N01640:3032
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.
116 Upnold thou me according to ‖ thy Word, and I shall [surely] I've; ‖ and make me not ashamed of what ‖ my [raised] expectation is.‖
116 Upnold thou me according to ‖ thy Word, and I shall [surely] I've; ‖ and make me not asham'd of what ‖ my [raised] expectation is.‖
117 Sustain thou me, and then shall I ‖ in perfect safety [always] be:‖ and I'll unto thy Statutes have ‖ [a just] respect continually.‖
118 All who do from thy Statutes err, ‖ such hast thou [justly] trodden down: ‖ For the deceit they trusted in ‖ [anon] is found a falsity.‖
119 The dross thou makest to cease, ev'nall ‖ the wicked of the Earth [are such:] Thy Testimonies therefore I ‖ [as pure] place my affection on.‖