N01640:2617
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.
12 Therefore He with hard labour did ‖ bring down the heart of them; ‖ they fell down under it and there ‖ was none to succour them. ‖
13 Then in their trouble they did cry ‖ to the ETERNAL God; ‖ He then did them deliver from ‖ their grievous anguishes. ‖
14 He brought them out of darkness, and ‖ ⟨p. 292⟩our of the shades of death; and He did br••• asunder all a the Chains that fettered the••.
14 He brought them out of darkness, and ‖ ⟨p. 292⟩our of the shades of death; and He did br••• asunder all a the Chains that fetter'd the••.