N01640:781
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.
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. ‖
15 But in my halting towards a fall ‖ they did exult for joy; ‖ such as were abject wretches did ‖ gather themselves together; ‖ gather themselves against me, when ‖ I did not know of it; ‖ they tore me all to pieces there, ‖ and did not hold their peace. ‖