1   Vnwyse people beguile them selues with vaine and deceitfull hope, ^note and fooles trust in dreames.

2   Who so regardeth dreames, is lyke him that wyll take holde of a shadowe, and folowe after the winde.

3   Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames: before the face is the lykenesse of a face.

4   Who can be cleansed of the vncleane? or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer?

5   Soothsaying, witchcrafte, sorcerie, and dreaming is but vaine: lyke as when a woman trauayleth with childe, ∧ hath many fantasies in her heart.

6   Where as such visions come not of God, set not thyne heart vpon them: B   

7   For dreames haue deceaued many a man, and they failed that put their trust therein.

8   The lawe shalbe fulfilled without lyes, ∧ wysdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth: what knowledge hath he that is not tryed?

9   A wyse man that is well instruct, vnderstandeth much: and he that hath good experience, can talke of wysdome.

10   He that hath no experience, knoweth litle, and he that erreth, causeth much wickednesse: he that is not tryed, what thinges knoweth he? he that hath ben deceaued, is full of subtiltie.

11   When I was yet in errour, I learned much also: yea, I was so learned, that I could not expresse it all,

12   And came oft in perill of death therefore, tyll I was delyuered from it through the grace of God. C   

13   Now I see that they which feare God, haue the right spirit, for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them: and the eyes of the Lorde are on them that loue him.

14   Who so feareth the Lorde, standeth in awe of no man, and is not afraide: for the Lorde is his hope and comforte.

15   Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the lord: in whom putteth he his trust? who is his strength?

16   For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them that loue him, he is their mightie protection and strong grounde: A defence for the heate, a refuge for the hot noone day, a succour for stumbling, and an helpe for falling.

17   He setteth vp the soule, and lighteneth the eyes: he geueth lyfe and blessing.

18   He that geueth an offering of vnrighteous good, his offering is refused: and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God. D   

19   The Lorde is theirs onely that patiently abide him in the way of the trueth and of righteousnesse.

20   The highest doth not alowe the giftes of the wicked: and God hath no delight in the offeringes of the vngodly, neither may sinne be reconciled in the multitude of oblations.

21   Who so bringeth an offering out of the goodes of the poore, doth euen as one that killeth the sonne before the fathers eyes.

22   The bread of the nedefull, is the lyfe of the poore: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a man of blood.

23   Who so robbeth his neighbour of his lyuing, doth as great sinne as though he slue him to death: he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre, is a blood shedder.

24   When one buildeth and an other breaketh downe: what profite haue they then but labour?

25    ^noteWhen one prayeth and another curseth, whose voyce wyl the Lorde heare?

26   He that washeth him selfe because of a dead body, and then toucheth the dead againe, what doth his washing?

27   So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and doth them againe: who wyll heare his prayer? or what doth his fasting helpe him?

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