N01640:1369
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.
8 Moab's a Pot wherein I'll wash: ‖ On Edom I will cast ‖ my shoe; Philistia, If thou canst, ‖ triumph thou over me. ‖
9 Who will conduct me unto the ‖ well-fortified Town? ‖ Into the heart of Edom, who ‖ is it will lead me on? ‖
9 Who will conduct me unto the ‖ well-fortifyed Town? ‖ Into the heart of Edom, who ‖ is it will lead me on? ‖
10 Is it not thou, O God, who us ‖ didst cast off heretofore? ‖ Even Thou, O God, who didst not go ‖ out with our Armed hosts? ‖
10 Is it not thou, O God, who us ‖ didst cast off heretofore? ‖ Ev'n Thou, O God, who didst not go ‖ out with our Armed hosts? ‖
11 O give us succour from distress; ‖ for vain's the help of Man. ‖