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[1] I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie
[2] He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light
[3] Against me is he turned, he turneth his hande dayly against me
[4] My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised
[5] He hath buylded rounde about me, and closed me in with gall and trauaile
[6] He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer
[7] He hath so hedged me in, that I can not get out, and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me
[8] Though I crye and call pitiously, yet heareth he not my prayer
[9] He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked
[10] He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole
[11] He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether
[12] He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marke to shoote at
[13] The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes
[14] I am laughed to scorne of all my people, they make songues vpon me all the day long
[15] He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke
[16] He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust
[17] He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges
[18] I thought in my selfe, I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde
[19] O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall
[20] Yea thou shalt remember them, for my soule melteth away in me
[21] Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart, I get a hope agayne
[22] [namely] it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed, for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed
[23] Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing, (O Lorde) great is thy faythfulnesse
[24] The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym
[25] O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym
[26] The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde
[27] O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp
[28] He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym
[29] He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope
[30] He offreth his cheeke to the smyter, he wyll be content with reproffes
[31] For the Lord wil not forsake for euer
[32] But though he punishe, yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne
[33] For he doth not plague willingly, and afflict the chyldren of men
[34] To treade all the prysoners of the earth vnder his feete
[35] To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest
[36] To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges
[37] What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement
[38] Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good
[39] Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man? let hym murmure at his owne sinne
[40] Let vs looke well vpon our wayes, and remember our selues, and turne agayne to the Lorde
[41] Let vs lift our heartes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen
[42] We haue ben dissemblers and haue offended, wylt thou therefore not be intreated
[43] Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slayne vs without any fauour
[44] Thou hast hid thy selfe in a cloude, that our prayer should not go through
[45] Thou hast made vs outcastes, and to be despised among the people
[46] All our enemies gape vpon vs
[47] Feare and pit is come vpon vs, yea deceipt and destruction
[48] Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people
[49] Myne eyes runne and cannot ceasse, for there is no rest
[50] O Lorde, when wylt thou looke downe from heauen and consider
[51] Mine eyes breaketh my heart, because of all the daughters of my citie
[52] Mine enemies hunted me out sharply like a byrde, yea & that without a cause
[53] They haue put downe my life into a pit, and they haue cast stones vpon me
[54] They haue powred water vpon my head: then thought I, nowe am I vndone
[55] I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the deepe pit
[56] Thou hast heard my voyce, and hast not turned away thyne eares from my sighing and crying
[57] Thou hast inclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon thee: and hast said, feare not
[58] Thou (O Lorde) hast mayntayned the cause of my soule, and hast redeemed my lyfe
[59] O Lorde, thou hast seene my wrong, take thou my cause vpon thee
[60] Thou hast well considered howe they go about to do me harme, and that all their counsels are against me
[61] Thou hast hearde their despitefull wordes O Lorde, yea and all the imaginations against me
[62] The lippes of mine enemies, and their deuises that they take against me al the day long
[63] Thou seest also their sitting downe and their rising vp, they make their songes of nothing but of me
[64] Rewarde them, O Lorde, according to the workes of their handes
[65] Geue them an obstinate heart, euen thy curse
[66] Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignation, and roote them out from vnder the heauen
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