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[1] <A wise instruction (to be song) of Asaph.> O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether? wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture
[2] Remember thy congregation, thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme: thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce, euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest
[3] Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie: which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie
[4] Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations: and set vp their banners for signes [of victorie.
[5] He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes [for to builde the temple:] was esteemed as one offeryng a present [to God] aboue
[6] But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof: with axes and hammers
[7] They haue set fire on thy holy places: they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name [castyng it downe] to the groud
[8] Yea, they sayde in their heartes, let vs make hauocke of them altogether: thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande
[9] We see not our ensignes, there is not one prophete more: no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case
[10] O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually? shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer
[11] Why withdrawest thou thy hande, yea thy right hande? consume [them, drawing] it out of thy bosome
[12] Truely God is my kyng of olde: who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth
[13] Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power: thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters
[14] Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces: and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse
[15] Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes: thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters
[16] The day is thine, & the nyght is thine: thou hast prepared the light & the sunne
[17] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter
[18] Remember this O God, the enemie hath dishonoured: and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name
[19] O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast: forget not the congregation of the poore for euer
[20] Loke vpon the couenaunt: for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie
[21] O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the afflicted & needy geue prayse vnto thy name
[22] Arise O Lord, mayntayne thine owne cause: remember the dishonour that the foolishe man [doth] vnto thee dayly
[23] Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually
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