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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.
PSALM XXVIII. Of David.
1 TO Thee, O thou ETERNAL God, ‖ I will send forth a cry; ‖ O be not silent, Thou my Rock, ‖ in a withdraw from me. ‖ Lest that if thou dost hold thy peace, ‖ withholding Help from me, ‖ I should be like to them who do ‖ go down into the pit. ‖
1 TO Thee, O thou ETERNAL God, ‖ I will send forth a cry; ‖ O be not silent, Thou my Rock, ‖ in a withdraw from me. ‖ Lest that if thou dost hold thy peace, ‖ witholding Help from me, ‖ I should be like to them who do ‖ go down into the pit. ‖
2 Hear what my Supplications speak, ‖ when I do cry to thee; ‖ when I lift up my hands towards ‖ thy holy Oracle. ‖
3 Drag me not with ill M•n, not with ‖ workers of vanity; ‖ who speak peace to their Neighbours, but ‖ mischief is in their hearts. ‖