Verse 1
Of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers.
Verse 2
For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.
Verse 3
Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.
Verse 4
Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.
Verse 5
Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.
Verse 6
He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde.
Verse 7
Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations.
Verse 8
Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.
Verse 9
For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande.
Verse 10
Looke at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be there
Verse 11
But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
Verse 12
The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
Verse 13
The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.
Verse 14
The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.
Verse 15
But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
Verse 16
A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
Verse 17
For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.
Verse 18
God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer.
Verse 19
They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough.
Verse 20
As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.
Verse 21
The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally.
Verse 22
Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.
Verse 23
The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.
Verse 24
Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande.
Verse 25
I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread.
Verse 26
The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
Verse 27
Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.
Verse 28
For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.
Verse 29
The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer.
Verse 30
The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
Verse 31
The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.
Verse 32
The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.
Verse 33
God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
Verse 34
Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it.
Verse 35
I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.
Verse 36
And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
Verse 37
Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace.
Verse 38
As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed all together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last.
Verse 39
But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble.
Verse 40
And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.