- [A psalme of Dauid.]
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- I will sing of mercie and iudgement: I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes.
- 2
- I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse: when thou wylt come vnto me, I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart.
- 3
- I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng: I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours, it shall take no holde of me.
- 4
- A frowarde heart shall depart from me: I wyll not once knowe [any] euyll.
- 5
- I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
- 6
- Myne eyes shalbe vpon such in the lande as haue a true meanyng, that they may sit with me: he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me.
- 7
- There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.
- 8
- I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande: that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse.
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