N01640:3083
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.
161 Great Men, but without any Cause, ‖ have [siercely] persecuted me; ‖ But of thy Word my Heart hath still ‖ maintained a [silial] Reverence. ‖
161 Great Men, but without any Cause, ‖ have [siercely] persecuted me; ‖ But of thy Word my Heart hath still ‖ maintain'd a [silial] Reverence. ‖
162 I at thy word rejoice as one ‖ that finds [therein] a mighty Spoil. ‖
162 I at thy word rejoyce as one ‖ that sinds [therein] a mighty Spoil. ‖
163 Lying I hate and do abhor; ‖ [But then] thy Law I dearly love. ‖
164 Thee for thy righteous Judgments I ‖ praise seven times [at least] a day. ‖