N01640:1745
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 3 › Psalm 75: PSALM LXXV. To the Chief Musician. Altas•bith. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
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.
5 Lift you not up the horn on high ‖ against the Highest One; ‖ Utter not speeches with a neck ‖ that wont receive the yoke.
6 Because what you look for does come not from the rising Sun, ‖ nor from the setting, nor from the ‖ mountainous wilderness. ‖
7 But God Hims•••. He is the Judge acting with Equity: One Ma•••••, does pu• down, and He ‖ does set another o•.
8 For the ETERNAL God has in […] hand• a measuring cup; ‖ and the Wine […] ••rtain'd therein ‖ is in its […]. Its ful• of mixture; And He […] the dregs ‖ thereof all their […] shall such, shall […]