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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.
3 Thou•h'st proved my heart; thou'st visited ‖ by night; me hast thou tried: ‖ Thou shalt find nothing; I have thought, ‖ My mouth shall not transgress. ‖
3 Thou•h'st prov'd my heart; thou'st visited ‖ by night; me hast thou try'd: ‖ Thou shalt find nothing; I have thought, ‖ My mouth shall not transgress. ‖
4 For what concerns the works of Men, ‖ by the word of thy lips, ‖ I have observed well the paths ‖ of him who does destroy. ‖
5 My goings, O do thou uphold ‖ in thy well-tending paths: ‖ When thou hast done that thing for me ‖ my footsteps have not slipped. ‖
5 My goings, O do thou uphold ‖ in thy well-tending paths: ‖ When thou hast done that thing for me ‖ my footsteps have not slipt. ‖