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¹ I wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength, ² God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge.³ I wyll call vpon God, who is most worthy to be praysed: so I shall be safe from myne enemies.⁴ The panges of death haue compassed me about: and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare.⁵ The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.⁶ But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares.⁷ The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth.⁸ In his anger a smoke ascended vp: and a fire out of his mouth dyd cosume, and euery cole therof dyd set a fire.⁹ He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete.¹⁰ He ridde vpon the Cherub, and he dyd flee: he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde.¹¹ For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre.¹² His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng.¹³ God also thundred out of heauen: and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde, haylestones, and coles of fire.¹⁴ He shot out his arrowes, and scattered them: he cast foorth much lyghtnynges, and destroyed them.¹⁵ And the bottomes of waters appeared, and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng, O God: at the blast of the breath of thine anger.¹⁶ He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me: he hath taken me out of many waters.¹⁷ He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie: and from them which hate me, for they were to stout for me.¹⁸ They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay.¹⁹ He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie: he brought me foorth, because he had a fauour vnto me.

²⁰ God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me.²¹ Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God.²² For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me.²³ And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse.²⁴ Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght.²⁵ With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect.²⁶ With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde.²⁷ For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude.²⁸ Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght.

²⁹ For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men: and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall.³⁰ The way of the Lorde is a perfect way, the worde of God is tryed in the fire: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym.³¹ For who is a Lorde besides God: or who hath any strength besides our Lorde?³² It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre: and he hath made my way playne.³³ He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh.³⁴ He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele.³⁵ Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation: thy ryght hande also hath helde me vp, and through thy great gentlenesse I haue increased.³⁶ Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on: so that my feete haue not slypt.³⁷ I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them.³⁸ I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete.³⁹ Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me.⁴⁰ Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me.⁴¹ They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them.⁴² I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates.⁴³ Thou hast deliuered me from sedition of the people, and thou hast made me head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen serueth me, ⁴⁴ assoone as they hearde of me, they obeyed me. Children of a straunger haue made a lie vnto me:⁴⁵ the heartes of the children of a straunger hath fayled them, and they feared in their [strong] holdes.⁴⁶ God lyueth, and he [is] my strength most worthy of blisse: and the Lorde of my saluation ought to be magnified.⁴⁷ It is God that hath geuen me power to take auengeaunce: and he hath subdued the people vnder me.⁴⁸ It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies: and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me, he hath ridde me from the wicked man.⁴⁹ For this cause I wyll acknowledge thee O God among the gentiles: and syng psalmes vnto thy name.⁵⁰ Who hath wonderfull oft deliuered his kyng: and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted, and vnto his seede for euermore.