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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.
PSALM XV. A Psalm of David.
1 WHO is it, O ETERNAL God ‖ shal• sojourn in thy tent? ‖ His dwelling who shall have in the ‖ mount of thy holiness? ‖
1 WHO is it, O ETERNAL God ‖ shal• sojourn in thy tent? ‖ His dwelling who shall have in the ‖ mount of thy holtness? ‖
2 He that walks with integrity ‖ and that works righteousness: ‖ and he that speaks the very truth, ‖ even what is in his heart. ‖
3 He with his tongue backbiteth not, ‖ nor doth his Neighbour harm: ‖ And takes not up a calumny ‖ against one near to him. ‖
3 He with his tongue backbiteth not, ‖ nor doth his Neighbour harm: ‖ And takes not up a culumny ‖ against one near to him. ‖