¶ Here he complaineth to God of the cruel pride and arrogancie of Saúl, and the reſt of his enemies, who thus raged without a cauſe giuen on his parte. 6 Therefore he deſireth Gód to reuenge his innocencie, and deliuer him.

¶ The prayer of Dauid.

1.HEare ^athe right, ô Lord, cõſider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.

2.Let my ^bſentence come forthe from thy preſence, & let thine eyes beholde equitie.

3.Thou haſt ^cproued & viſited mine heart in the night: thou haſt tryed me, & foundeſt nothing: for I was purpoſed that my ^dmouth ſhulde not offend.

4.Concerning the workes of men, by the ^ewordes of thy lippes I kept me from the paths of the cruel man.

5.Stay my ſteps in thy paths, that my fete do not ſlide.

6.I haue called vpon thee: ^fſurely thou wilt heare me, ô God: incline thine eare to me, & hearken vnto my wordes.

7.Shewe thy maruelous mercies, thou that art the Sauiour of them that truſt in thee, from ſuche as ^greſiſt thy right hand.

8.Kepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the ſhadow of thy wings,

9.From the wicked that oppreſſe me, from mine enemies, which compaſſe me rounde about for ^hmy ſoule.

10.They are incloſed in their owne ⁱfatt, and they haue ſpoken proudly with their mouth.

11.They haue compaſſed vs now in our ſteps: they haue ſet their eyes to bring downe to the grounde:

12.Like as a lyon that is gredie of praye, & as it were a lyons whelpe lurking in ſecrete places.

13.Vp Lord, ^kdiſapoint him: caſt him downe: deliuer my ſoule from the wicked ^"with thy ſworde,

14.Frõ men by thine ^lhand, ô Lord, from men ^"of the worlde, who haue their ^mporcion in this life, whoſe belies thou filleſt with thine hid treaſure: their childrẽ haue ynough, and leaue the reſt of their ſubſtãce for their children.

15.But I wil beholde ⁿthy face in righteouſnes, & when I ^oawake, I ſhalbe ſatisfied with thine image.

Psalm 17

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