N01640:401
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.
39 For thou with mighty fortitude ‖ ⟨p. 38⟩hast girded me for War; ‖ such as rose up against me thou ‖ hast bowed down under me. ‖
39 For thou with mighty fortitude ‖ ⟨p. 38⟩hast girded me for War; ‖ such as rose up against me thou ‖ hast bow'd down under me. ‖
40 And thou hast given me the necks ‖ of these my enemies; ‖ Those also who have hated me, ‖ I have destroyed them. ‖
42 Then I did beat them very small, ‖ as dust before the wind; ‖ I brought them low, like to the dirt ‖ which lies about the streets. ‖