- 0. [Of Dauid.]
- 1. Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers.
- 2. For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.
- 3. Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.
- 4. Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.
- 5. Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.
- 6. He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde.
- 7. Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations.
- 8. Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.
- 9. For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande.
- 10. [Looke] at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be [there]
- 11. But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
- 12. The vngodly busieth his head [all] against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
- 13. The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.
- 14. The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.
- 15. But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
- 16. A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
- 17. For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.
- 18. God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer.
- 19. They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough.
- 20. As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.
- 21. The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally.
- 22. Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.
- 23. The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.
- 24. Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande.
- 25. I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread.
- 26. The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
- 27. Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.
- 28. For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.
- 29. The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer.
- 30. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
- 31. The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.
- 32. The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh [occasion] to slay hym.
- 33. God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
- 34. Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it.
- 35. I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.
- 36. And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
- 37. Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace.
- 38. As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed [all] together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last.
- 39. But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble.
- 40. And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.
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