Psalms 7 Cross References - Great

¹ Sigaion of Dauid, which he sang vnto the Lord in the busynes of Thus the sonne of Iemini. O Lorde my God, in the haue I put my trust: saue me from all them that persecute me, & delyuer me. ² Lest he deuoure my soule lyke a lyon, and teare it in peces, whyle there is none to helpe. ³ O Lorde my God, yf I haue done any soche thynge, or yf there be any wyckednes in my handes. ⁴ Yf I haue rewarded euyll vnto him that dealt frendly with me, yee, I haue delyuered hym, that without any cause is myne enemye. ⁵ Then lett myne enemye persecute my soule, and take me: ye let hym treade my lyfe downe vpon the earth, & laye myne honoure in the dust. Sela. ⁶ Stande vp, O Lorde, in thy wrath: and lyfte vp thy selfe, because of the indygnacyons of myne enemyes: aryse vp for me, in the iudgement that thou hast commaunded. ⁷ And so shall the congregacyon of the people come aboute the, for theyr sakes therfore lyft vp thy selfe agayne. ⁸ The Lorde shall iudge the people geue sentence with me, O Lorde, accordyng to my ryghtewesnes, and accordynge to the innocencye that is in me. ⁹ Oh let the wyckednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but guyd thou the iust. ¹⁰ For the righteous God trieth the very hertes and the reynes. ¹¹ My helpe commeth of God, which preserueth them that are true of herte. ¹² God is a ryghtewes iudge, and God is prouoked euery daye. Yf a man will not turne, he wyll whet his swerde: he hath bent his bowe and made it ready. ¹³ He hath prepared hym the instrumentes of deeth: he ordeyneth hys arowes agaynst the persecutours. ¹⁴ Beholde he trauayleth with myschefe, he hath conceaued sorow, and brought forth vngodlynesse. ¹⁵ He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte, & is fallen hym selfe into the destruccyon that he made (for other.) ¹⁶ For his trauayll shall come vpon his awne head & his wickednes shall fall vpon hys awne pate. ¹⁷ I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde accordynge to his ryghteousnes, & will prayse the name of the Lorde the most hyest.

⁸ Neuerthelesse my brethren that went vp wyth me, dyscouraged the herte of the people. And I folowed the Lorde God.

¹ And when Dauid was a lytle past the toppe of the hyll: beholde Ziba the seruaunt of Miphiboseth came to mete hym with a couple of Asses sadeled, and vpon them two hundred loues and one hundred bonches of Resynges, and an hundred frayles of dryed fygges, and a bottell of wyne. ² And the kyng sayd vnto Ziba: what meanest thou wyth these? And Ziba sayde. They be Asses for the kynges houshold to ryde on, and bread and frute for the younge men to eate, and wyne: that such as be faynt in the wyldernesse, maye drynk. ³ And the kynge sayde: where is thy masters sonne? Ziba answered vnto the kynge: beholde, he taryeth styll at Ierusalem. For he sayde: thys daye shall the house of Israel restore me the kyngdome of my father. ⁴ Then sayde the kyng to Ziba, beholde, thyne are all that pertayned vnto Miphiboseth. And Ziba sayde: I do homage to the. I beseche the that I maye fynde grace in thy syght, my Lorde, O kynge. ⁵ And when kynge Dauid came to Bahurim: beholde, thence cam out a man of the kynred of the house of Saul, named Semei the sonne of Gera, and he cam out cursynge. ⁶ And he cast stones at Dauid, and at all the seruauntes of kynge Dauid: And all the people also and all the men of warre were on hys ryght hande, and on hys lefte, ⁷ And thus sayde Semei whan he cursed: come forthe, come forth thou bloude sheder, and thou man of Belyall. ⁸ The Lorde hath brought vpon the all the bloude of the house of Saul, in whose steade thou hast raygned, and the Lord hath delyuered the kyngdom into the hande of Absalom thy sonne. And beholde thou art come to thy mischeffe, because thou art a bloudesheder. ⁹ Then sayde Abisai the sonne of Zaruia vnto the kynge: why doth thys deed dogg cursse my Lorde the kynge? let me go nowe, and take of the heed of hym. ¹⁰ And the kynge sayde: what haue I to do wyth you ye sonnes of Zaruia: let hym cursse: for the Lorde hath bydden hym cursse Dauid, Who dare then saye: Wherfore hast thou done so? ¹¹ And Dauid sayde to Abisai, and to all his seruauntes, beholde, my sonne whych cam of myne awne bodye, seketh my lyfe. How moche more then maye thys sonne of Iemini do it? Suffre him to cursse for the Lord hath bydden him: ¹² haplye the Lorde wyll loke on my wepyng eyes & wretchednesse, & do me good for hys curssynge this daye. ¹³ And as Dauid and his men went by the waye, Semei went alonge on the hylles syde ouer agaynst hym, & curssed as he went, and threwe stones at him, and cast dust. ¹⁴ And the kynge and all that were with him cam werye, and refresshed them selues there. ¹⁵ And Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel was wyth him. ¹⁶ And as sone as Husai the Arachite was come vnto Absalom, he sayde vnto hym: God saue the kynge, God saue the kyng. ¹⁷ And Absalom sayde agayne to Husai: is this the kyndnesse thou owest to thy frende? Why wentest thou not wyth hym? ¹⁸ Husai answered vnto Absalom: naye not so, but whom the Lorde and this people and all the men of Israel chose, hys will I be, and with hym wyll I dwell. ¹⁹ Moreouer, vnto whome shall I do seruice, but euen to hys sonne? And as I was seruaunt before wt thy father, euen so shall I be with the. ²⁰ Then spake Absalom to Ahithophell: geue councell, what is best for vs to do. ²¹ And Ahithophell sayde vnto Absalom: get the in vnto thy fathers concubines, which he hath lefte to kepe the house. And all Israel shall heare, that thou art cast out of thy father: then shall the handes of all that are wyth the, be stronge. ²² And so they pitched Absalom a tent vpon the toppe of the house. And he went in vnto hys fathers concubynes in the syght of all Israel. ²³ And the councell of Ahithophel which he counceled in those dayes, was as a man had asked councell of God: euen so was all the councell of Ahithophel, both wyth Dauid and wyth Absalom.

