N01640:1731
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.
20 O do thou have respect unto ‖ the Ancient Covenant; ‖ for the' Earth's dark places are filled with ‖ dwellings of cruelty. ‖
20 O do thou have respect unto ‖ the Ancient Covenant; ‖ for th' Earth's dark places are fill'd with ‖ dwellings of cruelty. ‖
21 O let not the oppressed one ‖ return from Thee ashamed: ‖ But let the meek afflicted one ‖ and the Poor praise thy Name. ‖
21 O let not the oppressed one ‖ return from Thee asham'd: ‖ But let the meek afflicted one ‖ and the Poor praise thy Name. ‖
22 Do thou arise, O God; appear ‖ thou to defend thy cause; ‖ Remember thy reproach from the ‖ vain Fool heard every day. ‖
23 Forget not thou the voice of them ‖ that are thine Enemies: ‖ The noise of them who do rise up ‖ against thee daily grows. ‖