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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 47: PSALM XLVII. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.
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.
2 For the ETERNAL God most High, ‖ is greatly to be feared; ‖ He as a King magnificent ‖ reigns over all the Earth, ‖
2 For the ETERNAL God most High, ‖ is greatly to be fear'd; ‖ He as a King magnificent ‖ reigns over all the Earth, ‖
3 He shall even with His Word subdue ‖ the People under us; ‖ and He shall bring the Nations to ‖ lye prostrate at our feet. ‖
4 He shall make choice for us, what shall ‖ be our Inheritance; ‖ Even the Excellency of ‖ Jacob, whom He has loved. ‖ Selah. ‖
4 He shall make choice for us, what shall ‖ be our Inheritance; ‖ Even the Excellency of ‖ Jacob, whom He has lov'd. ‖ Selah. ‖
5 God is gone up unto His Place ‖ with a triumphant shout; ‖ Th' ETERNAL God is thither with ‖ the Trumpet sounding gone. ‖