N01640:871
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.
14 'Tis an Observation of R. Solomons; Pauper et egenus, in Psa•mis, semper de Israele dicuntur. The poor and needy always mean Israel.
16 A famous Jew reads it so; A few Righteous Men are of more account than many Wicked ones.
24 David once begged his own Bread. The begging of Bread here notes, all asking for it, either of God or Man. We are compelled unto the Version that is now given us.
24 David once begg'd his own Bread. The begging of Bread here notes, all asking for it, either of God or Man. We are compell'd unto the Version that is now given us.
35 We see Wicked Men pretending to Laurels. But what comes of them?