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His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.

His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath sharpened his eyes against me.

His archers compasse mee rounde about: he cutteth my reines, and doth not spare, & powreth my gall vpon the ground.

Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!

For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

But the righteous wil holde his way, & he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.

Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.

It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.

His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, & shal cause him to go to the King of feare.

Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.

His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.

The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.