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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
Book 2 › Psalm 49: PSALM XLIX. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.
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.
17 For at his Death he shall not take ‖ any of it with him; ‖ nor shall the glory which he had ‖ descend then after him. ‖
18 Tho' in his Life he did proclaim ‖ his Soul a blessed one; ‖ and other Men will praise thee when ‖ thou dost befriend thy self. ‖
19 O dying Man, Thou shalt unto ‖ the Generation go ‖ of them that were thy Ancestors; ‖ Light they shall never see. ‖
20 Man who in honour is advanced, ‖ and does not understand, ‖ under dominion such an one ‖ falls like the perishing beasts. ‖
20 Man who in honour is advanc'd, ‖ and does not understand, ‖ under dominion such an one ‖ falls like the perishing beasts. ‖