N01640:779
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.
11 Against me there have risen up ‖ injurious witnesses; ‖ interrogating me of things ‖ which I know nothing of. ‖
12 Evil for good was that which they ‖ did recompense to me; ‖ to the depriving of my Soul ‖ of what might comfort me. ‖
13 But I when they were sick, did make ‖ Sackcloth my covering; ‖ I broke my Soul with fasting, and ‖ my Prayer turned on my breast. ‖
13 But I when they were sick, did make ‖ Sackcloath my covering; ‖ I broke my Soul with fasting, and ‖ my Prayer turn'd on my breast. ‖
14 I walked as tho' he'd been a Friend ‖ and Brother unto me; ‖ as mourning for a Mother I ‖ did bow down heavily. ‖
14 I walk'd as tho' he'd been a Friend ‖ and Brother unto me; ‖ as mourning for a Mother I ‖ did bow down heavily. ‖