N01640:1968
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.
3 Against thy People they have had ‖ cunning contrivances; ‖ and have their consultations held ‖ against thy hidden ones. ‖
4 They've said, Come let's destroy them quite ‖ to be no Nation now; ‖ That so the Name of Israel may ‖ be mentioned no more. ‖
5 For they their consultations have ‖ closely together held ‖ with one consent; against thee they ‖ do form a mutual league. ‖
6 'Tis what the Tents of Edom do, ‖ and of the Ishmaelites; ‖ Moab associates with them; ‖ so do the Hagarens. ‖