N01640:1668
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.
PSALM LXXIII. A Psalm of Asaph.
1 But yet, This I will say, That God ‖ is good to Israel; ‖ that is to say to them that are ‖ of a Well cleansed Heart. ‖
1 BUt yet, This I will say, That God ‖ is good to Israel; ‖ that is to say to them that are ‖ of a Well cleansed Heart. ‖
2 But as for me, my feet almost ‖ declined from what is right; ‖ scarce any thing appeared, but that ‖ my Steps had run abroad. ‖
2 But as for me, my feet almost ‖ declin'd from what is right; ‖ scarce any thing appear'd, but that ‖ my Steps had run abroad. ‖
3 Because I had some Envy at ‖ the madly boasting Fools; ‖ When I saw the Prosperity ‖ of the Ungodly Ones. ‖