A27939:126
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 8: PSALM VIII.
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.
4 Then say I, what is man, that thou Of him hast [daily] mindful been? And what's the son of man, that thou [So much] regardest and visitest him?
4 Then say I, what is man, that thou Of him hast [daily] mindful been? And what's the son of man, that thou [So much] regard'st and visit'st him?
5 Thou madest him little lower than The [blessed] Angels in degree, And hast with honour crowned him, And [with some] rays of Majesty.
5 Thou mad'st him little lower than The [blessed] Angels in degree, And hast with honour crowned him, And [with some] rays of Majesty.
6 Thou gavest him dominion O'er [all] these [great] works of thy hand; Thou hast subjected all to him To be at this [ruling] command.
6 Thou gavest him dominion O're [all] these [great] works of thy hand; Thou hast subjected all to him To be at this [ruling] command.