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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 CXLIV. Of David.
1 Blessed be the ETERNAL God; ‖ He is a Rock for me; ‖ He doth instruct my hands for War, ‖ my fingers for a Fight. ‖
1 BLessed be the ETERNAL God; ‖ He is a Rock for me; ‖ He doth instruct my hands for War, ‖ my fingers for a Fight. ‖
2 He is my Mercy, and my Tower, ‖ my Refuge set on high; ‖ and He it is who doth bestow ‖ deliverances on me. ‖ He is my Shield, and upon Him ‖ I do repose my trust; ‖ 'Tis He who to subjection brings ‖ my People under me. ‖
3 ETERNAL God, Oh! What is Man ‖ that Thou take cognisance ‖ of him? The Son of Man, that Thou ‖ esteem him any thing? ‖