N01640:2553
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 ETERNAL God, Remember me ‖ with such a favour as ‖ thou showest thy People; and with thy ‖ Salvation visit me. ‖
4 ETERNAL God, Remember me ‖ with such a favour as ‖ thou show'st thy People; and with thy ‖ Salvation visit me. ‖
5 That the good of thy chosen I ‖ may see; To shine with the ‖ joy of thy Nation; To triumph ‖ with thine Inheritance. ‖
6 We, as our Ancestors have done ‖ before us, have transgressed; ‖ We have done much iniquity; ‖ we have dealt wickedly. ‖
6 We, as our Ancestors have done ‖ before us, have transgress'd; ‖ We have done much iniquity; ‖ we have dealt wickedly. ‖
7 Our Ancestors in Egypt did ‖ not wise attention give ‖ to understand the wondrous things ‖ which were done by thee there. ‖ They minded not the multitude ‖ of thy benignities; ‖ but they rebelled near the Sea, ‖ even at the Reedy-Sea. ‖