N01640:3231
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 For what the Labour of thy Hands ‖ has gotten, thou shalt eat; ‖ Blessings of all sorts shall be thine, ‖ and good shall be to thee. ‖
3 In the sides of thy House thy Wife ‖ proves as a Fruitful Vine; ‖ thy Children round thy Table prove ‖ as Plants of Olive Trees. ‖
4 O give a due attention to ‖ this grateful Spectacle; ‖ for so the Man shall blessed be ‖ who fears the' ETERNAL God. ‖
4 O give a due attention to ‖ this grateful Spectacle; ‖ for so the Man shall blessed be ‖ who fears th' ETERNAL God. ‖
5 Th' ETERNAL God from Zion shall ‖ a Blessing give to thee; ‖ all the days of thy Life, so thou ‖ shalt see Jerusalem's good. ‖