N01640:3016
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.
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.‖
103 How sweet thy words unto my tastel [They're sweet] past honey to my mouth.‖
104 To understanding I arrive ‖ through' thy [most wise] Commandments; ‖ I therefore do hate every way ‖ of false [and base] iniquity.‖
104 To understanding I arrive ‖ thro' thy [most wise] Commandements; ‖ I therefore do hate every way ‖ of false [and base] iniquity.‖