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 For he lieth waiting* secretly, even as a lion lurketh he in his den : that he may ravish the poore.

He doth ravish the poor : when he getteth him into his net.

He falleth down and humbleth himself : that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his Captains.

He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord God, and lift vp thine hand : forget not the poor.

Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God : while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou God carest not for it.

Surely thou hast seen it : for thou beholdest vngodliness and wrong.

That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand : the poor comitteth himself vnto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.

Break thou the power of the vngodly and malicious : take away his vngodliness, and thou shalt find none.

. The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the heathen are perished out of the land.

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor : thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto.

To help the fatherless and poore vnto their right : that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

The xi. Psalm.

In Domino confido.

Jn the Lord put J my trust : how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird vnto the hill?

For lo, the vngodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.