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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
Book 1 › Psalm 38: PSALM XXXVIII. A Psalm of David; To bring to Remembrance.
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.
1 O Thou ETERNAL God; in thy ‖ hot wrath rebuke me not; ‖ And in thy Anger flaming out, ‖ O do not chasten me. ‖
2 Because thine Arrows upon me ‖ are shot down from above; ‖ and thy hand from above does come ‖ down to afflict me sore. ‖
3 In my flesh there is nothing sound; ‖ thine Anger is the cause; ‖ nor in my bones is any rest; ‖ because that I have sinned. ‖
3 In my flesh there is nothing sound; ‖ thine Anger is the cause; ‖ nor in my bones is any rest; ‖ because that I have sinn'd. ‖
4 Because that mine iniquities ‖ over mine head are gone; ‖ they as an heavy burden are ‖ too heavy found for me. ‖