N01640:2933
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.
26 I showed my ways, and me thou heardst;‖ thy [Holy] Statutes teach thou me.‖
26 I shew'd my ways, and me thou heardst;‖ thy [Holy] Statutes teach thou me.‖
27 Make me to understand the way ‖ thy Precepts have [to me] prescribed; ‖ so I will meditate upon ‖ the [Glorious] wonders thou haft wrought.‖
27 Make me to understand the way ‖ thy Precepts have [to me] prescrib'd; ‖ so I will meditate upon ‖ the [Glorious] wonders thou haft wrought.‖
28 With grief my Soul melts; strengthen me ‖ according to thy Word [to me.]‖
29 The way of lying take from me; ‖ and [kindly] grant to me thy Law.‖