N01640:2068
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.
1 O Thou ETERNAL One, the God ‖ whence my Salvation comes. ‖ By Day, by Night, before thee I ‖ make my Complaining Cry. ‖
2 Before thy Face, O let my Prayer ‖ a free Admission have; ‖ Unto the Cry I make with Grief ‖ do Thou incline thine Ear. ‖
3 For that my Soul with Trouble is ‖ fully replenished; ‖ for that my Life is very near ‖ come down unto the Pit. ‖
4 I reckoned am with them who do ‖ descend into the Grave; ‖ I am become like to a Man ‖ that has no strength in him. ‖
4 I reckon'd am with them who do ‖ descend into the Grave; ‖ I am become like to a Man ‖ that has no strength in him. ‖