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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 O turn thou unto me, and have ‖ thou mercy upon me; ‖ for I am in a lonely case, ‖ and an afflicted one. ‖
17 The anguishes of my Heart have ‖ greatly enlarged themselves; ‖ O do thou bring me out of all ‖ my sore vexatious grief's ‖
17 The anguishes of my Heart have ‖ greatly enlarg'd themselves; ‖ O do thou bring me out of all ‖ my sore vexatious grief's ‖
18 On my affliction, O look down, ‖ and on my labouring pain; ‖ and let thy pardoning mercy reach ‖ to all my trespasses. ‖
19 Look down upon my Enemies ‖ for they are multiplied; ‖ and 'tis with hatred full of rage ‖ that they have hated me. ‖
19 Look down upon my Enemies ‖ for they are multiply'd; ‖ and 'tis with hatred full of rage ‖ that they have hated me. ‖