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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 79: PSALM LXXIX.
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 To all our neighbours that hear this, A [jest and] mere reproach are we; ⟨p. 133⟩A s•orn and mocking-stock to those That [dwelling] round about us be.
4 To all our neighbours that hear this, A [jeast and] meer reproach are we; ⟨p. 133⟩A s•orn and mocking-stock to those That [dwelling] round about us be.
5 How long, Lord, (O not evermore) Shall this thine anger [towards us] last? Shall thy provoked jealousy Like fire thus always [burn and] wast?
5 How long, Lord, (O not evermore) Shall this thine anger [towards us] last? Shall thy provoked jealousie Like fire thus always [burn and] wast?
6 Upon the heathen pour thy wrath, That have not known thee [and thy] fame; And on the Kingdoms which have not Adored thy [great and] holy name.
6 Upon the heathen pour thy wrath, That have not known thee [and thy] fame; And on the Kingdoms which have not Ador'd thy [great and] holy name.