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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 82: PSALM LXXXII.
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.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless, To [all the] poor oppressed do right:
3 Defend the poor and fatherless, To [all the] poor oppress'd do right:
4 The poor and needy ones set free, Rid them from bad mens [hand and] might.
5 They know not, nor will understand; In [wilful] darkness they walk on: All the foundations of the earth Are moved and [almost] overthrown.
5 They know not, nor will understand; In [wilful] darkness they walk on: All the foundations of the earth Are mov'd and [almost] overthrown.
6 I called you Gods for ruling power, [Honoured] sons of the Highest all;
6 I call'd you Gods for ruling power, [Honour'd] sons of the Highest all;