words

¶ Giue eare to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

The wordes of the LORD are pure wordes: as siluer tried in a fornace of earth purified seuen times.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 23.31. psal.18.29. & 119. ver.140. prou.30.5.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world: In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteHebr. without their voyce heard.

1611 marginal noteRom. 10.18.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, bee acceptable in thy sight, O LORD my strength, and my redeemer.

1611 marginal noteHebr. my rocke.

¶ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

The words of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: he hath left off to bee wise, and to doe good.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behinde thee.

1611 marginal noteRom. 2.21, 22.

Thou louest all deuouring words, O thou deceitfull tongue.

1611 marginal noteOr, and the deceitfull tongue.

Heare my prayer, O God; giue eare to the words of my mouth.

The words of his mouth were smoother then butter, but warre was in his heart: his words were softer then oyle, yet were they drawen swords.