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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 37: PSALM XXXVII.
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 Commit thy way unto the Lord; [Wholly] by trust on him depend, And he shall bring thy just designs [In time] unto a happy end.
6 And like the shining light he shall Thy righteousness [to men] display; And he thy judgment shall bring forth, Clear like the noon-tide [of the] day.
7 In silence rest thou on the Lord, Wait patiently [on him] and stay: Fret not thy self because of them Who prosper in their [evil] way. Because of wicked men, who bring Their [plots and] ill designs to pass▪
7 In silence rest thou on the Lord, Waint patiently [on him] and stay: Fret not thy self because of them Who prosper in their [evil] way. Because of wicked men, who bring Their [plots and] ill designs to pass▪
8 Shun wrath and anger: To do ill Fret not [thy self] in any case: