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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
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The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1] O Lorde thou art my Lorde: early in the morning I do seeke thee. (63:2) My soule thirsteth for thee: my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande [where] no water is [No book]
[2](63:3) [To see thee] euen so [as] I haue seene thee in the sanctuary: that I might beholde thy power and glory [No book]
[3](63:4) For thy louing kindnes is better then life [itselfe]: my lippes shall prayse thee [No book]
[4](63:5) As long as I liue I wyll blesse thee on this maner: and in thy name I wyll lyft vp my handes [No book]
[5](63:6) My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes [No book]
[6](63:7) Haue I not remembred thee in my bed: and thought vpon thee when I was waking [No book]
[7](63:8) Because thou hast ben my helper: therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce [No book]
[8](63:9) My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee: thy right hande hath vpholden me [No book]
[9](63:10) And they [that] seeke my soule to oppresse [it]: shall go vnder the earth [No book]
[10](63:11) Euery one of them shalbe killed with the edge of a sworde: and they shalbe a portion for Foxes [No book]
[11](63:12) But the king shal reioyce in the Lord, al they shal glory that sweare by him: for the mouth of all them that speake a lye, shalbe stopped [No book]
Source: studybible.org
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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