N01640:3716
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.
Set open ye the Gates of it; ‖ and let then enter in ‖ the Righteous N•tion, which •oes keep ‖ the Truth; i• —
3 Established is the Decree ‖ that thou wilt keep it still ‖ in Peace, yea, in a glorious Peace, ‖ because it hopes in thee. ‖
4 In the ETERNAL God, O put ‖ your trust for evermore; ‖ Because a Rock of Ages is ‖ in JAH the ETERNAL God. ‖
9 Oh! with my very Soul I have ‖ desired thee in the Night; ‖ yea, with my Spirit in me I ‖ will early seek for thee. ‖ For when thy Judgments are abroad ‖ dispensed in the Earth, ‖ They who are dwellers in the World ‖ shall then learn Righteousness. ‖