N01640:2834
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 I'M full of Love: It is because ‖ [of this] that the ETERNAL God‖hath hearkened now unto my voice; ‖ [and hath] my supplications heard. ‖
2 Because that He hath unto me ‖ [kindl•] inclined His gracious Ear;‖ therefore upon Him I will call ‖ while I have any days [of Life.]
2 Because that He hath unto me ‖ [kindl•] inclin'd His gracious Ear;‖ therefore upon Him I will call ‖ while I have any days [of Life.]
3 The cords of Death surrounded me, and me the [dreadful] pains of Hell‖found our; a sad anxiety ‖ I found, and sighing [heady] grief. ‖