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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
Book 5 › Psalm 127: PSALM CXXVII. A Song of Degrees of Solomon.
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 In vain is all you do, O you, ‖ who do make haste to rise; ‖ who don't sit down till it be late; ‖ who eat the Bread of Griefs. ‖ ⟨p. 358⟩So, * and in a convenient way, ‖ He does a sweet repose ‖ unto His Jedidiah give, ‖ * to His Beloved one. ‖
3 Lo, Children are the Heritage ‖ of the ETERNAL God; ‖ the Fruit of the Womb is bestowed ‖ by Him as a Reward. ‖
3 Lo, Children are the Heritage ‖ of the ETERNAL God; ‖ the Fruit of the Womb is bestow'd ‖ by Him as a Reward. ‖
4 As Arrows in the Hand of one ‖ that is a mighty Man, ‖ so are the Sons of Youth, to him ‖ who sees them in their Youth. ‖
5 O Blessed is the Man, who hath ‖ his Quiver full of them ‖ Such won't be shamed, when they speak with ‖ their Enemies in the Gate. ‖