The Book of Psalms: As Translated, Paraphrased, Or Imitated by Some of the Most Eminent English Poets; Viz. Addison ... Brady ... Milton ... Tate ... Watts, and Several Others; and Adapted to Christian Worship, in a Form the Most Likely to Give General Satisfaction ... To which is Prefixed, A Dissertation on Scripture Imprecations, with the View of Vindicating the Sacred Writers in General, and the Psalmists in Particular ... |
What people are saying - Write a review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
User Review - Flag as inappropriate
1781 / 513p / Res Stock
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adore almighty appear attend awful Behold Bleffings bleft Breath chearful Command Death Deep Delight divine dwell Earth eternal ev'ry extend Eyes Face facred faithful fame fave Fear Feet fhall fhine fing Firft flow Fourth Frame ftand ftill fuch give glorious Glory God's Grace grateful Guide Hand happy Head hear Heart Heav'n heav'nly Hills holy Honors Hope humble join juft Juftice kind King known Land Light live Lord Love MERRICK Mind mortal Name Nature Night o'er Path Peace Pow'r Praife Praiſe proclaim PSALM Race raiſe reigns rejoice rife righteous round Saints Sarum Seas Second Verfion ſhall Sinners Skies Song Sons Soul Spirit Strength TATE Thanks thee thine Third Verfion thou Thoughts thro Throne Thy Mercy thy Name thy Word Tongue truft Truth Voice WATTS whofe whole wond'rous Wonders World
Popular passages
Page 256 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Page 280 - BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy.
Page 358 - Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 353 - How dear thy servants in thy sight ! How precious is their blood ! 4 How happy all thy servants are ! How great thy grace to me ! My life which Thou hast made thy care, Lord, I devote to Thee.
Page 214 - Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs.
Page 280 - To pay your thanks and honors there. 4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind, Great is his grace, his mercy sure ; And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age to age endure.
Page 468 - Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky, And earth and seas, with all their train : His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain.
Page 292 - Whose mercies are so great; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide ; And when his strokes are felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes. And lighter than our guilt.
Page 195 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 67 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye : My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Book of Psalms: As Translated, Paraphrased, Or Imitated by Some of the Most Eminent English Poets; Viz. Addison ... Brady ... Milton ... Tate ... Watts, and Several Others; and Adapted to Christian Worship, in a Form the Most Likely to Give General Satisfaction ... To which is Prefixed, A ... |
| Contributor | Rev. Benjamin Williams |
| Publisher | Collins and Johnson, 1781 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 513 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |