N01640:3014
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.
99 I have more understanding than ‖ all my instructors have [with them;] For I thy Testimonies do ‖ my [constant] meditation make.‖
99 I have more understanding than ‖ all my instructers have [with them;] For I thy Testimonies do ‖ my [constant] meditation make.‖
100 I know more than the Ancients do; ‖ For I keep thy Commands [with care.]
101 From all ill paths I've kept my feet; ‖ that I may keep [close to] thy Word.‖
102 I have not from thy Judgments gone; ‖ For [better] thouh'st instructed me.‖