N01640:1689
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.
18 Surely in Slippery Places * and ‖ in dark Thou settest them; ‖ Thou dost cause that they shall into ‖ frightful Destructions fall. ‖
18 Surely in Slipp'ry Places * and ‖ in dark Thou settest them; ‖ Thou dost cause that they shall into ‖ frightfull Destructions fall. ‖
19 To Ruin, Oh! How are they brought! ‖ How very suddenly! ‖ They perish; They are quite consumed ‖ from things most terrible. ‖
19 To Ruin, Oh! How are they brought! ‖ How very suddenly! ‖ They perish; They are quite consum'd ‖ from things most terrible. ‖
20 It's sound but as a Dream when they ‖ awake out of their Sleep; ‖ Lord, at their, rising thou wilt on ‖ their Image cast Contempt. ‖