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him.
9a:10. In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when
he shall have power over the poor.
9a:11. For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned
away his face, not to see to the end.
9a:12. Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
9a:13. Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in
his heart: He will not require it.
9a:14. Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou
mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou
wilt be a helper to the orphan.
9a:15. Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin
shall be sought, and shall not be found.
9a:16. The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye
Gentiles shall perish from his land.
9a:17. The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard
the preparation of their heart.
9a:18. To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no
more presume to magnify himself upon earth.

Psalms Chapter 10
In Domino confido.
The just man's confidence in God in the midst of persecutions.
10:1. Unto the end. A psalm to David.
10:2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get
thee away from hence to the mountain, like a sparrow.
10:3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their
arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.
10:4. For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but
what has the just man done?
10:5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His
eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.
10:6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity,
hateth his own soul.
10:7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone, and storms
of winds, shall be the portion of their cup.
10:8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath
beheld righteousness.

Psalms Chapter 11
Salvum me fac.
The prophet calls for God's help against the wicked.
11:1. Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David.

11:2. Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed
from among the children of men.
11:3. They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with
deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.
11:4. May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things.
11:5. Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own:
who is Lord over us?
11:6. By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor,
now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal
confidently in his regard.
11:7. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire,
purged from the earth, refined seven times.
11:8. Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation
for ever.
11:9. The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou
hast multiplied the children of men.

Psalms Chapter 12
Usquequo, Domine.
A prayer in tribulation.
12:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou
forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from
me?
12:2. How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all
the day?

12:3. How long shall my enemy be exalted over Me?
12:4. Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that
I never sleep in death:
12:5. Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him.
They that trouble me, will rejoice when I am moved:
12:6. But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea, I
will sing to the name of the Lord, the most high.

Psalms Chapter 13
Dixit insipiens.
The general corruption of man before our redemption by Christ.
13:1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his heart:
There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their
ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.
13:2. The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
13:3. They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together:
there is none that doth