N01640:2468
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.
20 The darkness thou didst constitute, ‖ and then the Night arrives; ‖ all the wild-creatures of the wood ‖ do creep abroad in it. ‖
21 That so they may come at their prey ‖ then the young Lions roar; ‖ that so they may by seeking find ‖ their sustenance from God.‖
22 The Sun does rise; on this they do‖gather themselves together;‖ and then they to their dens repair ‖ there to lay down themselves.‖
23 Man being so secure from these, ‖ goes forth unto his work; ‖ and to his usual husbandry, ‖ until the Evening come. ‖