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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.
14 O satisfy us early with ‖ thy kind benignity; ‖ so we shall all our days rejoice ‖ and be exceeding glad. ‖
14 O satisfy us early with ‖ thy kind benignity; ‖ so we shall all our days rejoyce ‖ and be exceeding glad. ‖
15 According to the days wherein ‖ ⟨p. 243⟩thou hast afflicted us, ‖ the years wherein we have seen ill, ‖ now do thou make us glad. ‖
16 To them that are thy Servants now ‖ O let thy work be seen; ‖ thy glory also unto those ‖ that are their Children here. ‖
17 And let the lovely brightness of ‖ the Lord who is our God, ‖ with a conspicuous lustre be ‖ seen shining upon us; ‖ And the work of our hands, do thou ‖ establish upon us; ‖ yea, the work of our hands do thou ‖ firmly establish it. ‖