- 0. [A wise instruction (to be song) of Asaph.]
- 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.
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