N01640:3314
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 CXXXIV. A Song of Degrees.
1 O Give Attention! Speak ye well ‖ of the ETERNAL God, ‖ all you that are the Servants, who ‖ wait on the ETERNAL God; ‖ ye who by Night stand in the house ‖ of the ETERNAL God. ‖
2 Lift up your hands with Holiness, ‖ and bless the' ETERNAL God. ‖
2 Lift up your hands with Holiness, ‖ and bless th' ETERNAL God. ‖
3 From Zion may the' ETERNAL God ‖ Kis Blessing g•ve to thee; ‖ The God who is. the Maker of ‖ the Heavens and the Earth. ‖
3 From Zion may th' ETERNAL God ‖ Kis Blessing g•ve to thee; ‖ The God who is. the Maker of ‖ the Heavens and the Earth. ‖