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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 CXXIV. A Song of Degrees
1 BUT that the' ETERNAL was with us, ‖ Now this may Israel say.
1 BUT that th' ETERNAL was with us, ‖ Now this may Israel say.
2 But that the' ETERNAL was with us, ‖ when Men against us rose. ‖
2 But that th' ETERNAL was with us, ‖ when Men against us rose. ‖
3 Then had they swallowed us alive, ‖ when their wrath raged at us. ‖
3 Then had they swallow'd us alive, ‖ when their wrath rag'd at us. ‖