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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 4 › Psalm 90: PSALM XC. A Prayer of Moses, the Man of God.
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.
3 Thou to destruction dost reduce ‖ poor miserable Man; ‖ and then thou sayest, O Children of ‖ Adam, Return again. ‖
3 Thou to destruction dost reduce ‖ poor miserable Man; ‖ and then thou saist, O Children of ‖ Adam, Return again. ‖
4 Because a thousand of years, they do ‖ appear unto thine eyes ‖ but as a yesterday when past; ‖ and but a watch by Night. ‖
5 Thou sweepest them off as with a Flood; ‖ they're like unto a sleep; ‖ they're in the morning like the grass; ‖ 'tis, Oh! how transient ‖
5 Thou sweep'st them off as with a Flood; ‖ they're like unto a sleep; ‖ they're in the morning like the grass; ‖ 'tis, Oh! how transient ‖