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to the iust (O thou most ryghteous) * 1.1 thou shalte ordre the path of hym that is ryghte∣ous, Yee, ☞ in the waye of thy iudgemen∣tes (O Lorde) haue we put our trust in the? Thy name also and the remembraunce of the, reioyse the soule. * 1.2 My soule hathe lōged for y• all the nyght, and with my spre∣te (which is within me) wyll I seke the early in the mornynge: For whan thy iudgemen∣tes are i the earth, the inhabytatours of the worlde shall lerne ryghteousnes. Shall the vngodly man be fauoured, which hathe nat lerned ryghteousnes, but doth wycked∣ly in the earth, where nothynge ought to be done, but that whiche is ryghteous? He shall nat se the glory of the Lorde: Lorde whan thy hande is lyfte vp, they se it nar, but they shall se it, and be confounded with the zele of the people, and the fyre that con∣sumeth thyne enemyes, shal deuoure them. [unspec C]
Lorde, vnto vs thou shalt prouyde peace * 1.3 for thou also haste wrought all oùre wor∣kes in vs. O Lorde oure God, other Lor∣des besyde the hath subdued vs, but we wyl be myndefull onely of the and of thy name.
☞ The deed wyll nat lyue, and they that be out of lyfe, wyl nat ryse agayne, therfore hast thou visyted and roted them out, and destroyed all the memory of them. Thou haste increased the people (O Lorde) thou hast increased the people, and thou art pray sed, thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth. * 1.4 Lorde in trouble haue they visited the: they powred out their prayer / whan thy chastenynge was vpon [unspec D] thē. * 1.5 Lyke as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towarde hyr trauayle, is sory and cryeth in hyr paynes / euen so haue we bene in thy syght O Lorde. * 1.6 We haue ben with chylde & suffered payne, ☞ as though we had brought forth wynde: For there is no saluaciō in the earth, neyther do the inha¦bitours of the worlde submitte themselues.
* 1.7 Thy deed men shal lyue, euen with my body shal they ryse agayne. Awake & syng ye that dwell in dust. For ☞ thy dewe is euen as the dewe of herbes / and the earth shall caste out them that be vnder her.
Come my people, * 1.8 entre thou into thy chambers / and shute thy dores aboute the: ‡ 1.9 hyde thy selfe a lytle for a whyle / vntyl the indygnacyon be ouerpaste. * 1.10 Forlo, the Lorde is commynge out of his place, to vy∣set the wyckednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth. The earth also shall disclose hyr owne bloude, and shall nomore hyde them that are slayne in her.