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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 73: PSALM LXXIII.
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.
6 Therefore with pride as with a chain, [About] they all encompassed are: And covered with violence, It as a garment [they do] wear.
6 Therefore with pride as with a chain, [About] they all encompass'd are: And covered with violence, It as a garment [they do] wear.
7 Their eyes stand out with fat: they have More than their [very] hearts can wish.
8 They are corrupt; their wicked speech Oppressing, [lofty] and proud is.
8 They are corrupt; their wicked speech Oppressing, [lofty] and p•oud is.
9 They set their mouth against the Heavens In their [profane] blaspheming talk; And their reviling lavish tongue [At large] throughout the earth doth walk.