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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 41: PSALM XLI. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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.
PSALM XLI. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed the Man, who prudently ‖ considereth the Poor; ‖ Th' ETERNAL God will rescue him when 'tis an evil day.‖
1 BLessed the Man, who prudently ‖ considereth the Poor; ‖ Th' ETERNAL God will rescue him when 'tis an evil day.‖
2 Th' ETERNAL God will have him in ‖ His gracious custody; ‖ and He will make him for to live, ‖ when Death does threaten him. ‖ He shall be blessed upon Earth; ‖ nor wilt thou give him up ‖ unto the spiteful will of those ‖ that are his enemies. ‖
3 Th' ETERNAL God will on the Bed ‖ of weakness strengthen him: ‖ Thou, when that he is languishing, ‖ wilt turn his Bed for him. ‖