A   O Lorde, thou art my God, I wil prayse the, and magnifie þi; name: For thou bringest marvelous thinges to passe, acordinge to thine olde councels, truly and stedfastly. ^noteThou makest of townes, heapes of stone: and of head cities, broken walles: The palaces of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie, that they shal neuer be buylded againe. Therfore the very rude people must magnifie the, and the cities of the cruel heithen must feare the. For thou art the poore mans helpe, a str&ebar;gth for the neadful in his necessite. Thou art a defence agaynst euel wether, a schadowe agaynst the hete. But vnto the presumptuous, thou art like a str&obar;ge whyrle wynde, that casteth downe the boostinge of the vngodly, thou kepest men from heate with the shadow of the cloudes, thou cuttest of the braunches of tyrauntes.

B    ^noteMorouer the LORDE of hoostes shal once prepare a feast for all people vp&obar; the hill: A

plenteous, costly, pleasaunt feast, of fat and welfed beastes, of swete and most pure thinges. Vpon the hill shal he take awaye the syde vale þt; h&abar;geth before þe; face of al people, ^note and the coueringe wherwith all Gentiles are couered. As for death, he shal vtterly c&obar;sume it, The LORDE God shal wipe awaye the teares from all faces, and take awaye the confuci&obar; of his people thorow þe; whole worlde. For þe; LORDE himself hath sayde it.

^noteAt the same tyme shal it be sayde: lo, this is oure God in wh&obar; we put oure trust, and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for: Let vs reioyse ∧ delyte in his health. For the h&obar;de of þe; LORDE ceaseth vp&obar; this hil. But Moab shalbe throssh&ebar; downe vnder him, like as the straw is trod&ebar; vnder fete in a d&obar;ge hill. For he shal stretch out his h&obar;des vpon him, like as a swimmer doth to swymme. And &wt; the power of his hondes shal he cast downe his hie pompe. As for his str&obar;ge holdes ∧ hie walles: he shal buwe them, cast th&ebar; downe, and sell th&ebar; to the grounde in to dust.

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