N01640:517
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 My feeble and my wandering Soul ‖ He [kindly] does fetch back again; ‖ In the plain paths of righteousness ‖ He does lead [and guide] me along, ‖ because of the regard He has ‖ [ever] unto His Glorious Name. ‖
3 My feeble and my wandring Soul ‖ He [kindly] does fetch back again; ‖ In the plain paths of righteousness ‖ He does lead [and guide] me along, ‖ because of the regard He has ‖ [ever] unto His Glorious Name. ‖
5 Yea, when I shall walk in the Vale ‖ of the dark [dismal] shade of Death, ‖ […] of no evil be afraid, ‖ because thou [ever] art with me. ‖ Thy rod and thy staff, the•• are what ‖ yield [constant] comfort unto me. ‖
5 Yea, when I shall walk in the Vale ‖ of the dark [dismal] shade of Death, ‖ 〈…〉 of no evil be afraid, ‖ because thou [ever] art with me. ‖ Thy rod and thy staff, the•• are what ‖ yield [constant] comfort unto me. ‖
5 A Table thou dost furnish out ‖ richly [for me] before my face. ‖ 'Tis in view of mine Enemies; ‖ [And then] my head thou dost anoint ‖ with fattening and perfuming Oil: ‖ my cup it [ever] overflows. ‖
5 A Table thou dost furnish out ‖ richly [for me] before my face. ‖ 'Tis in view of mine Enemies; ‖ [And then] my head thou dost anoint ‖ with fatning and perfuming Oil: ‖ my cup it [ever] overflows. ‖