N01640:1783
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 77: PSALM LXXVII. To the Chief Musician to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
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.
7 The Lord, on whom I lean, will He ‖ call off forevermore? ‖ And will he not go o•• to show ‖ His favour any more? ‖
8 His mercy, does it wholly fail ‖ to perpetuity? ‖ What? For whole Generations does ‖ His Word to nothing come? ‖
9 What? Has the mighty God forgot ‖ for to be merciful? ‖ Has He His tender bowels in ‖ great anger quite shut up? ‖ Selah. ‖
10 Then, upon this, I said, This is ‖ but my infirmity; ‖ The years of Change are all in the ‖ Right hand of the most High. ‖