N01640:2884
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.
17 I shall not dye, but live, and tell ‖ Works of the living JAH. ‖
18 The living JAH chastised me much, ‖ but gave me not to death. ‖
18 The living JAH chastis'd me much, ‖ but gave me not to death. ‖
19 O set ye open unto me ‖ the Gates of Righteousness; ‖ I will go into them; I'll praise ‖ the Everlasting JAH. ‖
20 The answer is, This is the Gate ‖ of the ETERNAL God, ‖ 'tis by this Gate the righteous ones ‖ shall make their entrance here. ‖