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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 89: PSALM LXXXIX. Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahito.
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.
36 His Offspring shall continue still I to perpetuity; ‖ and his Throne shall before me be I even like unto the Sun. ‖
37 It shall be stablish'd like the Moon ‖ to perpetuity; ‖ and there's the faithful Witness, there's ‖ the Rainbow, in the sky. ‖ Selah. ‖
38 But now thou hast rejected and ‖ expressed much disdain: ‖ And against thy Anointed One ‖ thou hast been very wroth. ‖
39 The Covenant of him that was ‖ thy Servant hast thou nulled; ‖ his Crown thou hast profaned by ‖ casting it to the ground.‖
39 The Covenant of him that was ‖ thy Servant hast thou null'd; ‖ his Crown thou hast prophaned by ‖ casting it to the ground.‖