N01640:2432
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.
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. ‖
14 For He is well acquainted with ‖ the [feeble] frame wherein we're made, ‖ He very well remembers this, ‖ that we are very [sorry] dust. ‖
15 For soon-forgotten Man, his days ‖ are like unto the [fading] grass; ‖ As the flower that is in the field, ‖ so 'tis He flourishes [a while.]
15 For soon-forgotten Man, his days ‖ are like unto the [fading] grass; ‖ As the flowre that is in the field, ‖ so 'tis He flourishes [a while.]