THE PARAPHRASIS.
1 AS vnmoueable as we behold the verie hil of Sion to stand, through his great and hea∣uie masse: so certaine do assure them to be (who so euer do trust in the Lord) that they shal neuer fal downe.
2 For like as we see the verie citie of Ierusalem compassed round about with mountaines: so the Lord standeth round about his people on euerie side, and wil neuer forsake them.
3 And if at anie time that iron scepter of cruel ty∣rants do lie vpon the shoulders of the godlie, yet certainelie it shal not remaine vpon them for euer, (as we haue oftentimes found by experience) least peraduenture those that before gaue themselues to liue iustlie, at the length, being driuen thereto by despaire, be caried awaie also to liue in sinne li∣centiouslie.
4 But thou, ô Lord, as thou hast done hitherto, continue to defend the good, and them that loue vertue, & to bind them vnto thee by new benefits.
5 And surelie he wil do so: but if anie of those, whom the Lord doth account amongst his people, shal turne from the right waie vnto wickednes, let them knowe that it wil come to passe, that he wil carrie them awaie to iust punishment, howsoeuer they wrestle against it, none otherwise than he v∣seth to do to the prophane, and other most wicked men: but the true Israël shal enioie a stable and sure tranquillitie.