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For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.

My soule cleaueth vnto thee: for thy right hand vpholdeth me.

They shall cast him downe with the edge of the sword, and they shall be a portion for foxes.

But the King shall reioyce in God, and all that sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped.

Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.

To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of Dauid. O God, praise waiteth for thee in Zion, and vnto thee shall the vowe be perfourmed.

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it.

The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, and sing.

For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

Let the people be glad and reioyce: for thou shalt iudge the people righteously, and gouerne the nations vpon the earth. Selah.

But the righteous shalbe glad, and reioyce before God: yea, they shall leape for ioye.

Thy Congregation dwelled therein: for thou, O God, hast of thy goodnesse prepared it for the poore.

Why leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for euer.

Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lorde God might dwell there.

Ascribe the power to God: for his maiestie is vpon Israel, and his strength is in the cloudes.

To him that excelleth vpon Shoshannim. A Psalme of Dauid. Saue mee, O God: for the waters are entred euen to my soule.

I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.

Let not them that trust in thee, O Lorde God of hostes, be ashamed for me: let not those that seeke thee, be confounded through mee, O God of Israel.

For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.

For the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.