N01640:3569
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 'Tis He who made the Heavens and Earth, ‖ the Sea, and all in them; ‖ 'Tis He who doth maintain the Truth ‖ to perpetuity. ‖
6 'Tis He who made the Heav'ns and Earth, ‖ the Sea, and all in them; ‖ 'Tis He who doth maintain the Truth ‖ to petpetuity. ‖
7 He Judges for oppressed ones; ‖ He gives the hungry food. ‖ 'Tis the ETERNAL God who sets ‖ the bound at liberty. ‖
8 Th' ETERNAL God opens the blind; ‖ the' ETERNAL God doth raise ‖ the bowed down; the' ETERNAL God ‖ doth love the righteous ones. ‖
8 Th' ETERNAL God opens the blind; ‖ th' ETERNAL God doth raise ‖ the bowed down; th' ETERNAL God ‖ doth love the right'ous ones. ‖
9 Th' ETERNAL God doth Strangers keep, ‖ He gives support unto ‖ Orphan and Widow: and subverts ‖ the way of wicked Men. ‖