⁷ Up Lorde, & helpe me, O my God, for thou smyttest all myne enemyes vpon the cheke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly.

¹ To the chaunter, A Psalme of Dauid. In the Lorde put I my trust: howe saye ye then to my soule: that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon your hyll?

³ Consydre, and heare me (O Lorde my God) lyghten myne eyes, that I sleape not in death.

⁵ But my trust is in thy mercy, and my hert is ioyfull in thy saluacyon.

⁷ Shewe thy maruelous louynge kyndnesse, thou that art the sauyour of them which put theyr trust in the, from soch as resyst thy ryght hande. ⁸ Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges. ⁹ From the vngodly that trouble me: mine enemies compasse me round about, to take awaye my soule.

² I will call vpon the Lord, which is worthy to be praysed, so shall I be safe fro myne enemyes.

²⁸ Thou also shalt lighte my candelle: the Lorde my God shall make my darcknes to be light.

² My God, I haue put my trust in the: Oh lett me not be confounded, nether let myne enemyes triumphe ouer me.

¹ Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lorde, for I haue walked innocently: my trust hath bene also in the Lorde therfore shall I not fall.

² O Lorde my God, I cryed vnto the, and thou hast healed me.

¹² Thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye: thou hast put of my sacke cloth, and gyrded me with gladnesse. Therfore shall (euery good man) synge of thy prayse without ceassinge: O my God, I wyll geue thanckes vnto the for euer.

¹⁵ For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude: and feare is on euerye syde whyle they conspire together agaynst me, & take ther counsell to take awaye my lyfe.

¹⁰ Be not ye lyke horse and mule, which haue no vnderstandynge. Whose mouthes must be holden with byt & brydle, lest they fall vpon the.

¹ Of Dauid. Pleate thou my cause, O Lorde, with them that stryue with me: and fyght thou agaynst them that fyght agaynst me. ² Laye hande vpon the shilde & buckler, and stande vp to helpe me. ³ Brynge forth the speare, & stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me: saye vnto my soule: I am thy saluacyon.

⁴ And that I maye go vnto the aulter of God, euen vnto the God of my ioye & gladnesse, & vpon the harpe wyll I geue thankes vnto the (O God) my God.

²⁶ I wyll set hys dominion also in the see, and hys ryght hande in the floudes.

³ For when the breth of man goeth forth he shall turne againe to his earth, and then all his thoughtes peryshe. ⁴ Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe, and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God. ⁵ Which made heauen and earth, the see, and all that therin is, whych kepeth hys promyse for euer. ⁶ Whych helpeth them to ryght that suffre wronge, whych fedeth the hongrye.

¹⁰ Therfore, whoso feareth the Lord among you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaunt, Whoso walketh in darcknesse, and no lyght shyneth vpon him, lett hym put hys trust in the name of the Lorde, and holde him by his God.

¹⁵ O Lord, thou knowest: therfore remembre me, & vyset me, delyuer me fro my persecuters. Take me not from this lyfe in the tyme of the longe pacyence, thou knowest, that for thy sake I suffer rebuke.

¹¹ But the Lord stode by me, lyke a myghtie giaunt: therfore my persecutours fell, & coulde do nothing. They shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwysely, they shal haue an euerlastinge shame.

¹⁸ Moreouer, I heard Ephraim, that was led awaye captiue, complayne on this maner: O Lorde, thou hast correct me, & thy chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God:

⁴ I prayed before the Lord my God, and knowledged, sayinge. O Lorde, thou greate and fearfull God, thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy wyth them, which loue the, and do thy commaundementes.

¹⁹ O Lorde, heare: O forgeue Lorde, O Lorde consydre, tarye not ouer longe: but for thyne awne sake do it. O my God: for thy cyte and thy people is called after thy name. ²⁰ As I was yet speakynge at my prayers, knowledgynge myne awne synnes, and the synnes of my people, makynge so myne intercessyon before the Lorde my God, for the holy hylles sake of my God:

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⁵ And ye shall fle vnto the valley of my hylles, for the valley of the hylles shall reach vnto Asal. Yee, fle shall ye lyke as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Osiah kynge of Iuda. And the Lord my God shal come, & al saintes wt him.

²¹ whych by his meanes do beleue on God, that raysed hym vp from deeth, & gloryfyed hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope toward God:

¹⁹ Wherfore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commyt their soules to him with well doynge, as vnto a faythfull creator.

²⁰ And vnto Gad he sayde: blessed be the rowme maker Gad: he dwelleth as a Lyon, that catcheth the arme wyth the heade.

²⁸ And there was no man to helpe, because Lais was farre from Sidon, & they had no medelyng with any other man. And the cyte stode in the valey that lyeth by Bethrehob. And they bylt them there a cytie, & dwelt therin.

⁶ And thy handmayde had two sonnes, and they two fought together in the felde, (where was no man to go betwene them) but the one smote the other and slewe hym.

⁷ where as (not withstandinge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande.

⁹ He doth rauish the poore, when he getteth him in to his nett.

¹² Lyke as a lyon that is gredy of hys praye, and as it were a lyons whelpe lurcking in secrete places.

¹³ They gape vpon me with theyr mouthes as it were a rampynge and roarynge lyon.

¹⁵ But in myne aduersyte they reioysed, and gathered them together: Yee the very abiectes came together agaynst me vnawares, makynge mowes at me, and ceassed not.

²² O consydre this, ye that forget God: lest I plucke you awaye, and there be none to delyuer you.

¹² The kynges dysfauoure is lyke the roarynge of a lyon, but hys frendshypis lyke the dewe vpon the grasse.

¹³ I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morowe, but he brosed my bones lyke a lyon, and in one daye thou wilt make an ende of me.

⁷ therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon and as a leoparde in the waye to the Assyrians. ⁸ I will come vpon them as she beare, that is robbed of her whelpes, & I will breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There will I deuoure them as a lyon: yee: that wylde beastes shall teare them.

¹⁷ Not wythstandynge the Lorde, assysted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachynge shulde be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the Gentyls shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon.

