N01640:327
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.
8 I have set the ETERNAL God ‖ before me ever more; ‖ Because He is at my right hand ‖ I shall not be removed. ‖
8 I have set the ETERNAL God ‖ before me ever more; ‖ Because He is at my right hand ‖ I shall not be remov'd. ‖
9 Therefore my heart is joyful, and ‖ my glory does rejoice; ‖ yea, more than so, my very flesh ‖ shall dwell in confidence. ‖
9 Therefore my heart is joyful, and ‖ my glory does rejoyce; ‖ yea, more than so, my very flesh ‖ shall dwell in confidence. ‖
10 For thou wilt not forsake my Soul, ‖ when it is in the pit; ‖ nor wilt permit thy gracious One ‖ to see corruption there. ‖
11 Thoul't make me know the path of lives, ‖ joys enough are before ‖ thy face; at thy Right hand there are ‖ pleasures for evermore. ‖