1 Dauid being falſely accuſed by flatterers vnto Saúl, praieth God to helpe him and to deſtroy his enemies. 8 And vnder thē he ſpeaketh of Iudas the traitour vnto Ieſus Chriſt, and of all the like enemies of the children of God 27 And deſireth ſo to be deliuered, that his enemies maie knowe the worke to be of God. 30 Then doeth he promiſe to giue praiſes vnto God.
¶ To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
2.For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth ful of deceit are opened vpon me: thei haue ſpoken to me with a lying tongue.
3.Thei compaſſed me about alſo with wordes of hatred, and foght againſt me without a cauſe.
5.And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendſhip.
9.Let his children be fatherles, & his wife a widowe.
10.Let his children be vagabunds & begge and ſeke bread, comming out of their places deſtroied.
12.Let there be none to extend mercie vnto him: nether let there be anie to ſhewe mercie vpon his fatherles children.
13.Let his poſteritie be deſtroied, & in the generacion following let their name be put out.
15.But let them alway be before the Lord, that he maie cut of their memorial from the earth.
18.As he clothed him ſelf with curſing like a raiment, ſo ſhal it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
19.Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he ſhalbe alwaie girded.
22.Becauſe I am poore and nedie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
25.I became alſo a rebuke vnto them: they that loked vpon me, ſhaked their heads.
27.And they ſhal knowe, that this is thine hand, & that thou, Lord, haſt done it.
29.Let mine aduerſaries be clothed with ſhame, and let them couer thē ſelues with their confuſion, as with a cloke.