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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 81: PSALM LXXXI.
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 The [heavy] burdens he did bear I from his shoulders took, his hands From [making] pots delivered were.
7 Thou calledst in fear: I saved thee, And from the [secret] thundering sky I answered; and at Meribah Thy [wavering] trust in me did try.
7 Thou call'dst in fear: I saved thee, And from the [secret] thundring sky I answer'd; and at Meribah Thy [wavering] trust in me did try.
8 Hear, O my people, and my mind I'll [show and] testify to thee; ⟨p. 137⟩O Israel, if thou wilt obey, And [truly] hearken unto me.
8 Hear, O my people, and my mind I'le [shew and] testifie to thee; ⟨p. 137⟩O Israel, if thou wilt obey, And [truly] hearken unto me.