N01640:2429
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.
10 His dealings have not been with us ‖ according to our [horrid] Sins; ‖ nor hath He recompensed us ‖ according to our [heinous] crimes. ‖
10 His dealings have not been with us ‖ according to our [horrid] Sins; ‖ nor hath He recompenced us ‖ according to our [heinous] crimes. ‖
11 Because that as the Heavens are ‖ in height [raised up] above the Earth, ‖ so upon them that fear Him doth ‖ His [matchless] mercy ever come. ‖
11 Because that as the Heavens are ‖ in heighth [rais'd up] above the Earth, ‖ so upon them that fear Him doth ‖ His [matchless] mercy ever come. ‖
12 Even as far as is the East ‖ [removed] in distance from the West, ‖ our trespasses He makes to be ‖ distant so [very] far from us. ‖
12 Even as far as is the East ‖ [remov'd] in distance from the West, ‖ our trespasses He makes to be ‖ distant so [very] far from us. ‖