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The tuelft psalme.
ô michtie god ô great iehoua saue
since the uelldoare hath left of at all
for nou the sonnes of men no treuth thay haue
echone in speaches uaine uith otheris fall
thay speake uith pleasant lippes & double myndes
the lorde cutt out the tounge great uordes that speakis
& als the pleasant lippes, & all suche kindes
of those that in this mainer sylence breakis
& sayis lett us uith oure ouin tounges preuayle
oure lippis are oures, quhat lorde can make us quayle.
since the uelldoare hath left of at all
for nou the sonnes of men no treuth thay haue
echone in speaches uaine uith otheris fall
thay speake uith pleasant lippes & double myndes
the lorde cutt out the tounge great uordes that speakis
& als the pleasant lippes, & all suche kindes
of those that in this mainer sylence breakis
& sayis lett us uith oure ouin tounges preuayle
oure lippis are oures, quhat lorde can make us quayle.
for to repaire the poores destruction nou
& als the neidies exclamationis great
I shall anone aryse I sueare & uou
sayes god, & putt thaime in á sauing seat
lett uikked, girnis sett for thaire trapping syne
iehouase uordis are purest uordis I say
as siluer is in pottis of earth maide fyne
seuin sindrie tymes clein purified alluay
thou lorde preserue & keipe eche one of thaime
euen from this age, & euer do the same
the uikked ualkis throuch all as if excess
into the sonnes of men uaire praysed express.
& als the neidies exclamationis great
I shall anone aryse I sueare & uou
sayes god, & putt thaime in á sauing seat
lett uikked, girnis sett for thaire trapping syne
iehouase uordis are purest uordis I say
as siluer is in pottis of earth maide fyne
seuin sindrie tymes clein purified alluay
thou lorde preserue & keipe eche one of thaime
euen from this age, & euer do the same
the uikked ualkis throuch all as if excess
into the sonnes of men uaire praysed express.
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