N01640:2964
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.
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. ‖
56 This has befallen me, because ‖ thy Precepts I have kept [with care.] ‖
VIII. Cheth.
57 My Portion, O ETERNAL God, ‖ Thou art, so I have said [of Thee.] ‖ And this it is, that so I would ‖ observe [with care] all of thy words. ‖