N01640:226
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.
16 Known is the' ETERNAL God by this, ‖ the Judgment He hath done! ‖ The wicked is ensnared in ‖ the work of his own hands, ‖ Higgajon. Selah. ‖
16 Known is th' ETERNAL God by this, ‖ the Judgment He hath done! ‖ The wicked is ins•ared in ‖ the work of his own hands, ‖ Higgajon. Selah. ‖
17 The wicked shall be turned back, ‖ even down into the pit: ‖ And all the Nations shall be so ‖ that do forget a God. ‖
18 For that the needy one shall not ‖ for ever be forgot: ‖ And the hope of the humbled poor ‖ shall not for ever fail. ‖
19 Rise, O ETERNAL God; let not ‖ a wretched man prevail: ‖ The Nations shall have Judgment done ‖ on, them before thy face. ‖