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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.
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. ‖
13 Unto our Neighbours thou dost make ‖ us to be a reproach; a scorn and a derision to ‖ them that encompass us. ‖
13 Unto our Neighhours thou dost make ‖ us to be a reproach; a scorn and a derision to ‖ them that encompass us. ‖