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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.
17 For I'm prepared to halt, and ever ‖ before me is my grief. ‖
17 For I'm prepar'd to halt, and ever ‖ before me is my grief. ‖
18 For I'll declare my crime, I will ‖ be sorry for my sin. ‖
19 But my foes, who are living ones, ‖ are mighty, strong withal; ‖ and they who hate me wrongfully ‖ are greatly multiplied. ‖
19 But my foes, who are living ones, ‖ are mighty, strong withal; ‖ and they who hate me wrongfully ‖ are greatly multiply'd. ‖
20 They too that render ill for good, ‖ are enemies to me; ‖ yea, it is for this very cause; ‖ I follow what is good. ‖