N01640:1990
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 84: PSALM LXXXIV. To the Chief Musician. Upon Gittith. A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.
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.
3 Even the Sparrow does find out ‖ an House where she may lodge; ‖ The Turtle too does find a Nest ‖ where she may lay her Young. ‖ But then my choice and cry is this; ‖ Thine Altars! There I'd be! ‖ O Thou ETERNAL Lord of Hosts; ‖ my King, and Oh! my God! ‖
4 Blessed are they who in thy House ‖ ⟨p. 222⟩enjoy a dwelling place; ‖ they will perpetually be ‖ engag d in praising thee. ‖ Selah. ‖
5 O the vast Blessings of the Man ‖ who hath his strength in thee! ‖ The beaten ways that lead thereto ‖ are in the heart of such. ‖
6 Passing a Valley full of tears ‖ they meet a Fountain there; ‖ yea, and the Rain replenishes ‖ the Cisterns ready there. ‖