N01640:2430
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.
11 Because that as the Heavens are ‖ in height [raised up] above the Earth, ‖ so upon them that fear Him doth ‖ His [matchless] mercy ever come. ‖
11 Because that as the Heavens are ‖ in heighth [rais'd up] above the Earth, ‖ so upon them that fear Him doth ‖ His [matchless] mercy ever come. ‖
12 Even as far as is the East ‖ [removed] in distance from the West, ‖ our trespasses He makes to be ‖ distant so [very] far from us. ‖
12 Even as far as is the East ‖ [remov'd] in distance from the West, ‖ our trespasses He makes to be ‖ distant so [very] far from us. ‖
13 At the rate that a Father to ‖ Children is [very] pitiful, ‖ the' ETERNAL God, for them who do ‖ fear Him has [yearning] pity too. ‖
13 At the rate that a Father to ‖ Children is [very] pitiful, ‖ th' ETERNAL God, for them who do ‖ fear Him has [yearning] pity too. ‖