- [To the chiefe musition,
a psalme of Dauid.]
- 1
- O Lorde heare my voyce in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
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- Hyde me from the secrete [counsayles] of the malitious: from the conspiracie of the workers of iniquitie.
- 3
- Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.
- 4
- That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect: they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not.
- 5
- They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them?
- 6
- They searche out howe to do wrong, they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out: yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes.
- 7
- But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a [swyft] arrowe: their plagues shalbe [apparaunt.]
- 8
- Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy the selues: insomuch that who so seeth them, shal desire to flee away [from them]
- 9
- And all men that see it shall say, this hath God done: for they shall well perceaue that it is his worke.
- 10
- The righteous wyll reioyce in God, and put his trust in hym: and all they that be vpright hearted wylbe glad.
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