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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.
6 'Tis the ETERNAL God who kills; ‖ and He who makes to live. ‖ 'Tis He brings down unto the Pit ‖ and He who bringeth up. ‖
7 Th' ETERNAL God, He maketh Poor ‖ He also maketh Rich; ‖ 'Tis He who maketh down to fall; ‖ and He who lifteth up. ‖
9 He of His gracious Ones will keep ‖ the feet; but wicked ones ‖ in darkness shall be silent; for ‖ by strength no Man prevails. ‖
10 Th' ETERNAL God, They who contend ‖ with Him shall be destroyed; ‖ He in the Heaven's upon them ‖ shall thunder down from thence. ‖ Th' ETERNAL God shall be the Judge ‖ to the Fnds of the Earth; ‖ His King He'll strengthen, and on high ‖ lift His MESSIAH's Horn. ‖
10 Th' ETERNAL God, They who contend ‖ with Him shall be destroy'd; ‖ He in the Heaven's upon them ‖ shall thunder down from thence. ‖ Th' ETERNAL God shall be the Judge ‖ to the Fnds of the Earth; ‖ His King He'l strengthen, and on high ‖ lift His MESSIAH's Horn. ‖