N01640:2385
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.
3 For as the Smoke does pass away ‖ so are my Days consumed; ‖ and as the Wood laid on the Hearth ‖ my Bones are burned up.
3 For as the Smoak does pass away ‖ so are my Days consum'd; ‖ and as the Wood laid on the Hearth ‖ my Bones are burned up.
4 My Heart is smitten like the Grass, ‖ and it is withered up; ‖ Insomuch that I do forget ‖ to eat my daily Bread. ‖
5 By reason of the Voice that is ‖ by my sad Groaning made; ‖ my bones do evidently cleave ‖ unto my wasted skin.
6 I am made like the Pelican ‖ that's in the Wilderness; ‖ I am like to the Bitten which ‖ affecteth Solitudes. ‖
6 I am made like the Pelican ‖ that's in the Wilderness; ‖ I am like to the Bitten which ‖ affecteth Solitudes. ‖