The .xvij. Psalme.
Lorde
heare the thynge that rightuouse is, geue eare vnto my crye:
Marcke wel ye prayer that I make to the vnfaynedly.
Let my iudgment procede from the, iudge me Lorde in thy syght:
And let thyne eies consyder well, all suche thynges as are ryght.
Thou hast searched myne hert throughly, and visyte me by nyght:
Thou haste tryed me, yet canste thou not, blame any thynge by ryght.
For the secret thoughtes of myne herte, & my wordes do agre:
The secrete thoughtes & open wordes, are all one thinge in me.
In the affayres of mortall men, I haue taken good hede:
Of the wayes of the destroyer, for that thou haste preached.
Grounde thou my steppes therfore, I say, Lorde in thy fote pathes all:
Leste that my fete should siyp and I shoulde be redy to falle.
On the I call (O God) for thou arte wout to graunt to me:
Geue eare to me and heare my worde, Lorde God I beseche the.
O thou that by thy powr kepeste, suche as do trust in the:
From theyr enmyes, make thy mercies wonderfull vpon me.
Kepe me as the eie apple, and vnder thy wynges me hyde:
From the wicked that vse to waste, and my foes on eche syde.
Wyth theyr fatnes and greate richesse, my wayes they haue stopped:
And wyth theyr mouth presumptuouselye, proude wordes they haue framed.
Euen nowe they do beset our wayes and eke compasse them rounde:
And ernestly they do seke to stake theyr nettes to the grownde.
Myne enmye is as the lyō, that rampeth for hys praye:
And as the lyons whelpe that doeth lurcke in his den I saye.
Arise (O Lord) preuent thou hym, cast him downe by thy myght:
Set my soule free from the wycked, that is thy swerde to fyght.
Set me free from these mortall men, that are thy powre and hand:
Lord set me free from them whose mynde, to worldly thynges doeth stande.
Set me free from them that do seke theyr portion in this lyfe:
Out of thy storehouse fyll theyr mawse, therby to ende theyr stryfe.
That theyr chyldrē maye haue wherwith them selues to satisfie:
And that there maye be some what lefte to theyr posteritie.
But I wyll loke vpon thy face in ryghtuousnes in dede:
And when I shall ryselyke to the, I shall be satisfied.