¶ The. xlj. Psalme.
¶ To the chaunter▪ a Psalme. of Dauid.* 1.1
BLESSED is he * 1.2 y• cōsidreth y• ☞ pore {fleur-de-lys} (and nedy) y• Lorde shall delyuer hym [unspec A] in the tyme of trouble. The Lorde preserue hym, and kepe him alyue: that he maye be blessed vpon earth, and delyuer nat thou hī into the wyll of his enemyes. The Lorde comforte him, when he lyeth sycke vpon his bedde: make thou al his bed in his sickenes.
I sayde Lorde be mercyful vnto me, hele my soule, for I haue synned agaynst the.
Myne enemyes speake euyll of me: when [unspec B] shall he dye, & his name perishe? And yf he come to se me, he speaketh vanite, & his hert cōceyueth falshode within him selfe: & whan he commeth forthe, he telleth it. All myne enemyes whisper togyther agaynst me: euē agaynst me do they ymagyn this euyl. Let the sentence of gyltynesse procede agaynste him: & nowe that he lyeth, let him rise vp no more. Yee, euen mine owne famylier frende whome I trusted * 1.3 (whiche dyd also eate of my breade) hathe {fleur-de-lys} layde greate wayte for me. But be thou mercyfull vnto me (O Lord) rayse thou me vp agayne, & I shal re∣warde [unspec C] them. By this I knowe thou fa∣uoureste me, that myne enemye dothe not triumphe agaynste me. And whan I am in my health, thou vpholdest me, and shalte se•• me before thy face for euer. Blessed be the Lorde God of Israell, worlde without ende Amen, and