N01640:1619
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 I unto many am become ‖ a wondrous prodigy: ‖ But thou hast ever been to me ‖ a refuge very strong. ‖
8 O let my mouth be filled with ‖ Expressions of thy Praise; ‖ It shall be with thy Glory filled ‖ all day * and every day. ‖
8 O let my mouth be filled with ‖ Expressions of thy Praise; ‖ It shall be with thy Glory fill'd ‖ all day * and every day. ‖
9 O cast me not off in the time ‖ of my advanced Age: ‖ Forsake me not when that my strength ‖ is under a decay. ‖
10 For they that are my enemies ‖ ⟨p. 179⟩do spend their talk on me, ‖ and they consult together who ‖ watch for to seize my Soul. ‖