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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
Book 1 › Psalm 19: PSALM XIX. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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.
11 Thy Servant he moreover is ‖ admonished from them; ‖ in the exact keeping of them ‖ there is a great Reward.‖
His errors, who can understand? ‖ cleanse me from secret sins. ‖
13 Restrain thy Servant also from ‖ what are presumptuous crimes: ‖ Let them not over me prevail; ‖ then shall I be complete: ‖ yea, I from much transgression shall ‖ therein be purified. ‖
13 Restrain thy Servant also from ‖ what are presumptuous crimes: ‖ Let them not over me prevail; ‖ then shall I be compleat: ‖ yea, I from much transgression shall ‖ therein be purify'd. ‖
14 The words proceeding from my mouth ‖ in Worshipping of Thee, ‖ yea, and the thought which in my heart ‖ Thou seest I meditate; ‖ Let these to good acceptance be ‖ before thy Glorious Face, ‖ O Thou ETERNAL God, my Rock, ‖ and my Deliverer. ‖