Psalm 10: Against Enemies and Tyrants
in fear, and terrify them in such sort, as they may understand what a thing it is to set themselves against true godliness and pure religion, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PSALM 10: AGAINST ENEMIES AND TYRANTS
(Prayer 1) Seeing that (O most good and merciful God) our belief and confidence is, that thou art not only the chief good thing, but godliness itself. We earnestly desire thee not to turn and withdraw thy countenance from us, as sometime thou seemest to do. For although we do not deny but that our sins have deserved that punishment, yet we humbly beseech thee, (even as thou art right gentle and merciful) to pardon and forgive us the same: and that contrary to our deserts, thou wilt notwithstanding, favor our cause (for the glory of thy name) to the intent the ungodly may well understand that they beguile themselves in thinking thee to be no GOD, neither meanest at any time to look for an accompt at their hands, of the heinous deeds and crimes which they do wickedly commit: who lay snares, oppress, beat, and miserably kill the godly, being now fully persuaded that thou hast forgotten and art utterly unmindful of the state of the world. Wherefore assist those which call upon thee, and lovingly give ear unto their humble petitions, so that the Godly (being by thee set at liberty) may teach the proud and oppressors to behave themselves after a more modest fashion, when as it shall be manifestly known that thou hast a most vigilant care and regard of thy beloved Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Prayer 2) Thou mightest be thought (O most merciful father) to have withdrawn thyself marvelous far off from thy servants, in this most troublesome time of affliction, insomuch as with closed up eyes thou forgettest to look and behold what the wicked Antichrists (with an extreme pride and set obstinacy) attempt and enterprise against thy faithful people, because the things they devise have so good and lucky success: whereby it cometh to pass that they stick not to blaspheme thee, yea, and be persuaded that there is no God, and because thou seemest to have withdrawn all kind of punishment from them, their opinion and