⁸ Be sober and watch, for youre aduersary the deuyll as a roaring lyon walketh about, sekyng whom he maye deuoure:

²² The God of goddes, the Lorde, God of goddes, euen the Lord he knoweth, & Israel also shall knowe. If it be to rebelle, or to transgresse agaynst the Lorde, then thou Lorde saue vs not thys daye.

⁸ And then thou shalt shewe mercye vnto thy seruaunt for thou hast made wyth me thy seruaunt a bonde in the Lorde. Notwithstandynge, yf there be in me any trespace, then sleye me thy selfe, and brynge me not to thy father.

⁸ that ye haue also conspired agaynst me, and there is none that telleth it me in myne eare. And where as my sonne hath made a bonde wt the sonne of Isai, ther is none of you that mourneth for me, or sheweth it in myne eare: beholde, my sonne hath stered vp my seruaunt to lye awayte agaynst me thys same daye.

¹³ And Saul sayde vnto hym: why haue ye conspired agaynst me, thou & the sonne of Isai, in that thou hast geuen him vitaile, & a swerde, and hast asked councell of God for him, that he shuld aryse agaynst me, & lye awayte for me this daye?

⁹ & sayd to Saul: wherfore geuest thou an eare to mennes wordes that saye, Dauid seketh euell agaynst the?

¹¹ And moreouer, my father, behold, & se yet the lapp of thy garment in my hand: in as moch as I kylled the not, when I cutt of the lapp of thy garment. Understande therfore & se, that there is nether euell nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not synned agaynst the. And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

¹⁸ And he sayde: wherfore doth my lord thus persecute his seruaunt? for what haue I done? or what euell is in myne hand? ¹⁹ Now therfore let my Lord the kyng heare the wordes of his seruaunt. If the Lorde haue stered the vp agaynst me, let him smell the sauoure of a sacrifice. But & yf they be the children of men, cursed are they before the lord For they haue cast me out this daye from abidyng in the enheritaunce of the Lord, saying: hence, & go serue other gods.

⁷ And thus sayde Semei whan he cursed: come forthe, come forth thou bloude sheder, and thou man of Belyall. ⁸ The Lorde hath brought vpon the all the bloude of the house of Saul, in whose steade thou hast raygned, and the Lord hath delyuered the kyngdom into the hande of Absalom thy sonne. And beholde thou art come to thy mischeffe, because thou art a bloudesheder.

¹⁴ yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednes which thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlynesse dwell in thy house.

¹⁷ Howbeit, there is no wyckednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane. ¹⁸ O earth couer not thou my bloude, and let my cryenge fynde no rowme. ¹⁹ For lo, my witnesse is in heauen: & he that knoweth me, is aboue in the heygth:

³ For lo, they lye waytynge for my soule: the myghty men are gathered together against me without any offence or faute of me (O Lord.)

¹⁸ If I enclyne vnto wickednes with my hert, the Lorde wyll not heare me.

⁴ And when they were out of the cytie and not yet farre awaye, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruelar of hys house: vp and folowe after the men, and whan thou dost ouertake them, thou shalt saye vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good?

⁴ And Ionathas spake good of Dauid vnto Saul hys father, and sayde vnto hym: let not the kynge synne agaynst hys seruaunt Dauid, for he hath not synned agaynst the, and hys workes haue bene to the ward very good. ⁵ For he dyd put hys lyfe in hys hande, and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde brought to passe a greate health for all Israel. Thou sawest it, and thou reioysedest, wherfore then wilt thou synne against innocent bloude, and slaye Dauid without a cause?

¹ And Dauid fled from Naioth which is in Rama, came, & sayde before Ionathas. What haue I done? wherin am I faultie? what is the synne that I haue committed before thy father, that he seketh my lyfe?

¹⁴ Ahimelech answered the king & sayd who is so faithfull among all thy seruauntes as Dauid, & therto the kinges sonne in law, & goeth at thy bydding, & is had in honoure in thyne house?

⁷ And so Dauid kept of hys seruauntes with these wordes, and soffred them not to ryse agaynst Saul. But Saul rose vp out of the caue & went awaye,

¹⁰ Beholde, this daye thyne eyes haue sene. how that the Lord had delyuered the thys daye into myne hand in the caue. And some bad me kyll the, but I had compassion on the, and sayde: I will not laye my handes on my master, for he is the Lordes anointed. ¹¹ And moreouer, my father, behold, & se yet the lapp of thy garment in my hand: in as moch as I kylled the not, when I cutt of the lapp of thy garment. Understande therfore & se, that there is nether euell nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not synned agaynst the. And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it. ¹² The Lord be iudge betwene the and me, and the Lorde aduenge me of the. But myne hand be not vpon the. ¹³ Accordyng as the olde prouerbe sayeth: wyckednesse proceadeth from the wycked: But myne hande be not vpon the. ¹⁴ After whom is the kyng of Israel come out? After whom dost thou moue persecucion? after a deed dogg, and after a flee. ¹⁵ The Lorde be iudge, and iudge betwene the and me, & se & pleate my cause, and avenge me of thyne hande.

¹⁷ and sayde to Dauid: thou art ryghteouser then I, for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded the wyth euell. ¹⁸ And thou hast shewed thys daye, how that thou hast dealt louynglye wyth me, for as moche as when the Lorde had locked me in thyne handes, thou kylledst me not. ¹⁹ For who shall finde his enemye, & lett him depart in to a good waye? Wherfore the Lord reward the with good, for that thou hast done vnto me this daye.

²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmayde, for the Lord will make my Lorde a sure house, because my Lord fyghteth the batayles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euel be founde in the in all thy dayes. ²⁹ And yf any man ryse to persecute the, & to seke thy soule, the soule of my Lorde shall be bound as in the bondell of the lyuing wt the Lord thy God. And the soules of thy enemyes shal God cast out, euen as out of the mydle of a slyng.

