N01640:1183
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.
11 From standing still before thy face ‖ O cast me not [in Wrath] away: ‖ Thine holy Spirit now from me ‖ away [therefore] O take thou not. ‖
12 Restore thou unto me the Joy ‖ of thy [desired] Salvation now; ‖ and let a Spirit free * and high ‖ gloriously [lead and] strengthen me. ‖
12 Restore thou unto me the Joy ‖ of thy [desir'd] Salvation now; ‖ and let a Spirit free * and high ‖ gloriously [lead and] strengthen me. ‖
13 Unto Transgressors I will give ‖ Instructions in thy [Righteous] Ways; ‖ ⟨p. 126⟩and they who have been sinners shall ‖ be [real] Converts unto thee. ‖
13 Unto Transgressors I will give ‖ Instructions in thy [Righteous] Wayes; ‖ ⟨p. 126⟩and they who have been sinners shall ‖ be [real] Converts unto thee. ‖