A   I sayde: I will take hede to my wayes þt; I offend not in my tonge. I will kepe my mouth (as it were &wt; a brile) while þe; vngodly is in my sight. I helde my t&obar;ge, ∧ spake noth&ibar;ge, I kepte syl&ebar;ce yee, eu&ebar; fr&obar; good wordes, but it was payne ∧ grefe to me. My hert was hote within me, ∧ whyle I was thus musyng, the fyre kyndled: and (at the last) I spake wyth my tonge: ^note Lorde, let me knowe myne ende, and the n&obar;bre of my dayes: that I maye be certyfied howe l&obar;ge I haue to lyue. ^note B   Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as it were a sp&abar;ne l&obar;ge, and myne age is euen as nothing in respecte of the: ∧ verely euery man lyu&ibar;g is all together vanite. Selah. For man walketh in a vayne shadowe, and disquieteth him self in vayne: he heapeth vp riches ^note ∧ cannot tell who shall gather th&ebar;.

And now Lord, what is my hope? trulye my hope is euen in the. Delyuer me from all myne offences, ∧ make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish. I became domme, ∧ opened not my mouth, for it was thy doynge.

Take thy plage awaye fro me: I am eu&ebar; c&obar;sumed by the meanes of thy heuye hand.

C   When þu; wyth rebukes dost chasten man for sinne, þu; makest his bewtye to consume awaye, like as it were a mothe fretinge a garment. Euery man therfore is but vanite. Selah. Heare my prayer, O Lord, ∧ &wt; thyne eares c&obar;sydre my callynge: holde not thy peace at my teares. For ^note I am a straunger &wt; þe;, ∧ a sogeourner, as all my fathers were. Oh spare me a lytle, that I maye recouer my str&ebar;gth, before I goo h&ebar;ce, and be nomore sene.

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