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Psalme. XXXVI.

The Argument.

Here wycked mens delite,
Is paynted, what it is:
But blyndenes deepe in (open) sight,
In vertue whole remisse.

Dixit iniustus.


1

In mydst of euill mans hart,
Hys sinne hath blynd hym so:
Gods feare (all whole) is set a part,
From both hys eyes ago.

2

For he himselfe doth glose,
In hys bewitched eyes:
Tyll God his sinne (so foule) disclose
Most worthy hate to ryse.

3

Hys wordes of mouth be nought,
And kepes much guile in store:
To cease he biddeth hys (hart and) thought,
To worke by vertues lore.

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4

Shrewd turnes in irefull mood,
He most in bed doth muse:
He hold on wayes not (truely) good,
No euill deede he refuseth.

5

Thy mercy Lord in heauen,
Yet ouer all doth spread:
Thy faythfull truth is (daily) seene,
The cloudes to reache in bread.

6

Thy iustice Lord we see,
As mountaynes ferme to rest:
Thy iudgements (hye O) secret bee,
Thou shalt saue man and beast.

7

How worthy Lord most iust,
Excelth thy grace benigne?
As Adams flocke shall (firmely) trust,
In fence of thy good wynge.

8

Of thy fat houshold store,
As drunken shall they bee:
And drinke (at neede) them shalt thou poure,
Of pleasures welles most free.

9

For thou hast well of lyfe,
With thee all health aboundth:
And Lord in thy bryght lyght so ryfe,
Of vs shall lyght be found.

10

O draw thy mercy neare,
To them which loue thee then:
And let thy grace (O Lord appeare,
To rightfull harted men.

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11

And let no foote of pryde,
Approche me hawtely:
Nor wicked hand (in hate) beside,
To moue me wretchedly.

12

These workers vayne of euill,
In theyr owne turne be cast:
Repulse they haue in (croked) will.
From footyng be they past.