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Psalme. LXXXII.
The Argument.
This Psalme is thret: and lesson good,to iudges stately romes:
Amid the Iewes: as Christ he stoode,
and blamde their wrongfull domes.
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God standth in mids: of Princes hye,when they to counsayle fall:
And iudge he is: theyr dedes to try,
he iudgeth theyr iudgements all.
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He once shall say: how long wyll ye,geue sentence wrongfully:
How long wyll ye: acceptours be,
of persons wickedly.
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Defend the poore: and fatherles,speake law to theyr behoue:
Of men afflict: in heauines,
in ryght theyr cause approue.
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The nedies sute: ryd ye hys cause,deliuer hym wyth spede:
And plucke the poore: from all the clawes,
of wycked bribers drede.
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They nothyng know: nor vnderstand,they walke in darkenes depe:
The bases reele: of all the land,
for ryght, men mourne and wepe.
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I sayd no lesse: but Gods ye bee,so hye I you esteemd:
Of God most hye: as childern free,
I you in office deemde.
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But ye shall dye: as wretched men,to children most vnlike:
To tyrauntes lyke: as one of them,
ye all shall fall in dyke.
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Ryse thou O God: iudge thou the land,where wronge hath such excesse:
To heritage: thy mighty hand,
shall clayme all heathennes.
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