Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The VII. Chapter.

WO is me: I am become as one, that [ A] goeth a gleenynge in the haruest. There are no mo grapes to eate, yet wolde I fayne (with all my herte) haue of the best frute. There is not a godlyman vpō earth, there is not one rightuous amōge mē. They laboure all to shed bloude, & euery mā hunteth his brother to death: yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prin¦ce wil, so sayeth the iudge: y^t he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate mā speaketh what his herte desyreth, & y^e hearers alowe him. The best off thē is but as a thistle, and the most rightuous of them is but as a b••ere in the hedge. But when the daye of thy prea¦chers commeth, y^t th••u shalt be vysited: thē shal they be waisted awaye. Let no man bele¦ue his frende, ner put his confidēce in a prin∣ce. Kepe the porte of thy mouth, from her y^t lieth in thy bosome: for y^e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure, the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother, y^e doughter in lawe a∣gaynst hir mother in lawe: and a mans foes shalbe euen they of his owne housholde.

Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y^e LOR∣DE, [ B] I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure: my God shal heare me. O thou enemie of my¦ne, reioyce not at my fall, for I shal get vp a∣gayne: and though I syt in darcknesse, yet y^e LORDE is my light. I will beare the punish∣ment of the LORDE (for why, I haue offen∣ded him) till he syt in iudgment vpon my cau¦se, and se that I haue right. He wil bringe me forth to the light, and I shal se his rightuos¦nesse.

She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it, & be confounded, which now saieth: Whe¦re is thy LORDE God? Myne eyes shal be∣holde her, when she shalbe troden downe, as the claye in the stretes. The tyme wil come, that thy gappes shal be made vp, and the lawe shal go abrode: and at that tyme shal they come vnto the, from Assur vnto the strōge cities, and from the stronge cities vnto the ryuer: from the one see to the other, from the one mountayne to the other.

Notw^tstondinge the londe must be wais∣ted, because of them that dwell therin, and for the frutes of their owne ymaginacions. Therfore fede thy people with thy rodde, the flocke of thine heretage which dwell de∣solate in the wodde: that they maye be fedde vpon the mount of Charmel, Basan & Ga∣laad as afore tyme. Maruelous thinges will I shewe them, like as when they came out of Egipte. This shal the Heithen se, and be aszshamed for all their power: so that they shal laye their honde vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares. They shal licke the dust li¦ke a serpent, & as the wormes of the earth, y^t tremble in their holes. They shalbe afrayed of the LORDE oure God, & they shal feare y^e.

Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wickednes, and forgeuest the of∣fences of the remnaunt of thine heretage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is to haue compassion: he shal tur¦ne agayne, & be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure wickednesses, & cast all oure syn¦nes in to the botome of the see. Thou shalt ke¦pe thy trust with Iacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto ou¦re fathers longe agoo.

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