N01640:1723
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.
12 For Thou, O God the Judge, dost reign ‖ my King from ancient time; ‖ Salvations He does bring about ‖ in the midst of the Earth. ‖
13 Thou by thy mighty strength didst make ‖ the Sea divide asunder, ‖ the heads of Dragons thou didst break ‖ under the Waters there. ‖
14 Thou didsi with wounding bruise the head ‖ of the Leviathan; ‖ with him thou fedst the People which ‖ dwelt in the wilderness. ‖
15 By cleaving thou didst cause to flow ‖ the fountain and the flood; ‖ Thou didst dry up the Rivers which ‖ ran with a mighty force. ‖