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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.
141 I'm small and I'm despised yet I, ‖ [for all] forget not thy Commands.‖
141 I'm small and I'm despis'd yet I, ‖ [for all] forget not thy Commands.‖
142 Thy Justice ever Justice is; ‖ and thy Law is the [very] Truth.‖
143 Trouble and anguish finding me ‖ have taken [a strong] hold on me; ‖ But still thy Precepts under all ‖ afford me my [most sweet] Delight.‖
144 Thy Oracles are Righteousness ‖ to [endless] perpetuity; ‖ Give understanding unto me; ‖ Then shall I surely live [to Thee.]