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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.
1 Why standest thou, Lord, as far off, And seemest [from us] thy self to hide,
1 WHy standest thou, Lord, as far off, And seem'st [from us] thy self to hide,
2 In troublous times when wicked men Do persecute [the poor] in pride. But let these proud and wicked men [Themselves] be taken and surprised, Even in the same destructive trap Which they [in craft] for us devised.
2 In troublous times when wicked men Do persecute [the poor] in pride. But let these proud and wicked men [Themselves] be taken and surpriz'd, Even in the same destructive trap Which they [in craft] for us devis'd.
3 The wicked of his hearts desire Doth boast, in prosperous [worldly] state The covetous worldling he doth praise, Whom yet the [righteous] Lord doth hate.