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The Lord is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the Lord.

It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.

For the Lord will not cast off for euer.

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieue the children of men.

Wherefore doeth a liuing man complaine, a man for the punishment of his sinnes?

Mine eye runneth downe with riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

The tongue of the sucking child cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the young children aske bread, and no man breaketh it vnto them.

For the punishment of the iniquitie of the daughter of my people, is greater then the punishment of the sinne of Sodom, that was ouerthrowen as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

They that bee slaine with the sword, are better then they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middest of her:

As for vs, our eyes as yet failed for our vaine helpe: in our watching we haue watched for a nation that could not saue vs.

They hunt our steps that we cannot goe in our streets: our end is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.

Our persecutours are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, they laide waite for vs in the wildernesse.

We haue drunken our water for money, our wood is sold vnto vs.

For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dimme.

Thou, O Lord, remainest for euer: thy throne from generation to generation.

Wherefore doest thou forget vs for euer, and forsake vs so long time?

As for the likenesse of their faces, they foure had the face of a man, and the face of a lyon on the right side, and they foure had the face of an oxe on the left side: they foure also had the face of an eagle.

As for the likenesse of the liuing creatures, their appearance was like burning coles of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went vp and downe among the liuing creatures, and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went foorth lightning.