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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.
16 He from above did then send down; ‖ He did lay hold on me; ‖ He from the mighty waters then ‖ did safely draw me out. ‖
17 From my strong adversary He ‖ did so deliver me; ‖ and from my haters; for they were ‖ too powerful for me. ‖
18 They did prevent me in the day ‖ of my calamity; ‖ But the ETERNAL God was He ‖ whom I did stay upon. ‖
19 And He did bring me forth into ‖ a place of large extent; ‖ He did deliver me because ‖ He took delight in me. ‖