1   O God of ^note [my] fathers, and Lorde of mercie, thou hast made all thynges with thy worde,

2   And ordeyned man through thy wisdome, that he shoulde haue ^note dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made,

3   That he shoulde ^note order the worlde accordyng to equitie and righteousnesse, and execute iudgement with a ^note true heart:

4   Geue me wisdome which is euer sittyng about thy seate, and put me not out from among thy children:

5   For I thy seruaunt and sonne of thy handmayden, am a feeble person, and of a short tyme, ^note and to young to the vnderstandyng of iudgement and lawes.

6   And though a man be neuer so perfect among the children of men, yet yf thy wisdome be not with hym, he shalbe nothyng regarded. B   

7   Thou hast chosen me to be a kyng vnto thy people, and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters.

8   Thou hast commaunded me to builde a temple vpon thy holy mount, and an aulter in the citie wherin thou dwellest, a likenesse of thy holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.

9   And thy wisdome with thee, which knoweth thy workes, which also was with thee wh&ebar; thou madest the worlde, and knewe what was acceptable in thy syght, and ryght in thy commaundementes.

10   O sende her out of thy holy heauens, ∧ from the throne of thy maiestie, that she may be with me and labour [with me] that I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght.

11   For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thynges, and she shall leade me soberly in my workes, and preserue me ^note in her power.

12   So shall my workes be acceptable, and then shall I gouerne thy people ryghteously, and be worthy to sit in my fathers seate.

13   For what man is he that can knowe the counsayle of God? or who can thinke what the wyll of God is?

14   For the thoughtes of mortall men are ^note miserable, and our forecastes are but vncertaine.

15   For why? a corruptible body is heauy vnto the soule, and the earthy mansion kepeth downe ^note that vnderstandyng that museth vpon many thynges.

16   Uery hardly can we discerne the

thynges that are vpon earth, ^note and great labour haue we or we can fynde the thynges which are before our eyes: ∧ who hath then sought out the ground of the thynges that are done in heauen?

17   [Oh Lorde] who can haue knowledge of thy ^note [vnderstandyng and] meanyng, except thou geue wisdome, and sende thy holy ghost from aboue?

18   For so the wayes of them which liued on the earth were refourmed, and men haue learned the thynges that are pleasaunt vnto thee, and were preserued through wisdome.

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