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¹ My songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE, wt my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse fro one generacion to another.² For I haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens.³ I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen, I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt.⁴ Thy sede wil I stablish for euer, and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another.

⁵ Sela. O LORDE, the very heaues shal prayse thy wonderous workes, yee & thy faithfulnes in ye congregacion of the sayntes.⁶ For who is he amonge the cloudes, that maye be copared vnto the LORDE?⁷ Yee what is he amonge the goddes, that is like vnto the LORDE?⁸ God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes, & to be had in reuerence of all the that are aboute him.⁹ O LORDE God of hoostes, who is like vnto the in power? thy trueth is rounde aboute the.¹⁰ Thou rulest the pryde of the see, thou stillest the wawes therof, whe they arise.¹¹ Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme.¹² The heaues are thine, the earth is thine: thou hast layed the foundacio of the roude worlde and all that therin is.¹³ Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name.¹⁴ Thou hast a mightie arme, stronge is thy hande, and hye is thy right hande.

¹⁵ Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth go before thy face.¹⁶ Blessed is the people (o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce.¹⁷ Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe, and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shalbe exalted.¹⁸ For thou art the glory of their strength, & thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes.

¹⁹ The LORDE is oure defence, and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge.²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in visios vnto thy sayntes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.²¹ I haue founde Dauid my seruaut, with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him.²² My honde shal holde him fast, and my arme shal strength him.²³ The enemie shal not ouercome him, and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him.²⁴ I shal smyte downe his foes before his face, and plage them that hate him.²⁵ My trueth also & my mercy shalbe with him, and in my name shal his horne be exalted.²⁶ I wil set his honde in the see, and his right honde in the floudes.²⁷ He shal call me: thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my saluacion.²⁸ And I wil make him my firstborne, hyer then the kinges of the earth.²⁹ My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore, and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him.³⁰ His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen.³¹ But yf his childre forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgmentes.³² Yf they breake myne ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaundementes. ³³ I wil vyset their offences with the rodde, and their synnes with scourges.³⁴ Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him, ner fuffre my trueth to fayle.³⁵ My couenaunt wil I not breake, ner disanulle the thinge yt is gone out of my lippes. ³⁶ I haue sworne once by my holynesse, that I wil not fayle Dauid.³⁷ His sede shal endure for euer, and his seate also like as the Sonne before me.

³⁸ He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone, and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen.³⁹ Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted, and art displeased at him.⁴⁰ Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt, and cast his crowne to the grounde.⁴¹ Thou hast ouerthrowne all his hedges, and broke downe his stronge holdes.⁴² Al they that go by, spoyle him, he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours.⁴³ Thou settest vp the right hade of his enemies, and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse.⁴⁴ Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde, and geuest him not victory in the battayll.⁴⁵ Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his Trone downe to the grounde.⁴⁶ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened, and couered him with dishonoure.⁴⁷ Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?⁴⁸ O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught?⁴⁹ What man is he that lyueth, and shal not se death? Maye a ma delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell?⁵⁰ Sela. LORDE, where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?⁵¹ Remebre LORDE the rebuke that ye multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes, & how I haue borne it in my bosome.⁵² Wher wt thine enemies blasphemethe, & slauder ye fotesteppes of yi anoynted. Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore: Amen, Amen.