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Psalm 129

He admoniſheth the Church to reioyce thogh it be afflicted. 4 For by the righteous Lord it ſhalbe deliuered, 6 And the enemies for all their glorious ſhewe, ſhal ſuddenly be deſtroyed.
¶ A ſong of degrees.
1.THey haue often times afflicted me frō my youth (may Iſraél now ſay)
2.They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but the y colde not preuaile againſt me.
3.The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long forrowes.
4.But the righteous Lord hathe cut the cordes of the wicked.
5.They that hate Zión, ſhalbe all aſhamed and turned backwarde.
6.They ſhalbe as ye graſſe on the houſe toppes, wc withereth afore it cōmeth forthe.
7.Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, nether the glamer his lap:
8.Nether they, which go by, ſay, The bleſsing of the Lord be vpon you, or, We bleſſe you in the Name of the Lord.

Notes

1:a.
The Church now afflicted oght to remēber, how her conditiō hathe euer bene ſuch from the beginning: to be moleſted moſt grieuouſly by ye wicked: yet in time it hath euer bene deliuered.
4:b.
Becauſe God is righteous, he can not but plague his aduerſaries, and deliuer his, as oxen out of ye plowe.
6:c.
The enemies yt lift the ſelues moſt high, and as it were, approche nere to ye ſunne, are conſumed with the heate of Gods wrath, becauſe they are not grounded in godlie humilitie.
8:d.
That is, ye wicked ſhal periſh and none ſhal paſſe for thē.