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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 2 › Psalm 42: PSALM XLII. To the Chief Musician. Maschil; for the Sons of Korah.
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.
8 Now the ETERNAL God will with ‖ effectual power command ‖ His mercy which He promised ‖ when that the Day arrives, ‖ And when the Night comes on there is ‖ with me a Song of His; ‖ A Supplication to Him who ‖ is of my Life the GOD. ‖
9 I will say unto God my Rock, ‖ Why hast thou me forgot? ‖ Why go I mourning for the sore ‖ oppression of the foe? ‖
10 With cutting to my very bones ‖ my foes reproach me hard; ‖ While every day they unto me ‖ do say, Where is thy God? ‖
11 Why dost thou throw thy self into ‖ dejections, O my Soul? ‖ And why art thou disquieted ‖ in me with such a noise? ‖ Hope thou with waiting upon God; ‖ for I shall praise Him yet; ‖ Salvations He does work before ‖ my face; He is my God. ‖