N01640:3380
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.
2 Upon the Willows in the midst ‖ thereof we hung our Harps. ‖
3 For they that Captiv'd us did there ‖ demand of us to Sing ‖ words of a Song, and they who laid‖ us in our ruinous heaps,‖ demanded mirth, Sing us, said they,‖ a Song of Zion, Sing! ‖
4 Our Answer was, How can we do‖ to Sing a Song that is ‖ for the ETERNAL God, in the ‖ Land of a stranger here? ‖
5 O dear Jerusalem, If I ‖ of thee forgetful grow! ‖ As soon shall my Right-hand forget ‖ what it is used unto! ‖
5 O dear Jerusalem, If I ‖ of thee forgetful grow! ‖ As soon shall my Right-hand forget ‖ what it is us'd unto! ‖