N01640:2959
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.
49 Unto thy Servant, O be thou ‖ still [always] mindful of the Word, ‖ on which thou hast caused me to place ‖ my [constant] expectation still. ‖
49 Unto thy Servant, O be thou ‖ still [always] mindful of the Word, ‖ on which thou hast caus'd me to place ‖ my [constant] expectation still. ‖
50 This is my comfort in my grief; ‖ that thy Word [ever] quickens me. ‖
51 The proud have much derided me; ‖ [But yet] I ve not gone from thy Law. ‖
52 ETERNAL God, Thy Judgments I ‖ remembered have, which are [the same] ‖ of old, and thereupon I have ‖ encouraged my self [in them.]
52 ETERNAL God, Thy Judgments I ‖ remembred have, which are [the same] ‖ of old, and thereupon I have ‖ encouraged my self [in them.]