N01640:2955
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.
46 Yea, before Kings themselves I will ‖ speak of thy [faithful] Oracles; ‖ nor will I ever be ashamed ‖ of what I do therein [for them.] ‖
46 Yea, before Kings themselves I will ‖ speak of thy [faithful] Oracles; ‖ nor will I ever be asham'd ‖ of what I do therein [for them.] ‖
47 And I in Thy Commandments ‖ will take [all of] my sweet Delight; ‖ for they are what I still have set ‖ my [kind and] chief Affection on. ‖
47 And I in Thy Commandements ‖ will take [all of] my sweet Delight; ‖ for they are what I still have set ‖ my [kind and] chief Affection on. ‖
48 My hands I will lift up unto ‖ Thy Precepts which I've [dearly] loved; ‖ and what are Thy appointments I ‖ will [daily] meditate thereon. ‖
48 My hands I will lift up unto ‖ Thy Precepts which I've [dearly] lov'd; ‖ and what are Thy appointments I ‖ will [daily] meditate thereon. ‖