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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.
167 Thy testimonies hath my Soul ‖ [ever] most diligently kept; ‖ and the Love which I bear to them‖is very [strong and] vehement.‖
168 Strictly I have thy Precepts and ‖ thy [faithful] testimonies kept; ‖ because that all my Ways do lye ‖ [J know] forever in thy view. ‖
168 Strictly I have thy Precepts and ‖ thy [faithful] •estimonies kept; ‖ because that all my Ways do lye ‖ [J know] forever in thy view. ‖
169 Before Thee O ETERNAL God, ‖ Now let my cry come [very] near; ‖ give Understanding unto me ‖ according to [what's in] thy word. ‖
170 O Let my Supplication now ‖ draw near before thy [Glorious] face; ‖ Grant thou me a Deliverance ‖ according to thy [faithful] Word. ‖