N01640:1630
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.
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. ‖
18 Yea, even to the time when I ‖ must see advanced age, ‖ and have gray hairs upon me, then, ‖ O God, forsake me not ‖ till to this Generation I ‖ declare thy pow'r abroad, ‖ and unto every one that is ‖ to come, thy fortitude. ‖
19 Thy righteousness therewith, O God, ‖ ⟨p. 180⟩unto the very height! ‖ Thou who dost things so very great: ‖ O God, Who's like to thee? ‖
19 Thy righteousness therewith, O God, ‖ ⟨p. 180⟩unto the very heighth! ‖ Thou who dost things so very great: ‖ O God, Who's like to thee? ‖
20 Thou art He who has shown to me ‖ Afflictions great and sore: ‖ Thou'lt quicken me again, and raise ‖ me from the depths of Farth. ‖