N01640:1151
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.
10 For every Beast throughout the Wood ‖ I as my own do claim; ‖ the Cattle which are on the Hills ‖ by thousands in a drove. ‖
11 The Fowls that on the Mountains fly, ‖ I know them every one; ‖ and the wild Beasts that range the fields ‖ I ever have at hand. ‖
12 If I were hungry I would not ‖ declare it unto thee; ‖ For that the World is mine, and so ‖ is all that filleth it. ‖
13 Dost thou imagine I shall feed ‖ upon the flesh of Bulls; ‖ or that I shall, to quench my thirst ‖ drink up the blood of Goats. ‖