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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 O Make you a Confession now ‖ to the ETERNAL God; ‖ because that He is Good; because ‖ His mercy is forever. ‖
2 So let them say, who've been redeemed ‖ by the ETERNAL God; ‖ those whom He hath redeemed from the ‖ hand of the enemy. ‖
2 So let them say, who've been redeem'd ‖ by the ETERNAL God; ‖ those whom He hath redeem'd from the ‖ hand of the enemy. ‖
3 And those whom He hath gathered from ‖ the Lands, even from the East, ‖ and from the West, and from the North, ‖ as likewise from the Sea. ‖
3 And those whom He hath gather'd from ‖ the Lands, ev'n from the East, ‖ and from the West, and from the North, ‖ as likewise from the Sea. ‖