Bishops(i)
1 O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether? wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture
2 Remember thy congregation, thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme: thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce, euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest
3 Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie: which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie
4 Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations: and set vp their banners for signes [of victorie.
5 He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes [for to builde the temple:] was esteemed as one offeryng a present [to God] aboue
6 But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof: with axes and hammers
7 They haue set fire on thy holy places: they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name [castyng it downe] to the groud
8 Yea, they sayde in their heartes, let vs make hauocke of them altogether: thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande
9 We see not our ensignes, there is not one prophete more: no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case
10 O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually? shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hande, yea thy right hande? consume [them, drawing] it out of thy bosome
12 Truely God is my kyng of olde: who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth
13 Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power: thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters
14 Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces: and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse
15 Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes: thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters
16 The day is thine, & the nyght is thine: thou hast prepared the light & the sunne
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter
18 Remember this O God, the enemie hath dishonoured: and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name
19 O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast: forget not the congregation of the poore for euer
20 Loke vpon the couenaunt: for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie
21 O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the afflicted & needy geue prayse vnto thy name
22 Arise O Lord, mayntayne thine owne cause: remember the dishonour that the foolishe man [doth] vnto thee dayly
23 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually