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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.
17 ETERNAL, Let me not be shamed; ‖ for I have called on thee; ‖ Let wicked ones be shamed; Let them ‖ be cut off in the Grave. ‖
17 ETERNAL, Let me not be sham'd; ‖ for I have call'd on thee; ‖ Let wicked ones be sham'd; Let them ‖ be cut off in the Grave. ‖
18 Let those lips be made silent, which ‖ are given to falsity; ‖ which speak hard things against the just, ‖ with pride and with contempt. ‖
18 Let those lips be made silent, which ‖ are giv'n to falsity; ‖ which speak hard things against the just, ‖ with pride and with contempt. ‖
19 How great's thy Good, which thou for them ‖ that fear thee hast laid up! ‖ Thou'st wrought for them that hope in thee, before the sons of Men. ‖
19 How great's thy Good, which thou for them ‖ that fear thee hast laid up! ‖ Thouh'st wrought for them that hope in thee, before the sons of Men. ‖