N01640:2910
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.
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.‖
7 With a just Rectitude of Heart ‖ I [freely] shall confess thy Praise, ‖ when I have learned the Judgments which ‖ Thy Righteousness has given [to us.]‖
7 With a just Rectitude of Heart ‖ I [freely] shall confess thy Praise, ‖ when I have learn'd the Judgments which ‖ Thy Righteousness has giv'n [to us.]‖
8 What things Thou haft appointed, those‖ I will observe with [constant] care: ‖ O do not Thou forsake me to ‖ a great [and […]] extremity.‖