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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.
17 God's Chariots Twenty Thousand are; ‖ Repeated Thousands, they! ‖ Among them is the Glorious Lord: ‖ Sinai's in's Holy Place. ‖
18 Thou hast on high made thy Ascent: ‖ and then Captivity ‖ thou hast led Captive; and thou hast ‖ received Gifts for Men. ‖ Yea, Gifts for such Men as have been ‖ very intractable; ‖ That so the God whose Name is JAH, ‖ may have a dwelling place. ‖
19 O blessed is the Lord who doth ‖ lay daily Loads on us; ‖ O blessed be the God from whom ‖ does our Salvation come. ‖
20 This God. He is to us the God ‖ from whom Salvations come. ‖ And to the ETERNAL God, the Lord ‖ Issues of Death belong. ‖