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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.
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. ‖
8 Now will I listen well to what ‖ God the ETERNAL One ‖ will please to speak, because He will ‖ speak a most happy peace: ‖ Peace to His People, and to them ‖ that are His gracious ones; ‖ and they shall not return unto ‖ foolishness any more. ‖
9 Surely, to them that fear Him His ‖ Salvation's very near: ‖ that Glory may within our Land ‖ its habitation have. ‖