N01640:2400
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.
18 This shall be written for the Age ‖ hereafter to come on; ‖ A People yet for to be formed ‖ shall also Praise the Lord. ‖
18 This shall be written for the Age ‖ hereafter to come on; ‖ A People yet for to be form'd ‖ shall also Praise the Lord. ‖
19 For He hath looked down from the ‖ height of His Holiness; ‖ From Heaven the ETERNAL God, ‖ exactly views the Earth. ‖
19 For He hath looked down from the ‖ heighth of His Holiness; ‖ From Heaven the ETERNAL God, ‖ exactly views the Earth. ‖
20 It is that He may hear the groan ‖ of him that lies in bonds; ‖ that He may set at liberty ‖ such as are sons of death. ‖
21 In Zion to declare the Name ‖ of the ETERNAL God; ‖ and to declare His glorious Praise ‖ in both Jerusalems. ‖