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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.
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.‖
119 The dross thou mak'st to cease, ev'nall ‖ the wicked of the Earth [are such:] Thy Testimonies therefore I ‖ [as pure] place my affection on.‖
120 Thorough a fear of thee my flesh ‖ is with a [fearful] trembling se•z'd; ‖ and of thy awful Judgments I ‖ am [always] very much afraid.‖
XVI. Chajin.
121 Judgment I've done, and Justice: To ‖ my [cruel] vexers leave me not.‖