N01640:1310
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.
7 My heart is well prepared, O God, ‖ My heart is well-prepared; ‖ and being so prepared, I'll sing, ‖ and I will make a Psalm. ‖
7 My heart is well prepar'd, O God, ‖ My heart is well-prepar'd; ‖ and being so prepar'd, I'll sing, ‖ and I will make a Psalm. ‖
8 My Glory, O awake thy self; ‖ awake, O Psaltery; ‖ aw•ke, O Harp too; ‖ I my self ‖ will in the morning wake. ‖
9 Ill thee among the People praise, ‖ O Lord, my great support; I will sing unto thee among ‖ the Nations of the Earth. ‖
10 For thy great mercy does extend ‖ unto the very Heavens; ‖ and to the tender Clouds there does ‖ extend thy faithfulness. ‖