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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.
29 The way of lying take from me; ‖ and [kindly] grant to me thy Law.‖
30 The way which truth directs unto ‖ is that [of which] I make my choice; ‖ thy Judgments are what I have still ‖ proposed to [mind and] keep unto.‖
30 The way which truth directs unto ‖ is that [of which] I make my choice; ‖ thy Judgments are what I have still ‖ propos'd to [mind and] keep unto.‖
31 Unto Thy Testimonies I ‖ adhere, ETERNAL God [forever;] O let me not be put unto ‖ [shame and] confusion, doing so.‖
32 I with a quickened pace will run ‖ the [Holy] way of thy Commands, ‖ when Thou upon my straitened Heart ‖ Enlargement haft [from Heaven] bestowed.‖
32 I with a quicken'd pace will run ‖ the [Holy] way of thy Commands, ‖ when Thou upon my straitned Heart ‖ Enlargement haft [from Heav'n] bestow'd.‖