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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 140: PSALM CXL.
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 The proud for me have hid a snare, [With cords] and they have spread a net, By the way side, where I must go, They [traps and] grins for me have set.
6 I went unto the Lord, and said, Thou art my God [and help] alone; Lord hear my voice, in mercy grant My [humble] supplication.
7 O God, thou only art the strength Which ever [safely] keepeth me; My head in days of bloody war Was covered [and saved] by thee.
7 O God, thou only art the strength Which ever [safely] keepeth me; My head in days of bloody war Was covered [and sav'd] by thee.
8 The wicked mens hurtful desires, Lord, prosper not, nor [ever] grant; And further not their bad designs. Lest of themselves they [proudly] vaunt.