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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 56: PSALM LVI.
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 My words they utter wrong, And wrest them every day; Their thoughts are still to work me ill In whatsoe're they say.
6 They altogether throng, They hide themselves likewise; They lie at catch, my steps they watch, My life for to surprise.
6 They altogether throng, They hide themselves likewise; They lie at catch, my steps they watch, My life for to surprize.
7 Thall they escape so well In this their wicked path? Upon them frown, and, Lord cast down This people in thy wrath.
8 Thou dost my wanderings tell, Let down thy bottle, Lord, And put in there each briny tear, Are they not on record?
8 Thou dost my wandrings tell, Let down thy bottle, Lord, And put in there each briny tear, Are they not on record?