¶ The. cxliij. Psalme.
¶ A Psalme of Dauid, (when his owne sonne persecuted hym.)
HEARE my prayer, O Lorde, and con¦syder [unspec A] my desyre: herken vnto me for* 1.1 thy trueth and ryghteousnesse sake.
And entre nat into iudgemente with thy ser¦uaunte, for * 1.2 in thy syght shall no man ly∣uynge be iustifyed. For the enemye hath persecuted my soule, he hathe smyten my lyfe downe to the grounde, he hathe layed me in the darckenesse, as the deade men of of the worlde. Therfore is my sprete vexed within me, and my herte within me is deso∣late. * 1.3 Yet do I remembre the tymes past. [unspec B] Imuse vpon all thy workes / Yee I exercyse my selfe in the worckes of thy handes. I streatche forth myne handes vnto the, my soule cryeth vnto the out of the thyrsty lande. Heare me, O Lorde, and that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte / hyde nat thy face from me, left I be lyke vnto them that go downe into the pytte. O let me heare * 1.4 thy louynge kyndenesse by tymes in the morninge / for in the is my trust: she we thou me the waye that I shulde walke in / for I lyfte vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me / O Lorde, fro myne enemyes, for I resorte vnto the. Teache me to do the thynge that pleaseth the / for thou arte my God, let thy louynge sprete leade me forth vnto the lāde of ryghteousnes. Quycken, O lorde, for thy names sake, and for thy ryghteous∣nesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble.
And of thy goodnesse scater myne ene∣myes abrode, and destroye all them that vexe my soule, for I am thy seruaunte.