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Thou wilt arise & haue mercy vpon Zion: for the time to haue mercie thereon, for the appointed time is come.

For thy seruants delite in the stones thereof, and haue pitie on the dust thereof.

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people, which shalbe created, shall prayse the Lord.

For he hath looked downe from the height of his Sanctuarie: out of the heauen did the Lord beholde the earth,

He will not alway chide, neither keepe his anger for euer.

For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.

For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.

For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

But the louing kindnesse of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him, and his righteousnes vpon childrens children,

And the mountaines ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.

He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,

The high mountaines are for the goates: the rockes are a refuge for the conies.

He appoynted the moone for certaine seasons: the sunne knoweth his going downe.

So is this sea great and wide: for therein are things creeping innumerable, both small beastes and great.

Glory be to the Lord for euer: let the Lord reioyce in his workes.

And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

Yet suffered he no man to doe them wrong, but reprooued Kings for their sakes, saying,

But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.

He gaue them haile for raine, and flames of fire in their land.

Egypt was glad at their departing: for the feare of them had fallen vpon them.