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[1] <Of Dauid.> Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers
[2] For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe
[3] Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth
[4] Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire
[5] Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe
[6] He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde
[7] Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations
[8] Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill
[9] For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande
[10] [Looke] at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be [there
[11] But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace
[12] The vngodly busieth his head [all] against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth
[13] The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming
[14] The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation
[15] But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken
[16] A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly
[17] For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous
[18] God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer
[19] They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough
[20] As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away
[21] The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally
[22] Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out
[23] The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth
[24] Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande
[25] I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread
[26] The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed
[27] Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer
[28] For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp
[29] The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer
[30] The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement
[31] The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide
[32] The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh [occasion] to slay hym
[33] God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged
[34] Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it
[35] I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree
[36] And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde
[37] Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace
[38] As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed [all] together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last
[39] But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble
[40] And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him
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