N01640:2012
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 85: PSALM LXXXV. To the Chief Musician. 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.
4 Return thou us, O God in whom ‖ we our Salvation have; ‖ and towards us thine anger now, ‖ O do thou cause to cease. ‖
5 Wilt thou be angry still with us ‖ to perpetuity? ‖ Wilt thou make thy incensed wrath ‖ extend from Age to Age? ‖
6 What? Wilt thou not return again? ‖ Yea, Thou wilt quicken us; ‖ and they that are thy People shall ‖ shine with bright joy in thee. ‖
7 O Thou ETERNAL God, Show thou ‖ thy mercy unto us; ‖ and thy Salvation as a Gift ‖ upon us, O bestow. ‖
7 O Thou ETERNAL God, Shew thou ‖ thy mercy unto us; ‖ and thy Salvation as a Gift ‖ upon us, O bestow. ‖