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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.
3 Th' ETERNAL God will on the Bed ‖ of weakness strengthen him: ‖ Thou, when that he is languishing, ‖ wilt turn his Bed for him. ‖
4 I said, O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ Be merciful to me; ‖ Heal thou my Soul, because I have ‖ wandered from Thee by Sin. ‖
4 I said, O Thou ETERNAL God, ‖ Be merciful to me; ‖ Heal thou my Soul, because I have ‖ wandred from Thee by Sin. ‖
5 My Adversaries, they do speak ‖ evil concerning me; ‖ When shall he die? They say, and when ‖ shall his name be destroyed? ‖
5 My Adversaries, they do speak ‖ evil concerning me; ‖ When shall he die? They say, and when ‖ shall his name be destroy'd? ‖
6 And if he comes to visit me, ‖ he speaks but vanity; ‖ his heart rakes mischief to it self; ‖ going abroad he tells. ‖