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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.
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 The Lord will be a high defence For those that are [by men] oppressed: In times of trouble he will be A refuge and a [secure] Rest.
9 The Lord will be a high defence For those that are [by men] opprest: In times of trouble he will be A refuge and a [secure] Rest.
10 And they that know thy Name, in Thee Their confidence will [wholly] place, For thou didst never them forsake, Who truly sought thy [saving] grace.
11 Sing Praises to the Lord most high, Who doth in [holy] Zion dwell; The wondrous things which he hath done, Among the people [daily] tell.
11 Sing Praises to the Lord most high, Who doth in [holy] Sion dwell; The wondrous things which he hath done, Among the people [daily] tell.
12 He will at last enquire for blood, And then [he will] remember them; And surely he doth not forget The [mournful] cry of humble men.