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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.
24 Thou with thy Counsel in thy way Wilt me direct and [surely] guide, And unto Glory afterwards [Thou wilt] receive me to abide.
25 Whom have I in the heavens above [To trust] but thee my God alone? And whom on earth do I desire [And seek?] besides thee there is none.
25 Whom have I in the heav'ns above [To trust] but thee my God alone? And whom on earth do I desire [And seek?] besides thee there is none.
26 My flesh and heart do faint and fail; But God upholds my [sinking] heart; God is my Rock of strength, and he For ever is my [chosen] part.
27 For they shall surely perish all That are gone far [away] from thee: ⟨p. 120⟩They that from thee a whoring go, Shall all [at last] destroyed be.