Matthew(i)
1 A prayer of Dauid. Heare the right (O Lord) considre my complaynte: herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not oute of a fayned mouth.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: and loke vpon the thinge that is equall.
3 Thou hast proued & visited myne herte in the night season: thou hast tryed me in the fyre: & hast founde no wickednes in me: for I vtterly purposed that my mouthe shoulde not offende.
4 Because of the woordes of thy lippes, I haue kepte me from the workes of men, in the waye of the murtherer.
5 Oh ordre thou my goinges in thy pathes: that my fote steppes slippe not.
6 For vnto the I crie: heare me O God: encline thine eares to me: & herken vnto my woordes.
7 Shewe thy maruelous louing kindnesse, thou that sauest them whiche put their trust in the, from suche as resist thy right hande.
8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye, defende me vnder the shadow of thy wynges.
9 From the vngodly that trouble me, fro myne enemyes which compasse my soule round about.
10 Which manteyne their owne welthinesse with oppression, and their mouthe speaketh proude thynges.
11 They lye wayting in our waye on euery side, turnyng their eyes doune to the ground.
12 Like as a Lyon that is gredy of his pray, and as it were a Lyons whelpe lurkynge in hys denne.
13 Vp Lord, disapoynte hym and cast him doune: deliuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly.
14 From the men of thy hande (O Lord) from the men of the worlde, which haue theyr porcion in this lyfe: whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy treasure. They haue chyldren at theyr desyre, and leaue the rest of of theyr substaunce for their babes.
15 But as for me, I wil beholde thy presence in righteousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shall be satisfied.