N01640:1311
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.
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. ‖
10 For thy great mercy does extend ‖ unto the very Heav•ns; ‖ and to the tender Clouds there does ‖ extend thy faithfulness. ‖
11 Above the Heavens, O God the Judge, ‖ be thou lift up on high; ‖ and over all the Earth let be ‖ thy Glory spread abroad. ‖