N01640:2275
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.
5 He 'tis to whom the Sea belongs; ‖ for He created it; ‖ His hands were also those that formed ‖ the Earth now dried from it. ‖
5 He 'tis to whom the Sea belongs; ‖ for He created it; ‖ His hands were also those that form'd ‖ the Earth now dry'd from it. ‖
6 O come, let us prostrate our selves, ‖ and let us humbly bow; ‖ before the' ETERNAL God who is ‖ our Maker, let us kneel. ‖
6 O come, let us prostrate our selves, ‖ and let us humbly bow; ‖ before th' ETERNAL God who is ‖ our Maker, let us kneel. ‖
7 For He's our God, and we of His ‖ Pasture the People are, ‖ and the Sheep of His hands; if ye ‖ will hear His voice to day. ‖
8 O harden not your hearts, as they ‖ in the Contention did; ‖ as in the desert on the day ‖ of the Temptation there. ‖