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The Spirit of Detraction coniured and conuicted by the Prophet Dauids Testimony.
THey talke of vanity euery one with his neighbour: they doe but flatter with their lippes, and dissemble with their heart. But the Lord shall roote out all deceitfull lips, & the tongue that spea∣keth proude things, which haue said, with our tongue we will preuaile: we are they that ought to speake, who is Lord ouer vs?
Their throate is an open Scpulchre, with their
tongues haue they deceiued; the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.
Lord, who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle? Or who shall rest vpon thy holy hill? Euen he, that leadeth an incorrupt life; and doth the thing that is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath vsed no deceit in his tongue, nor done euill to his neighbour, and hath not sl••undered his neighbours.
They are inclosed in their owne fat: and their mouth speaketh proud things. Like as a Lion that is greedy of his prey; and as it were a Lions whelpe lur∣king in secret places: Vp Lord, disappoint them, and cast them downe: deliuer my soule from the vngodly, which is a sword of thine.
Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, dis∣dainefully, and despitefully speake against the Righ∣teous.
The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdome, and his tongue will be talking of iudgement.
Thy tongue imagineth wickednesse, and with lyes thou cuttest like a Rasor: thou hast loued vnrighteous∣nesse more then goodnesse, and to talke of lies more then righteousnesie: thou hast loued to speake al words, that may doe hurt, O thou false tongue. Therefore shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling, and roote thee out of the land of the liuing.
Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and diuide them, for I haue espied vnrighteousnesse and strife in the Citie.
is among Lions: and I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
They goe too and fro in the euening, they grinne like a dog, and runne about through the Citie. Behold, they speak with their mouthes, and swords are in their lips: for who doth heare? But thou, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorne.
For the sinne of their mouth, and for the words of their lips they shall be taken in their pride. And why? their preaching is of cursing and lies.
Hide me from the gathering together of the fro∣ward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers, which haue whet their tongues like a sword, and shot out their arrowes, euen bitter words; that they may priuily shoot at him which is perfect. Suddenly doe they hit and feare not.
They corrupt others, and speake of wicked blasphe∣mie; their talking is against the most high: for they stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauens, and their tongue goeth through the world.
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy hath rebu∣ked, and how the foolish people haue blasphemed thy Name.
As for the blasphemie wherewith our neighbours haue blasphemed thee; reward thou them, O Lord, se∣uen folde into their bosome.
Who so priuily slaundereth his neighbour, him will I destroy.
mouth of the vngodly, yea and the mouth of the deceit∣full is opened vpon me. They haue spoken against me with false tongues: they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceit full tongue. What reward shall be giuen or done vnto thee, thou false tongue? Euen might and sharpe arrowes, with hote burning coales.
They haue sharpened their tongues like a Serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lips.
Let the mischiefe of their owne lips fall vpon the head of them, that compasse me about. Let hot burning coales fall vpon them: let them be cast into the fire and into the pit, that they neuer rise againe. A man full of words shall not prosper vpon the earth.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my lips.
Psal. 12.
Psal. 14.
Psal. 15.
Psal. 17.
Psal. 31.
Psal. 37.
Psal. 62.
Psal. 55.
Psal. 57.
Psal. 59.
Ibid.
Psal. 64.
Psal. 73.
Psal. 74.
Psal 79.
Psal. 101.
Psal. 109.
Psal. 120.
Psal. 140.
Ibid.
Psal. 141.