N01640:1863
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.
60 So He the Tabernacle of ‖ Shiloh did then forsake; ‖ The Tent which He had placed for to ‖ cohabit there with Man. ‖
60 So He the Tabernacle of ‖ Shiloh did then forsake; ‖ The Tent which He had plac'd for to ‖ cohabit there with Man. ‖
61 And He delivered his strength ‖ ⟨p. 207⟩into Captivity; ‖ yea, and His glory into the ‖ hand of the Enemy. ‖
62 He also His own People did ‖ shut up unto the Sword; ‖ and He was very angry with ‖ His own Inheritance. ‖
63 Their choice Young Men the Fire of wrath ‖ did greatly waste away; ‖ and so their Virgins could not be ‖ praised to the Married State. ‖