N01640:2578
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.
29 Thus they with their inventions did ‖ great provocation give; ‖ and so the Plague broke in upon ‖ them irresistibly. ‖
30 Then Phinehas did stand up with Prayer ‖ and did proceed to do, ‖ the execution of a Judge; ‖ and so the Plague was stayed. ‖
30 Then Phinehas did stand up with Pray'r ‖ and did proceed to do, ‖ the execution of a Judge; ‖ and so the Plague was stay'd. ‖
31 And this to him was reckoned as ‖ an act of righteousness, ‖ from one Age to another Age, ‖ to perpetuity. ‖
31 And this to him was reckon'd as ‖ an act of righteousness, ‖ from one Age to another Age, ‖ to perpetuity. ‖
32 And at the Waters of their strife ‖ they raised a boiling wrath; ‖ so that with Moses there it went ‖ but ill on their account. ‖