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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 31: PSALM XXXI. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of 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.
7 I in thy mercy will be glad, ‖ and very much rejoice; ‖ for thou hast looked upon my grief, ‖ Thou knowest my Soul in straits. ‖
7 I in thy mercy will be glad, ‖ and very much rejoyce; ‖ for thou hast look'd upon my grief, ‖ Thou know'st my Soul in straits. ‖
8 Nor hast thou shut me up into ‖ the Adversaries hand; ‖ But thou hast made my feet to stand ‖ in a most spacious place. ‖
9 Pity me, O ETERNAL God, ‖ because I am in grief; ‖ my Eye, my Soul, do waste in wrath, ‖ my very belly too.‖
10 For that my life is spent with grief, ‖ and all my years in sighs; ‖ thorough my Sin my strength does fail, ‖ and my bones are consumed. ‖
10 For that my life is spent with grief, ‖ and all my years in sighs; ‖ thorough my Sin my strength does fail, ‖ and my bones are consum'd. ‖