N01640:2313
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 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. ‖
6 O let the Heavens now declare ‖ abroad His righteousness; ‖ and of His radiant glory let ‖ all People have a view. ‖
7 Confusion be to all those who ‖ serve graven Images; ‖ who do in Idols boast themselves. ‖ Worship Him all ye God's! ‖
8 Zion heard and was bright with joy: ‖ ⟨p. 258⟩and Judah's daughters were ‖ for the sake of thy Judgments glad,‖ O thou ETERNAL God. ‖