N01640:1835
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.
32 But notwithstanding all of this, ‖ they still went on to Sin; ‖ and they did not give credit to ‖ His very wondrous works. ‖
33 Therefore He made their days to waste ‖ away in vanity; ‖ yea, and their years in trouble which ‖ quickly dispatched them. ‖
34 When He struck them with Death, on this ‖ then they did seek to Him: ‖ Then they returned, and early they ‖ enquired after God. ‖
34 When He struck them with Death, on this ‖ then they did seek to Him: ‖ Then they return'd, and early they ‖ enquired after God. ‖
35 Then they called to remembrance that ‖ God was their sheltering Rock; ‖ and the High God claimed still to give ‖ Redemption unto them. ‖