N01640:744
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.
4 I did seek the ETERNAL God, ‖ and He gave ear to me; ‖ yea, He did me deliver then ‖ from out of all my fears. ‖
5 Others too now shall look to Him, ‖ and be enlightened thence; ‖ nor shall their countenances be ‖ covered with any shame. ‖
6 This poor Man made his cry, and him ‖ the' ETERNAL God did hear; ‖ yea, He delivered him from all ‖ of his perplexities ‖
6 This poor Man made his cry, and him ‖ th' ETERNAL God did hear; ‖ yea, He delivered him from all ‖ of his perplexities ‖
7 The Angel of the' ETERNAL God ‖ encampeth round about ‖ such as do fear Him, and He doth ‖ extricate them from straits. ‖
7 The Angel of th' ETERNAL God ‖ encampeth round about ‖ such as do fear Him, and He doth ‖ extricate them from straits. ‖