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For lo, kynges are gathered, and gone by together.

Like as we haue herde, so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes, in the cite of or God: God vpholdeth the same for euer.

Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse (o God) in the myddest of thy temple.

For this God is or God for euer & euer, and he shal allwaie be or gyde.

No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God.

For it costeth more to redeme their soules, so that he must let that alone for euer.

For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.

For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him.

And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse, for God is iudge himself.

For all the beestes of the felde are myne, and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles.

Yf I be hongrie, I wil not tell the: for ye whole worlde is myne, and all that therin is.

For I knowlege my fautes, and my synne is euer before me.

For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice, I wolde geue it the: but thou delytest not in burntofferynges.

For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse, with the burntofferynges and oblacions: then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter.

Lo, this is the ma, yt toke not God for his stregth, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, & was mightie in his wickednesse.

As forme, I am like a grene olyue tre in ye house of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer & euer. I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the, for that thou hast done: and wil hope in thy name, for thy sayntes like it well.

They are afrayed, where no feare is: for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the: thou puttest them to confucion, for God despiseth them.

Helpe me (o God) for thy names sake, and delyuer me in thy stregth.

For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me, and the mightie (which haue not God before their eyes) seke after my soule.

For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble, so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpo myne enemies.