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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 17: PSALM XVII.
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.
11 Us they have compassed in our steps, [Down-looked] to earth they set their eye.
11 Us they have compass'd in our steps, [Down-lookt] to earth they set their eye.
12 Like Lions greedy of their prey, And like the [lurking] Lion's whelp;
13 Rise, Lord, and disappoint these men, Cast them down; [and] be [thou] my help▪
14 Deliver thou my threatened life From those [ill men] that are thy sword; Men of the world, who are thy hand, And [can but] do thy will, O Lord. ⟨p. 20⟩They have their portion in this life, And seem with [many] Children blest; Their bellies thy provision fills, [Dying] their Children have the rest.