- [A Psalme of Dauid.]
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- Fret not thy selfe because of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious against the workers of iniquitie.
- 2
- For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse;
and wither as the greene herbe.
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- Trust in the Lord, and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verely thou shalt be fed.
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- Delight thy selfe also in the Lord;
and he shall giue thee the desires of thine heart.
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- Commit thy way vnto the Lord: trust also in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
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- And he shall bring forth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone day.
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- Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thy selfe because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked deuices to passe.
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- Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thy selfe in any wise to doe euill.
- 9
- For euil doers shall be cut off: but those that waite vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the earth.
- 10
- For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not bee: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- 11
- But the meeke shall inherite the earth: and shall delight themselues in the abundance of peace.
- 12
- The wicked plotteth against the iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
- 13
- The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is comming.
- 14
- The wicked haue drawen out the sword, and haue bent their bow to cast downe the poore and needy, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
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- Their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shall be broken.
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- A little that a righteous man hath, is better then the riches of many wicked.
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- For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the righteous.
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- The Lord knoweth the dayes of the vpright: and their inheritance shall be for euer.
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- They shall not be ashamed in the euill time: and in the dayes of famine they shalbe satisfied.
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- But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambes: they shall consume: into smoke shall they consume away.
- 21
- The wicked borroweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giueth.
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- For such as be blessed of him, shall inherite the earth: and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
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- The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
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- Though hee fall, he shall not be vtterly cast downe: for the Lord vpholdeth him with his hand.
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- I haue bene yong, and now am old;
yet haue I not seene the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.
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- He is euer mercifull, and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
- 27
- Depart from euill, and doe good;
and dwell for euermore.
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- For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saints, they are preserued for euer: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- 29
- The righteous shall inherite the land, and dwell therein for euer.
- 30
- The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisedome;
and his tongue talketh of iudgement.
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- The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.
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- The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
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- The Lord will not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him when he is iudged.
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- Wait on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
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- I haue seene the wicked in great power: and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
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- Yet he passed away, and loe he was not: yea, I sought him, but hee could not be found.
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- Marke the perfect man, and behold the vpright: for the end of that man is peace.
- 38
- But the transgressours shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shalbe cut off.
- 39
- But the saluation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
- 40
- And the Lord shall helpe them and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and saue them because they trust in him.
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