N01640:578
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 My hands I will be sure to wash ‖ in a clean innocence; ‖ Thine Altar so I'll walk about, ‖ O thou ETERNAL God, ‖
7 That I may make for to be heard ‖ with a thanksgiving voice, ‖ and that I may declare abroad ‖ all of thy wondrous works. ‖
8 O thou ETERNAL, I have loved ‖ the dwelling of thy House; ‖ and the place where thy Glory has ‖ its Habitation chose. ‖
8 O thou ETERNAL, I have lov'd ‖ the dwelling of thy House; ‖ and the place where thy Glory has ‖ its Habitation chose. ‖
9 O gather not my Soul with such ‖ as wander on in Sin; ‖ Nor take away my life with such, ‖ as are the Men of Blood. ‖