N01640:3042
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.
125 I am thy Servant, make me wise; ‖ to know thy [faithful] Oracles.‖
126 Time for the' ETERNAL 'tis to work: ‖ they have made void [and Hull] thy Law.‖
126 Time for th' ETERNAL 'tis to work: ‖ they have made void [and Hull] thy Law.‖
127 I therefore my affection place ‖ on thy [despised] Commandments, more than I do on any Gold, ‖ yea, than [upon] the finest Gold.‖
127 I therefore my affection place ‖ on thy [despis'd] Commandements, more than I do on any Gold, ‖ yea, than [upon] the finest Gold.‖
128 I therefore judge all thy Commands, ‖ of all things to be [very] right; ‖ I do hate every way that's found ‖ by them for to be false [and wrong] ‖