N01640:1909
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 80: PSALM LXXX. To the Chief Musician. Upon Shushannim. Eduth. 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.
Thou from its place in Egypt hast caused to be brought a Vine; ‖ The Nations thou rejected hast; ‖ and thou hast planted it. ‖
Thou from its place in Egypt hast caus'd to be brought a Vine; ‖ The Nations thou rejected hast; ‖ and thou hast planted it. ‖
9 Thou didst evacuate all clear ‖ before the face of it; ‖ and thou didst make it take deep root, ‖ until it filled the Land. ‖
9 Thou didst evacuate all clear ‖ before the face of it; ‖ and thou didst make it take deep root, ‖ until it fill'd the Land. ‖
10 The Mountains were well covered with‖ the spreading shade of it; ‖ and the Branches thereof did hide ‖ Cedars of God themselves.‖
10 The Mountains were well cover'd with‖ the spreading shade of it; ‖ and the Branches thereof did hide ‖ Cedars of God themselves.‖