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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.
7 Against me they that hate me do ‖ whisper together all; ‖ against me they devise what may ‖ be mischievous to me. ‖
7 Against me they that hate me do ‖ whisper together all; ‖ against me they devise what may ‖ be mischeivous to me. ‖
8 They say, Some thing of Belial sure ‖ ⟨p. 99⟩is lying upon him; ‖ and now that he is lying ill ‖ he shall rise up no more. ‖
9 Yea, and my own familiar friend ‖ in whom I trusted much; ‖ he who did eat my bread, has lift ‖ the heel to strike at me. ‖
10 But thou, O thou ETERNAL God, ‖ be merciful to me; ‖ and O restore thou me, that I ‖ may make returns to them. ‖