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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 12: PSALM XII.
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.
5 For the oppression of the poor, And needy's sighs, I'll [now a-] rise, And them in safety set, saith God, From those that them [with scorn] despise.
5 For the oppression of the poor, And needy's sighs, I'le [now a-] rise, And them in safety set, saith God, From those that them [with scorn] despise.
6 The words of God are words most pure; Like [purest] silver fully tried In earthen furnace, many times Refined and [throughly] purified.
6 The words of God are words most pure; Like [purest] silver fully try'd In earthen furnace, many times Refin'd and [throughly] purify'd.
7 Lord, thou wilt thine save and preserve For ever from this [wicked] race.
8 The wicked then are bold and brisk, When vile men get in highest place.