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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
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.
PSALM LXXII. Of Solomon.
1 Give Thou unto the King, O God, ‖ Thy Judgments of all sorts; ‖ and unto the Son of the King ‖ give thou thy Righteousness. ‖
1 GIve Thou unto the King, O God, ‖ Thy Judgments of all sorts; ‖ and unto the Son of the King ‖ give thou thy Righteousness. ‖
2 He to thy People shall dispense ‖ Judgments in Righteousness; ‖ and with right Judgment he shall treat ‖ Thy poor afflicted ones. ‖
3 The mountains to thy People shall ‖ bring forth a prosperous peace; ‖ and so the little hills shall do, ‖ because of righteousness. ‖
3 The mountains to thy People shall ‖ bring forth a prosp'rous peace; ‖ and so the little hills shall do, ‖ because of righteousness. ‖