N01640:846
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.
22 For they who are His blessed ones ‖ as heirs shall have the Earth; ‖ but they that are cursed from Him ‖ shall be cut off from thence. ‖
23 The steps of Man are ordered ‖ by the ETERNAL God; ‖ when the way which he takes is what ‖ he does take pleasure in. ‖
24 Although' he fall yet he shall not ‖ be utterly cast down, ‖ because that the ETERNAL One ‖ upholds him with His Hand. ‖
24 Altho' he fall yet he shall not ‖ be utterly cast down, ‖ because that the ETERNAL One ‖ upholds him with His Hand. ‖
24 I have been Young, and now am Old, ‖ yet have I never seen ‖ the Just forsaken, nor his Seed, ‖ when asking for their Bread. ‖