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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 65: PSALM LXV. To the Chief Musician. A Psalm; A Song of David.
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.
3 Works of iniquities against ‖ me have prevailed sore; ‖ But as for our transgressions thou, ‖ dost purge them quite away. ‖
4 O blessed is the Man of whom ‖ thou makest a gracious choice, ‖ and whom thou shalt make to approach ‖ near to thy Majesty. […] does dwell in thy courts;
4 O blessed is the Man of whom ‖ thou mak'st a gracious choice, ‖ and whom thou shalt make to approach ‖ near to thy Majesty. 〈…〉 does dwell in thy courts;
We shall be satisfied ‖ with the Good of thy House, and with ‖ thy Temple's holy place. ‖
We shall be satisfy'd ‖ with the Good of thy House, and with ‖ thy Temple's holy place. ‖
5 By awful things in righteousness ‖ an answer unto us ‖ thou wilt dispense, the God from whom ‖ still our Salvation comes. ‖ Thou'rt He that art an hope unto ‖ all the ends of the Earth; ‖ And so Thou art of them that are ‖ far off upon the Sea. ‖