N01640:363
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.
1 O Thou ETERNAL God, I will ‖ love Thee, my Fortitude. ‖
1 OThou ETERNAL God, I will ‖ love Thee, my Fortitude. ‖
2 The ETERNAL God my stone-defence;‖ my Tower too is He;‖ And He is my deliverer; ‖ He is my mighty God; ‖ He is my Rock; in Him I'll hope; ‖ He is to me a Shield; ‖ And He is that strong horn wherein ‖ all my salvation lies: ‖ He is that high Munition where ‖ my whole protection lies.‖
2 Th'ETERNAL God my stone-defence;‖ my Tower too is He;‖ And He is my deliverer; ‖ He is my mighty God; ‖ He is my Rock; in Him I'll hope; ‖ He is to me a Shield; ‖ And He is that strong horn wherein ‖ all my salvation lies: ‖ He is that high Munition where ‖ my whole protection lies.‖
3 I'll call on the ETERNAL God, ‖ who's worthy to be praised; ‖ So I shall rescued be from those ‖ that are my Enemies. ‖
3 I'll call on the ETERNAL God, ‖ who's worthy to be prais'd; ‖ So I shall rescued be from those ‖ that are my Enemies. ‖