N01640:2575
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.
26 He therefore lifting up His hand‖against them took His Oath, ‖ that He would make them fall, while they‖were in the wilderness. ‖
27 That He among the Nations would ‖ their Offspring make to fall; ‖ and that He would now scatter them‖abroad into the lands‖
28 They to Baal-peor also did ‖ in his yoke join themselves; ‖ The sacrifices of the Dead ‖ they then did feed upon. ‖
29 Thus they with their inventions did ‖ great provocation give; ‖ and so the Plague broke in upon ‖ them irresistibly. ‖