N01640:3257
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.
3 If Thou [O Thou] ETERNAL JAH. ‖ soldst mark Iniquities, ‖ O Lord, who is there that could stand, ‖ when in the Judgement tried? ‖
3 If Thou [O Thou] ETERNAL JAH. ‖ souldst mark Iniquities, ‖ O Lord, who is there that could stand, ‖ when in the Judgement try'd? ‖
4 But [surely] there is found with the•• a Pardon for our Sins; ‖ that so Thou maybe worshipped ‖ with a Religious Fear. ‖
5 For [Him who's] the ETERNAL Go• I wait; my Soul does wait; ‖ and on His Word I do rely ‖ with an expecting hope. ‖
6 My Soul waits [and looks] for the Lord, ‖ more than the Watchers do ‖ for Morning; more than they that are ‖ Watchers for morning, do. ‖