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Psalme. XLI.
The Argument.
Ye see how Christ makth here hys mone,Agaynst the Iewes to speake:
So may the iust when he do grone,
Gods cause not hys bewreake.
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That man is blest: that counth in hart,the poore (afflict) and nedies payne:
For he in day: of bitter smart,
hym God (hys Lord) wyll ease agayne.
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God wyll hym kepe: and saue hys lyfe,and blesse (wyth wealth) in earth hys state:
And ryd hys soule: from harme and stryfe,
of all hys foes: in (deadly) hate.
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The Lord will ease: whan he on bed,al wrapt (in payne) lyth sicke full oft:
And comfort send his paynfull hed,
thou tournst (O Lord) his couch full soft.
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In payne I tournd: and sayd to thee,Haue mercy Lord (right sone) on me:
Heale thou my soule: and make it free,
For I (full oft) haue sinned to thee.
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Mine enmyes thus: sayd wrathfully,their (angry) harts: so sweld in spite:
Why doth he lyue: when shall he dye?
his name (and fame) to perishe quyte.
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And if they came: to visite me,they glosde (in craft) as they were vayne:
Theyr hartes to guile: do full agree,
and out (from thence) spake lyes agayne.
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My foes in one: close rounded they,agaynst me whole: they (ioyntly) met:
Euen me wyth lyes: they did I say,
vnworthely (wyth guile) beset.
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They sayd he wrought: some euyll deuise,that God him thus (so sore) doth strike:
To life no more: God let him rise,
that now (in bed) he lyeth so sicke.
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Yea euen my frendes: familiar,at me (in scorne) they lyft theyr heeles:
Euen they that farde: as I dyd fare,
yet me (to trap) they markt at meales.
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To mercy yet: Lord condescende,to me so poore: (in hart) I call:
Rayse me agayne: that I may mende,
I shall (therfore) rewarde them all.
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By this I know: thy loue to me,for that (O Lord) myne enmies all:
From triumphes yet: full far to be,
to see (at eye) my house to fall.
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For thou respectes: myne innocence,wherin thou didst: me (strongly) kepe:
So shall thy grace: well strength me hence,
(I trust) euen nye: thy face so meke.
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O blessed be: of Israell,thys (mighty) God: and Lorde agayne:
So be it aye: of men so well,
wyth twise (at ende) Amen, Amen.
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