N01640:1143
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
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 From Zion wholly beautiful God sends a lustre forth. ‖
3 Our God shall come and He shall not ‖ keep silence any more. ‖ Before His Face a wasting Fire ‖ shall dreadfully devour, ‖ and round about him it shall be ‖ very tempestuous. ‖
4 He shall give out His call unto ‖ the Heavens from above; ‖ and He shall call unto the Earth, ‖ to judge His People there. ‖
4 Assemble ye His gracious ones ‖ together unto me, ‖ those that have made a Covenant ‖ with me by Sacrifice. ‖