Psa. 12.
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To the cheef Musitian vpon Sheminith, A Psalm
of David. The elect are prayd for; The circumventions &
insultings of the wicked are mentioned, with a promise of redresse;
& the stabilitie of Gods word is declared. It may be
vsed when heresie, or prophanesse beginnes to
spread. &c.
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Help Lord; for, no Good man is left:
All faithfulnes is quite bereft,
And from the race of men departs:
They, lies vnto their neighbours, tell;
Vpon their lipps, faire speaches dwell,
When falshood lurketh in their hartes.
2
But, God shall cut their lipps that gloze,
And, pluck away the tongues of those
Who proudly make their vauntings, thus:
Wee of our tongues will masters be;
Our lipps are ours, & who is he
That shall have Lord-ship over vs?
3
But, I (saith God) will now arise,
Ev'n for the sighengs & the cries
Of those that wrong'd or greeved are:
And, I will them in saftie sett,
Beyond their powre, who in their nett,
The poremans footsteps would ensnare,
4
Gods wordes refinde, the Test will bide,
Like silver seav'n tymes purifide;
And, God will keep them ever true:
Though, for a while, men lewd & base,
Do sitt in honors higest place,
And, ev'ry where their folly shewe.