N01640:2908
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.
3 Yea, they work no iniquity;‖ they in His [Holy] ways do walk.‖
4 Thou thy Commandments haft prescribed‖ greatly to be [by all] observed.‖
4 Thou thy Commandments haft prescrib'd‖ greatly to be [by all] observed.‖
5 O that my ways directed were ‖ thy Statutes to observe [with care.]‖
6 Then shall I not be shamed, when I ‖ [truly] regard all Thy Commands.‖
6 Then shall I not be sham'd, when I ‖ [truly] regard all Thy Commands.‖