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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 2 › Psalm 44: PSALM XLIV. To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. Maschil.
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 WE have heard with our Ears, O God; ‖ us have our Fathers told ‖ what work thou wroughtest in their days; ‖ even in the former days. ‖
2 Thou didst expel the Nations with ‖ thy hand; but plantedst them: ‖ Thou didst afflict the People there, ‖ and thou didst send them out. ‖
3 For it was not by their own Sword ‖ they did possess the Land; ‖ nor was it any arm of theirs ‖ which did deliver them. ‖ But it was thy Right hand, it was ‖ thy Arm which did the thing; ‖ 'Twas the Light of thy face; Because ‖ that thou didst favour them. ‖
3 For it was not by their own Sword ‖ they did possess the Land; ‖ nor was it any arm of theirs ‖ which did deliver them. ‖ But it was thy Right hand, it was ‖ thy Arm which did the thing; ‖ 'Twas the Light of thy face; Because ‖ that thou didst favout them. ‖