N01640:839
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.
15 Their Sword shall with a mortal thrust ‖ pass into their own heart; ‖ their Bows also which they have bent, ‖ they shall be broken quite. ‖
16 Tho' it be but a little that ‖ a righteous Man enjoys, ‖ 'tis better than the heaped Wealth ‖ of many wicked ones.
17 Because the arms of wicked ones ‖ shall be entirely broke; ‖ But the ETERNAL God confirms ‖ with strength the righteous Men. ‖
18 Th' ETERNAL God takes notice of ‖ the days of upright ones; ‖ and their Inheritance shall last ‖ to perpetuity. ‖