N01640:3063
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.
144 Thy Oracles are Righteousness ‖ to [endless] perpetuity; ‖ Give understanding unto me; ‖ Then shall I surely live [to Thee.]
XIX Koph.
145 With all the Powers of my Heart ‖ I made a [loud and] piercing cry: ‖ Hear me, O Thou ETERNAL God; ‖ Thy Statutes I will keep [with care.]
146 I made a piercing Cry to thee; [unto] me thy Salvation grant ‖ that so thy Testimonies I ‖ may thereupon [with care] observe.‖
147 The Dawning of the Morning, I ‖ prevented it betimes [for this;] ‖ that I might make my Cry to Thee; ‖ Thy Word [is what] I've hoped for.‖