N01640:2002
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.
1 The Assemblies of Zion are, The Hosts of the Lord.—O Minister of the Gospel, Comfort thy self in this; Thou shalt have such Assemblies to Preach unto, as the Lord of Hosts will order for thee.
3 Was the Tabernacle any Nestin-Place for Birds? I rather suppose a rapturous Ap•sicp•sis here. The Sparrow hath found an House; and the Turtle a Nest for her self;—But as for me, the House, the Nest, the Delightful Place which I choose for my self; my cry is, Thine Altars, O Lord of Hosts! With an abrupt outcry, he signifies, that He longed as much for the Altars of GOD, as a Sparrow for her House, a Turtle for her Nest.
3 Was the Tabernacle any Nestin-Place for Birds? I rather suppose a rapturous Ap•sicp•sis here. The Sparrow hath found an House; and the Turtle a Nest for her self;—But as for me, the House, the Nest, the Delightful Place which I chuse for my self; my cry is, Thine Altars, O Lord of Hosts! With an abrupt outcry, he signifies, that He longed as much for the Altars of GOD, as a Sparrow for her House, a Turtle for her Nest.
But R. Solomon supposing the Psalm to be Written in the Time of the Chaldean Captivity, the Temple then in Ruins, might have the Fowls lodging there. What we render, A Swallow, does as Bochart proves, property intend the Ring-Dove, or the Turtle.