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The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament
The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in public and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]The psalms hymns and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-Testament: faithfully translated into English metre. ; For the use, edification and comfort of the saints in publick and private: especially in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture references and texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Book of psalms 3 › Psalm 81: PSAL. LXXXI. To the chief musician, upon Gittith, a Psalm of Asaph.
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.
verse 10 I am the Lord thy God, who thee from land of Egypt led: ⟨p. 204⟩Thy mouth ope wide, and thou by me with plenty shalt be fed. verse 11 Thy people yet would not give ear unto the voice I spake: And Israel would not in me their full contentment take.
verse 12 So their perverse intents of heart I left them up to have; And let them walk on in the way which their own counsels gave. verse 13 O that my people unto me obedient had been! And O that Israel he had walked my ways within!
verse 12 So their perverse intents of heart I left them up to have; And let them walk on in the way which their own couns•ls gave. verse 13 O that my people unto me obedient had been! And O that Israel he had walked my ways within!
verse 14 I shou•d within a little time have pulled down their foes: I should have turned my hand upon such as did them oppose. verse 15 The ha•ers of the Lord to him obedience should have feigned▪ But unto perpetuity their time should have remained
verse 14 I shou•d within a little time have pulled down their foes: I should have turn'd my hand upon such as did them oppose. verse 15 The ha•ers of the Lord to him •bedi•nce should have fain'd But unto perpetuity their time should have remain'd