N01640:1895
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.
10 Why say the Nations, Where's their God? ‖ Let our eyes see made known ‖ to Nations the revenge of blood ‖ they've of thy Servants shed. ‖
11 The sighing of the Prisoner, let ‖ it come before thy face; ‖ To show the greatness of thy Arm, ‖ Reserve the sons of Death. ‖
12 But to our Neighbours pay into ‖ their bosom seven-fold ‖ the vile reproach, with which they have ‖ reproached thee, O Lord. ‖
13 So we thy People, and the Sheep ‖ Thou feedest, Thee shall praise ‖ for time unknown; from Age to Age; ‖ we shall declare thy Praise, ‖