N01640:3094
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.
172 My Tongue shall speak thy Word; for all ‖ of thy Commands are [very] just. ‖
173 Let thy hand help me; for I have ‖ chose [to keep] thy Commandments. ‖
173 Let thy hand help me; for I have ‖ chose [to keep] thy Commandements. ‖
174 ETERNAL, Thy Salvation I ‖ wish, and thy Law's [to me] my Joys. ‖
175 My Soul, O let it live to Thee, ‖ and it shall [gladly] praise thee then; ‖ But for this blessed purpose let ‖ thy Judgments be my Aid [and Guide.]