N01640:1887
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.
2 Dead Bodies of thy Servants they ‖ made meat for Fowls of Heaven; ‖ and the flesh of thy gracious ones ‖ for the Beasts of the Earth. ‖
2 Dead Bodies of thy Servants they ‖ made meat for Fowls of Heav'n; ‖ and the flesh of thy gracious ones ‖ for the Beasts of the Earth. ‖
3 Their Blood they have like water shed ‖ around the Circuits of ‖ Jerusalem, and there was none ‖ found that would bury them. ‖
4 We are made a reproach unto ‖ those in our Neighbourhood; ‖ a scorn and a derision to ‖ them that encompass us. ‖
5 How long, O Thou ETERNAL God? ‖ Wilt thou forever be ‖ angry with us? Thy jealously ‖ shall it still burn like fire? ‖