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For this is the vse in Israel, & a lawe of the God of Iacob.

This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egipte, & had herde a strauge laguage.

Sela. Heare o my people, for I assure the o Israel, yf thou wilt herken vnto me:

Oy my people wolde obeye me, for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes.

The haters of ye LORDE shulde mysse Israel, but their tyme shulde endure for euer. He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure, & satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke.

Aryse (o God) & iudge thou the earth, for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce.

For lo, thy enemies make a murmuringe, & they yt hate the, lift vp their heade.

For they haue cast their heades together with one consent, & are cofederate agaynst the.

My soule hath a desyre & loginge for ye courte of ye LORDE, my hert & my flesh reioyse in ye lyuynge God.

For the sparow hath founde hir an house, & the swalowe a nest, where she maye laye hir yoge: eue yi aulters O LORDE of hoostes, my kynge & my God.

Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery, vse it for a well, and the poles are fylled with water.

For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande:

For the LORDE God is a light and defence, the LORDE wil geue grace & worshipe, and no good thinge shal he witholde from them, that lyue a godly life. O LORDE God of hoostes, blessed is the man, yt putteth his trust in the.

Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer? wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another?

I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie, for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes, that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes.

For his saluacion is nye them that feare him, so that glory shal dwell in oure londe.

Rightuousnesse shal go before him, and prepare the waye for his commynge.

Bowe downe thine eare (o LORDE) and heare me, for I am cofortles and poore.

O kepe my soule, for I am holy: my God, helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the.

Be mercifull vnto me (o LORDE) for I call daylie vpon the.