N01640:770
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.
2 O do thou take hold of the Shield, ‖ and of the Buckler too; ‖ and rising, O do thou stand up ‖ now for to succour me. ‖
3 Draw out the spear also, and stop ‖ my persecutors course: ‖ O do thou say unto my Soul, ‖ I thy Salvation am. ‖
4 May they be shamed, & may they blush, ‖ who do pursue my Soul; ‖ may they be turned back, and shamed, ‖ who do devise my hurt. ‖
4 May they be sham'd, & may they blush, ‖ who do pursue my Soul; ‖ may they be turned back, and sham'd, ‖ who do devise my hurt. ‖
5 May they become like to the chaff ‖ driven before the wind; ‖ The Angel of the' ETERNAL God, ‖ may he drive them about. ‖
5 May they become like to the chaff ‖ driven before the wind; ‖ The Angel of th' ETERNAL God, ‖ may he drive them about. ‖