N01640:1717
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.
6 So now with an united force ‖ at once they batter down ‖ with the Axe and with Hammers, all ‖ the carved works thereof. ‖
6 So now with an united force ‖ at once they batter down ‖ with the Ax and with Hammers, all ‖ the carved works thereof. ‖
7 Thy Sanctuary they have cast ‖ into the wasting Fire, ‖ they have defiled the dwelling place ‖ of thy Name down to Earth. ‖
7 Thy Sanctuary they have cast ‖ into the wasting Fire, ‖ they have defil'd the dwelling place ‖ of thy Name down to Earth. ‖
8 They said within their hearts, Let us ‖ destroy them altogether; ‖ They've burnt up all the Synagogues ‖ of God throughout the Land. ‖
9 Our Signs we see not; There is not ‖ a Prophet any more; ‖ with us there is not any one ‖ that knows how long 'twill be. ‖