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In the 51. Psalm thus speaketh the prophet in his own tongue,¹ behold thou lovest trueth in the reins, (that is inwardly in the affections) and hast made me to understand wisdom in secrete: but your translator hath given us an other sense, Behold, thou hast loved trueth: the uncertain and secret things of thy wisdom hast thou made manifest unto me. If the first be a true sense, as it is: the second must be reputed, as it deserveth. In the 62.² Psalm the Prophet speaking of his enemies devising to overthrow him if they might, saith, They take counsel only how to cast him down from his dignity, their delight is in lies. This construction agreeeth well, this sense is plain. Now compare here with your translation, and you shall see that it is most fond and disorderly. thus it standeth,³ Notwithstanding they have thought to put back my price, I have run in thirst. Is not this a proper kind of translation? yet something of late hath it been corrected in one word, but nothing at all amended in the sense. I have runned, they say, should be changed into they have runned: ⁴wherein they grant their latin translator was greatly deceived in translating the greek word I have runned ⟨p. 312⟩for they have runned: and yet the hebrew word signifieth neither of both. But as they acknowledge a fault in this word, so when it is thus mended by them, how much nearer are they to the right sense? verily no thing, or but little: and Genebrard though he make a poor sense of the words, yet how his sense agreeth with the hebrew text he cannot declare. Again in the 9. verse of this Psalm the Prophet saith, Trust in him evermore, ⁵O people: your translation hath an other reading thus, Trust in him all the congregation of the people: ⁶wherein is a manifest diversity. The hebrew no man dare say to be corrupt: then it followeth that the greek translator deceived the latin, and was deceived himself.