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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 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.
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.
7 The Pasture Flocks, the Oxen strong, [Do all] to him obedience yield; And thou subjectest unto him The [very] wild beasts of the field;
8 The fowl that flieth in the air, [The] fish that in [the] seas do play, And whatsoever through the deeps Of the [great] Ocean makes its way.
8 The fowl that flyeth in the air, [The] fish that in [the] seas do play, And whatsoever through the deeps Of the [great] Ocean makes its way.
9 Our Owner and our Governor [Art thou] the Lord of this great frame,