N01640:3389
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.
PSALM CXXXVIII. Of David.
1 I Will a just Confession make ‖ of thee with all my heart; ‖ Before God, * and His Angels, I ‖ will Praises Sing to thee. ‖
2 Toward thy holy Temple I ‖ will bowing down adore; ‖ and I will celebrate thy Name ‖ for thy benignity, ‖ and for thy faithfulness; for that ‖ thou above every thing ‖ hast magnified thy Name; Thou hast ‖ so magnified thy Word. ‖
2 Toward thy holy Temple I ‖ will bowing down adore; ‖ and I will celebrate thy Name ‖ for thy benignity, ‖ and for thy faithfulness; for that ‖ thou above every thing ‖ hast magnify'd thy Name; Thou hast ‖ so magnify'd thy Word. ‖
3 In the day I invoked thee, ‖ and thou didst answer me; ‖ Thou in my Soul with manly strength ‖ me then didst fortify. ‖