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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 1 › Psalm 22: PSALM XXII. To the Chief Musician. Upon Ajeleth-Shah•• A Psalm •f David.
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.
15 My strength is like a potsherd dried, ‖ and my tongue joins my jaws: ‖ and thou hast brought me down into ‖ the dust where lie the dead. ‖
15 My strength is like a potsherd dry'd, ‖ and my tongue joins my jaws: ‖ and thou hast brought me down into ‖ the dust where lie the dead. ‖
16 For dogs have compassed me: a rout ‖ of wicked me beset; ‖ My hands they and my feet have dug, ‖ even as a lion would. ‖
16 For dogs have compass'd me: a rout ‖ of wicked me beset; ‖ My hands they and my feet have dug, ‖ ev'n as a lion would. ‖
17 My bones I may tell all of them; ‖ they look and stare on me. ‖
18 My Clothes they part among them selves, ‖ and on my Robe throw lots. ‖