N01640:3279
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 If I do give unto my Eyes ‖ the Sleep •ich they require, ‖ or but unto my Eye-lids once ‖ a little slumbering time: ‖
4 If I do give unto my Eyes ‖ the Sleep •ich they require, ‖ or but unto my Eye-lids once ‖ a little slumbring time: ‖
5 Until I do find out a place ‖ for the ETERNAL God; ‖ Mansions to be inhabited ‖ by Jacob's Mighty One. ‖ —
5 Until I do find out a place ‖ for the •TERNAL God; ‖ Mansions to be inhabited ‖ by Jacob's Mighty One. ‖ —
6 — Behold of it, even of Thy Ark ‖ we heard at Ephratah; ‖ we found it in the fields that were ‖ then overgrown with wood. ‖
6 — Behold of it, ev'n of Thy Ark ‖ we heard at Ephratah; ‖ we found it in the fields that were ‖ then overgrown with wood. ‖