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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 48: PSALM XLVIII. A Song. 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.
5 They saw; then wondered; they were scared; ‖ a terror seized on them. ‖
5 They saw; then wondred; they were scar'd; ‖ a terror seiz'd on them. ‖
6 Fear seized upon them there; a Pain ‖ of Women in their Pangs. ‖
6 Fear seiz'd upon them there; a Pain ‖ of Women in their Pangs. ‖
7 The Ships of Tarshish thou dost break ‖ with a fierce Eastern Wind. ‖
8 According to what we have heard ‖ so is what we have seen; ‖ In the' City of the' ETERNAL God ‖ to whom all Hosts belong; ‖ ⟨p. 116⟩In the' City of our God; God will ‖ ever establish it. ‖ Selah. ‖