N01640:2662
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.
5 Above the Heavens, O God the Judge, ‖ be thou lift up on high, ‖ and over all the Earth let be ‖ thy Glory spread abroad. ‖
5 Above the Heav'ns, O God the Judge, ‖ be thou lift up on high, ‖ and over all the Earth let be ‖ thy Glory spread abroad. ‖
6 That thy beloved ones may have ‖ a full deliverance, ‖ Do thou now save by thy right hand, ‖ and do thou answer me. ‖
7 God hath spoke in His holiness, ‖ I will triumph with joy; ‖ Shechem I will divide, I will ‖ measure out Succoths Vale. ‖
8 Gilead is what I claim for mine; ‖ M• nasseh too is mine; ‖ Ephraim is of my strength the head; ‖ Judah's my Lawgiver. ‖