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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 92: PSALM XCII. A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.
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.
PSALM XCII. A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath Day.
1 TIS a good thing to celebrate ‖ with Praise the ETERNAL God; ‖ and to Sing Praise unto thy Name, ‖ O Thou that art most high. ‖
2 In every Morning to declare ‖ Thy kind Benignity, ‖ and in the darkness of the Nights ‖ declare thy faithfulness. ‖
3 Upon an Instrument that has ‖ Ten strings to furnish it; ‖ and on the Psaltery; and with ‖ a Song upon the Harp. ‖