N01640:784
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.
16 They were with mocking hypocrites ‖ who made a feast of scoffs; ‖ They did against me fiercely gnash ‖ with their devouring teeth. ‖
17 O Lord, how long wilt thou look on? ‖ deliver thou my Soul‖from their dead strokes, my only One ‖ Oh! from the Lions save. ‖
18 In the great Congregation then ‖ I will give thanks to thee; ‖ among much and great People I ‖ will render praise to thee. ‖
19 My wrongful enemies, may they ‖ not triumph over me; ‖ nor who hate me without a cause ‖ wink with a scornful eye. ‖