N01640:1627
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 My mouth shall make relation of ‖ thy spotless righteousness: ‖ of thy Salvation all the day; ‖ for I no numbers know. ‖
15 My mouth shall make relation of ‖ thy spotless right'ousness: ‖ of thy Salvation all the day; ‖ for I no numbers know. ‖
16 I'll walk in the strength of the Lord, ‖ of the ETERNAL God; ‖ I'll celebrate thy righteousness, ‖ yea, even thine alone. ‖
17 O God, Thou from my early youth ‖ hast well instructed me: ‖ and hitherto I have declared ‖ the wonders thou hast wrought. ‖
17 O God, Thou from my early youth ‖ hast well instructed me: ‖ and hitherto I have declar'd ‖ the wonders thou hast wrought. ‖
18 Yea, even to the time when I ‖ must see advanced age, ‖ and have grey hairs upon me, then, ‖ O God, forsake me not ‖ till to this Generation I ‖ declare thy power abroad, ‖ and unto every one that is ‖ to come, thy fortitude. ‖