N01640:2639
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.
34 A fruitful Land He does reduce ‖ to salt sterility; ‖ by reason of the wickedness ‖ […] them who dwell therein. ‖
34 A fruitful Land He does reduce ‖ to salt sterility; ‖ by reason of the wickedness ‖ 〈…〉 them who dwell therein. ‖
35 The wilderness He does reduce ‖ into a Pond of Waters, ‖ and the forsaken Land into ‖ places where waters flow. ‖
36 And there He makes the starving One• to find a dwelling place; ‖ Yea, they a City do prepare ‖ for habitation there. ‖
37 And so they cultivate the Fields; ‖ they do plant Vineyards too: ‖ and there they do obtain the fruit ‖ of usual increase. ‖