100 A TRANSLATION OP CERTAIN PSALMS. 



For why ? the Lord hath special eye 

 To be the godly s stay at call : 



And hath given over, righteously, 

 The wicked man to take his fall. 



THE TRANSLATION OF THE Xll-rn PSALM. 



HELP, Lord, for godly men have took their flight, 



And left the earth to be the wicked s den : 

 Not one that standeth fast to truth and right, 



But fears, or seeks to please, the eyes of men. 

 When one with other falls in talk apart, 



Their meaning go th not with their words, in proof, 

 But fair they flatter, with a cloven heart, 



By pleasing words, to work their own behoof. 



But God cut off the lips, that are all set 



To trap the harmless soul, that peace hath vow d ; 

 And pierce the tongues, that seek to counterfeit 



The confidence of truth, by lying loud : 

 Yet so they think to reign, and work their will 



By subtile speech, which enters ev ry where ; 

 And say : Our tongues are ours, to help us still ; 



What need we any higher pow r to fear? 



Now for the bitter sighing of the poor, 



The Lord hath said, I will no more forbear 



The wicked s kingdom to invade and scour, 

 And set at large the men restrain d in fear. 



