N01640:2261
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.
20 Shall the Throne of things tyrannous ‖ have fellowship with thee? ‖ That which enacts into a Law ‖ what's a mischievous wrong? ‖
20 Shall the Throne of things tyrannous ‖ have fellowship with thee? ‖ That which enacts into a Law ‖ what's a mischeivous wrong? ‖
21 They raise their troops against the Soul ‖ of every righteous one; ‖ and they condemn to death the blood ‖ of him that's innocent. ‖
22 But the ETERNAL God becomes ‖ the tower for my defence; ‖ and He that is my God becomes ‖ the Rock in which I trust. ‖
23 And He'll to them repay their wrong, ‖ yea, He will cut them off ‖ in their crime; the ETERNAL God, ‖ our God will cut them off. ‖