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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 89: PSALM LXXXIX.
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 OF the great mercies of the Lord I will perpetually sing; The notice of thy faithfulness To ages all my mouth shall bring.
2 For I have said that mercy shall Be built for ever to endure; And in the very heavens thou wilt Thy faithfulness establish sure.
2 For I have said that mercy shall Be built for ever to endure; And in the very heav'ns thou wilt Thy faithfulness establish sure.
3 I to my chosen servant have My self by my own Covenant tied; Even unto David, and to him By oath I have it ratified.
3 I to my chosen servant have My self by my own Covenant ty'd; Even unto David, and to him By oath I have it ratify'd.
4 That I thy seed establish will, That it for evermore endure; And to all generations Thy throne will build and settle sure.