N01640:1996
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.
9 O God, Behold our Shield; the Face ‖ of thy Anointed see. ‖
10 For better than a thousand is ‖ one Day within thy Courts; ‖ I on the Threshold choose to keep ‖ in the House of my God; ‖ rather than have my dwelling in ‖ the tents of wickedness. ‖
10 For better than a thousand is ‖ one Day within thy Courts; ‖ I on the Threshold chuse to keep ‖ in the House of my God; ‖ rather than have my dwelling in ‖ the tents of wickedness. ‖
11 For the ETERNAL God, God is ‖ a Sun and Shield to us; ‖ and the ETERNAL God will give ‖ both Grace and Glory too: ‖ Yea, He'll deny no good to those ‖ that walk in perfect ways. ‖
12 JEHOVAH Tzebaoth, The Man ‖ is blessed who hopes in thee. ‖