⁹ And Dauid sayde to Abisai: destroye him not. For who can laye his hande on the Lordes anoynted, & be gyltlesse? ¹⁰ And Dauid sayde furthermore: as sure as the Lorde lyueth, the Lorde shall smyte him or his daye shall come to dye, or he shall descende into battell, & there perishe. ¹¹ The Lord kepe me from laying myne hande vpon the Lordes anoynted: But take thou now the speare that is at his heed, & the crewse of water, & let vs go. ¹² And so Dauid toke the speare & the crewse of water from Sauls heed, and they gatt them awaye, and no man saw it or marked yt or awaked. For they were all a slepe, because the Lorde had sent a deade sleape vpon them. ¹³ Then Dauid went ouer to the other syde, and stode on the toppe of an hyll a farre of (a great space beyng betwene them) ¹⁴ and Dauid cryed to the people, and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying: Hearest thou not Abner? Abner answered, and sayde: What art thou that cryest to the king? ¹⁵ and Dauid sayd to Abner: art not thou a man: and who his lyke the in Israel? Wherfore then hast thou not kept thy Lord the kyng? For there came one of the folke in, to destroy the kyng thy lord. ¹⁶ It is not good that thou hast done. As truly as the Lorde lyueth, ye are worthy to dye, because ye haue not kepte youre master, the Lordes anoynted. And nowe se where the kynges speare is and the crewse of water, that was at his heed. ¹⁷ And Saul knew Dauids voyce, & sayde is this thy voyce my sonne Dauid? & Dauid sayd: it is my voyce, my Lord, O kyng

²¹ Then sayde Saul: I haue synned, come agayn my sonne Dauid, for I will do the no moare harme, because my soule was preciouse in thyne eyes thys daye. Beholde, I haue played the fole, & haue erred excedyngly.

²⁴ And beholde, lyke as thy lyfe was moche set bye this daye in myne eyes: so be my lyfe set by in the eyes of the Lorde, that he delyuer me out of all tribulacion.

²⁰ The wordes of hys mouth were softer then butter, hauynge warre in his hert: hys wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very sweardes.

⁵ Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym, and let Satan stande at his ryght hande.

³ Lyke as syluer is tryed in the fyre, and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes.

²⁰ shall they recompence euell for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule. Remembre, howe that I stode before the, to speake good for them, & to turne awaye thy wrath from them. ²¹ Therfore let their children dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed wyth the swearde. Let their wiues be robbed of their children, and become wyddowes: let their husbandes be slayne, let their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde.

¹⁵ I haue sowed a sack cloth vpon my skynne, & lye with my heare in the dust.

⁵ If I haue walked in vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue: ⁶ let me be weyed in an euen balaunce, that God may se my innocency. ⁷ If so be that I haue withdrawne my fote out of the right waye, and yf my hert hath folowed mine eye sight? If I haue stained or defiled my handes? ⁸ then shal I sowe, and another eate, yee, my generacion and posterite shall be cleane roted out. ⁹ If my hert hath lusted after my neghboures wyffe, or yf I haue layde wayte at his dore? ¹⁰ O then let my wiffe grinde vnto another man and let other men lie with her.

³⁸ But yf case be that my lande crye agaynst me, or that the forowes therof make any complaynte: ³⁹ yf I haue eaten the frutes therof vnpayed for, yee yf I haue greued any of the plowmen: ⁴⁰ then let thystles growe in steade of my wheate, & cockle for my barleye. Here ende the wordes of Iob:

¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade downe all the vngodly in their place, ¹³ cast them downe into the dust, and couer their faces with darcknesse:

² Many one there be, that saye of my soule: there is no helpe for hym in God. Sela.

⁵ Thou art my kyng (O God) sende helpe vnto Iacob.

¹² Neuerthelesse, man wyll not abyde in honour, seyng he maye be compared vnto the beastes that peryshe: this is the waye of them.

¹² Thorow God we shall do great actes, for it is he that shal treade downe our enemyes.

⁶ I shall sende hym amonge those ypocritish people, amonge the people that haue deserued my dysfauoures shall I send hym: that he may vtterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the strete.

³ I haue troaden the presse my selfe alone, and of all people there is not one with me. Thus wyll I treade downe myne enemyes in my wrath, and set my fete vpon them in my indignacyon. And their bloude shalbe spronge vpon my cloothes, and so wyll I stayne all my rayment.

¹³ Thou art the comforte of Israell. All they that forsake the, shalbe confounded: al they that departe from the, shalbe wrytten in earth for they haue forsaken the Lorde the very condyte of the waters of lyfe.

¹³ Thou camest forth to helpe thy people, to helpe thine anointed. Thou smotest downe the head the house of the vngodly, & discoueredest hys foundacions, euen vnto the necke of him. Selah.

⁵ They shalbe as the gyauntes, which in the batell treade downe the myre vpon the stretes. They shal fyght for the Lorde shalbe wyth them, so that the horsmen shalbe confounded.

³ ye shal treade downe the vngodly: for they shalbe lyke the asshes vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye that I shall make, sayeth the Lorde of hoostes.

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: the councell of Husai the Arachite is better, then the councell of Ahithophell. For it was euen the Lordes determinaycon to destroye the good councell of Ahithophel: that the Lorde myght brynge euell vpon Absalom.

⁵ Nowe for the comforles troubles sake of the neadye, & because of the deape fyghthing of the poore, I will vp (sayeth the Lorde) and wyll helpe euery one, from hym that swelleth agaynst hym, and wyll set them at rest.

¹ Of Dauid. Pleate thou my cause, O Lorde, with them that stryue with me: and fyght thou agaynst them that fyght agaynst me.

²³ A wake and stande vp to iudge my quarell auenge thou my cause, my God, and my Lorde.

²³ Up Lorde why slepest thou? A wake, & be not absent from vs for euer.

²⁶ Aryse & helpe vs, & delyuer vs for thy mercy sake.

⁵ Stande vp (O Lorde God of Hoostes) thou God of Israel to vyset all heathen: and be not mercyful vnto them that offende of malycyous wyckednesse. Sela.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme and songe of Dauid. Let God aryse, and let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him, flye before him. ² Like as the smoke vanysheth, so shalt thou dryue them awaye: and lyke as waxe melteth at the fyre: so let the vngodly perysh at the presence of God.

²⁰ Yee, euen like as a dreame when one a waketh, so shalt thou make theyr ymage to vanysh out of the cyte.

³ Thinke vpon the trybe of thine enheritaunce and mout Sion wherin thou hast dwelt.

