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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 55: PSALM LV.
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 Against me when they raised war, He did my soul [keep and] set free; And he preserved me as in peace, For [through him] many were with me.
18 Against me when they raised war, He did my soul [keep and] set free; And he preserv'd me as in peace, For [through him] many were with me.
19 My God shall hear, and them afflict, [Even God] who is the same of old. They fear not God, because they have No changes, but [in sin] are bold.
20 Against them that with him had peace He hath put forth his treacherous hand; The Covenant which he hath made, By breaking [falsely] he profaned.
20 Against them that with him had peace He hath put forth his treacherous hand; The Covenant which he hath made, By breaking [falsly] he prophan'd.
21 Smoother than butter were his words, While in his heart [designed] was war; His speeches were softer than Oil, But [hurtful] as drawn swords they are.