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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
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.
5 Behold, 'twas in Iniquity ‖ that I [at first] received my Shape; ‖ and 'twas in Sin my Mother did ‖ [at first] conceive me as her Child. ‖
5 Behold, 'twas in Iniquity ‖ that I [at first] receiv'd my Shape; ‖ and 'twas in Sin my Mother did ‖ [at first] conceive me as her Child. ‖
6 Behold, Thou dost desire the Truth ‖ [to be] in the most inward parts; ‖ and thou wilt make me understand ‖ Wisdom in what's concealed [within.]
6 Behold, Thou dost desire the Truth ‖ [to be] in the most inward parts; ‖ and thou wilt make me understand ‖ Wisdom in what's conceal'd [within.]
7 O purge me with the Sprinkler well, ‖ and so I shall be [throughly] clean; ‖ O Wash thou me, and then shall I ‖ be whiter than the [whitest] Snow. ‖