N01640:1713
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.
2 Remember thine Assembly, thou ‖ hast purchased of Old; ‖ the Tribe thou hast redeemed for ‖ thy own Inheritance. ‖ This mount of Zion in the which, ‖ Thou'st had thy dwelling-place. ‖
3 Lift up thy feet, with haste to tread ‖ where Enemies have made ‖ the desolations that appear ‖ to be perpetual; ‖ and smite each enemy that has done ‖ ill to thy holy Place.‖
4 In the midst of thy Synagogue ‖ the enemies do roar ‖ as if possessed of Prey, they have ‖ set up their signs for signs. ‖
4 In the midst of thy Synagogue ‖ the enemies do roar ‖ as if possess'd of Prey, they have ‖ set up their signs for signs. ‖
5 Notice is taken of the Man ‖ who carries up on high ‖ Axes among the thickest boughs ‖ of the Trees in the wood. ‖