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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
Appendix › Part 1: I The First-born of Poetry: Foretelling the Fall of ANTICHRIST.
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 Now the ETERNAL God becomes ‖ my Strength, and so my Song; ‖ and He it is who hath been for ‖ Salvation unto me. ‖ He is my God, and I'll prepare ‖ for Him a Dwelling-place; ‖ He of my Father is the God, ‖ and I'll set Him on high. ‖
3 He who is the ETERNAL God ‖ does yet become a Man ‖ a Man of War; 'tis He of whom ‖ JEHOVAH is the Name. ‖
6 Thy Right hand O ETERNAL God, ‖ is glorified with power; ‖ Thy Right hand O ETERNAL God ‖ has broke the Enemy. ‖
6 Thy Right hand O ETERNAL God, ‖ is glorify'd with pow'r; ‖ Thy Right hand O ETERNAL God ‖ has broke the Enemy. ‖
7 Those who against thee rise, Thou wilt ‖ in thy great Excellence ‖ pull down; Thou•'t send thy wrath; it shall ‖ like stubble them consume. ‖