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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 71: PSALM LXXI.
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 IN thee, O Lord, I put my trust, Let me no [hurtful] shame befall.
1 IN thee, O Lord, I put my trust, Let me no [hurtful] shame befal.
2 In justice save me from my foes, [By thee] let me escape them all. Incline thine ear, and save thou me;
3 Be thou my strength [my rock] and fort, My dwelling, unto which I may For [help and] refuge still resort. My safety is thy own Command, My [rock and] fortress thou wilt be,
4 From wicked, unjust, cruel men [Do thou] my God, deliver me.