N01640:1656
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.
14 From fraud, and from iniquity, ‖ He shall redeem their Souls; ‖ their Blood shall also be esteemed ‖ precious before His eyes. ‖
14 From fraud, and from iniquity, ‖ He shall redeem their Souls; ‖ their Blood shall also be esteem'd ‖ precious before His eyes. ‖
15 This Poor shall live so, and the King ‖ shall give him Sheba's Gold; ‖ And He'll still intercede for him; ‖ He'll bless him every day. ‖
16 Of Corn an handful there shall be ‖ then seen upon the Earth; ‖ Upon the very top of the ‖ high mountains, sown and seen. ‖ The fruit thereof shall make its wave ‖ even like toll, ebanon; ‖ The Citizens shall flourish then ‖ like the Grass of the Earth. ‖
16 Of Corn an handful there shall be ‖ then seen upon the Earth; ‖ Upon the very top of the ‖ high mountains, sown and seen. ‖ The fruit thereof shall make its wave ‖ ev'n like tol, ebanon; ‖ The Citizens shall flourish then ‖ like the Grass of the Earth. ‖