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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 142: PSALM CXLII.
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.
3 My spirit in me was o'erwhelmed, [And all] my danger thou didst know. That in the way wherein I walked They [closely] laid for me a snare;
3 My spirit in me was o'rewhelm'd, [And all] my danger thou didst know. That in the way wherein I walk'd They [closely] laid for me a snare;
4 I looked on my right hand, but none To know [and help] me did appear. All humane refuge failed me, None for my [trembling] soul did care;
4 I look'd on my right hand, but none To know [and help] me did appear. All humane refuge failed me, None for my [trembling] soul did care;
5 But then I cried to the Lord, That he my [humble] suit would hear. I said, Lord, thou my refuge art, The portion of my [hope and] choice; While I am in the land of life, Where living men in thee rejoice.
5 But then I cryed to the Lord, That he my [humble] suit would hear. I said, Lord, thou my refuge art, The portion of my [hope and] choice; While I am in the land of life, Where living men in thee rejoyce.