N01640:2464
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.
16 The trees of the ETERNAL God, ‖ these do abound with sap; ‖ the cedars of the Lebanon ‖ which He has planted there. ‖
17 That so the little Birds may there ‖ build and enjoy their nests; ‖ The Stork particularly has ‖ the fir-trees for her house. ‖
18 The mountains of a stately height ‖ for the Wild-Goats are these;‖the rocks, these are a refuge where‖the Rock-rats lodge themselves.‖
18 The mountains of a stately heighth ‖ for the Wild-Goats are these;‖the rocks, these are a refuge where‖the Rock-rats lodge themselves.‖
19 He formed the Moon that so it might‖ determine stated times; ‖ The Sun is well acquainted with ‖ the time of going down. ‖