N01640:2033
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.
4 Rejoice the Soul of him that is ‖ a Servant unto thee; ‖ Because that unto thee, O Lord, ‖ I do lift up my Soul. ‖
4 Rejoyce the Soul of him that is ‖ a Servant unto thee; ‖ Because that unto thee, O Lord, ‖ I do lift up my Soul. ‖
5 For Thou, O Lord art Good, and art ‖ most ready to forgive, ‖ and great in mercy unto all ‖ that make their cry to thee. ‖
6 O Thou ETERNAL God, To my ‖ Petition O give ear; ‖ and to the Voice of my requests ‖ for favour, O attend. ‖
7 In the day when that I into ‖ a tribulation fall, ‖ then will I make my cry to thee; ‖ for thou wilt answer me. ‖