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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 80: PSALM LXXX.
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.
9 Before it thou preparedst room, And madest it [therein] take deep root, Till it did spread and multiply, And [so did] fill the land throughout.
9 Before it thou prepared'st room, And mad'st it [therein] take deep root, Till it did spread and multiply, And [so did] fill the land throughout.
10 Through its increase the hills about Were [clothed and] covered with its shade, And like the lofty Cedar trees, Her [spreading] branches were displayed.
10 Through its increase the hills about Were [cloath'd and] covered with its shade, And like the lofty Cedar trees, Her [spreading] branches were display'd.
11 And she as far as to the sea Her [prosperous] fruitful boughs did send; And to the bounding river's side Her [out-spread] branches did extend.