N01640:1724
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.
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. ‖
16 Even the Day itself is thine, ‖ thine also is the Night; ‖ Thou hast prepared the Light and the ‖ Sun which dispenses it. ‖
16 Even the Day itself is thine, ‖ thine also is the Night; ‖ Thou hast prepar'd the Light and the ‖ Sun which dispenses it. ‖