⁸ Thou dyddest cause thy iudgement to be herde from heauen, the erth trembled and was styll. ⁹ When God arose to iudgement, & to helpe all the meke vpon earth. Sela.

⁶⁵ Their Preastes were slayne wt the swerde, and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion.

¹ O lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth: thou God to whome vengeaunce belongeth, shewe thy selfe. ² Aryse thou iudge of the worlde, and rewarde the proude after theyr deseruynge.

⁶ The Lorde executeth ryghteousnesse and iudgment, for all them that are oppressed with wronge.

⁷ Though I walke in the myddest of trouble: yet shalt thou refressh me: thou shalt stretch forth thyne hand vpon the furiousnes of myne enemyes, & thy ryght hand shall saue me.

¹³ The Lorde is rysen vp to commen of the matter, and standeth vp (I saye) to geue iudgement of the people.

¹⁰ And therfore sayth the Lord: I will vp nowe: now will I be auaunced: now will I be exalted as a mightye God.

²⁰ Delyuer vs then, O Lorde oure God, from the handes of Sennaherib, that all Kyngdomes of the earth maye knowe, that thou onely art the Lorde.

⁹ Wake vp, wake vp: and be stronge. O thou arme of the Lorde, wake vp, lyke as in tyme past, euer and sence the worlde beganne.

¹¹ Let the mount Sion reioyse, and the daughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes.

¹⁰ The ryghteous shall reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce: he shal wash hys fote stepes in the bloude of the vngodly. ¹¹ So that a man shall saye: verely there is a rewarde for the ryghteous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

⁴ The floudes are rysen (O Lord) the floudes haue lyft vp theyr noyse, the floudes lyft vp the waues.

⁵ Who is lyke vnto the Lorde oure God, that hath hys dwellyng so hye, ⁶ & yet humbleth him self, to behold the thynges that are in heauen & earth?

⁶ For though the Lorde be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly: as for the proude, he beholdeth him a farre of.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye & excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastyngnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuary, and wyth hym also, that is of a contrite and humble sprete do I dwell: that I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a contrite herte.

¹⁷ sayinge: we geue the thankes O Lord God almyghtye: whych arte & wast, & arte to come, for thou haste receaued thy great myght, and hast raygned. ¹⁸ And the nacyons were angry, and thy wrath is come, & the tyme of the deed that they shuld be iudged and that thou shuldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and Saynctes, & to them that feare thy name small & great & shuldest destroye them, which destroye the erth.

⁵ And I herde an Angell saye: Lorde, whych arte and wast, thou arte ryghteous & holy, because thou hast geuen soche iudgementes, ⁶ for they shed out the bloud of sainctes, and prophetes, & therfore hast thou geuen them bloud to dryncke: for they are worthy. ⁷ And I herde another saye: euen so Lorde God almyghty: true and ryghteous are thy iudgementes.

²⁰ Reioyce ouer her thou heauen, and ye holy Apostles and Prophetes: for God hath geuen your iudgement on her.

² for true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the gret whore which dyd corrupt the erth wt her fornicacion, & hath auenged the bloud of his seruauntes of hyr hande.

²⁵ That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after thys sayinge, & sley the ryghtwes with the wicked, & that the ryghtwes shulde be as the wicked, that be farre from the. Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordynge to ryghte?

⁵³ The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, & the God of theyr fathers be iudge betwyxte vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of hys father Isahac.

¹² O our God, wylt thou not iudge them: for we haue no myght agaynst thys great companye that commeth agaynst vs. Nether wote we what to do: but oure eyes be vnto the.

⁸ For he shall iudge the world in ryghteousnes, and minister true iudgement vnto the people.

⁴ The Lorde is in hys holy temple the Lordes seat is in heauen? Hys eyes consydre & hys eye lyddes tryeth the chyldren of men.

² Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: and let thyne eyes loke vpon the thing that is equall. ³ Thou hast proued & visyted myne herte in the nyght season: thou haste tryed me and shalt fynde no wyckednesse in me: for I am vtterly purposed, that my mouth shall not offende.

²⁰ The Lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealing: accordinge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompense me. ²¹ Because I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde: and haue not forsaken wyckedlye my God. ²² For I haue an eye vnto all hys lawes: & wyll nott cast out hys commaundementes fro me. ²³ I was also vncorrupte before him: and eschued myne awne wickednes. ²⁴ Therfore shall the Lord rewarde me after my righteous dealing: and according vnto the clennes of my handes in hys eye syght.

²¹ Let perfectnesse and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me, for my hope hath bene in the.

¹¹ But as for me I will walcke innocently: O delyuer me, and be mercyfull vnto me.

²⁴ Iudge me, O Lorde my God, accordynge to thy ryghteousnesse, and let them not triumphe ouer me. ²⁵ Let them not saye in their hertes: there, there, so wolde we haue it: nether lett them saye: we haue deuoured hym. ²⁶ Let them be put to confusyon and shame together that reioyse at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boast them selues agaynst me. ²⁷ Let them be glad and reioyse, that fauoure my ryghteous dealynge: yee let them saye allwaye blessed be the Lorde, which hath pleasure in the prosperitye of hys seruaunt.

¹² And whan I am in my health, thou vpholdest me, and shalt set me before thy face for euer.

¹ Geue sentence wt me (O God) & defende my cause agaynst the vngodly people: Oh delyuer me from the disceatfull & wycked man.

⁷² As he was folowinge the ewes greate with yonge ones, he toke hym, that he myght fede Iacob hys people, and Israel his enheritaunce. So he fed them with a faythfull and true hert, & ruled them prudently withall his power.

¹ A Psalme of Asaph. God standeth in the congregacyon of prynces: he is Iudge amonge Goddes.

¹³ before the Lorde, for he commeth: for he commeth to iudge the earth: and with righteousnesse to iudge the worlde, and the people with his trueth.

⁹ Let the floudes clappe their handes, and let the hylles be ioyfull together. Before the Lord, for he is come to iudge the earth. Wyth ryghteousnes shall he iudge the worlde, & the people with equite.

¹ Better is the pore that lyueth godly, then the blasphemer that is but a fole.

