N01640:3384
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.
6 My Tongue shall to my Palate cleave ‖ when thee I do not mind! ‖ If I don't set Jerusalem at ‖ the top of all my Joy. ‖
6 My Tongue shall to my Palate cleave ‖ when thee I do not mind! ‖ If I don't set Jerus'lem at ‖ the top of all my Joy. ‖
7 Remember, O ETERNAL God, ‖ the Sons of Edom, who ‖ said in Jerusalem's day, Raze, Raze, ‖ to its foundation bare. ‖
7 Remember, O ETERNAL God, ‖ the Sons of Edom, who ‖ said in Jerus'lems day, Rase, Rase, ‖ to its foundation bare. ‖
8 Daughter of Babylon, who art ‖ to be made desolate, ‖ Happy, who shall repay to thee ‖ the pay thou'st paid to us! ‖
9 O the great blessedness of him ‖ who shall lay hold upon, ‖ and who against the solid Rock ‖ shall dash thy little ones! ‖