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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.
23 Awake, O Lord, our strong support, ‖ O why art thou asleep? ‖ Awake thou so as to arise; ‖ cast us not off for ever. ‖
24 O wherefore dost thou hide thy face? ‖ Wherefore dost thou forget ‖ the' affliction which does humble us, ‖ and our oppression sore? ‖
24 O wherefore dost thou hide thy face? ‖ Wherefore dost thou forget ‖ th' affliction which does humble us, ‖ and our oppression sore? ‖
25 Because our Soul is bowed down ‖ unto the very dust; ‖ so prostrate that our belly does ‖ lye cleaving to the Earth. ‖
26 Arise, O thou that ever art ‖ the help that we propose, ‖ and, O do thou deliver us, ‖ even for thy mercy's sake. ‖