³¹ because he hath appoynted a daye, in the which he will iudge the world wt ryghte wesnes, by that man by whom he hath appoynted, & hath offered fayth to all men, after that he had raysed him from deeth.

¹⁰ But why doest thou then iudge thy brother? Other, why doest thou despise thy brother? We shalbe all brought before the iudgement seate of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written: as truely as I lyue sayth the Lorde: all knees shall bowe to me, and all tonges shall geue prayse to God. ¹² So shall euery one of vs geue accomptes of hym selfe to God.

⁴ For I knowe nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustifyed. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me. ⁵ Therfore iudge nothinge before the tyme vntyll the Lorde come, whych wyll lyghten thinges that are hyd in darcknes, and open the counsels of the hertes. And then shall euery man haue prayse of God.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and godly purenes, & not in fleshly wysdom, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacyon in the world, and most of all to you wardes.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and so is God how holyly & iustly & vnblameably we behaued oure selues amonge you that beleued,

⁹ He wyll kepe the fete of hys sayntes, and the wycked shall kepe sylence in darcknesse, & in his awne myght shall no man be stronge.

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashyon, or on the heyght of hys stature, because I haue refused hym: for God seyth not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outwarde apperaunce but God beholdeth the harte.

⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and wyth a swete courage. For the Lorde sercheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacyons of thoughtes. And yf thou seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But yf thou forsake hym, he wyll cast the of for euer.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked the Heythen, & destroyed the vngodly, thou hast put out their name for euer & euer. ⁶ O thou enemye: destruccyons are come to a perpetuall ende: euen as the cities which thou hast destroyed: their memoriall is perished with them.

¹⁵ Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malycyous, take awaye hys vngodlynesse, and thou shalt fynde none.

¹⁸ To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto theyr right: that the man of the erthe be no more exalted agaynst them.

⁵ The Lorde aloweth the ryghteous: but the vngodly, and hym that delyteth in wickednes, doth his soule abhorre.

³ Thou hast proued & visyted myne herte in the nyght season: thou haste tryed me and shalt fynde no wyckednesse in me: for I am vtterly purposed, that my mouth shall not offende.

² Examen me, O Lord, & proue me: trye out my reynes and my hert.

²³ The Lord ordreth a good mans goinge, & maketh his waye acceptable to him self.

² He brought me also out of the horrible pitte, out of the myer and claye, and sett my fete vpon the rocke, and ordred my goynges.

²¹ If we haue forgotten the name of oure God, & holden vp our handes to eny straung God. Shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert.

⁶ Breake theyr teth (O God) in their mouthes, smyte the chawe bones of the lyons (O Lorde:)

¹⁰ We se not oure tokens, ther is not one Prophet more, no not one is ther among vs that vnderstandeth eny more. ¹¹ O God, how long shall the aduersary do this dishonoure? how longe shal the enemy blaspheme thy name? For euer?

²² O let not the symple go awaye ashamed, but let the poore and nedy geue prayse vnto thy name. ²³ Aryse, O God, maynteyne thine awne cause: remembre how the folyshe man blasphemeth the dayly. Forget not the voyce of thine enemyes: the presumpcyon of them that hate the increaseth euermore and more.

¹ To the chaunter, a psalme of Dauid. O lorde, thou hast searched me out, and knowen me.

³⁶ Thus the angel went forth, and slewe of the Assyrians hoost, an hundred fourescore and fyue thousande. And when men arose vp early in the mornynge. Beholde, they were slayne, and all laye full of deed bodyes. ³⁷ So Sennaherib the kyng of the Assyrians brake vp, & dwelt at Niniue. ³⁸ Afterwarde it chaunsed, as he prayed in the temple of Nesrah his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer hys awne sonnes slewe him with the sweard, and fled into the lande of Armenia. And Asar hadon his sonne raygned in his steade.

²⁰ Therfore, I will beseche the now (O Lord of hoostes) thou ryghteous iudge, thou that tryest the reynes & the hertes: lett me se the auenged of them, for vnto the haue I committed my cause.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

¹² And now, O Lorde of Hostes, thou ryghteous searcher (which knowest the reynes and the very hertes:) let me se them punished, for vnto the I commytte my cause.

⁴⁵ The tentes of hys palace shall be pytched betwyxte the two sees, vpon the hyll of the noble Sanctuary, for he shall come to his dethe, and then shall no man helpe hym.

²³ And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the honour, and he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the ghost.

²⁵ To him that is of power to stablisshe you, according to my Gospell, & preaching of Iesus Christ in vtterynge of the mistery whych was kept secret sence the worlde beganne,

¹³ that he maye make youre hertes stable & vnblameable, in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with all saynctes.

¹⁰ But the God of all grace whych hath called vs vnto hys eternall glory by Christ Iesus, shall hys awne selfe (after that ye haue suffred a lytell affliccyon) make you perfect: settle, strength and stablisshe you.

¹ Iudas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames. To them which are called, and sanctifyed in God the father, and preserued in Iesu Christ.

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.

¹ After these thynges were done, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vysyon sayinge, Feare not Abram, I am thy defence, and thy rewarde shall be exceadynge great.

⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not awake vp vnto the immediatly, and geue the, the bewtye of ryghtewesnesse agayne?

³ But thou O Lorde, arte my defender: thou arte my worshyppe, and the lyfter vp of my heed.

¹ To the chaunter of Dauid the seruaunt of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of thys song, (in the daye that the Lorde delyuered hym from the hande of all hys enemyes, and from the hande of Saul) and he sayde: I Will loue the, O Lorde, my strength. The Lorde is my stony rock, & my defence, my sauyour, my God, & my might, in whom I wyll trust: my buckler, the horne also of my saluacyon, and my refuge. ² I will call vpon the Lord, which is worthy to be praysed, so shall I be safe fro myne enemyes.

¹¹ I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of vngodlynesse.

¹⁸ For thou art the glory of theyr strength, & in thy louynge kyndnesse thou shalt lyft vp oure hornes.

² His sede shall be myghtye vpon earth: the generacyon of the faytfull shalbe blessed:

⁴ Do well, O Lorde, vnto those that be good and true of herte

²¹ For the iust shall dwell in the lande: and they that be perfecte shall remayne in it:

²⁰ The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefyled conuersacyon.

