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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
Bishop
The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1] Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen: and whose sinne is couered [No book]
[2]Blessed is ye man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes: & in whose spirit there is no guile [No book]
[3]For whyle I helde my tongue: my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring [No book]
[4]For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night: and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer. Selah [No book]
[5][Therfore] I haue made knowen my faultes vnto thee, and my righteousnes haue I not hid: I sayd I will confesse my wickednes vnto God, and thou forgauest the vnrighteousnes of my sinne. Selah [No book]
[6]For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vnto thee in the time when thou mayest be founde: so that in the great water fluddes they shal not come nye hym [No book]
[7]Thou art my refuge, thou wylt preserue me from trouble: thou wylt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce. Selah [No book]
[8]I will geue thee wise instructions, and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go: & I wil guyde thee with mine eye [No book]
[9]Be ye not lyke a horse [or] lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee [No book]
[10]Great plagues remaine for the vngodly: but who so putteth his trust in God, mercy imbraceth him on euery side [No book]
[11]Be glad in God, & reioyce O ye righteous: be ioyfull also all ye that be vpright of heart [No book]
Source: studybible.org
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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