1   Geue eare vnto my wordes O God: vnderstande thou my pensifnesse.

2   Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde: for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer.

3   Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God: I wyll early in the morning direct [a prayer] vnto thee, and I wyll looke [for helpe from thee.]

4   For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse: neither can any euyll dwell with thee.

5   Suche as be foolishe, can not stande in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquitie.

6   Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

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7   As for me I wyll come into thyne house, [trusting] in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy feare I will ^note humble my selfe in thyne holy temple.

8   Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse, because of myne enemies: make thy way playne before my face.

9   For no ^note trueth is in ^note their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

10   Destroy thou them O Lord, let them perishe through their owne counsailes: cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse, for they haue ^note rebelled against thee.

11   And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce, they wyll triumph for euer, ^note because thou defendest them: and they that loue thy name, wyll be ioyfull in thee.

12   For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous: and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence, as with a shielde.

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