¶ Dauid declareth the originall roote, with the fruites and punishment of the wicked, how they oppresse cruelly the people of God, whom neuerthelesse God by his prouidence defen∣deth, and wyll deliuer from the bloodie handes of the wicked, whose vngodlynes he de∣testeth alwayes.
[unspec A] 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God:* 1.1 they haue cor∣rupted them selues, & haue made their wic∣kednes abhominable, he is not that doeth good.
2 The Lorde looked downe from hea∣uen vpon the chyldren of men: to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke after the Lorde.
3 But they dyd all go out of the way, they dyd altogether “ 1.2 become abhomi∣ble: there was also none that would do good, no not one.
4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vn∣derstande, eating vp my people [as if] they eated bread: that they do not call vpon God?
5 They shalbe greatly there afraide [where] no cause of feare is: for the Lord wyll breake the bones of hym that be∣siegeth thee, thou wylt put [them] to shame, because the Lorde hath despi∣sed them.
6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion? when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of cap∣tiuitie, Iacob wyll reioyce, and Israel wyll be glad.