N01640:1187
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.
15 Lord, who art my Support, Do thou ‖ Open these [closed] Lips of mine: ‖ and then my mouth with freedom shall ‖ declare thy [glorious] praise abroad. ‖
16 For thou desirest not Sacrifice, ‖ else had I [freely] given it; ‖ Thou dost not take delight at all ‖ in a [common] Burnt-Offering. ‖
16 For thou desir'st not Sacrifice, ‖ else had I [freely] given it; ‖ Thou dost not take delight at all ‖ in a [common] Burnt-Offering. ‖
17 The Sacrifices owned by God ‖ are in a broken Spirit [found; ‖] An heart that's broken and contrite, ‖ O [Gracious] God, Thoul't not despise. ‖
17 The Sacrifices own'd by God ‖ are in a broken Spirit [found; ‖] An heart that's broken and contrite, ‖ O [Gracious] God, Thoul't not despise. ‖