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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.
81 My Soul for thy Salvation faints; ‖ for thy word do [wait and] hope. ‖
82 My eyes fail for thy Word, and say, When wilt thou [help and] quicken me?
83 Because I am become like to ‖ a Bottle [which is] dried in smoke, ‖ I'm not forgetful of the things ‖ [all of] the which thou hast ordained. ‖
83 Because I am become like to ‖ a Bottle [which is] dried in smoke, ‖ I'm not forgetful of the things ‖ [all of] the which thou hast ordain'd. ‖
84 How many are the days which thou ‖ lest to thy [•ying] Servant grant? ‖ When on my persecutors wilt ‖ thou [a just] Judgment execute? ‖
84 How many are the days which thou ‖ lest to thy [ying] Servat grant? ‖ When on my persecutors wilt ‖ thou [a just] Judgment execute? ‖