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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 31: PSALM XXXI.
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.
18 To silence put the lying lips, Which grievous things [and false] do say; And hard reports in pride and scorn On righteous men do [falsely] lay.
18 To silence put the lying lips, Which grievous things [and false] do say; And hard reports in pride and scorn On righteous men do [falsly] lay.
19 O how great is the goodness which Thou hast laid up [and wrought] for the• Who fear thee, and who trust in thee, [Even here] before the sons of men?
20 Thou in thy secret presence dost Hide them from [cruel] pride and wrongs, Kept in thy close Pavilion, From all the strife of [lying] tongues.
21 All thanks and praise be to the Lord, For he hath [shown and] magnified His wondrous love to me within A City [strong and] fortified.