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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 139: PSALM CXXXIX.
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.
8 If into heaven I could ascend, Yet [surely] thou art present there; Or if in hell I make my bed, Or [in the] grave, there thou art near.
8 If into heav'n I could ascend, Yet [surely] thou art present there; Or if in hell I make my bed, Or [in the] grave, there thou art near.
9 If on the morning's wings I fled, [And dwell] the utmost Seas beyond;
9 If on the morning's wings I fled, [And d'well] the utmost Seas beyond;
10 There by thy hand I shall be led, And [safely] held by thy right hand.
11 Or if I say, The darkness sure Shall hide me from thy [piercing] sight; The darkness, even the most obscure, About me shall be [as the] light.