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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 68: PSALM LXVIII. 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.
6 God sets the Only's in an house; brings out the bound in chains: ‖ But the rebellious ones dwell in ‖ a place most destitute. ‖
7 O God, When that thou didst go forth ‖ in thy own Peoples view, ‖ when thou didst take thy wondrous march ‖ thorough the wilderness. ‖ Selah. ‖
8 The Earth shook; yea, the Heaven's dropped, ‖ before the face of God; ‖ even Sinai at the face of God, ‖ the God of Israel. ‖
8 The Earth shook; yea, the Heavn's drop'd, ‖ before the face of God; ‖ ev'n Sinai at the face of God, ‖ the God of Israel. ‖
9 O God, Thou on thy heritage ‖ didst pour a plenteous Rain; ‖ even when that it was languishing, ‖ so thou confirmedst it. ‖
9 O God, Thou on thy heritage ‖ didst pour a plenteous Rain; ‖ ev'n when that it was languishing, ‖ so thou confirmedst it. ‖