N01640:3193
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.
2 Mountains surround Jerusalem;‖ so the ETERNAL God ‖ surrounds His People from this time. […] and •v•n for evermore.‖
2 Mountains surround Jerusalem;‖ so the ETERNAL God ‖ surrounds His People from this time. 〈…〉 and •v•n for evermore.‖
3 For the Rod of Iniquity ‖ shall not rest on the Lot ‖ of just ones: lest the just put forth ‖ their hands to Wickedness ‖
4 O Thou ETERNAL God, Do Thou ‖ please to do good unto ‖ such as are good, and to such as ‖ are in their hearts upright:‖