N01640:3497
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 My spirit therefore is in me ‖ faint * and quite overwhelmed; ‖ My Hearts within the midst of me ‖ frighted * and desolate. ‖
4 My spirit therefore is in me ‖ faint * and quite overwhelm'd; ‖ My Hearts within the midst of me ‖ frighted * and desolate. ‖
5 I do remember Ancient Days; ‖ I meditate upon ‖ all of thy Works; I think upon ‖ the Work thy Hands have wrought. ‖
6 I unto thee with Anxious Prayers ‖ extend these Hands of mine; ‖ my Soul is as a thirsty Land ‖ still thirsting after thee. ‖ Selah. ‖
7 Hear me with speed, ETERNAL God; ‖ ⟨p. 391⟩My Spirit fails; Thy Face ‖ hide not from me, lest I be like ‖ them who descend the Pit. ‖