N01640:1727
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.
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. ‖
17 Thou'rt He, who hath appointed all ‖ the Borders of the Earth; ‖ The Summer and the Winter, thou ‖ art He that formed them. ‖
18 Remember this, the' Enemy has ‖ reproached the' ETERNAL God; ‖ The People vain through' folly, cast ‖ contempt upon thy Name. ‖
18 Remember this, th' Enemy has ‖ reproach'd th' ETERNAL God; ‖ The People vain thro' folly, cast ‖ contempt upon thy Name. ‖
19 Thy Turtle-dove's Soul, O give not ‖ up to the multitude; ‖ The Congregation of thy Poor ‖ forget them not forever. ‖