N01640:1215
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.
6 The Just shall also see and fear, ‖ and they shall laughed at him. ‖
6 The Just shall also see and fear, ‖ and they shall laught at him. ‖
7 Behold the Man who made not God ‖ his strength, but trusted in ‖ his mighty Riches, and grew strong ‖ in's Wealthy wickedness. ‖
8 But I am in the House of God ‖ like a green Olive Tree; ‖ I have had in the Grace of God ‖ my everlasting Hope. ‖
9 Forever I'll praise thee, because ‖ this is what thou hast done; ‖ And I'll wait on thy Name, because ‖ tis good before the Saints. ‖