N01640:987
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
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.
1 Judge me, O God, and plead against ‖ a Nation merciless, ‖ my cause. O save me from the Man ‖ that's crafty and unjust. ‖
1 JUdge me, O God, and plead against ‖ a Nation merciless, ‖ my cause. O save me from the Man ‖ that's crasty and unjust. ‖
2 For of my strength thou art the God, ‖ why dost thou cast me off? ‖ Why go I mourning for the sore ‖ oppression of the foe? ‖
3 Thy light O send forth, and thy truth; ‖ let them lead me; let them ‖ bring me unto thy holy hill, ‖ and to thy Mansions there. ‖