N01640:402
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.
40 And thou hast given me the necks ‖ of these my enemies; ‖ Those also who have hated me, ‖ I have destroyed them. ‖
42 Then I did beat them very small, ‖ as dust before the wind; ‖ I brought them low, like to the dirt ‖ which lies about the streets. ‖
43 Thou'st saved me from the peoples strifes, ‖ placed me the nations head; ‖ th• people whom I have not known ‖ shall be my servants now. ‖
43 Thou'st sav'd me from the peoples strifes, ‖ plac'd me the nations head; ‖ th• people whom I have not known ‖ shall be my servants now. ‖
44 At hearing the report of me ‖ they have obeyed me; ‖ the children of the stranger have ‖ dissembled unto me. ‖