¹⁸ Who so leadeth a godly & an innocent lyfe, shalbe saued: but he that goeth froward wayes, shall once haue a fal.

⁸ The Lorde shall iudge the people geue sentence with me, O Lorde, accordyng to my ryghtewesnes, and accordynge to the innocencye that is in me.

⁶ And the heauens shall declare hys ryghteousnesse, for God is iudge hym selfe. Sela.

¹⁵ Untill righteousnes turne agayne vnto iudgement all soch as be true of hert shall folow it.

¹² Sure I am, that the Lorde wyll auenge the poore, and mainteyne the cause of the helpeles. ¹³ The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name, and the iust shall contynue in thy syght.

² The Lorde is a gelous God, & a taker of vengeaunce is the Lorde, and wrothfull. The Lorde taketh vengeaunce of his enemyes, and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries.

⁶ Who maye endure before hys wrath? Or who is able to abide his gryme displeasure? His anger taketh on lyke fyre, and the harde rockes are clouen in sunder before him.

⁴¹ If I whett the edge of my swerde, & myne hande take holde to do iustice, I wyll recompence vengeaunce on myne enemyes, & wyll rewarde them that hate me.

⁴ Turne vs then, O God oure Sauyour, and let thyne anger ceasse from vs.

¹ In that daye, the Lorde wt his sore, great and myghtye swearde shall viset Leuiathan the fugityue serpent, euen Leuiathan that croked serpent, and he shall slaye the dragon that is in the see.

⁵ For my sweard shalbe bathed in heauen, and shall immediatly come downe in iudgment vpon Idumea, and vpon the people which I haue cursed for my vengeaunce.

⁶ Seke the Lorde, whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, & the vnryghtuous hys owne ymagynacyons, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde: so shall he be mercyfull vnto hym: and to oure God, for he is very ready to forgeue.

¹⁸ Moreouer, I heard Ephraim, that was led awaye captiue, complayne on this maner: O Lorde, thou hast correct me, & thy chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God: ¹⁹ Yee, assone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme my selfe: and when I vnderstande, I shall smyte vpon my thyghe. For verely I haue commytted shamefull thinges. For I haue borne the reprofe and confusion of my youth.

³⁰ As for me, I wyll iudge euery man, accordynge to his wayes, O ye house of Israel, sayeth the Lorde God. Wherfore, be conuerted, and turne you cleane from all your wyckednesse, so shall there no synne do you harme.

⁹ Thou sonne of man, prophecye, and speake. Thus sayeth the Lord God: speake. The swearde, the swearde is sharpened & well scoured. ¹⁰ Sharpened is it for the slaughter, & scoured that it maye be bryght. Shall we then make myrthe? Agenst the tribe of my sonne it is gone forthe destroyinge all trees. ¹¹ He hath putt his swearde to the dyghtinge, that good holde maye be taken of it. This swearde is sharpened & dyght, that it maye be geuen in to the hande of the manslayer.

²³ Neuertheles, as for the sothe sayinge, they shall holde it but for vanite. And esteame them as those to whome they haue often sworne. Notwithstandynge he shall remembre their wyckednesse, so that by ryght they must be taken & wonne.

¹¹ Tell them: As truly as I lyue saieth the Lord God, I haue no pleasure in the death of the wycked, but moch rather that the wycked turne from his waye, & lyue. Turne you, turne you from your vngodly wayes, O ye of the house of Israell. Oh wherfore wyll ye dye?

¹⁰ Euen now is the axe also put vnto the rote of the trees: so that euery tree which bringeth not forth good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre.

¹⁹ Let it repente you therfore, and conuerte, that youre synnes maye be done awaye when the tyme of refresshynge commeth, which we shall haue of the presence of the Lorde,

²³ I will heape mischeues vpon them, & wyll destroye them wyth myne arowes.

⁴² I will make myne arowes droncke with bloude, and my swerde shall eate fleshe, & that for the bloude of the slayne, & for their captiuite, sens the begynnynge of the wrath of the enemye.

⁴ For the arowes of the almighty are round about me, whose indygnacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of God are sett agaynst me.

² For lo, the vngodly bende theyr bowe, and make ready theyr arowes wyth in the bowe: that they maye pryuely shote at them, which are true of hert.

¹⁴ He sent out his arowes and scattered them, he cast forth lyghtnynges, & destroyed them.

⁵ Good lucke haue thou wt thine honour, ryde on because of the word of treuth, of mekenesse & righteousnes: and thy ryght hande shall teach the terrible thynges.

³ Which haue whett their tonge lyke a swearde, & shote out theyr arowes, euen bytter wordes.

⁷ But God shal sodenly shote at them with a swift arowe, that they shalbe wounded.

⁶ Caste forth the lyghtynynge, & teare them, shote out thyne arowes, and consume them.

¹² He hath bent hys bowe, & made me as it were a marck to shut at: ¹³ The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen into myne reynes.

¹¹ The Sunne & Moone remayned styll in their habitacyon. Thyne arowes wente out glisterynge, and thy speares as the shyne of the lyghtenyng.

⁶ It is verely a ryghtewes thyng with God that he recompence tribulacyon to them that trouble you:

¹⁰ & they cryed with a lowde voyce, sayinge: How longe taryest thou Lord, holy & true, to iudge & to auenge oure bloud on them that dwel on the erth?

⁶ for they shed out the bloud of sainctes, and prophetes, & therfore hast thou geuen them bloud to dryncke: for they are worthy.

²⁰ The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of hys lyfe as it were a woman with a childe, and the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne.

³⁵ He conceaueth trauayle, and beareth vanyte, and theyr bodye bryngeth forth disceate.

¹¹ Ye shall conceaue stubble, & beare strawe, & youre sprete shalbe the fyer, that it maye consume you,

⁴ No man regardeth ryghteousnes, and no man iudgeth truly. Euery man hopeth in vayne thynges, and ymagineth disceate conceaueth weerynesse, and bryngeth forth euell. ⁵ They brede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spyders webb: Who so eateth of their egges, dyeth. But yf one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.

