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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.
25 And when He gives the word, He makes ‖ the stormy Wind to rise; ‖ therewith He makes the rolling waves ‖ swell to a mighty height. ‖
25 And when He gives the word, He makes ‖ the stormy Wind to rise; ‖ therewith He makes the rolling waves ‖ swell to a mighty heighth. ‖
26 They mount up to the Heavens; they ‖ go down unto the Deeps; ‖ their Soul does in this evil time ‖ a Dissolution feel. ‖
27 They're tossed, and they do stagger like ‖ unto a drunken man; ‖ and now all of their Wisdom is ‖ entirely swallowed up. ‖
27 They're toss'd, and they do stagger like ‖ unto a drunken man; ‖ and now all of their Wisdom is ‖ entirely swallow'd up. ‖