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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
Book 2 › Psalm 44: PSALM XLIV. To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. Maschil.
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.
10 Thou makest us for to return ‖ back from the Enemy; ‖ and they that hate us, of our Weal•b ‖ make for themselves a spoil. ‖
11 As if we had been Sheep for food, so hast thou given us up; ‖ And thou among the Nations hast ‖ scattered us all abroad. ‖
11 As if we had been Sheep for food, so hast thou giv•n us up; ‖ And thou among the Nations hast ‖ scatter'd us all abroad. ‖
12 Thou of thy People hast made sale, ‖ and not increased thy Wealth; ‖ nor hast thou multiplied thy Gain ‖ by a price paid for them. ‖
12 Thou of thy People hast made sale, ‖ and not increas'd thy Wealth; ‖ nor hast thou multiply'd thy Gain ‖ by a price paid for them. ‖