N01640:1658
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.
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. ‖
18 His Name, that shall endure unto ‖ ⟨p. 183⟩all perpetuity: ‖ in the face of the Sur He shall, have the Name of, The Son. ‖ And it shall usual be for Men, to bless themselves in Him: ‖ All Nations of the World, they shall ‖ call Him, The blessed One. ‖
18 O blessed be the Glorious God, who is the ETERNAL One; ‖ Blessed be the God of Israel who […] alone does wondrous things. ‖
18 O blessed be the Glorious God, who is the ETERNAL One; ‖ Bless'd be the God of Israel who 〈…〉 alone does wondrous things. ‖