N01640:2310
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.
2 A cloud and a dense darkness doth ‖ encompass Him about; ‖ Justice and Judgment are the firm ‖ foundation of His Throne. ‖
3 Fire goes before His face and burns ‖ all round His Enemies; ‖
4 His lightnings fill the World with light; ‖ the Earth sees it and shakes. ‖
5 Like melting wax the mountains are ‖ dissolved before the face ‖ of the ETERNAL God; before ‖ the Lord of all the Earth. ‖
5 Like melting wax the mountains are ‖ dissolv'd before the face ‖ of the ETERNAL God; before ‖ the Lord of all the Earth. ‖