N01640:1174
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.
2 O multiply my Washing from ‖ [all of] my Vile Iniquity; ‖ And O make me entirely clean ‖ from [all of] my defiling Sin. ‖
3 Since I do of my Trespass make ‖ a Free [and full] acknowledgement; ‖ and I continually have ‖ my [horrid] Sin before my Eyes. ‖
3 Since I do of my Trespass make ‖ a Free [and full] ackowledgment; ‖ and I continually have ‖ my [horrid] Sin before my Eyes. ‖
4 To thee, To thee alone I've sinned, ‖ and done ill in thy View [alone;] ‖ That when thou speakst thou mayst be just, ‖ and [mayest be] pure when thou dost judge. ‖
4 To thee, To thee alone I've finn'd, ‖ and done ill in thy View [alone;] ‖ That when thou speakst thou mayst be just, ‖ and [may'st be] pure when thou dost judge. ‖