A   Saue me, O God, for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule.

I sticke fast &ibar; þe; depe myre, where no gro&ubar;d is: I am come&ibar;to depe waters, so that the floudes renne ouer me. I am wery of crying, my throte is drie, my sight faileth me, for waytinge so long vp&obar; my God. They þt; ^note hate me without a cause, are mo then þe; heeres of my head: they that are myne enemies ∧ wolde destroie me giltlesse are mightie: &rhand; I payed them the thinges that I neuer toke. God, thou knowest my simplenesse, and my fautes are not hid from the. B   Let not th&ebar; that trust in þe;, O Lord God of Hoostes be ashamed for my cause: let not those that seke the, be confounded thorowe me, O God of Israeli.

And why? for thy sake haue I suffred reprofe, shame hath couered my face. I am become a stra&ubar;ger vnto my brethr&ebar;: euen an alea&ubar;t vnto my mothers children. For ^note þe; zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me, and ^note the rebukes of th&ebar; that rebuked the are fallen vpon me. C   I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastynge, and that was turned to my reprofe. I put on a sacke cloth also, ∧ they iested vpon me. They that sitte in þe; gate, speake agaynst me, and the dronckardes ^note make songes vpon me. But Lorde I make my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme. Heare me, O God, in þe; multitude of thy mercy, euen in the trueth of thy saluacion. D   Take me out of the myre, þt; I sincke not. Oh let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the depe waters. Let not the water floud drowne me: nether let þe; depe swalowe me vp, and let not the pytte shut her mouth vpon me. Heare me, O Lorde, for thy louyng kyndnesse is c&obar;fortable: turne the vnto me accordynge vnto the multitude of thy mercies. And hyde not thy face from thy serua&ubar;t, for I am in trouble: O haste the, and here me. Drawe nye vnto my soule, and saue it: Oh delyuer me because of myne enemies. E   Thou hast knowen my reprose, my shame and my dyshonour: myne aduersaries are all in thy syght.

The rebuke hath broken my herte, I am full of heuynes: I loked for some to haue pitye vpon me, but there was no man: nether founde I anye to c&obar;forte me. ^noteThey gaue me gall to eate, ∧ when I was thyrsty, they gaue me vineger to drinke. ^noteLet their table be made a snare to take them selues withall, and let the thinges (that shuld haue bene for their welth) be vnto them an occasion of fallinge. Let their eyes be blinded, þt; they se not: and euer bowe þu; downe their backes.

Powre out thyne indignacion vpon th&ebar;, and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them. ^note F   Let their habitacion be voyde and no man to dwell in their tentes. For they persecute hym whom thou hast smyte, ∧ they talke how they maye vexe th&ebar; whom thou hast wounded. Let them fall fr&obar; one wyckednesse to another, and not come into thy ryghteousnesse. ^noteLet them be wyped out of the boke of the lyuyng, ∧ not be wrytten am&obar;g the ryghteous. As for me, wh&abar; I am poore and in heuynesse, thy helpe (O God) shall lyfte me vp. I wyll prayse the name of God with a songe, and magnifye it &wt; thankesgeuing. This also shall please the Lorde better then a bullocke, that hath hornes and hooffes. G   The h&ubar;ble shal consydre this, and be glad: seke ye after God, &abar;d youre soule shall lyue. For the Lord heareth the poore, and despyseth not &rhand; his presoners. Let heau&ebar; and earth prayse hym, the see ∧ all that moueth therin. For God will saue Syon, and buylde the cyties of Iuda, that men may dwell there, and haue it in possession. The posterite also of his seruauntes shall inheret it: ∧ they that loue hys name, shall dwell therin.

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