N01640:2926
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.
19 On Earth I am a stranger; don't ‖ […] me thy precepts [therefore] hide.‖
19 On Earth I am a stranger; don't ‖ 〈…〉 me thy precepts [therefore] hide.‖
20 At all times for thy Judgments do••• my Soul break with [intense] desire.‖
21 The cursed proud ones Thou rebuk'•• who from [ways of] thy Precepts err.‖
22 Rolling it off from me, O take ‖ away reproach, and [shameful] Scorn; ‖ bec••• Thy Testimonies I ‖ have kept [with ca••] inviolate.‖