N01640:1935
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.
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. ‖
8 Hear, O my People, now, and I ‖ will testify to thee; ‖ O Israel, If that thou wilt ‖ now hearken unto me. ‖
9 There shall not any strange God be ‖ acknowledged in thee; ‖ Nor unto any foreign God ‖ shalt thou bow down thy self. ‖
10 I am JEHOVAH, Thy God who ‖ fetched thee up from the Land ‖ of Egypt; Open thou thy Mouth, ‖ and I'll replenish it. ‖