N01640:1910
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.
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.‖
11 She did send forth her Branches wide, ‖ as far as to the Sea; ‖ and the slips cut from it she sent ‖ as far as to the River, ‖