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¹ O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether? wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture.² Remember thy congregation, thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme: thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce, euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest.³ Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie: which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie.⁴ Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations: and set vp their banners for signes [of victorie.]⁵ He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes [for to builde the temple:] was esteemed as one offeryng a present [to God] aboue.⁶ But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof: with axes and hammers.⁷ They haue set fire on thy holy places: they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name [castyng it downe] to the groud.⁸ Yea, they sayde in their heartes, let vs make hauocke of them altogether: thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande.⁹ We see not our ensignes, there is not one prophete more: no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case.¹⁰ O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually? shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer?¹¹ Why withdrawest thou thy hande, yea thy right hande? consume [them, drawing] it out of thy bosome.

¹² Truely God is my kyng of olde: who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth.¹³ Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power: thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters.¹⁴ Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces: and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse.¹⁵ Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes: thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters.¹⁶ The day is thine, & the nyght is thine: thou hast prepared the light & the sunne.¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter.

¹⁸ Remember this O God, the enemie hath dishonoured: and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name.¹⁹ O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast: forget not the congregation of the poore for euer.²⁰ Loke vpon the couenaunt: for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie.²¹ O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the afflicted & needy geue prayse vnto thy name.²² Arise O Lord, mayntayne thine owne cause: remember the dishonour that the foolishe man [doth] vnto thee dayly.²³ Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually.