N01640:551
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.
6 Remember, O ETERNAL God, ‖ what thy kind bowels are; ‖ and what thy bounties are; for they ‖ have ever been of old. ‖
7 Sins of my youth remember not, ‖ not my vile trespasses: ‖ But, Oh! according to thy Grace ‖ do thou remember me. ‖ O thou ETERNAL God, Do this, ‖ even for thy Goodness sake. ‖
8 Th' ETERNAL's Good and Right therefore ‖ Sinners He'll teach the way. ‖
9 The humbled meek ones He will help with judgment for to walk; ‖ and He the humbled meek ones will ‖ instruct what is His way. ‖