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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.
3 'Tis to the Saints on Earth; ‖ and to those glorious ones in whom ‖ is all of m• delight. ‖
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied, ‖ w•• hasten to another; ‖ their blood-drink-offering I'll not pour, ‖ nor name them with my lips
4 Their sorrows shall be multiply'd, ‖ w•• hasten to another; ‖ their blood-drink-offrining I'll not pour, ‖ nor name them with my lips
5 Th' ETERNAL God's the portion which is my inheritance. ‖ And He's the cup th• falls to me; ‖ Thou dost maintain my lot•