¹⁵ Then, when lust hath conceaued, she bryngeth forth synne: & synne when it is finisshed, bryngeth forth deeth.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

⁸ For (as I haue proued by experience) they that plowe iniquytie, & sowe wretchednesse, reape the same.

²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherles and go about to ouerthrowe your awne frende.

¹⁵ The Heithen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made: in the same nett which they hydd pryuely, is their awne foote taken. ¹⁶ The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement: the vngodly is trapped in the worcke of his awne handes: A consyderacyon Sela.

² The vngodly for his owne lust, doth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftye wilynesse that they haue ymagined.

⁷ For they haue pryuely layed theyr net to destroye me without a cause, yee euen without a cause haue they made a pytte for my soule. ⁸ Let a soden destruction come vpon him vnawares: & hys net that he hath layed priuely, catch hym selfe, that he maye fall into hys awne myschefe.

⁶ They haue layed a nett for my fete, and pressed downe my soule: they haue dygged a pytt before me, and are fallen into the myddes of it them selues. Sela.

¹³ That thou mayest geue hym pacience in tyme of aduersitie, vntyll the pyt be dygged vp for the vngodly.

⁸⁵ The proude haue dygged pyttes for me, whych are not after thy lawe.

⁹ Let the mischefe of their awne lippes fall vpon the heed of them, that compasse me about. ¹⁰ Let hote burninge coales fall vpon them: let them be cast into the fyer and into the pyt: that they neuer ryse vp againe.

¹⁰ Kepe me from the snare which they haue layed for me: & from the trappes of the wicked doers. Let the vngodly fall into their awne nettes together: and let me euer escape them.

²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped.

²⁷ Who so dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin: & he that weltreth a stone, shall stomble vpon it him selfe.

⁸ But he that dyggeth vp a pyt, shal fall therin him selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym. ⁹ Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: & he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith.

²⁰ shall they recompence euell for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule. Remembre, howe that I stode before the, to speake good for them, & to turne awaye thy wrath from them.

⁹ And Dauid hauing knowlege that Saul imagened myschef against him, sayd, to Abiathar the preast: Bryng the Ephod.

¹² The Lord be iudge betwene the and me, and the Lorde aduenge me of the. But myne hand be not vpon the. ¹³ Accordyng as the olde prouerbe sayeth: wyckednesse proceadeth from the wycked: But myne hande be not vpon the.

¹⁰ And Dauid sayde furthermore: as sure as the Lorde lyueth, the Lorde shall smyte him or his daye shall come to dye, or he shall descende into battell, & there perishe.

¹⁹ And moreouer, the Lorde wyll delyuer Israel wt the, into the handes of the Philistines. To morowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lorde shall geue the hoste of Israel into the handes of the Philistines.

³ And whan the battell went sore agaynst Saul, the archers with bowes founde hym, & he was sore afrayed of the archers. ⁴ Then sayd Saul vnto his harnesberer draw out thy swerde, & thrust me thorowe therwyth, lest these vncircumcised come, & thrust me thorowe and make a mockynge stocke of me. But hys harnesberer wolde not, for he was sore afrayed. And Saul toke a swerde, and fell vpon it.

³² And the Lorde shall bryng hys bloud vpon his awne heed, for he smote two men right wyser and better then he, and slue them with the swerde, my father Dauid not knowynge therof: euen Abner the sonne of Ner, captayne of the hoost of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoost of Iuda.

²⁵ & how Hester went, and spake to the kynge, that thorowe letters his wicked deuyce (which he ymagined agaynst the Iewes) myght be turned vpon his awne heed, & how hee & his sonnes were hanged on the tre.

⁴ He ymagyneth myschefe vpon hys bedd, and hath set hym selfe in no good waye, nether doth he abhore any thyng that is euell.

¹² There are they fallen that worke wyckednesse: they are cast downe, and shall: not be able to stande.

¹² The vngodly seketh councell agaynst the iust, & gnassheth vpon hym with his tethe. ¹³ The Lord shall laughe hym to scorne, for he hath sene, that his daye is commynge.

³ Beholde, I shall corrupte your sede, and cast donge in youre faces, euen the donge of youre solempne feastes and it shall cleue fast vpon you. ⁴ And ye shall knowe, that I haue sent thys commaundement vnto you: that my couenaunt which I made with Leui, might stande sayeth the Lorde of hoostes. ⁵ I made a couenaunt of lyfe & peace wyth him: this I gaue him, that he myght stande in awe of me: and so he dyd feare me, and had my name in reuerence.

² I wyll be glad, and reioyse in the, yee my songes will I make of thy name, O thou moost hyest.

²⁸ And as for my tonge, it shalbe talkynge of thy ryghteousnes and of thy prayse, all the daye longe.

¹⁴ Delyuer me from bloud gyltynesse (O God) thou that art the God of my health, and my tonge shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse.

¹⁵ Thou, O God, hast taught me fro my youth vp vntill now, therfore will I tell of thy wonderous worckes. ¹⁶ Forsake me not, O God, in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntyll I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

¹ A Psalme and songe for the Sabboth daye. It is a good thing to geue thankes vnto the Lorde, and to synge prayses vnto thy name, O moste hyest.

⁸ But thou Lord art the most hyest for euermore.

² With hys awne ryght hande and wyth his holy arme hath he gotten hym selfe the victory.

³ His worcke is worthy to be praysed & had in honoure, and his ryghteousnesse endureth for euer.

⁷ The memoriall of thyne aboundant kyndnes shalbe shewed, and men shall synge of thy ryghteousnesse.

¹⁷ This erande of the watcher, is a commaundment grounded and sought out in the councell of him, that is most holy: to learne men for to vnderstande, that the hyest hath power ouer the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them, to whom it lyketh him, and bringeth the very out castes of men ouer them.

²⁵ Thou shalt be cast out from men, and thy dwellinge shalbe with the beastes of the felde: with grasse shalt thou be fed lyke an oxe. Thou must be wet with the dewe of the heauen: yee, seuen yeares shall come, & go vpon the, tyll thou knowe, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them to whom he lyst.

³⁴ When thys tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lyfte vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstandinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hyghest. I magnifyed and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth alwaye, and hys kyngdome from one generacyon to another:

⁴⁸ Howbeit he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as sayth the prophete: