N01640:1933
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 81: PSALM LXXXI. To the Chief Musician. Upon Gittith. 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.
5 This for a Testimony He ‖ to Joseph did assign: ‖ He did it when thorough the Land of Egypt He went forth; ‖ A Land where I did hear a Tongue ‖ I did not understand. ‖
6 Twas this, His Shoulder I removed ‖ from the load laid on it; ‖ his hands did from the Basket then ‖ make an entire escape. ‖
6 Twas this, His Shoulder I remov'd ‖ from the load laid on it; ‖ his hands did from the Basket then ‖ make an entire escape. ‖
7 When thou wast in thy Trouble, thou ‖ didst make a Cry to me; ‖ and I thereon did work for thee ‖ a great Deliverance. ‖ I'th' secret Place of Thunder I ‖ gave Answer unto thee; ‖ I proved thee at the Waters of ‖ Contentious Meribah. ‖ Selah. ‖
7 When thou wast in thy Trouble, thou ‖ didst make a Cry to me; ‖ and I thereon did work for thee ‖ a great Deliverance. ‖ I'th' secret Place of Thunder I ‖ gave Answer unto thee; ‖ I prov'd thee at the Waters of ‖ Contentious Meribah. ‖ Selah. ‖