Iudica Domine. Psal.35.
P Leade thou my cause, * O Lorde, with them that striue with me: and fight thou against they that fight against me.
Lay hande vpon the shield and bucklcr: and sand vp to helpe me.
Bring forth the speare, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
Let them be confonded and put to shame that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mischiefe for me.
Let them be as the dust before the winde: and the Angel of the Lord scattering them.
Let their be as the dust before the winde: and the Angel of the Loard scattering them.
Let their may be darke and slipperie: and let the Angle of the Lord persecute them.
Page [unnumbered] For they haue priuily layd their net to destroy me withhout a cause: yea, cuen without a cause haue they made a pit for my soule.
Let a sudden destruction come vpon him vnawares, and his net that he hath laid priuily catch himselfe: that hee may fall into his owne mischiefe.
And my soule, be ioyfull in the Loes: it shall reioyce in his saluation.
All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him that is too strong for him: yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from hun that spoileth him.
False witnesse did rise vp: they laide to my charge thigs that I know not.
They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.
Neuerthelesse, when they were sicke, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soule with fasting: and my prater shal turne into mine owne bosome.
I behauted my selfe as though it had bene my friend, or my brother: I went heauily as one that mourneth for his mother.
But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them together: yea, the very abiects came together against me vnawares, making mowes at me, and ceased not.
With the flatterers were busie mockers: which gnashed vpon me with their teeth.
Lord, how long wilt thou looke vpon this: O deliuer my soule from the calamities which they bring on mee, and my darling from the Lions.
So will I giue thee thankes in the great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Olet not them that are mine enemies triumph ouer mee vngodly: neither let them winke with their eyes that hate me without a cause.
And why: their communing is not for peace: but they imagine deceitfull wordes against them that are quiet in the land.
Page [unnumbered] They gaped on mee with their mouthes, and sayd: Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes.
This thou hast seene, O Lord: hold not thy tongue then, goe not farre from me, O Lord.
Awake and stand vp to indge my quarell: auenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord.
Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse: and let then not triumph ouer me.
Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured him.
Let them be put to confusion and shame together that reioyce at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that boast themselues against me.
Let them bee glad and reioyce that fauour my rightcous dealimng: yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lord, which hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruant.
And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousnesse: and of thy praise all the day long.
Dixit iniustus. Psal. 36.
MY heart sheweth mee the wigkednesse of the vngodly: that there is no feare of God before his eyes.
For he flattereth himselfe in his owne sight: vntill his abhominable sinne be found out.
The words of his mouth are burighteous, and full of deceit: hee hath left off to behaue himselfe wisely, and to doe good.
He imagineth mischiese vpon his bcd, and hath set himselfe in no good way: neither doth he abhorre any thing that is euill.
Thy mercie, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heaucns: and thy faithfulnesse vnto the clouds.
Thy righteousnesse standeth like the strong mountaines: thy indgements are like the great deepe.
Thou Lord shall saue both man and beast, how excellent is thy mercie, O God: and the children of men shall put their trust vnder the shadow of thy wings.
They sbalbe satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house: and thou shalt giue them drinke of thy pleasures, as out of Page [unnumbered] the riuer.
For with thee is the well of life: and in thy light shall she fee light.
O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that know thee: and thy righteousnesse vnto them that are true of heart.
O let not the foote of pride come against me: and let not the hand of the vngodly cast me downe.
There are they fallen (all) that worke wickednesse: they are cast downe, and shall not he able to stand.
Noli aemulari. Psal. 37.
FRet not thy selse, * because of the vngod∣ly: neither be thou enuious against the euill doers.
For they shall soone bee cut downe like the grasse: and he withered euen as the greene herbe.
Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and berily thou shall he fed.
Delight thou in the Lord: and hee shall giue thee thy hearts defire.
Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and put thy truft in him: and he shall bring it to passe.
He shal make the righteousnesse as cleare as the light: and the iust dealing as the noone day.
Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently vpon him: but grieue not thy selfe at him whose may doeth prosper, a∣gainst the man that doeth after euill counsailes.
Leaue off from wrath, and let goe disleasure: fret not thy selfe, else shall thou be mooued to doe euill.
Wicked doers shall be rooted out: and they that patiently abide the Lord, thofe shall inherit the land.
Yet a litle while, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shall looke after his place, and he shalbe away.
But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe refresed in the multitude of peace.
The vngodly feeketh connsaile against the lust: and Page [unnumbered] gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
The Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he hath seene that his day is comnnng.
The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bent their bow: to cast downe the poore and needy, and to slay such as be of a right conuersation.
Their sword shall go though their owne heart: and their bow shall be broken.
A finall thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of the vngodly.
For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and the Lord vpholdeth the righteous.
The Lord knoweth the dayes of the godly: and their in∣heritance shall endure for euer.
They shal not be confounded in the perilous time: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue ynough.
As the vngodly they shal perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall confume as the fatte of lambes: yea, euen, as the smoke shall they confume away.
The vngodly horoweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous is mercrifull and liberall.
Such as be bleffed of God, shal possesse the land: and they that be curfed of him shalbe rooted out.
The lord ordereth a good mans going: and maketh his way acceptable to himselfe.
Though he fall, he shal not be cast away: for the Lord vp∣holderth him with his hand.
I haue bene yong, and now am olde: and yet sawe I ne∣uer the righteous forsaken, nor his feede begging their bread.
The righteous is euer mercifull, and lendeth: and his seed is blessed.
Flee from euill, and doe the thing that is good: and dwell foreuermore.
For the Lord loueth the thing that is right: hee forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserued for euer.
The righteous shalbe punished: as for the seede of the vn∣godly, it shalbe rooted out.
Page [unnumbered] The righteous shall inherite the land: and dwell therein for euer.
The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisedome: and his tongue will be talking of iudgement.
The law of his God is in his heart: and his goings shall not slide.
The vngodly feeth the righteous: and feekeeth occasion to slay him.
The Lord will not leaue him in his hand: nor condemne him when he is iudged.
Hope thou in the Lord, & keepe his way, and he shall pro∣mote thee, that thou shalt possesse the land: when the vngod∣ly shall perish, thou shalt see it.
I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and flo∣rishing like a greene Bay tree.
And I went by, and loe he was gone: I sought him, but his place could no where be found.
Keepe innocencie, and take heede vnto the thiug that is right: for that shall bring a man peace at the laft.
As for the trausgressours, they shall perish togrther: and the end of the vngodly is, They shall be rooted out at the last.
But the saluation of the righteous commeth of the Lord: which is also their strength in the time of trouble.
And the Lord shall stand by them, and saue them: he shall deliuer them from the vugodly, and shall saue them, because they put their trust in him.
