N01640:3514
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 Man is no other than a piece ‖ of flying vanity; ‖ his days are like a shadow which ‖ does quickly pass away. ‖
5 ETERNAL God, O bow thou down ‖ Thy Heavens and descend; ‖ The Mountains touch with Thunderbolts, ‖ and they shall yield a smoke. ‖
6 The Lightning do thou lighten forth; ‖ and do thou scatter them; ‖ Thy Arrows, O do thou shoot forth, ‖ and do thou run them down. ‖
7 O from on high send out thy hands; ‖ save me, and rescue me ‖ from mighty waters; from the hand ‖ of a base strangers brood. ‖