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For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde, yet whe the stocke

But as for man, when he is deed, perished and consumed awaye, what becommeth of him?

For thou hast nombred all my goynges, yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes.

As for shame, thou hast set it asyde, els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God:

hast thou herde the secrete councell of God, that all wy?dome is to litle for ye?

For he hath stretched out his honde agaynst God, & armed himself agaynst ye Allmightie.

For the congregacion of Ypocrites is vnfrutefull, & the fyre shal consume the houses of soch, as are gredy to receaue giftes.

But what shall I do? For all my wordes, my sorow wil not ceasse: and though I holde my toge, yet wil it not departe fro me.

I was somtyme in wealth, but sodenly hath he brought me to naught. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rente me, and set me, as it were a marck for him to shute at.

For lo, my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth me, is aboue in the heyth.

My countenaunce is heuy for very anger, & the membres of my body are become like a shadowe.

As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge you.

What helpeth then my longe tarienge? Or, who wil fulfill the thinge, that I loke for?

For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shal walke in the snare.

The snare is layed for him in the grounde, and a pytfall in the waye.

Lo, ten tymes haue ye reproued me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me so to scorne?

The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house take me for a strauger, and I am become as an aleaunt in their sight.

Haue pite vpon me, haue pite vpon me (o ye my frendes) for the hande of the LORDE hath touched me.

For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye:

But bewarre of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe avenged of wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgment.