N01640:1865
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.
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. ‖
63 Their choice Young Men the Fire of wrath ‖ did greatly waste away; ‖ and so their Virgins could not be ‖ prais'd to the Marry'd State. ‖
64 They that were Priests to Him did fall ‖ by the devouring Sword: ‖ but yet their Widows did not then ‖ their lamentations make. ‖
65 Then did the Lord awake, as one ‖ that had been fast asleep; ‖ He was like to a mighty Man ‖ shouting upon his wine. ‖