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In Poverty.
O Lord, when thou ma∣kest * 1.1 inquisition for blood, re∣member and forget not the complaint of the Poor.
Arise, O Lord God, and * 1.2 lift up thy hand, forget not the Poor. Take his cause into thy hand, for he commits himself unto thee, and thou art the helper of the friendless: O be so still, even for Je∣sus Christ his sake. Amen.
O praise the Lord, ye * 1.3 that fear him; and magnifie him, all ye of the seed of Jacob: For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low e∣state of the Poor; he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called un∣to him he heard him. O bow down thine ear and hear him still, O thou holy One of Israel. Amen.
I am poor and needy, O * 1.4 God, make haste unto me: Thou art