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¶ In Domino confido. Psalm. xi. T. S.
¶ This Psalme conteyneth two partes. In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned, and in howe great an∣guish of mind he was, when Saul did persecute hym. Then nexte he reioyseth. that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iu∣stice, as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde,
I Trust in God, how dare ye then, say thus my soule vntill: * 1.1
Flee hence as fast as any foule, and hide you in youre hyll.
[verse 2]
Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes, and make their arrowes prest:
To shote in secret and to hurte, the sound and harmeles brest.
[verse 3]
Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought:
Alas the iust and rightuous man, what euill hath he wrought.
[verse 4]
But he that in his temple is, most holy and most hye:
And in the heauens hath his seate, of royall maiestie.
The poore and simple mans estate, * 1.2 considereth in his minde:
And searcheth out full narowly, the maners of mankinde.
[verse 5]
And with a cherefull countenaunce, the rightuous man will vse:
But in his harte he doth abhorre, all suche as mischiefmuse.
[verse 6]
And on the sinners casteth snares, as thicke as any rayne▪