N01640:343
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.
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. ‖
6 Upon thee I have called, because ‖ thou hearest me, O God: ‖ O do thou bow thine ear to me, ‖ O hearken to my speech. ‖
6 Upon thee I have call'd, because ‖ thou hearest me, O God: ‖ O do thou bow thine ear to me, ‖ O hearken to my speech. ‖
7 Thy wondrous favours show, O thou ‖ who dost deliver them ‖ that hope for it, from those who do ‖ rise against thy right hand. ‖