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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.
69 The proud forged lies of me; I keep ‖ thy Statutes [very] heartily. ‖
69 The proud forg'd lies of me; I keep ‖ thy Statutes [very] heartily. ‖
70 Their heart's as fat as senseless grease ‖ [whereas] I in thy Law delight. ‖
71 It's good for me I've been chastised; ‖ Thy Statutes so to learn [from thence.]
71 It's good for me I've been chastis'd; ‖ Thy Statutes so to learn [from thence.]
72 The Law dispensed from thy mouth ‖ [by far] is better unto me ‖ than would be many Thousands of ‖ Gold, and of [choicess] Silver Coin. ‖