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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
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.
1 O What the Blessings of the Man ‖ to whom Transgression is ‖ forgiven; of the Man to whom ‖ Error is covered. ‖
2 O what the Blessings of the Man ‖ to whom the' ETERNAL God ‖ imputeth not iniquity: ‖ and guile's not in his spirit! ‖
2 O what the Blessings of the Man ‖ to whom th' ETERNAL God ‖ imputeth not iniquity: ‖ and guile's not in his spirit! ‖
3 For while that I did hold my peace ‖ my bones were waxing old; ‖ and so it was when I did make ‖ a roaring all the day. ‖
4 Because that day and night thy hand ‖ lay heavy upon me; ‖ my moisture was quite turned into ‖ the Summers parching heat. ‖ Selah. ‖
4 Because that day and night thy hand ‖ lay heavy upon me; ‖ my moisture was quite turn'd into ‖ the Summers parching heat. ‖ Selah. ‖