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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
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.
1 The ETERNAL God is now the King; ‖ High Glory He puts on; ‖ Th' ETERNAL God does now put on ‖ a mighty fortitude. ‖ He girds Himself, ready to act; ‖ The habitable World ‖ is likewise so established, that ‖ it shall be moved no more. ‖
1 THe ETERNAL God is now the King; ‖ High Glory He puts on; ‖ Th' ETERNAL God does now put on ‖ a mighty fortitude. ‖ He girds Himself, ready to act; ‖ The habitable World ‖ is likewise so establish'd, that ‖ it shall be mov'd no more. ‖
2 Thy Throne, it is established ‖ from— who can tell the term? ‖ Thou art still what thou art from an ‖ unknown Eternity. ‖
3 The floods lift up, ETERNAL God, ‖ the floods lift up their voice; ‖ the floods have lifted up on high ‖ their hideous dashing noise. ‖