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Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns…
Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns / left fitted for the press by his own hand.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Mr. Baxter's PARAPHRASE ON THE PSALMS. › Psalm 68: PSALM LXVIII.
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 Let God arise, and scattered Let all his [daring] enemies be; And let all those that do him hate, From his just [face and] presence flee.
1 LEt God arise, and scattered Let all his [daring] enemies be; And let all those that do him hate, From his just [face and] presence flee.
2 Drive them away as smoke is driven, As wax melts at the [burning] fire, Let wicked men before God's face So perish by his [righteous] ire.
2 Drive them away as smoak is driven, As wax melts at the [burning] fire, Let wicked men before God's face So perish by his [righteous] ire.
3 But let the righteous all be glad, [Greatly] rejoicing in God's sight; Let them addict themselves to joy, And this [express] with all their might.
3 But let the righteous all be glad, [Greatly] rejoycing in God's sight; Let them addict themselves to joy, And this [express] with all their might.