N01640:1859
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.
56 Yet they did by temptations try ‖ and bitterly provoke ‖ the most High God, and they kept not ‖ the things He testified. ‖
56 Yet they did by temptations try ‖ and bitterly provoke ‖ the most High God, and they kept not ‖ the things He testify'd. ‖
57 But they returned to their wont ‖ and dealt perfidiously, ‖ like to their Ancestors; they warped ‖ like a deceitful bow. ‖
57 But they returned to their wont ‖ and dealt perfidiously, ‖ like to their Ancestors; they warp'd ‖ like a deceitful bow. ‖
58 For that with their high places they ‖ provoked Him to wrath; ‖ and with their graven Images ‖ moved Him to jealousy. ‖
58 For that with their high places they ‖ provoked Him to wrath; ‖ and with their graven Images ‖ mov'd Him to jealousy. ‖