N01640:2259
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 When I did say within my self, ‖ My foot is on the slip, ‖ thy mercy, O ETERNAL God, ‖ was what sustained me. ‖
19 When I've a multitude of thoughts, ‖ mixed in the midst of me, ‖ then do thy comforts make my Soul ‖ glad with repeated joys. ‖
19 When I've a multitude of tho'ts, ‖ mix'd in the midst of me, ‖ then do thy comforts make my Soul ‖ glad with repeted joys. ‖
20 Shall the Throne of things tyrannous ‖ have fellowship with thee? ‖ That which enacts into a Law ‖ what's a mischievous wrong? ‖
20 Shall the Throne of things tyrannous ‖ have fellowship with thee? ‖ That which enacts into a Law ‖ what's a mischeivous wrong? ‖
21 They raise their troops against the Soul ‖ of every righteous one; ‖ and they condemn to death the blood ‖ of him that's innocent. ‖