N01640:699
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.
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. ‖
5 I of my sinful error made ‖ acknowledgement to thee; ‖ and my impure iniquity ‖ I did not go to hide. ‖ I said, To the ETERNAL God, ‖ I will confess my crimes; ‖ then of my Sin thou didst remit ‖ the great iniquity. ‖
5 I of my sinful error made ‖ acknowledgment to thee; ‖ and my impure iniquity ‖ I did not go to hide. ‖ I said, To the ETERNAL God, ‖ I will confess my crimes; ‖ then of my Sin thou didst remit ‖ the great iniquity. ‖
6 For this each gracious one shall pray ‖ to Thee in finding time; ‖ Surely in floods of waters great, ‖ they shall not reach to him. ‖