N01640:1869
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.
66 And He upon the hinder parts ‖ did smite his Enemies; ‖ He brought upon them a disgrace ‖ that is perpetual. ‖
67 The Tabernacle also of ‖ Joseph He did refuse; ‖ and He placed not His choice upon ‖ the Tribe of Ephraim. ‖
67 The Tabernacle also of ‖ Joseph He did refuse; ‖ and He plac'd not His choice upon ‖ the Tribe of Ephraim. ‖
68 No, but the Tribe of Judah He ‖ did please to make His choice; ‖ He chose the Mount of Zion which ‖ He set His love upon. ‖
69 And He His Sanctuary did, ‖ build like high Palaces; ‖ Like to the Earth for which He does ‖ a long Foundation lay. ‖