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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.
44 His glory thou hast made to cease, His Throne down to the ground hast cast;
45 His days of youth hast shortened, And him with shame thou covered hast.
46 How long, Lord, shall it ever be That thou wilt hide thy self in ire? And shall thy wrath unreconciled Consume and burn us up as fire?
46 How long, Lord, shall it ever be That thou wilt hide thy self in ire? And shall thy wrath unreconcil'd Consume and burn us up as fire?
47 Remember how short is the time That I must here on earth remain; Wherefore hast thou all mortal men Made to live here as merely vain?
47 Remember how short is the time That I must here on earth remain; Wherefore hast thou all mortal men Made to live here as meerly vain?