The Jews in captivity of Babylon, Christians in persecution, or other great tribulation, pray with confidence to be delivered from danger, and slander of wicked tongues, 5. lamenting their long endurance.The Iewes in captiuitie of Babylon, Chriſtians in perſecution, or other great tribulation, pray with confidence to be deliuered from danger, and ſlander of wicked tongues, 5. lamenting their long indurance.✦
A gradual Canticle. When I was in tribulation I cried to our Lord: and he heard me.A gradual Canticle. WHEN I was in tribulation I cried to our Lord : and a he heard me.Canticum graduum. Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi, et exaudivit me.
2O Lord deliver my soul from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.O Lord deliuer my ſoule from b vniuſt lippes, and from a deceiptful tongue.Domine, libera animam meam a labiis iniquis et a lingua dolosa.
3What may be given thee, or what may be added unto thee, to a deceitful tongue?c What may be geuen thee, or what may be added vnto thee, to a deceiptful tongue?Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam ?
4The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of desolation.d The ſharpe arrowes of the mightie, with coales of deſolation.Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.
5Woe is to me, that my incolatus: dwelling for a time as a stranger, living in exile abroad is prolonged: I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:e Woe is to me, that my ſeiourning is prolonged : I haue dwelte with the f inhabitantes of Cedar :Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est ! habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar ;
6My soul hath been long a sojourner.My ſoule hath bene long a ſeiourner.multum incola fuit anima mea.
7With them, that hated peace, I was peaceable: when I spake to them, they impugnabant: challenged the truth or honesty of; assailed, attacked, warred against me without cause.With them, that hated peace, I was peaceable : when I ſpake to them, they impugned me g without cauſe.Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus ; cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis.
