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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.
58 Thy favourable Face I have ‖ besought with all my Heart [and Soul;] ‖ O be thou merciful to me ‖ according to thy [faithful] Word. ‖
59 I viewed my ways, and turned my feet ‖ [thereon] unto thine Oracles. ‖
59 I view'd my ways, and turn'd my feet ‖ [thereon] unto thine Oracles. ‖
60 I made haste, and did not delay ‖ for to keep [all of] thy commands. ‖
61 The bands of wicked ones robbed me; ‖ [but yet] thy Law I've not forgot. ‖
61 The bands of wicked ones robb'd me; ‖ [but yet] thy Law I've not forgot. ‖