N01640:1993
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.
6 Passing a Valley full of tears ‖ they meet a Fountain there; ‖ yea, and the Rain replenishes ‖ the Cisterns ready there. ‖
7 They go from one Company to ‖ another Company; ‖ Anon in Zion each appears ‖ before the Glorious God. ‖
8 O Thou ETERNAL One, who art ‖ the God of Armies, Hear ‖ my Prayer, and Thou that art the God ‖ of Jacob, O give ear. ‖ Selah. ‖
9 O God, Behold our Shield; the Face ‖ of thy Anointed see. ‖