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I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Let them shoute for ioy, and bee glad that fauour my righteous cause: yea let them say continually, Let the Lord bee magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his seruant

[To the chiefe musician, A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord.] The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

For he flatterech himselfe in his owne eyes, vntill his iniquitie be found to be hatefull.

The words of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: he hath left off to bee wise, and to doe good.

Hee deuiseth mischiefe vpon his bed, he setteth himselfe in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not euill.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thy selfe because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked deuices to passe.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not bee: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

The wicked plotteth against the iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is comming.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Though hee fall, he shall not be vtterly cast downe: for the Lord vpholdeth him with his hand.

I haue bene yong, and now am old; yet haue I not seene the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.

He is euer mercifull, and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.

For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saints, they are preserued for euer: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisedome; and his tongue talketh of iudgement.

The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.

The Lord will not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him when he is iudged.

Wait on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

But I, as a deafe man, heard not; and I was as a dumbe man that openeth not his mouth.