N01640:2587
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.
38 So they poured out the Blood of such ‖ as were poor Innocents; ‖ It was the Blood of their own Sons ‖ and of their Daughters too. ‖ These unto Canaan's Idols they ‖ did make their sacrifice; ‖ and with such bloody doings was ‖ the very Land defiled. ‖
38 So they pour'd out the Blood of such ‖ as were poor Innocents; ‖ It was the Blood of their own Sons ‖ and of their Daughters too. ‖ These unto Canaan's Idols they ‖ did make their sacrifice; ‖ and with such bloody doings was ‖ the very Land defil'd. ‖
39 Thus with their detestable works ‖ they did pollute themselves; ‖ and so they did a•• whoring with ‖ their own Inventions go. ‖
40 Now the wrath of the ETERNAL God ‖ against His People rose; ‖ and He did now abominate ‖ His own Inheritance. ‖