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¶The prophete prayseth God, and setteth foorth the duetie of a good prince, who must administer iustice and equitie, purge the earth from corruptnesse of iudgement, sup∣presse the wicked, and aduaunce the godly through the great power of God.
[unspec A] 1 WE do confesse it vnto thee O lord, we do confesse it:* 1.2 for thy wonde∣rous workes do declare thy name to be at “ 1.3 hande.
2 When I shall take tyme fyt for the purpose: I wyll iudge accordyng vnto ryght.
3 The earth wasteth and all the inha∣bitours therof: I haue vpholded the pyllours of it. Selah.
4 I sayd vnto fooles deale not so madly: & to the vngodly (a) 1.4 set not vp your horne.
5 Set not vp your horne an high: [and] speake [not] with a stiffe necke.
6 Because promotion commeth neither from the east nor from the west: nor yet from the “ 1.5 south.
7 For God is the iudge: it is he that put∣teth downe one, and setteth vp another. [unspec B]
8 For in the hande of God there is a cup, and the wine is redde: it is full mixt, and he powreth out the same.
9 But the vngodly of the earth do wring out: and drynke the dregges therof.
10 As for me I wyll euer set foorth in wordes [the Lorde]: I wyll sing psalmes to the God of Iacob.
11 And I wyll breake all the hornes of the vngodly: but the hornes of the ryghteous shalbe exalted.