N01640:858
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.
34 Wait thou on the ETERNAL God, ‖ and keep thou in His way: ‖ and thou shall find He then will set ‖ thee in an high estate, ‖ That so thou mayest enjoy the Land ‖ as an Inheritance; ‖ whence when the wicked art cut off ‖ thou shalt behold the thing. ‖
34 Wait thou on the ETERNAL God, ‖ and keep thou in His way: ‖ and thou shall find He then will set ‖ thee in an high estate, ‖ That so thou may'st enjoy the Land ‖ as an Inheritance; ‖ whence when the wicked art cut off ‖ thou shalt behold the thing. ‖
35 I have beheld the wicked one ‖ grown mighty in his power; ‖ and like unto a green Bay-tree, ‖ spreading himself abroad. ‖
36 Yet he did quickly pass away, ‖ and lo, he was not there! ‖ yea, I did look for him, and he ‖ was not for to be found. ‖
37 Do thou observe the perfect Man, ‖ and the upright behold, ‖ because that such 2 Man shall have ‖ peace in the latter end. ‖