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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.
7 O God of old when thou wentest forth Before thy [ransomed] peoples face, And through the barren wilderness [Thou] didst [as] their Conductor pass.
7 O God of old when thou went'st forth Before thy [ransom'd] peoples face, And through the barren wilderness [Thou] didst [as] their Conductor pass.
8 At God's presence the earth did shake, From heaven the [dropping] showers fell; Sinai was at God's presence moved. [Before] the God of Israel.
8 At God's presence the earth did shake, From heav'n the [dropping] showers fell; Sinai was at God's presence mov'd. [Before] the God of Israel.
9 O God, thou healedst the desert's drought, Sending [to it] a plenteous rain, Whereby thy weary heritage Thou didst confirm [and own] again.
9 O God, thou healed'st the desart's drought, Sending [to it] a plenteous rain, Whereby thy weary heritage Thou didst confirm [and own] again.