N01640:2721
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.
4 Th' ETERNAL God hath sworn, and He ‖ will not repent [at all] of it; ‖ Thou ever art a Priest of the ‖ set [a•d sort] of Melchizedek ‖
4 Th' ETERNAL God hath sworn, and He ‖ will not repent [at all] of it; ‖ Thou ever art a Priest of the ‖ set [a•d sort] of Melchisedek ‖
O Glorious God, The Lord who is ‖ seated [above] at thy right hand; ‖ He in the day of His great wrath ‖ will give wounds unto [mighty] Kings. ‖
6 Among the Nations He will judge; ‖ Dead bodies He will [raise and] fill. ‖ He will with bruises wound the Head ‖ that's over [great and] many lands. ‖
7 He shall drink of the Torrent, which ‖ c••urs [unto] Him in the way; ‖ He for that reason shall list up ‖. thereon His[conu'ring] head on high. ‖