N01640:1815
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 Things very Marvellous He did ‖ before their Ancestors; ‖ He in the Land of Egypt, in ‖ the field of Zoan wrought. ‖
13 He did divide the Sea, and gave ‖ to them a passage through'; ‖ The Waters He did make to stand ‖ collected as an Heap. ‖
13 He did divide the Sea, and gave ‖ to them a passage thro'; ‖ The Waters He did make to stand ‖ collected as an Heap. ‖
14 He with a Cloud did give to them ‖ His Conduct in the Day; ‖ and with the Brightness of a Fire ‖ over them all the Night. ‖
15 He in the Wilderness did cleave ‖ the solid Rock asunder; ‖ and He did make them for to Drink ‖ as out of mighty Deeps. ‖