N01640:2962
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.
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.]
53 Horror with a tempestuous force ‖ has [often] taken hold on me, ‖ on the account of wicked ones ‖ who do forsake thy [Holy] Law. ‖
54 In the house of my Pilgrimage ‖ thy Statutes are my [cheerful] Songs. ‖
55 O Thou ETERNAL God, I have ‖ been [ever] mindful of thy Name; ‖ yea, in the Night I have been so; ‖ and I have [therefore] kept thy Law. ‖