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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.
THE Haste of David, flying unto the Wilderness of Maou; [1 Sam. XXIII. 26.] seems to be mentioned in the Twenty second Verse of the Psalm; I said in my haste. But, Christian, Be sure to be hold thy Suffering SAVIOUR here! He died with the Fifth Verse of the Psalm in His Mouth.
2 David was now in a Rock; [1 Sam. XXIII. 25.] But, Lord, Thou art the only Rock!
4 The Net. The Treachery of the Ziphites, [1 Sam. XXIII. 10, 20.]