N01640:991
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.
2 For of my strength thou art the God, ‖ why dost thou cast me off? ‖ Why go I mourning for the sore ‖ oppression of the foe? ‖
3 Thy light O send forth, and thy truth; ‖ let them lead me; let them ‖ bring me unto thy holy hill, ‖ and to thy Mansions there. ‖
4 Then to God's Altar I will go; ‖ To God, Joy of my Joy: ‖ and on the Harp I will confess ‖ to thee, O God, my God. ‖
5 Why dost thou throw thy self in ‖ dejections, O my Soul? ‖ And why art••ou disquieted ‖ in me with such a noise? ‖ Hope thou with waiting upon God, ‖ for I shall praise Him yet: ‖ Salvations He does work before ‖ my face; He is my God. ‖