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Psalm 72
For my heart has been inflamed

HOW GOOD/ is god to israhel: to them/ that are of an upright heart./ But my feet were almost moved:/ my steps almost straggled./ Because I have zeal upon/ the wicked seeing the serenity of sinners./ Because there is no regard for their death:/ and support in their wounds./ They are not in the labours of men:/ and with men they shall not be scourged./ Therefore has pride held them:/ they are covered with their injustice and impiety./ Their injustice has proceeded as it were approved of:/ they have passed into the affection of the heart./ They have thought and have spoken wickedness:/ they have spoken iniquity on high./ They have set their mouth into heaven:/ and their tongue has passed through the earth./

Transcription

Quia infla[m]m atum est cor meu[m]
QUA[M] BONUS / isr[ahe]l d[eu]s: his qui / recto sunt corde. / Mei aute[m] p[a]ene / moti sunt pedes: / pen[a]e effusi sunt / gressus mei. / Quia zelavi sup[er] / iniquos pacem peccator[um] videns. / Quia non est respect[us] morti eor[um]: / et firmamentum in plaga eor[um]. / In labore hominum non sunt: / et cu[m] hominib[us] non flagellabuntur. / Ideo tenuit eos superbia: / op[er]ti sunt iniquitate et impietate sua. / Prodiit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eor[um]: / transierunt in affectu[m] cordis. / Cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam: / iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt. / Posuerunt in c[a]elum os suum: / et lingua eor[um] transivit in terra. /

Translation

Psalm 72
For my heart has been inflamed

HOW GOOD/ is god to israhel: to them/ that are of an upright heart./ But my feet were almost moved:/ my steps almost straggled./ Because I have zeal upon/ the wicked seeing the serenity of sinners./ Because there is no regard for their death:/ and support in their wounds./ They are not in the labours of men:/ and with men they shall not be scourged./ Therefore has pride held them:/ they are covered with their injustice and impiety./ Their injustice has proceeded as it were approved of:/ they have passed into the affection of the heart./ They have thought and have spoken wickedness:/ they have spoken iniquity on high./ They have set their mouth into heaven:/ and their tongue has passed through the earth./

 

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