N01640:3325
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.
5 For as to me, this I do know, ‖ That the ETERNAL God ‖ is a Great One, and that our Lord ‖ is above all the God's! ‖
6 Whatever He would please to do ‖ the' ETERNAL God hath done, ‖ in the' Heavens, and on Earth, in Seas, ‖ and in all Abysses. ‖
6 Whatever He would please to do ‖ th' ETERNAL God hath done, ‖ in th' Heav'ns, and on Earth, in Seas, ‖ and in all Abysses. ‖
7 From the ends of the Earth He makes ‖ the Clouds arise; He makes ‖ Lightnings with rain; He brings the Wind ‖ out of His Treasuries ‖
8 Of Egypt He smote the First-born, ‖ from Man, even to the Beast. ‖
8 Of Egypt He smote the First-born, ‖ from Man, ev'n to the Beast. ‖