N01640:2316
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.
8 Zion heard and was bright with joy: ‖ ⟨p. 258⟩and Judah's daughters were ‖ for the sake of thy Judgments glad,‖ O thou ETERNAL God. ‖
9 For, O ETERNAL God, Thou art ‖ High above all the Earth; ‖ Thou art exalted very high; ‖ High above all the Gods. ‖
10 O ye who love the' ETERNAL God, ‖ Hate ill; He keeps the Souls ‖ of all His gracious ones; He saves ‖ them from the wickeds hand. ‖
10 O ye who love th' ETERNAL God, ‖ Hate ill; He keeps the Souls ‖ of all His gracious ones; He saves ‖ them from the wickeds hand. ‖
11 There's for the righteous one a light ‖ sown as an hidden seed; ‖ and for them who're upright in heart ‖ there is a joy reserved. ‖