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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.
93 I'll ne'er forget thy Precepts, for ‖ with them [it is] thou quickenest me ‖
93 I'll ne'er forget thy Precepts, for ‖ with them [it is] thou quick'nest me ‖
94 I am thine own; O save thou me; for I've sought [and kept] thy Commands.
95 With hopes the wicked ones do wait, that they may [wholly] ruin me; ‖ I on thy Testimonies do ‖ consideration [therefore] use.‖
96 I have beheld a Period set ‖ to all Perfection here [on Carth.] In thy Commandment there is ‖ a very broad [and vast] extent.‖
96 I have beheld a Period set ‖ to all Perfection here [on Carth.] In thy Commandement there is ‖ a very broad [and vast] extent.‖