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Psalm 142

The Prophet nether aſtoned with feare, nor caried a waie with angre, nor forced by deſperation, wolde kil Saúl, but with a quiet minde directed his earneſt praier to God, who did preſerue him.
¶ A Pſalme of Dauid, to giue inſtruction, & a prayer, when he was in the caue.
1.I Cryed vnto the Lord with my voyce: with my voyce I praied vnto ye Lord.
2.I powred out my meditacion before him, & declared mine afflictio in his preſence.
3.Thogh my ſpirit 3 was in perplexitie in me, yet thou kneweſt my path: in ye waie, wherein I walked, haue thei priuely laied a ſnare for me.
4.I loked vpon my right hand, & behelde, but there was none that wolde knowe me: all refuge failed me, & none cared for my ſoule.
5.Then cryed I vnto thee, ô Lord, & ſaid, Thou art mine hope, & my porcion in ye land of the liuing.
6.Hearken vnto my crye, for I am broght verie lowe: deliuer me from my perſecuters, for thei are to ſtrong for me.
7.Bring my ſoule out of priſõ, that I maie praiſe thy Name: then ſhal the righteous come about me, when thou art beneficial vnto me.

Notes

1:a.
Dauids pa cience & inſtãt praier to God cõdeneth their wicked rage, which in their troubles ether deſpaire and murmur agaiſt God, or els ſeke to others, thẽ to God, to haue redreſ of their miſeries.
5:b.
Thogh all meanes failed him, yet he knewe yt God wolde neuer forſake him
7:c.
For he was on all ſides be ſet wt his enemies, as thogh he had bene in a moſt ſtrait priſon
7:d.
Ertier to reioyce at my wonderful deliuerance, or to ſet a crowne vpon mine head.