lighten forth; ‖ and do thou scatter them; ‖ Thy Arrows, O do thou shoot forth, ‖ and do thou run them down. ‖
7 O from on high send out thy hands; ‖ save me, and rescue me ‖ from mighty waters; from the hand ‖ of a base strangers brood. ‖
8 The mouth of these does use to speak ‖ nothing but falsity; ‖ and their right hand a right hand is ‖ in which is found a lie. ‖
9 O God, I'll Sing thee a New-Song ‖ upon a Psaltery; ‖ upon a Ten-stringed instrument ‖ I'll sing a Verse to thee. ‖
9 O God, I'll Sing thee a New-Song ‖ upon a Psaltery; ‖ upon a Ten-string'd instrument ‖ I'll sing a Verse to thee. ‖