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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
Book 1 › Psalm 36: PSALM XXXVI. To the Chief Musician. Of David, the Servant of the ETERNAL God.
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.
5 Thy Mercy, O ETERNAL God, ‖ is in the Heavens seen; ‖ Thy faithfulness is what does reach ‖ unto the Heavenly clouds.‖
5 Thy Mercy, OETERNAL God, ‖ is in the Heavens seen; ‖ Thy faithfulness is what does reach ‖ unto the Heav'nly clouds.‖
6 Like mounts of God's thy Righteousness; ‖ thy Judgments a great deep; ‖ ETERNAL God, Thou dost preserve ‖ Man, and inferior Beast. ‖
6 Like mounts of God's thy Righteousness; ‖ thy Judgments a great deep; ‖ ETERNAL God, Thou dost preserve ‖ Man, and inseriour Beast. ‖
7 O God, How wondrous excellent ‖ thy loving kindness is! ‖ Now in the shadow of thy wings ‖ the Sons of Men will trust. ‖
8 They from the fatness of thy House ‖ shall be replenished; ‖ and of the stream of thy Delights ‖ thou shalt make them to drink. ‖