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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 104: PSALM CIV.
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.
27 On thee the bounteous Lord of life, All things do [daily] wait that live; That thou sufficing sustenance In season due [to them] mayest give.
27 On thee the bounteous Lord of life, All things do [daily] wait that live; That thou sufficing sustenance In season due [to them] may'st give.
28 They gladly gather and receive That which thou givest [to them] for food; Thou openest thy liberal hand, And they are filled [by thee] with good.
28 They gladly gather and receive That which thou giv'st [to them] for food; Thou openest thy liberal hand, And they are fill'd [by thee] with good.
29 Thou hidest thy lightsome quickening face, Then [sick or] troubled they decay; They die, and to their dust return, [When as] thou takest their breath away.
29 Thou hid'st thy lightsome quickening face, Then [sick or] troubled they decay; They die, and to their dust return, [When as] thou tak'st their breath away.