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¹ Holde not thy tonge (o God) kepe not still sylece,, refrayne not yi self, o God.² For lo, thy enemies make a murmuringe, & they yt hate the, lift vp their heade.³ They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people, & take councell agaynst thy secrete ones.⁴ Come (saye they) let vs rote them out from amonge the people, that the name of Israel maye be put out of remebraunce.⁵ For they haue cast their heades together with one consent, & are cofederate agaynst the.⁶ The tabernacles of the Edomites & Ismaelites, the Moabites & Hagarenes.⁷ Gebal, Ammon and Amalech: the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre.⁸ Assur also is ioyned vnto the & helpe the children of Loth.

⁹ Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites, vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by ye broke of Cyson.¹⁰ Which perished at Endor, & became as the doge of ye earth.¹¹ Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb: Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana.¹² Which saye: we wil haue the houses of God in possession?¹³ O my God, make them like vnto a whele, and as the stuble before the wynde.¹⁴ Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd, & as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes.¹⁵ Persecute them euen so with thy tempest, & make them afrayed with thy storme.¹⁶ Make their faces ashamed (o LORDE) yt they maye seke thy name.¹⁷ Let the be cofounded & vexed euer more & more: Let the be put to shame & perish.¹⁸ That they maye knowe, that thou art alone, that thy name is the LORDE, and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth.