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[^THE EARLIEST COMPLETE ENGLISH PROSE PSALTER.
EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY, O.S. 97.
ED. K. D. BUELBRING.
LONDON, 1891. 
PP. 50.25  - 55.24   (SAMPLE 1)
PP. 66.9   - 75.19   (SAMPLE 2)
PP. 118.12 - 171.6   (SAMPLE 3)^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
<P 50>
[}PSALM 41 [\(42)\] .}]

   1. As +te hert de-siret to +te welles of waters, so          #
de-sired my soule to 
+te, Lord.
<P 51>
   2. And my soule +trefe vnto God, welle liueand, whan ich     #
shal cum
and apere to-fore +te face of God.
   3. Mi teres were to me loues day and ny+gt, +ter-wyles +tat  #
man seid to
me ich day, Where hys +ty God?
   4. Ich by-+tou+gt of +te +tynges, and priked in me my        #
soule; for hy shal
passen in-to +te stede of purgatorij ful of pines, ri+gt vn-to  #
heuen.
   5. +Te soune of +te ioiand ys in +te voice of ioie and of    #
shrift. 
   6. Ha +tou my soule, why ertou sori, & why trubles tou me?
   7. Hope in God, for y shal +gete shriue vnto hym; he his     #
hel+te of my
gost and my God.
   8. Myn soule is trubled vn-to my seluen; for-+ty, Lord, y    #
shal be
+tenchand on +te, God, of +te tur[{n{]ing of folke of +te       #
londe of Jordan and
of +te folke of +te littel hille of Hermon.
   9. Helle blame+t +te fendes for +ty de+t of +te croice.
   10. Alle +tyn lorde-shippes and +ty techynges passeden up    #
me.
   11. In daie our Lord sent his mercy and on ny+gt his         #
confort.
   12. Lord, +te oreison of my lif is to +te; ha Lord, y sai,   #
+Tou ert my 
taker.
   13. Whi hastou for+geten me, and whi am ich sory,            #
+ter-whiles +tat myn
enemy tourmente+t me?
   14. +Ter-whiles +tat my+gtes ben frusced, myn enemys, +tat   #
trublen me,
reproued me;
   15. +Ter-whiles +tat hij seiden to me vuch daye, Were is     #
+ty God?
   16. Ha +tou my soule, whi ar-tou sori, and whi trubles tou   #
me?
   17. Hope in God, for i shal +git schryue to hym; he his      #
hel+te of mi
gost and my God.

<P 52>
[}PSALM 42 [\(43)\] .}]

   1. Iugge me, Lord, and defende my cause fram folke nou+gt    #
holy, and
defende me fram +te wicked man and +te trecherous.
   2. For +tou art Gode, my streng+te; whi puttestou me out?    #
and whi
goe ich sorwand, +ter-whiles +tat myn enemy tourmente+t me?
   3. Sende out +ty ly+gt and +ty so+tenes; hij ladden me out,  #
and ladde
men me in-to +ty holi hylle and in-to +ty tabernacles.
   4. And y shal entre unto Goddes auter; to God, +tat make+t   #
glade my
+ting+te.
   5. Ha God, my God, y shal schryue me to +te in +te in-mast   #
of myn
hert; ha +tou my soule, whi er tou sori, and why trublestou me?
   6. Hope in God, for +gete y shal shryue to hym; he is        #
[{hel+t{] of my gost
and my God.  

[}PSALM 43 [\(44)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, we herden wy+t our eren; our fadres telden vs
   2. +Te werke, +tat tou wrou+gt in her daies and in olde      #
daies.
   3. +Tyn honde desparplist +te folke, and +tou settest hem;   #
+tou 
tourmentedest         
folkes, and puttedest hem out of here pride. 
   4. For hij ne shul nou+gt haue +ter+te in swerde, and her    #
my+gt ne shal
nou+gt sauen hem,
   5. Ac +ty god-hede and +ty my+gt and +te li+gt of +ty face;  #
for +tou plesed
to hem.
   6. +Tou +ty-self art my God and my kyng, +tat sendest        #
hel+tes to Jakob.
<P 53> 
   7. Wh[{e{] shul chace oway our enemys +tur+g force in +te,   #
and we shul 
despysen in +ty name +te arisand o+gains us.
   8. For y ne shal nou+gt hopen in my waityng; and my swerde   #
ne shal
nou+gt sauen me.
   9. For +tou sauedest vs [{fram hem +tat turmented vs{] ,     #
and +tou confounded
hem +tat hateden vs.
   10. Whe shul ben heried in God al day, and whe shul shryue   #
in +ty
name in +te worled.
   11. For-[{s{]o+te +tou puttedest us now oway, and            #
confoundedest us; and 
+tou, God, ne shal nou+gt go out in our vertu+g.
   12. +Tou turnedest vs by-hynde rygge efter our enemis; and   #
hij +tat 
hated vs rauissed vs to hem selue.
   13. +Tou ladest vs as shepe of metes; and +tou desparplist   #
vs amonge folkes.
   14. +Tou seldest +ty folk wy+t-outen pris; and multitude     #
nas nou+gt in 
chaungynges of hem.
   15. +Tou laidest us in liknes to folkes, stireing of heued   #
in folkes.
   16. +Tou settest us [{r{]epruse to our ne+gburs,             #
vndernimyng and scorne
to hem +tat ben in our cumpas.
   17. Aldai my shame is o+gains me, and confusion of my face   #
ha+t
couered me. 
   18. Fram +te voice of +te reproceand and +te o+gains         #
spekand, fram +te face
of +te enemy and of +te pursuand.
   19. Alle +tes +tynges comen up us; and we ne for+gate +te    #
nou+gt, and
we did nou+gt yuel in +ty testament.
   20. And our hert ne departed nou+gt o+gain-ward; and +tou    #
bowedest +tyn
bysties fram +ty waie.
   21. For +tou lowed vs in stede of turment; and shadew of     #
de+t couered vs.
<P 54>
   22. +Gyf we for+gate +te name of our Lord, and putten        #
for+te our hondes to 
a strange God,
   23. It is to witen, +gif God shal nou+gt asken +tes          #
+tynges; for he knewe
+te hidynges of +te hert.
   24. For we ben slayn al dai for +te; we ben holden bi as     #
shepe of
sla+gtter.
   25. Arise vp, Lord; whi dwellestou? arise vp, and ne put vs  #
nou+gt 
oway in endynge.
   26. Whi turnestou +ty face oway? +tou for-+getest our        #
me[{s{]ais and our
tribulacioun.
   27. For our soule is lowed in poudre, and our wombe is       #
deuoured
to-gideres in +ter+te.
   28. Arise up, Lord, and helpe vs; and bigge vs a+gayn for    #
+ty name.

[}PSALM 44 [\(45)\] .}]

   1. Myn hert put out gode worde; y saye my werkes to +te      #
kynge
of glorie. 
   2. My tunge is penne of +te scriuayn swiflich wrytand.
   3. Fair artou, Christ, in fourme to-fore mennes sones;       #
grace is shadde
in +ty lippes; for-+ty blisced God +te wy+t-outen ende.
   4. Be +tou girded wy+t +ty my+gt, aldermy+gtfullichest, up   #
+ty folke.
   5. +Gyf entent godelich, and go for+te, and regne in +ty     #
cumlichenes
and in +ty fairnes,
   6. For so+tnes and softnes and ri+g[{t{]fulnes; and +ty      #
pouste shal laden +te
wonderfulliche.
   7. +Ty manaces ben sharp; folke shul fallen vnder +te vnto   #
+te hertes of
+te kynges enemys.
<P 55>
   8. Ha God, +ty sege is in +te worlde of worldes; +te +gerde  #
of drescing is
+gerde of [{+ty{] kyngdome.
   9. +Tou louedest ri+gtfulnes, and hatest wickednes;          #
+ter-for God, +ty God,
anoint +te wy+t oile of ioie to-for +ty felawes.
   10. Myrre and gutte and smel ben of +ty uestiment, of +ty    #
[{houses{] of heuen,
of which +te gode soules delite[{den{] +te in +tyn honur.
   11. +Te quene stode at +ty ry+gt half in gildan clo+tyng,    #
encompassed
alabouten wy+t selcou+tnesse.
   12. Here +tou, soule, and se, and bowe +tyn ere, and         #
for-+gete +ty fole
+to+gtes and +te substaunces of +ty fader.
   13. And +te kyng shal couait +t[{y{] fairhede; for he is     #
+te Lord, +ty God,
and [{+te folk shul wor+tship hym.{]
   14. [{And +te sones of Tyre & alle +te ryche of{] +te folke  #
shal praien +ty
semblant in +gyftos.
   15. Alle his glorie wy+t-innen hym is of +te soule of God    #
of grete ioies,
couered a-boute wy+t meruailous +tynge.
   16. Maidenes shal be brou+gt to God efter hym, and hys next  #
shul ben 
brou+gt to +te.
   17. Hii shul ben brou+gt in-to gladnes and ioie, and shul    #
ben brou+gt in-to
+te ioie of God.
   18. Sones ben born to +te for +ty fadres; +tou shalt         #
stablisse hem princes
vp alle +ter+te.
   19. For-+ty +te folkes shul shriue to +te wy+t-outen ente    #
in +ty world
of wordles.

<S SAMPLE 2>
<P 66>
[}PSALM 55 [\(56)\] .}]

   1. Haue mercy on me God, for man ha+t defouled me; +te       #
fende trubled
me, fe+gtand alday o+gayns me.
   2. Myn enemys defouled m[{e{] alday, for many were fe+gtand  #
o+gains me.
   3. Y shal drede +te fram +te he+gt of +te daye; y for-so+te  #
shal hope in +te.
   4. Hij shal hery my wordes [{in God, ich hoped in God; y ne  #
shal
nou+gt dreden,{] what manes flesshe do+t to me.
   5. Alday +te wicked acurseden myn wordes o+gains me; alle    #
her +toutes
ben in iuel.
   6. Hij shul wonen in helle, and +ter hij shul hiden hem,     #
and hij shul
kepen mi d[{e{]-fouleing.
   7. As hij tempteden my soule, for nou+gt +tou shalt make     #
hem sauf; and
+tou shalt bring to nou+gt +tes folkes in +tyn ire.
   8. Ha God, ich telde my lyf to +te; +tou laidest min teres   #
in +ty sy+gt.
   9. As in +ty bihest shul +tan myn enemys be turned           #
o+gain-ward. 
   10. In wat daye +tat ich cleped to +te, se! icham aknow      #
+tat +tou art 
my God.
<P 67>
   11. Y shal herien worde in +te, God, y shal heryen worde in  #
+te, Lord;
ich hopede in +te, God; y shal nou+gt drede, what man do+t to   #
me.
   12. Ha God, +ty desires ben in me, for which y shal +gelde   #
to +te heryynges.
   13. For +tou deliuered my soule fram helle and myn fete      #
fram slydynge,
+tan ich plese to-fore God in +te ly+gt of hem +tat ben saued.
   
[}PSALM 56 [\(57)\] .}]

   1. Haue mercy on me, God, haue mercy on me; for my soule     #
affie+t
in +te.
   2. And ich shal hope in +te my+gt of +ty grace, +ter-whiles  #
+tat my
wickednesses passe.
   3. Y shal crye to +te God alderhe+gest, to God +tat did      #
wele to me.
   4. He sent his sone fram heuen, and deliuered me out of      #
helle, and +gaf
in reproceinge +te defouland me.
   5. God sent fram heuen his mercy and his so+tenes, and       #
deliuered my
soule fram sharpnes of tourmentes of fendes; and ich dwelled    #
trubled.
   6. Mennes sones han her werkes hard and sharp, and her       #
tunges
ben sharp swerdes.
   7. Be +tou, God, anhe+ged vp +te heuens, and +ti glorie in   #
alle er+te.
   8. Mennes sones di+gten gnares to myn fete, and tempted my   #
soule.
   9. Hij daluen a diche to fore my face, and fellen hem        #
seluen +ter-inne.
   10. Myn hert ys di+gt to +te, God, myn hert is di+gt; and y  #
shal synge,
and sai a salme.
   11. +Tou my glorie, arise +tou; sautrie and harpe, arise; y  #
shal aryse
in +te morwenynge.
   12. Y shal schryue to +te, Lord, in folkes, and saie to +te  #
a songe in men.
<P 68>
   13. For +ty mercy his heried vn-to +te heuens, and +ty       #
so+tenes vn to 
+te cloudes.
   14. Be +tou, God, anhe+ged up +te heuens, and +ty glorye in  #
al er+te.

[}PSALM 57 [\(58)\] .}]

   1. +Gyf +ge speke in alle +tynges ry+gt, +ge mennes sones,   #
iugy+gt ry+gtfullich.
   2. For +ge wirchen wickednesses in our hertes in er+te;      #
+gour hondes
wirchen vnry+gtfulnes.
   3. +Te syn+gers ben aliened fer fram +te wombe; hij erreden  #
fram
+te wombe; hij spoken fals +tynges.
   4. Her wirship is efter +te wickednes of +te serpent, as of  #
aspide def and 
stoppand his eren.
   5. +Te which ne shal nou+gt here +te voice of +te            #
charmeand, and of +te
makand uenym charmeand wiselich. 
   6. God shal de-foulen her te+te in her mou+te; our Lord      #
shal breke +te
uttemast iuels of +te wicked. 
   7. Hij shul by-comen no+gt as water ernand; our Lord shal    #
shewe his
my+gt, +terwyles +tat hij ben made vnstable.
   8. +Te wicked shul ben wasted as wax +tat melte+t; +te       #
wreche of God
fol vp her werkes, and hij ne sei+g no+gt her saueour.
   9. Er +tat +gour synnes vnderstonde +te dampnac[{i{]oun      #
euerlastand, +te fur
of vices shal deuoren hem as liueand in ire.
   10. +Te ry+gt-ful shal gladen whan he se+t +te vengeaunce,   #
and he shal
wasshen his hondes in +te blode of +te syn+ger.
   11. And man shal saie for-so+te, +Gyf frute be to +te        #
ry+gtful, for-so+te God
is iugeand hem in er+te.

<P 69>
[}PSALM 58 [\(59)\] .}]

   1. Ha my God, defende me fram myn enemis, and deliuere me    #
fram +te
ariseand o+gains me.
   2. Defende me fram +te wirchaund wickednes, and saue me      #
fram men
defouled wi+t dedelich sinnes.
   3. Se, for hij token my soule; +te stronge fel o+gains me.
   4. Ne my wickednes, Lord, ne my sinne; ich ran wi+t-outen    #
wickednes,
and dresced +tis worde.
   5. Aryse, Lord, in myn o+gain-erning, and se; and +tou,      #
Lord, art God
of uertu+g, God of Israel.
   6. +Gif entent to uisiten al folkes; ne haue +tou nou+gt     #
mercy on alle +tat
wirchen wickednes.
   7. Hii shul ben turned at euen, and shul suffren hunger as   #
hundes; and
hij shul cumpassen +te cite.
   8. Se, hij shul speken in her mou+te, and sharpnes of        #
wordes his in her
lippes; and hij shul saien, Who herd it?
   9. And +tou, Lord, shalt scornen hem, and +tou shalt bringe  #
to nou+gt
alle folkes.
   10. Y shal kepe to +te myn streng+tes, for God is my taker,  #
my God;
his mercy shal come to-fore me.
   11. God shewed mi+gt to me vp myn enemys; Lord, ne sle hem   #
nou+gt,
+tat +te folk ne for+gete me nou+gt.
   12. De-part hem in +ty uertu; and +tou, God, my defendour,   #
do hem 
oway fram yuel. 
   13. For +te trespas of her mou+te and +te worde of her       #
lippes ben +te
[{w{]ycked taken in her pride. 
   14. And of her waryinge and of her lesyng hij shul ben       #
shewed in her 
endyng.
<P 70>
   15. And hij ne shul nou+gt ben saued in +te ire of endeing;  #
& wyten hij
+tat God shal lordship Iacob sones and +te cuntres of +ter+te.
   16. Hij shul ben departed at euen, and hij shul suffren      #
hunger as
hundes, and hij shul gon a-boute +te cite. 
   17. For-so+te y shal syngen +ty streng+te, Lord, and         #
erliche he+gen in +ty
mercy.
   18. for +tou art made my taker and my socour in [{d{]ai of   #
my tribulacioun.
   19. Ha my helper, y shal synge to +te, for +tat +tou, God,   #
art my taker,
my God, my mercy.

[}PSALM 59 [\(60)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, +tou hast put us oway fram +te, and +tou hast     #
destriued us;
+tou art wro+t, and +tou haddest pite of us.
   2. +Tou stired +ter+te, and trubled it; hel +te              #
contriciouns of it, for it 
is
stired.
   3. +Tou shew[{ed{]est harde +tynges to +ty folk for synne,   #
and +tou +gaf 
us a drink of +te biternes of prikkyng.
   4. +Tou haf tokenyng of wisdom to hem +tat dreden +te, +tat  #
hij shuld
fle fram +te corrupcioun of synne.
   5. +Tat +tyn loued ben deliuered fram iuel, make me sauf     #
for +ty
ry+gthalf, and here me.
   6. God spak in his halwe, Y shal delyten, and y shal         #
departen driehede, 
and y shal meten +te ualaie of tabernacles.
   7. Galaad ys myn, and Manasses is myn, and Effraim is +te    #
streng+te of 
myn heued.
   8. Judas ys myn kynde, Moab is +te enterete of myn hope.
<P 71>
   9. Y shal shewe my vengeaunce in Ydume; strange be subiectes
to me.
   10. Who shal lade me in-to a cite warnist, who shal lade me  #
in-to
Ydume?
   11. Nou+gt +tou, God, +tat put us away fram +te fende,       #
+tou, God, ne shal 
nou+gt gon out in our vertu+g?
   12. +Gyf us, Lord, helpe of tribulacioun, for hel+te of man  #
is ydel.
   13. We shul do uertu in God, and he shal brynge to nou+gt    #
+te 
trubland vs.

[}PSALM 60 [\(61)\] .}]

   1. Here, God, my praier, and understounde myn oryson.
   2. Ich cried to +te fram +te cuntres of +ter+te, +terwhiles  #
+tat myn hert
was anoied; +tou he+gedest me in stablenes.
   3. +Tou laddest me out, for +tou art made myn hope; +tou     #
art tour of
stre[{n{]g+te fram +te face of +te enemy.
   4. Y shal wonen in +ty tabernacle in +te worldes; y shal be  #
defended
in +te couering of +ty mercyes.
   5. For +tou, my God, herdest myn oreison; +tou +gaf          #
heritage to +te
dredand +ty name.
   6. +Tou shal casten dayes up +te daies up +te kynge, and     #
his +geres vn-to
+te daye of kynde & kynde.
   7. He wone+t wy+t-outen ende in +te sy+gt of God; who shal   #
sechen his
mercy and hys so+tenes?
   8. Y shal saye +tus a songe to +ty name in +te world of      #
world, +tat ich
+gelde [{myn{] a-vowes fram daie to daie.

<P 72>
[}PSALM 61 [\(62)\] .}]

   1. Ne shal nou+gt my soule be vnder-lout to God? for in hym  #
hys
myn hel+te.
   2. For he ys my God and myn hel+te & my taker; y ne shal no  #
more
dreden. 
   3. +Ter-whyles +tat +ge fallen into holy chyrche, +ge al     #
sle +te in-nocent
liggand to hym, as to a wal +tat +te morter [{is{] putt out.
   4. +Te wicked for-so+te +tou+gten to putt oway my god dede,  #
and ich
vnderstode her pryuetes; hij blisced me wy+t her mou+te, and    #
waried me
wy+t her hert.
   5. Ha +tou my soule, be +tou subiecte for-so+te to God, for  #
of hym ys my
suffraunce. 
   6. For +tat he is my God, my saueour, myn helper, y ne shal  #
nou+gt
passen out of his comaundement.
   7. Myn hel+te is in God and my glorie; God ys +te wille of   #
myn helpe;
and myn hope is in God.
   8. Ha, he alle assemble of folk, hope+t in hym, helde+t out  #
to-forn hym
your hertes; God ys our helper wy+t-outen ende.
   9. For-so+te mennes sones ben idel, mennes sones ben         #
li+gers in balaunces,
+tat hij deceiuen of idelnes in +tat ich +tynge.
   10. Ne wyl +ge nou+gt hopen in wickednes, and ne wil +ge     #
nou+gt couaite
rauyns; +gyf riches flowe to you, ne wil ye nou+gt sett your    #
hert to hem.
   11. God spak o-nes to +tynges, ich herd hem, for +tat +te    #
my+gt of 
God is; and, Lord, to +te is mercy, for +tou shalt +gelde to    #
ichon efter
his werkes.

<P 73>
[}PSALM 62 [\(63)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, my God, ich wake to +te of ly+gt.
   2. My soule coue[{i{]ted to be wy+t +te, and my flesshe to   #
+te ful many-fold.
   3. In wylde lond and out of way an drye in swyche manere,    #
ich
shewed me to +te [{in{] holy +tynge, +tat ich sei+ge +ty vertu  #
and +ty glorie.
   4. For +ty mercy is better vp lybbeinges; myn lippes shul    #
heryen +te.
   5. Se, y shal blisce +te in my lyf; and in +ty name y shal   #
lift up
myn hondes.
   6. Be my soule fulfyld as of flour and of grece; and my      #
mou+te shal 
heryen +te [{wy+t{] lippes of gladnes.
   7. So was ich +tenchand on +te up my bedde, y shal +tenche   #
on +te in +te
morwenyng; for +tat +tou was myn helper.
   8. And y shal gladen in +te coue[{r{]ing of +ty mercies, my  #
soule ha+t
drawen efter +te; +ty ry+gt syde toke me.
   9. For-so+te +te wicked tempted my soule in vayn, and hij    #
shul entren
in-to +te deppest of +te er+te; so hij shul be +geuen in-to     #
sharpenes of
vengeaunce, so shal hij ben att +te parties of fendes.
   10. +Te kynge for-so+te shal ioien in God, alle +tat hopen   #
in hym shul
ben heried; for +te mou+te of +te spekand wicked +tynges ys     #
stopped.

[}PSALM 63 [\(64)\] .}]  

   1. Here, God, my praier, whan ich praie; defende my soule    #
fram +te
drede of +te enemy.
   2. +Tou defendest me fram +te felawe-shippe of +te wicked,   #
fram +te
multitude of +te wirchand wickednes.
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   3. For hij whetted her tunges as swerde; so hij maden her    #
manaces
+tyng bytter, +tat hij turmenten +te vnwemmed in hidels.
   4. Hij shul turmenten hym sudeinlich, hij shul nou+gt        #
dreden; hij
fastened to hem iuel worde of me.
   5. Hij telden +tat hij hidden falsnisses, and saiden, Who    #
shal sen
hem?
   6. Hij so+gten wickednisses; +te sechand faileden in her     #
secheyng.
   7. +Te man ry+gtful shal ne+gen to holi hert, and God shal   #
ben he+ged.
   8. +Te turmentes of +te wicked ben made her de+t, and her    #
tunges ben
made vnstable o+gains [{hem{] .
   9. Alle gode men +tat sehen hem in her malices, weren        #
trubled; and
ich man drad hem.
   10. +Te gode telden +te werkes of God, and vnderstonden his  #
dedes.
   11. +Te ry+gtful shal gladen in our Lord, and he shal hopen  #
in hym;
and al ry+gtful of hert shul ben heried.

[}PSALM 64 [\(65)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, heryynge by-come+t +te in Syon; and to +te shal   #
[{v{]owe be
+golden in Jerusalem.
   2. Here my praier; icha flesshe schal come to +te.
   3. +Te wordes of +te wicked vailed more vp vs; and +tou      #
shal be mercyful
to our wickednesses.
   4. Blisced be +te man +tat +tou ches and toke; he shal       #
wonen in +tyn 
hallis.
   5. We shul be fulfild of +te godes of +tyn hous; and +ti     #
temple ys holy,
wonderful in euennesse.
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   6. Ha God, our hel+te, he[{r{]e us; +tou art hope of alle    #
+te cuntres of +ter+te
and fer in +te see;
   7. Makand redy +te mounteins in +ty vertu, girt wy+t my+gt;  #
+tat truble+t
+te depnes of +te see, +te soune of hys flodes.
   8. Alle +te men +ta[{t{] wonen in cuntres, shul ben          #
trubled, and shul
dreden of +tyne toknes of +te out-going of morwen; and +tou     #
shalt deliten
in +te euenyng.
   9. +Tou uysited +ter+te, and made it fayre, and multiplied,  #
for to make
it ryche.
   10. +Te flude of God ys fulfild of waters; +tou, God, made   #
radi her
ernyng for so ys his makyng rady.
   11. Fylland hys ryue[{r{]s, multiplie +tou his buryon; he    #
shal delyten in 
hys guters ekand.
   12. +Tou shalt blisce to +te time of +te +gere of +ty        #
de-bonairte; and +ty
feldes shul be fulfild of plente.
   13. Fair +tynges of +te wyldernes shal by-comen fat, and     #
+te woniand in
+te mounteins shul ben fulfild of ioie.
   14. +Te ra[{mm{]es [{of shepe ben clo+ted wy+t flese, & +te  #
valeys shul{]
waxen ful wy+t wheten; folk shul crien and saien heriyng for    #
ioye. 

<S SAMPLE 3>
<P 118>
[}PSALM 96 [\(97)\] .}]
 
   1. Our Lord regne+t; glade +ter+te, and ioien many yldes.
   2. Cloudes and derknes ben in his cumpasse, ry+gtfulnes and  #
iugement
ben +te amendement of his sege.
   3. Fur shal gon to-forn hym, and brenen hys enemys abouten   #
hym.
   4. Hys li+gtyngens ali+gted +te world; he sei+ge, and +te    #
er+te ys styred.
   5. +Te mounteins melted as wax fram +te face of our Lord,    #
al +te er+te
fram +te face of our Lord.
   6. +Te heuens telden his ry+gtfulnes, and al +te folkes      #
se+gen his glorie.
   7. Ben hij alle confounded +tat anouren y-magerie & +tat     #
gladen in her 
maumetes.
   8. Alle +ge hys aungels, anouren hym; +te folk of Syon herd  #
God
and ioied. 
   9. And +te do+gters of Iude gladed, Lord, for +ty iugement.
   10. For +tou, Lord, art he+gest up alle +te er+te; mychel    #
+tou art he+ged vp
alle +te godes.
<P 119>
   11. +Ge +tat loue our Lord, hate+t iuel; our Lord kepe+t     #
+te soules of his
halwen; and he shal liuer hem fram +te pouste of +te syn+ger.
   12. Ly+gt hijs sprongen to +te ry+gtful, and ioie to +te     #
ry+gtful of hert.
   13. Glade+t, +te ry+gtful in our Lord, and shryue+t to +te   #
mynde of hys
halwyng.

[}PSALM 97 [\(98)\] .}]
 
   1. +Ge men, synge+t to our Lord a newe songe, for he ha+t    #
don wonderful
+tynges.
   2. He saued to hym +te helpe of hys chosen and hys holi      #
pouste.
   3. Our Lord made hys hel+te knowen, and shewed hys           #
ry+gtfulnes in
sy+gt of men.
   4. He +tou+gt on hys merey and on hys so+tenes to +te hous   #
of Israel.
   5. Alle +te contre-hys of +te er+te se+gen +te hel+te of     #
our Lord God; he
alle +ter+te, ioie+t to God, and synge+t and glade+t and        #
ver-seile+t.
   6. Synge+t to our Lord in harp and in voice of psalme, in    #
trumpes
beten and voice of trumpes of horne.
   7. Glade+t in +te sy+gt of +te kyng, our Lord; be +te se     #
stired and hys
plente, +te world, and hij +tat wonen +ter-inne.
   8. +Te flodes shul ioien togidres wy+t honde, and mounteins  #
shul gladen 
of +te sy+gt of our Lord; for he come+t to iuge +ter+te.
   9. He shal iuge +te world in ry+gtfulnes, and +te folkes in  #
euennes.

[}PSALM 98 [\(99)\] .}]

   1. For +tat our Lord regned, wra+t-+ten +te folkes; +tou     #
+tat sittest up
cherubyn, by +te er+te styred.
   2. Our Lord ys grete in heuen and he vp alle folkes.
   3. Shryuen hij to +ty grete name, for it ys dredeful and     #
holi; and +te 
honour of +te kyng loue+t iugement.
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   4. +Tou dittest dresceinges, and +tou madest iugemen[{t{] &  #
ry+gtfulnes in
Iacob sones.
   5. And he+ge+t +te Lord, our Lord, and anoure+t +te shamel   #
of hys fete, for
hit is holy.
   6. Moyses and Aaron wy+t her prestes, and Samuel amonges     #
hem +tat
clepen hys name.
   7. Hij clepeden our Lord, and he herd hem; he spake to hem   #
in a piler 
of a cloude.
   8. Hij keptten hy[{s{] witnesses and +te comaundement +tat   #
he +gaf to hem.
   9. Ha Lord, our God, +tou herd hem; +tou, God, was mercyful  #
to hem
and byginnand to wreke in alle her fyndeynges.
   10. And he+ge+t +te Lord, our God, and anoure+t hym in hys   #
holy heuen;
for +te Lord, our God, ys holy.

[}PSALM 99 [\(100)\] .}]
 
   1. Ha alle er+te, glade+t to God, serue+t our Lord in        #
gladnes.
   2. Entre+t in his sy+gt in ioie.
   3. Wete+t +tat our Lord he is God; he made us, and nou+gt    #
we us seluen.
   4. We ben hys folk and +te shepe of hys pasture; entre hys   #
+gates in
shrift, and schryue+t to hym in hys temple in songes.
   5. Herie+t hys name; for our Lord ys milde, hys mercy ys     #
wy+t-outen
ende, and hys so+tnesse ys in kende and kinde.

[}PSALM 100 [\(101)\] .}]

   1. Lord, y shal synge mercy and iugement to +te; y shal      #
versail and
vnderstonde in wai unfiled, whan +tou shal come to me.
   2. Y +gede in +te innocens of myn hert, amiddes +te wylle    #
of myn hert,
in-middes myn hous.
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   3. Y ne sett nou+gt to-fore myn e+gen +tyng vnry+gtful, and  #
ich hated +te
trespassynges.
   4. Wicked hert ne come nou+gt to me; y ne knew nou+gt +te    #
wicked
bowand fram me.
   5. Y ne pursued hym +tat bacbite+t priuelich hys ne+gbur.
   6. Y ne ete nou+gt wy+t +te prude e+ge, and wi+t hert +tat   #
ne may nou+gt
be fulfild.
   7. Myn e+gen ben to +te trew of +ter+te, +tat hij sit wy+t   #
me; +te goand in 
vnfiled wai, he serued me.
   8. He +tat [{do+t{] pride ne shal nou+gt wonen amiddes myn   #
houus; he
+tat speke+t yuel, y ne dresced hym nou+gt in +te sy+gt of myn  #
e+gen.
   9. Ich slo+ge in +te mornyng alle +te syn+gers of er+te,     #
+tat y shuld
departent out of our Lordes cite alle +te wirchand wickednes.

[}PSALM 101 [\(102)\] .}]

   1. Here, Lord, my praiere, and my crye come to +te.
   2. Ne turne +tou nou+gt +ty face fram me; in wich daie +tat  #
ich be
trubled, bow to me +tyn ere.
   3. In which daie +tat ich had cleped to +te, here +tou me    #
hastilich.
   4. For my daies failed as smoke, and my bones dried as       #
craukes.
   5. Ich am smyten as hay, and myn hert dryed; for ich         #
for-+gate to ete
my brede. 
   6. Of +te voice of my waymentynge my bon dro+g to my         #
flesshe. 
   7. Icham made lich to +te pellican of ones, and icham made   #
as +te
ny+gtrauin in +te euesynges.
   8. Y woke, and made as +te sparowe wonand on in +te hous.
   9. Myn enemys vp-braided me aldai, and hij +tat praised me   #
swore 
o+gains me.
<P 122>
   10. For ich ete my brede as asken, and medeled my drynke     #
wy+t
wepyng.
   11. Fram +te face of +te ire of +ti indignacioun; for +tou   #
liftand me
norissed me. 
   12. My daies boweden as shadow, & hij d[{r{]eied as hai. 
   13. +Tou, Lord, forso+te dwellest wy+t-outen ende, and +ti   #
mynde is in
kinde and in-to kynde.
   14. +Tou, Lord, arisand shalt haue pite of +te folke of      #
Syon; for +te time
of hijs mercynge, for +te time come+t.
   15. For hijs fastnes pleised to +ti seruantes, and hij shul  #
haue pite of
his er+te.
   16. And +te folke, Lord, shul douten +ty name, and alle +te  #
kynges of +te
er+te +ti glorie. 
   17. For our Lord edefied +te heuen, and shal be sen in hijs  #
glorie.
   18. He loked in-to +te oreison of +te meke, and he ne        #
despised nou+gt
her praier.
   19. Be +tes +tynges wryten in +tat o+ter kinde; and +te      #
folk +tat shal be 
fourmed shal heryen our Lord.
   20. For he loked fram hys e+ge heuen; our Lord loked fram    #
heuen
into er+te;
   21. +Tat he herd +te waie-mentynges of +te fettered and      #
vnbinde +te
sones of +te slain.
   22. +Tat hij telle in Syon +te name of our Lord and hys      #
hereinge in
Ierusalem.
   23. In acordand +te folkes in on, and +te kynges, +tat hii   #
serue to
our Lord.
   24. He answerd hym in voice of his vertu, Telle to me +te    #
fewenes of 
my daies.
<P 123>
   25. Ne clepe +tou me nou+gt o+gayn in +te half dele of mi    #
daies, in kynde
and in-to kynde of +te +gere.
   26. Lord, +tou founded +ter+te atte gynnyng, and +te heuens  #
ben +te
werkes of +tyn hondes. 
   27. Hij shul perissen, +tou for-so+te dwellest; and alle     #
shul by-gynne at
elden as clo+tyng.
   28. And +tou shalt chaungen hem as couertour, and hij shul   #
be chaunged;
+tou for-so+te art +tat ich, and +ty +geres ne shul nou+gt      #
failen.
   29. +Te sones of +ty seruauntes shul wonen, and here sede    #
shalt be
dresced in +te world.

[}PSALM 102 [\(103)\] .}]

   1. Ha +tou my soule, blisce our Lord; and alle +tynges +tat  #
ben wy+t-innen
me, blisce hys holi name. 
   2. Ha +tou my soule, blisce our Lord; and ne wille +tou      #
nou+gt for-+gete
alle his +gelde-inges;
   3. +Te which is merciful to alle +tin wickednesses; +te      #
which hel+te alle
+ty sekenisses;
   4. +Te which ransoun-ne+t +ty lif fram de+t; +te which       #
croune+t +te wy+t
mercy and pites;
   5. +Te which fulfille+t +t[{y{] desire in goddes; +ty        #
+geng+te shal be made 
new
as of an erne. 
   6. Our Lord is doand mercies and iugement to alle +te        #
suffrand wronge.
   7. He made hys waies knowen to Moyses, he did to +te         #
childer of
Israel her willes.
   8. Our Lord is ry+gtful and merciable and of longe wille     #
and michel
merciable.
   9. He ne shal nou+gt wra+t+te him wy+t-outen ende, [{ne he   #
ne shal nou+gt
manacen wy+t-outen ende.{]
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   10. He ne did nou+gt to us efter our syn+ges, ne he ne       #
+gelde+t nou+gt to vs
efter our wickednes.
   11. For efter +te he+gt of heuen fram er+te he               #
strein[{+g{]ed hys mercy vp
hem +tat dreden hym. 
   12. He made fer fram us our wickednes, as +te este           #
departe+t fram
+te west.
   13. As +te fader has mercy on his childer, our Lord is       #
merciable of hem
+tat dreden hym; for he knowe [{our{] faintes.
   14. He recorded +tat we ben p[{ouder{] ; man ys as hai, hys  #
daies ben as
floure of +te feld, so he shal florissen.
   15. For gost shal passen in hym; and he ne shal nou+gt       #
dwelle, and he
ne shal no more knowen his stede.
   16. +Te mercy of our Lord is forso+te fram wy+t-outen        #
[{ende vnto wy+t-outen
ende{] up hem +tat dreden hym. 
   17. And his ri+gtfulnes is into child of childer to hem      #
+ta[{t{] kepen his
testament.
   18. And hij ben remembraunt of his comaundement+g to don     #
hem.
   19. Our Lord shal di+gten his sete in heuen, and his         #
kyngdome shal 
lord-ship alle.
   20. Ha alle his angeles, mi+gtful of uertu, doand his        #
worde, to here +te
uoice of hys wordes, blisce+t our Lord.
   21. Ha alle his uertu, blisce+t our Lord; +ge his            #
ministris, +tat don hys
wille, blisced our Lord. 
   22. +Ge alle werke of our Lord, blisce+t our Lord in alle    #
stedes of his
lordship; ha +tou my soule, blische our Lord.

<P 125>
[}PSALM 103 [\(104)\] .}]

   1. Ha +tou my soule, blisce our Lord; ha Lord, mi God, +tou  #
art
greteliche heried. 
   2. +Tou clad schryft and fairnes, hiled wy+t ly+gt as wy+t   #
clo+tyng,
   3. Spredand out +te heuen as a skyn; +te which couered +te   #
alderhe+gestnes
wy+t waters;
   4. +Tat settest +te cloude +ty wendyng up; +tat gost vp +te  #
swiftnes of
+te wynde;
   5. +Tat makest +tyn angeles gostes, and +ty ministres        #
sengeand [{fur{] ;
   6. +Tat foundest +ter+te vp his stablenes; it ne shal        #
nou+gt be bowed in
+te worled of +te worldes.
   7. Depenes ys hys couertour as clo+tyng; waters shul stonde  #
vp
mounteines.
   8. Hij shul fle fram +te lackeinge, & hij shul douten of     #
+te voice of
+ty +tonder.
   9. +Te mounteyns stey+gen up, and +te feldes fallen in-to    #
+te stede +tat-ou
founded to hem.
   10. +Tou setted +te terme, +te which hij ne shul nou+gt      #
passe ouer; ne hij
ne shul nou+gt be turned o+gain to hilen +ter+te.
   11. +Tou +tat sendest welles in valeis; +te waters shul      #
passen amiddes +te
mounteines.
   12. Alle bestes of +te felde shul drynken, +te wilde asses   #
shul abiden in
her +trest.
   13. +Te foules of heuen shulle whonen vp +tat er+te, +te     #
waters shul
+geuen voice of +te middel of +te stones.
   14. Dewand +te mounteines of +tyn ouermor, +ter+te shal be   #
fulfild of +te
frut of +ty werkes.
<P 126>
   15. +Tou art bryngand for+te hay to meres and grasse to      #
seruice
of men;
   16. +Tat tou brynge for+t brede of +ter+te, and wyn glade    #
mannes hert.
   17. +Te tres of +ter+te shul be fulfild, and +te cedres of   #
Lyban, which he
sette; sparowes shul make +ter her nestes.
   18. +Te hous of faucouns is her lader, +te he+ge mounteins   #
to hertes, +te
ston is refut to heyrouns.
   19. He made +te mone in-to times, +te sonne knew hys         #
goingdoun.
   20. +Tou settest derkenes, and ny+gt ys made; al +te bestes  #
of +ter+te shul
passen +ter-ynne.
   21. +Te whelpes of +te liouns rumyand, +tat hij rauissen     #
and aske metes
to hem of God.
   22. +Te sonne ys rysen, and hij ben gadered, and shul be     #
laid in her
couches. 
   23. Man shal go for+t to his werke, and to his wircheing     #
vn-to +te
euenynge.
   24. Hou michel +tyn werkes ben heried, Lord! +tou madest     #
alle +tynges
in wisdome; +ter+te is fulfild of +tyn habbyng.
   25. +Tis see hys michel and large to hondes; +ter-inne ben   #
crepand
+tynges, of which nis no noumbre:
   26. Bestes litel wy+t michel; +ter shul shippes passen:
   27. +Tys dragon +tatou fourmedest to by-gylen him: alle      #
abyden, +tatou
+gif to hem mete in tyme. 
   28. +Te +geuand to hem, hij shul gaderen; +te openand +tyn   #
honde, alle 
+tynges shul be fulfild of godenes.
   29. +Te for-so+te turnand owai +ty face, hij shul be         #
trubled; +tou shal 
take fram hem +ty gost, and hij shul failen, and shul be        #
turned into
her poudre.
   30. Sende for +ty gost, and hij shul be fourmed; and +tou    #
shalt make
newe +te face of +ter+te.
<P 127>
   31. Be +te glorie of our Lord in +te world; our Lord shul    #
gladen in 
his werkes;
   32. +Te which loke+t to +ter+te and make+t it to tremblen;   #
+te which
touche+t +te mounteyns, and hij shul smoken.
   33. Y shal syngen to our Lord [{and{] my [{luf,{] and synge  #
to my God as
longe as ich am.
   34. Be my word to hym ioiful; ich for-sothe shal gladen in   #
our Lord.
   35. Defailen +te syn+gers of +ter+te, and +te wicked so      #
+tat hij ne be 
nou+gt;
ha, +tou my soule, blisce our Lord.

[}PSALM 104 [\(105)\] .}]

   1. Shriue+t to our Lord, and clepe+t his name; telle+t       #
amonges folke
hys werkes.
   2. Synge+t to hym, and psalme+t to hym; telle+t alle his     #
wondres; be +ge
heried in hys holi name. 
   3. Glade +te hert of +te secheand our Lord; seche+t and our  #
Lord, and be+t
confermed; seche+t alway hys face.
   4. By-+tenche+t +gou of his wondres +tat he did; & his       #
toknes ben +te
iugement+g of his mou+te.
   5. Ha +tou sede of Abraham, his seruaunt+g; ha +ge Iacob     #
sones, his
chosen, bi+tenche+t of God.
   6. He his +te Lord, our God; his iuge[{me{]nt+g ben in alle  #
er+te.
   7. He was by-+tenchand in +te world of his testament, and    #
of his world
+tat he sent into a +tousand kyndes.
   8. Which worde he ordeined to Abraham and his o+te to Ysaac.
   9. And he stablist +tat to Iacob in comaundement, and to     #
+te sones of
Israel in testament wy+t-outen ende,
   10. Saiand, Y shal +geue +te +te londe of Chanaan in a       #
corde of [{+g{]our
herytage.
<P 128>
   11. As y were in lytel noumbre and her ty[{l{]iers           #
alderfewest:
   12 And hij passeden fram folk to folk, and fram kyngdom to 
ano+ter folk;
   13. He ne suffred nou+gt man greuen hem, and he repruued     #
kynges
fram hem, 
   14. Saiand, Ne wil +ge nou+gt touchen my prestes anoint      #
wy+t creyme,
and ne wylle +ge nou+gt weryen in my prophetes. 
   15. And he cleped hunger vp +te londe of Chanaan, and        #
de-fouled al +te
fastnes of brede.
   16. Jacob sent +te man Joseph o+gayn his bre+ter, Joseph     #
was solde to 
+tral +turth hem.
   17. Hij loweden +te fete of Ioseph in fetteres, yren passed  #
+tour+g +te
soule of Iacob to +tat +te word of Ioseph come to hym.
   18. +Te word of our Lord brent Ioseph; +te kyng Pharaon      #
sent for hym
to +te prison, and vnbonde hym of bondes; +te prince of folk    #
did hym
of pyne.
   19. He stablist hym lord of hys hous and prince of alle hys
habbynge,
   20. +Tat he lered hys prynces as hym self and tau+gt hys     #
elde quaintyse.
   21. And +te fende anoied greteliche hys folk, and fastened   #
it up
hys enemys, 
   22. [\LATIN AND ENGLISH OMITTED.\]
   23. +Te fende turned +te hertes of +te Egipciens, +tat hij   #
hated hys folke
and dede trecherie o+gain Goddes seruauntes.
   24. Our Lord sent Moyses, [{hys{] seruaunt, and +tat Aaron   #
+tat he ches.
   25. He sett in hym wordes of his toknes and of his wondres   #
in +te 
londe of Cham.
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   26. He sent derknisses, and made derke +te Egipciens, and    #
ne enegred
nou+gt +te wordes of Moyses,
   27. He turned her waters into blode, and slo+ge her fisshes.
   28. And her er+te +gaf frosches in +tynges of her kynges     #
gode to parte.
   29. Moyses seide to our Lord of +te hardnes of Egipciens,    #
and houndefle+ges
and gnattes come+t in alle her londes.
   30. He sett her raynes hail and fur brynand in her londe; 
   31. And smote her vynes and her fygers, and defouled +te     #
wode of
her londe.
   32. Moyses seid to our Lord of +te hardnes of Pharaon in     #
+te sones of 
Iacob, and grashoppes come and breses, of which no noumbre was  #
of.
   33. And he ete alle +te hai in her londe, and ete al +te     #
fruit of her
londe.
   34. And he smote alle +te first bi+getynge of her londe and  #
+te first
by+getyng of alle her trauaile.
   35. And he lad out Iacob sones wy+t gold and syluer, and     #
syke man
nas nou+gt founden in alle her kyn-redenis.
   36. Egipt was glad in +te for+tgoing of Iacobes childer,     #
for +te drede of
hem touched vp hem.
   37. And he shewed cloude in-to her prot[{e{]ccioun and fur,  #
+tat it shuld
aly+gt to hem by ny+gt.
   38. Hij askeden flesches; and curlu come to hem, and         #
fulfild hem of
brede of heuen. 
   39. God brake +te stone, and waters ran out, and flodes      #
+gede +tur+g
drienes.
   40. For he was by+tenchand of his holy worde, +te which he   #
had to 
Abraham, hys childe.
   41. And God lad for+t hys folk wy+t gladnes and hys chosen   #
wy+t ioie.
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   42. And he +gaf hem kyngdomes of men, and hij hadden +te     #
trauailes of
folkes, 
   43. +Tat hij kepten ri+gtfulnesses and so+gten his lawe.

[}PSALM 105 [\(106)\] .}]

   1. Shryue+t to our Lord, for he his God, for in +te world    #
is his mercy.
   2. Who shal speke +te my+gtes of our Lord? he shal make      #
alle hys
heryynges herd.
   3. Blisced ben hij +tat kepen iugement and don ry+gtfulnes   #
in alle time.
   4. +Tenche, Lord, on vs in +te wele-likand of +ty folk, and  #
visit vs in
+tyne hel+te,
   5. For to se in +te godenes of +tyn chosen, to gladen in     #
+te gladnisse of
+ty folke, +tatou be heried in +tyne herytage.
   6. We han syn+ged wy+t our fadres, we han wro+gt             #
vnry+gtfullich, and we
han don wickednisse.
   7. Our fadres in Egipt ne vnderstode no+gt +tyn wondres,     #
and hij were
nou+gt +tenchand on +te multitude of +tyn mercy.
   8. And hij tariden +te Egipciens wendand vp in +te see,      #
[{+te Reed See;{]
and he saued hem for his name, +tat he made his my+gt knowen.
   9. And he wy+t-dro+ge +te Reed See, and it ys dried; and     #
lad +te Egipciens
in depenes as in +te desert.
   10. And he saued +te .xii. kindes of Iacob fram +te honde    #
of +te enemy.
   11. And +te water couerd +te trybuland hem, and +ter ne      #
laft nou+gt
on of hem. 
   12. And +te .xij. kindes byleueden his worde and heried his  #
heryyng.
   13. Sone hij faileden, and for+gaten hys werkes, and ne      #
susteined nou+gt
hys conseil.
   14. And hij couaited couaitise in desert, & tempteden God    #
in driehede.
   15. And he +gaf hem her askyng, & sent fulnes in-to her      #
soules.
   16. And hij tariden Moyses in castels & Aaron, +te holy of   #
our Lord.
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   17. +Te erthe ys opened, & swolwed Datham, & couered vp +te  #
gaderyng
of Abyron.
   18. And fur brent in her sinagoge, & lait brent +te          #
sin+gers.
   19. And hij maden a chalf in Oreb, & anoured +tyng made wy+t
fingers.
   20. And hij chaungeden her glorie in-to +te likenes of       #
chalf etand haye.
   21. Hij for-haten God +tat saued hem, +tat grete +tynges     #
did in Egipt,
in +te londe of Cham, dredeful +tynges in +te Reed Se.
   22. God seid +tat he shuld for-done hem, +gyf Moyses, his    #
chosen, ne
had nou+gt stonden in brekeyng in his sy+gt;
   23. +Tat he turned hys wra+t+te, +tat he ne fordid hem       #
nou+gt; and hij
had for nou+gt +te londe desiderable.
   24. And hij ne leued nou+gt his worde & gruched in her       #
tabernacles,
and hij ne herd nou+gt +te voice of our Lord.
   25. And he lifted his vengeaunce vp hem, +tat he feld hem    #
doun in 
wildernesse.
   26. And +tat he out-kest her sede in [{+t{]er+tes and        #
departed hem in 
kyngdomes.
   27. And hij ben sacrified to Belphegor, & eten +te pines of  #
+te dampned.
   28. And hij taried hym in her fyndynges, and fallyng doun    #
is multiplied
in hem.
   29. And Finees stode and plesed, & crossyng cessed.
   30. And it is teld to hym in-to ry+gtfulnes in kynde to      #
kynde vn-to
euere lastend.
   31. And hij tariden Moyses atte water of +gainsygeinge, and  #
he ys
trauayled for hem +tat greued hys gost.
<P 132>
   32. And he distincted in his lippes; & hij ne sprad nou+gt   #
men which
our Lord seid to hem.
   33. And hij ben meined among folk wy+t-outen lawe, and       #
lerned her
werkes, and serueden to her fals ym[{a{]ges, and +tat ys made   #
to hem in
sclaunder.
   34. And hij sacrifiden her sones and her douters to          #
debleries,
   35. And shadde blode nou+gt filed, and blode of her sones    #
and her
dou+gters, which hij sacrified to +te fals ymages of Chanaam.
   36. And +ter[{+te{] is slaine for syn+ges & filed in her     #
werkes, & dede
horedome in her fyndeinges.
   37. And our Lord wra+ted hym in hys vengeaunce o+gains his   #
folk, and 
lo+ted hys heritage. 
   38. And he +gaf hem in-to +te hondes of folkes wy+t-outen    #
lawe, and hij
+tat hated hem lord-shipped hem.
   39. And her enemys trubled hem, and hij ben meked vnder her  #
hondes;
often our Lord deliuerd hem of iuel.
   40. Hij for-so+te greueden him in her conseils, and hij ben  #
lowed in 
her wickednisses.
   41. And he se+ge whan hij were trubled, & herd her praier.
   42. And he was by-+ten-chand on hys testament, & it hym      #
for-+tou+gt
efter +te multitude of hys mercy.
   43. And he +gaf hem in his mercies in sy+gt of alle +tat     #
hadde taken hem.
   44. Ha Lord God, make us sauf, & gader us to-gider of        #
straunge
kynredens,
   45. +Tat we shryue to +tyn holy name, & +tat we gladen in    #
+ty heryynge.
   46. Be our Lord, God of Israel, blisced of +tys world, here  #
and vnto
+te world +tat euer shal last; & alle +te puple shal saie, Be   #
it don,
be it don.

<P 133> 
[}PSALM 106 [\(107)\] .}]

   1. Shryue+t to our Lord, for he ys gode, for in +te world    #
ys hys mercy.
   2. Siggen hij nov +tat ben bou+gt of our Lord, which he      #
bou+gt fram +te
honde of +te enemy, of straunge kyngdomes he gadered hem.
   3. Fram +te rysyng of +te [{sunne{] vnto +te goynge adoune,  #
fram +te nor+te
& +te see.
   4. +Te childer of Israel erreden in onhede & in dryhede,     #
and hij ne
fonde nou+gt +te waie of ioye euer lastand.
   5. Hungerand & +trestand, her soule faileden in hem.
   6. And hij criden to our Lord, as hij were trubled, & hij    #
deliuered 
hem of alle her nedefulnes.
   7. And he lad hem in +te ry+gt waie, +tat hij heden into     #
ioie euerlastand
   8. Shryue to our Lord hys mercies, & hys wonders to mennes   #
sones.
   9. For he fulfild idel soule, and fulfild hung[{ri{] soules  #
of godes,
   10. Sittand in derknes & in shadue of de+t, bonden in        #
wrechedhede
[{&{] in iren.
   11. For hij anegreden +te wordes of our Lord, & maden vain   #
+te
conseil of +te he+gest.
   12. And her hert ys lowed in her trauailes, and hij ben      #
syke; & +ter
nas non +tat halpe hem.
   13. And hij crieden to our Lord, as hij weren trubled & he 
deliuered hem of alle her nedefulnisses.
   14. And he lad hem fram derknesses & shadowe [{of de+t{] ,   #
& brake her
bondes.
   15. Shryue to our Lord hys mercies & hys wonders to mennes   #
sones. 
   16. For he de[{fouled{] +te +gates of brasse, & brake +te    #
lockes of iren.
<P 134>
   17. He toke hem fram +te waie of wickednes, for hij ben      #
lowed for her
vnry+gtfulnes.
   18. Her soule wlated al techyng of hel+te, & aproched to     #
+te +gates
of de+t.
   19. And hij criden to our Lord, as hij weren trubled; and    #
he deliuered
hem of alle her nedefulnisses.
   20. Shryue to our Lord hys mercies, & hys wondres to mennes  #
sones,
   21. +Tat hij [{sacrifien{] sacrifice of heryynge and telle   #
his werkes in 
ioie.
   22. +Te which comen in-to +te see in shippes, makand         #
wercheinge in
mani waters,
   23. Hij se+gen +te werkes of our Lord, & his wonders in +te  #
depenes.
   24. God seid, & +te gost of tempest stode, & his flodes ben  #
anhe+ged.
   25. Hij ste+gen vp vnto +te heuens, & fallen a-doun into     #
depnes; her
soule quoke in yuels.
   26. Hij ben trubled, and hij ben stired as drunken, and      #
alle her
wisdomes is deuoured.
   27. And hij criden to our Lord, as hij were trubled; and he  #
lad hem
out of her nedefulnisses.
   28. And he stablist his tempest in +te wynde, & alle his     #
flodes
were stille.
   29. And hij ioiden, for +te flodes were stille; and God lad  #
hem to +te
hauen of her wille.
   30. Shryue to our Lord is mercies, & his wondres to mennes   #
sones.
   31. And he+gen hij hym in +te chirches of folkes, & heri     #
hym in +te
chaier of olde.
   32. He sett her flodes in desert & +te goinges of waters in  #
+trust,
   33. Er+te berand frut in saltmerche for +te wickednesse of   #
+te wonand 
+ter-inne.
<P 135>
   34. He sett +te desert in pondes of waters, & +ter+te        #
wy+t-outen water
at out-goynge of waters.
   35. And he sett +ter+te hungri, & hij stablist cite of       #
wonyng.
   36. And hij sewen feldes, and sett vines, & maden frut of    #
bir+te.
   37. And he blisced hem, and hij ben michel multiplied; & he  #
ne
litteled nou+gt her meres.
   38. And hij ben made fewe, & ben trauailed fro +te           #
tribulacion of
wicked & fro sorow.
   39. Strif is hald vp +te princes, & +te fende made hem to    #
erren in 
wilde stede, & nou+gt in +te waie.
   40. And he halpe +te pouer of his mesais, & set +te men+ges  #
as shepe.
   41. +Te ry+gtful shul sen & gladen, & alle wicked shal       #
stoppe her mou+te.
   42. Which wise shal kepe +tes +tynges & vnderstonde +te      #
merci of 
our Lord?

[}PSALM 107 [\(108)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, myn hert hys made redi; myn hert his made redy,   #
& y
shal syngen, & y shal psalmen in my glorie.
   2. Aryse sautrie & harpe, and y shal arysen in +te           #
morwenyng.
   3. Y shal shryue to +te, Lord, for +te folkes; and y shal    #
syngen to +te
for +te kyndes.
   4. For +ty mercy ys grete vp +te heuens, & +ty so+tenes is   #
vn-to +te cloudes.
   5. Be +tou an-he+ged vp +te heuenes; & +ty glorie is vp      #
alle +ter+te, +tat
+tyn frendes ben deliuered.
   6. Make me sauf, & here me for +ty my+gt; God spak in hys    #
holy.
   7. Y shal gladen & departen +te dryhede, & y shal mete +te   #
ualeye of
tabernacles.
   8. Galaad ys myn, & Manasses is myn, Effraym ys +te takeyng  #
of 
myn heued. 
<P 136>
   9. Juda ys my kynge, Moab is +te caudron of myn hope.
   10. Y shal shewe myn hoseing in Ydume; strange ben made my   #
frendes.
   11. Who shal lede me in-to a cite warnist? who shal lede me  #
in-to
Ydume?
   12. No+gt +tou, God, +tat put vs oway; & +tou ne shal        #
nou+gt, God, gon
out in our vertu+g.
   13. +Gyf vs helpe of tribulacioun, for hel+te of man ys      #
ydel.
   14. We shal do vertu in God, and he shal bringe to nou+gt    #
our enemis.
 
[}PSALM 108 [\(109)\] .}]

   1. Ha God, ne haue +tou nou+gt stilled myn heryynge; for     #
+te mou+te of 
+te syn+ger & +te mou+te of +te trecherous is open up me.
   2. And hij spaken to me wy+t trecherous tunge, and           #
encumpassed [{me{]
wy+t wordes of hating, & fa+gten wy+t me wy+t wille.
   3. For +tat +te gode loued me, +te wicked bacbiten me; &     #
ich praied
for hem.
   4. And hij sett to me iuels for godes & hate for my loue.
   5. Stables +te syn+ger vp +te wicked; & +te fende stonde at  #
hys ry+gthalf.
   6. As he ys iuged, go he out condempned, & be hys prayer     #
made into 
syn+ge.
   7. Ben his dayes made fewe, & ano+ter tak his                #
bischop[{riche{] .
   8. Ben hys childer made faderles, & wif widowe.
   9. Be hys sones made stumbland, & biggen hij; and ben hij    #
outcusten
of her woninges.
   10. Seche+t +te usurer alle hys substaunce, & +te straunge   #
ra[{ui{]s her
trauales.
   11. Ne be nou+gt to hym helper, ne +ter ne be non +tat haue  #
pite of his
moderles.
<P 137>
   12. Be his childer made in-to de+t, & be hys name don oway   #
in o
kynde. 
   13. Turne +te wickednes of hys fadres in-to mynde in +te     #
si+gt of our 
Lord, and +te syn+ge of his moder be nou+gt don oway.
   14. Hij ben made al-way o+gains our Lord, & peris [{her{]    #
mynde fram
+ter+te, for +tat he ne had nou+gt in mynde to do mercy,
   15. And pursued +te gode man, +te mesays and +te biggeand,   #
& to sle
man prikked in hert.
   16. And he loued waryynge, & it shal come to hym; and he     #
nold
nou+gt blisceing, & it shal be don fer fram hym. 
   17. And he clo+ted wareing as clo+tyng, & it entred as       #
water in-to his
in-nermast +tinges & as oile in his bones.
   18. Be made to hym as cloy+tng, wy+t which he is [{couered,  #
& as a
girdel, wy+t which he is{] euermore girt.
   19. +Tis is +te werk of hem +tat bacbiten me to our Lord, &  #
hij +tat
speken iuel +tynges o+gain my soule.
   20. & +tou, Lord, do mercy wy+t me for +ty name; for +ty     #
mercy is mylde.
   21. Deliuer me of iuel; for ich am nedeful & pouer, and myn  #
hert is
trubled wy+t-innen me. 
   22. Ich am don oway as shadowe, whan it bowe+t doun, & ich   #
am
shaken out as grashoppes.
   23. Myn knowes ben sike led of fastyng, & my flesshe is      #
chaunged
for oile.
   24. And ich am made to hem vpbraidynge; & hij sei+gen me, &  #
styreden
her heuedes.
   25. Ha Lord, my God, helpe me; make me sauf efter +ty mercy.
   26. And hij shul wyten +tat +tys his +tyn helpe, and +tou,   #
Lord,
made it.
<P 138>
   27. Hij shul waryen, and +tou shalt bliscen; be hii          #
confounded +tat
arisen o+gains me, & +ty seruant shal gladen.
   28. Ben hij clo+ted wy+t shame +tat bacbiten me, ben hij     #
couered wy+t
confusion as wy+t double clo+tyng.
   29. Y shal shryue michel to our Lord in my mou+te, & y shal  #
herien
hym amiddes mani,
   30. +Te [{wich{] stode at +te ry+gt-half of +te pouer in     #
gost, +tat he made
me sauf fram +te pursuand my soule.

[}PSALM 109 [\(110)\] .}]

   1. +Te Lord, fader of heuen, seid to his sone, my Lord,      #
Sitt +tou at my
ry+gthalf,
   2. +Ter-whiles +tat y sett +tyn enemys shamel of +ty fete.
   3. Our Lord shal sende fram Syon Marie, +te +gerde of +ty    #
vertu; lordship
+tou in-middes +tin enemys.
   4. +Te bi-ginynge is wy+t +te in +te daie of +ty uertu in    #
shinynges of
holy, ymade wy+t me of my pouste to-fore Lucifer.
   5. Our Lord swore, and it ne shal nou+gt for+tenchen hym;    #
+tou art
prest wy+touten ende efter +te order of Melchisedech.
   6. Our Lord is at +ty ry+gthalf, & he shal for-don kynges    #
in +te daie
of his ire.
   7. He shal iuge in kyndes & fulfil[{len{] fallinges; he      #
shal crouse in er+te
+te wicked dedes of mani.
   8. He drank in +te way of +te wille of grace, for-+ty he     #
he+ged his heued.

[}PSALM 110 [\(111)\] .}]

   1. Lord, y shal shryue to +te in al myn hert in +te conseil  #
& in +te
gaderyng of ry+gtful.
<P 139>
   2. +Te werkes of our Lord be grete, so+gt in-to alle his     #
willes.
   3. His werk ys shryf and hereing, & his ry+gtfulnes wone+t   #
in +te heuen.
   4. Our Lord piteful & merciful made minde of his wondres;    #
he +gaf
mete to +te doutand hym.
   5. He shal be bi+tenchand in +te world of his testament; he  #
shal tellen
to his folk +te vertu of his werkes.
   6. +Tat he +gaf hem heritage of men, +te werkes of his       #
hondes ben
so+tenisse & iugement.
   7. Alle hys comaundement+g ben trew, confermed in +te        #
worled of 
world, made in so+tenes & euenhede.
   8. Our Lord sent raunsoun to his folk, & comaunded hys       #
testament 
wy+t-outen ende.
   9. His name is holy & dredeful, +te biginnyng of wisdome is  #
dredyng
of our Lord.
   10. Gode vnderstondynge ys to alle doand [{hym{] ; his       #
hereing wone+t
in +te heuens.

[}PSALM 111 [\(112)\] .}]

   1. Blisced be +te man +tat doute+t our Lord; he shal wil     #
greteliche in
his comaundement+g.
   2. His sede shal be ry+gtful in er+te; +te kynde of +te      #
ry+gtful shal be 
blisced.
   3. Glorie & riches ben in his hous, & his ry+gtfulnes        #
wone+t in heuens.
   4. Ly+gt hys sprungen in derkenes to +te ry+gtful; merciful  #
& reuful &
ri+gtful.    
   5. +Tat man shal be ioieful +tat ha+t pite and lane+t &      #
ordeine+t his
wordes in iugement, for he ne shal nou+gt be stired wy+t-outen  #
ende.
   6. +Te ry+gtful shal be in mynde euerlastand, & he ne shal   #
nou+gt douten
of iuel hereing.
<P 140>
   7. Hys hert is di+gt to hope in our Lord, & his hert is      #
confermed; & he
shal nou+gt be stired to +tat he despise his enemis.
   8. He de-parted, & +gaf to pouer; is ry+gtfulnes wones in    #
+te heuens, his
heued shal be an-he+ged in glorie. 
   9. +Te syn+ger shal sen is iuel and be wro+te, and he shal   #
gnaist wy+t his
te+t for pynes, and he shal failen of holines; +te desire of    #
+te syn+gers shal
peris.

[}PSALM 112 [\(113)\] .}]

   1. Ha +ge childer, herie+t our Lord, herie+t +te name of     #
our Lord. 
   2. Be +te name of our Lord blisced, nou of +tis & vnto       #
heuen.
   3. +Te name of our Lord ys wor+tshipful fram +te bir+te of   #
+te sunne vnto
+te going-doun.
   4. Our Lord is he+ge vp alle men, & his glorie his vp        #
heuens.
   5. Who is as God, our Lord, +tat wone+t on he+gt & loked to  #
+te meke
+tinges in heuen & in er+te?
   6. Liftand +te mysays fram +ter+te & dressand up +te pouer   #
out of dung,
   7. +Tat he sett him wy+t princes, wy+t princes of his folk;
   8. +Tat do+t +te barain moder of childer to wonen in +te     #
hous ioyand.

[}PSALM 113 [\(114)\] .}]

   1. In +te out-going of +te childer of Israel of Egipt, of    #
+te men of Iacob
hous [{fram{] +te strange folk,
   2. Iude is made his halwyng, Israel is made his pouste.
   3. +Te see sa+ge hem, & fled hem; and so his +te flum        #
Iordan [{turned{]
o+gain[{ward{] .
   4. Hij heden +te mounteyns as we+teres, & +te littel hilles  #
as lambren 
of shepe.
<P 141>
   5. Ha +tou see, what +tyng is to +te, +tat tou fleddest,     #
& +tou flum
Iordan, for +tou art turned o+gainward?
   6. Ha +ge childer of Israel, +ge anhe+ged +te mounteyns      #
[{as we+teres{] and
+te littel hulles as lambren of shepe.
   7. +Te er+te is stired fram +te face of our Lord, fram +te   #
face of God 
of Iacob;
   8. +Te which turned +te stone to flodes of waters and +te    #
roche to welles
of waters.
   [\PSALM 115.\]  1. Nou+gt to us, Lord, nou+gt to us; bot     #
+gif glorie to 
+ty name. 
   2. Be we vp +ty mercy and vp +ty so+tenes, +tat +te folk ne  #
say nou+gt,
Wher is her God?
   3. For-so+te our God is [{in{] heuen; he made al +tyng +tat  #
he wolde.
   4. +Te ymagerie of men wy+t-outen lawe ben gold and seluer,  #
werkes of
mennes hondes.
   5. Hij han mou+te, & hij ne shal nou+gt speken; hij han      #
e+gen, & hij ne
shal nou+gt se.
   6. Hij han eren, and hij ne shul nou+gt [{heren; hij{] han   #
noses, and
hij ne shul nou+gt smullen.
   7. Hij han hondes, & hij ne shul nou+gt fele; hij han fete,  #
& hij ne
shul nou+gt gon; hij ne shul nou+gt crien in her +trote.
   8. Hij +tat maken hem be liche to hem, & hij +tat affien in  #
hem.
   9. +Te folk of +te hous of Israel hoped in our Lord; he is   #
her helper &
her defendour.
   10. +Te hous of Aaron hoped in our Lord; he his her          #
helpe[{r{] & her
defendour.
   11. Hij +tat dreden our Lord hoped in our Lord, he his her   #
helper & 
her defendour.
<P 142>
   12. Our Lord was +tenchand on vs, and blesced us. 
   13. He blisced +te folk of Israel, he blesced +te folk of    #
Aaron.
   14. He blisced alle +tat douten our Lord, +te littel wy+t    #
+te mechel.
   15. Cast our Lord grace vp +gou, vp +gou & up +gour sones.
   16. Blisced be he god of our Lord, +tat made heuen and       #
er+te.
   17. +Te heuens +gauen heuen to our Lord, & he +gaf +ter+te   #
to mennes sones.
   18. +Te dampned, Lord, ne shul nou+gt herien +te, ne alle    #
+to +tat
descenden in-to helle.
   19. Bot we +tat lyuen. blisce our Lord nou and +tanne vnto   #
+te worled.

[}PSALM 114 [\(116)\] .}]
   
   1. Ich loued our Lord; for our Lord shal here +te voice of   #
my praier.
   2. For he bowed his ere to me, & y shal clepe him in mi      #
daies.
   3. Sorowes of de+t +gede a-bou+gt me, & +te perils of helle  #
fonde me.
   4. Y funde tribulacion & sorowe, & cleped +te name of our    #
Lord.
   5. Ha +tou Lord, ry+gtful & merciable, deliuer my soule;     #
and our Lord
ha+t mercy. 
   6. Our Lord is kepand +te littel; ich am made buxum, & he    #
deliuered
me of iuels.
   7. Turne my soule in-to +ty reste, for our Lord ha+t don     #
wele to me.
   8. For he defended my soule fram de+t, myn e+gen fram        #
teres, myn fete
fram slideinge.
   9. Y shal pleise to our Lord in +te kyngdom of +te leueand.

[}PSALM 115 [\(116 CONTINUED)\] .}]

   1. Y byleued +tat y spake; ich am for-so+te michel lowed.
   2. Y said in my passing, Ich man is li+ger.
<P 143>
   3. What +tyng shal y +geue to our Lord for alle +tyng +tat   #
he ha+t +geuen
to me?
   4. Y shal take +te chalice of hel+te & clepe +te name of     #
our Lord.
   5. Y shal +gelde to our Lord myn [{v{]owes to-fore alle his  #
folk; +te de+t
of his holy is precious in +te si+gt of our Lord. 
   6. Ha Lord, for +tat ich am +ty seruaunt & +te sone of +tyn  #
hondemaiden,
   7. +Tou to-brak myn bondes; y shal sacrefie to +te offrand   #
of hereing,
& y shal clepen +te name of our Lord.
   8. Y shal +gelde vowes to our Lord in +te si+gt of alle his  #
folke, in +te
halles of +te hous of our Lord amiddes of Ierusalem.

[}PSALM 116 [\(117)\] .}]

   1. +Ge alle folkes, herie+t our Lord; +ge alle folkes,       #
herie+t hym.
   2. For his mercy is confermed vp us, and +te so+tenes of     #
our Lord
wone+t wy+t-outen ende.

[}PSALM 117 [\(118)\] .}]

   1. +Te folkes, shriue+t to our Lord, for he his God; for     #
his mercy is in 
+te worled. 
   2. Saie nov +te folk of Israel, for he his god, for in +te   #
world is his mercy.
   3. Saie nov +te hous of +te folk of Aaron, for his mercy ys  #
in +te world.
   4. Saien hij nov +tat dreden our Lord, for in +te wor[{l{]d  #
is his mercy.
   5. Ich cleped our Lord in my tribulacioun, and our Lord      #
herd me
in brede.
   6. Be our Lord myn helper, & y shal despisen myn enemys.
   7. Gode is to affien in our Lord +tan to affien in man.
   8. Gode is to hopen in our Lord +tan to hopen in princes.
<P 144>
   9. Alle folkes wy+t-outen lawe bisett me wy+t iuels, and in  #
+te name of
our Lord; for ich am venged in hem.
   10. +Te encumpassand iuels encumpassed me wy+t iuels, and    #
in +te name
of our Lord; for ich am venged in hem.
   11. Hij encumpassed me as ben, & brenden as fur in +tornes,  #
& in +te
name of our Lord; for ich [{am{] venged in hem.
   12. Ich am putt o+gain & turned o+gain, +tat y shuld         #
fallen, & our Lord
toke me vp.
   13. Our Lord ys my streng+te & myn hereing, & he is made to  #
me 
in-to hel+te.
   14. He is voice of ioie & of hel+te in +te tabernacles of    #
ry+gtful.
   15. +Te help of our Lord did vertu, +te helpe of our Lord    #
anhe+ged me,
+te helpe [{of{] our Lord did vertu.
   16. Y ne shal no+gt dien, bot y shal liuen & telle +te       #
werkes of our Lord.
   17. Our Lord chastiand chastied [{me{] , & ne +gaf me        #
nou+gt to de+t.
   18. Opene+t to me +te +gates of ri+gtfulnes; ich, entred     #
in-to hem, shal
shriue to our Lord; +tat is +te +gate of our Lord, +te          #
ry+gtful shul entren
+ter-inne.
   19. Y shal shryue to +te, for +tou herd me; & +tou art made  #
to me 
in-to hel+te. 
   20. +Te stone which +te biggand reproued, and it is made     #
o+gain +te heued
of +te corner.
   21. +Tis +tynge is made of our Lord, and it is wonder-ful    #
in our e+gen.
   22. +Tis ys +te daie +tat our Lord made; ioie we, glade we   #
in yt.
   23. Ha Lord, make me sauf; ha Lord, be +tou wele             #
enprospered;
blisced be he +tat come+t in +te name of our Lord.
   24. We haue blisced +gou of +te hous of our Lord; God is     #
our Lord, and
he shone vnto vs.
<P 145>
   25. Stablis +te solempne daie in +tikkenesses vnto corner    #
of +te auter.
   26. +Tou art my God, & y shal shryue to +te; [{+tou art my   #
God, & y 
shal an-he+ge +te{] .
   27. Y shal shryue to +te, for +tou herd me; and +tou art     #
made to me 
into hel+te.
   28. Shriue+t to our Lord, for he his God; for his mercy is   #
in +te world.

<P 145>
[}PSALM 118 [\(119)\] .}]
[}ALEPH.}]

   1. +Te vnfiled in her waie ben blisced, +tat gon in +te      #
lawe of
our Lord.
   2. Ben hi blesced +tat sechen his witnes & sechen hem in     #
alle his hert.
   3. For hij +tat wirchen wickednes, ne +gede nou+gt in his    #
waies.
   4. +tou comaunded +ty comaundement to ben greteliche kept.
   5. God +gyf +tat min waies ben dresced for to kepe +ty       #
ry+gtfulnes.
   6. +Tanne shal y nou+gt be confounded, whan ichaue loked in  #
alle +tyn
comaundement+g.
   7. Y shal shryue to +te in drescynge of hert, in +tat        #
ichaue lerned +te
iugement+g of +ty ry+gtfulnes.
   8. Y shal kepe +ty ry+gtfulnes; ne forsake me nou+gt in no   #
manere.

[}BETH.}]

   9. In what +tynge amende+t +te +genge man his waie in        #
keping +ty wordes?
   10. Ichaue bi-so+gt +te in alle myn hert, ne putt me nou+gt  #
owaie fram
+tyne comaundement+g.
   11. Ich hidde +ty spekynges in myn hert, +tat y ne syn+ge    #
nou+gt to +te.
   12. Ha Lord, +tou art blisced; teche me +ty ry+gtfulnisses.
<P 146>
   13. Ichaue shewed for-+te in myn lippes a[{ll{]e +te         #
iugement+g of +ty
mou+te. 
   14. Ich delithed me in +te waie of +ty witnisses as in alle  #
riches.
   15. Y shal be haunted in +ty comaundement, & y shal sen      #
+tyn waies.
   16. Y shal be +tenchand in +tyn ry+gtfulnesses, & y ne shal  #
nou+gt
for-+gete +tyn wordes.

[}GYMEL.}]

   17. Ha God, +gif grace to +ty seruaunt, & quike me; & y      #
shal kepe
+tyn wordes.
   18. Shewe myn e+gen, and y shal kepe +te wondres of +ty      #
lawe.
   19. Ich am tilier in er+te, ne hide +tou no+gt fram me +tyn  #
comaundement.
   20. My soule ha+t couaited for to desiren +ty                #
ry+gtfulnesses in alle time.
   21. +Tou blamed +te proude; hij ben weried +tat bowen fram   #
+tyn 
comaundement.
   22. Do fro me vpbradeing & despite, for ich haue so+gt +tyn  #
witnisses.
   23. For princes seten and spoken o+gains me; +tin seruaunt   #
for-so+te was
haunted in +ty ri+gtynnges.
   24. For my +tou+gt is +ty witnisses, & +ty ry+gtfulnisses    #
ben m[{i{] conseil.

[}BELETH.}]

   25. My soule drow to stablenes; quike me efter +ty worde. 
   26. Ich told myn waies, and +tou herdest me; teche me +ty    #
ry+gtfulnisses.
   27. Teche me +te way of +ty ry+gtfulnes, and y shal be       #
haunted in +ty
wondres.
<P 147>
   28. My soule tremble+t for anguisse; conferme me in +ty      #
wordes.
   29. Do fro me +te way of wickednes, & haue mercy on me for   #
+ty lawe.
   30. Y chese +te way of +te so+tenes, and y ne for-gate       #
nou+gt +tyn 
iugement+g.
   31. Lord, y dro+g to +tyn wittenisses, ne wil +tou nou+gt    #
confounde me.
   32. Ichaue vrnen +te wai of +ty comaundement+g, as tou       #
enlarged mi hert
in godnisse.

[}HE.}]

   33. Sett, Lord, lawe to me, way of +tyn ry+gtynges, & y      #
shal euer
seche it. 
   34. +Gif me vnderstondyng; and y shal seche +ty lawe & kepe  #
it in 
alle myn hert.
   35. Lade me in +te bi-sti+ge of +ty comaundement, for ich    #
wold it.
   36. Bowe myn hert into +ty witnisses, & nou+gt in-to         #
auarice.
   37. Turne owai myn e+gen, +tat y ne se no uanites; quik me   #
in +ty waie.
   38. Stablisce to +ty seruant +ty worde in +ty drede.
   39. Schre[{d{] owai my reproce, +tat ich haue in             #
suspeccioun; for +tyn
iugement+g ben ioiful.
   40. Se, ich couaited +ty comaundement+g; quike me in +tin    #
euennisse.

[}VAU.}]

   41. & cum +ty mercy, Lord, vp me, +tyn hel+te efter +ty      #
spekynge.
   42. And y shal answere to +te reprouaund to me word, for     #
ich hoped in
+ty wordes. 
   43. And ne do +tou no+gt out of my mou+te worde of so+tenes  #
in non
maner, for ich hoped in +tin iugement.
   44. And y shal kepe +ty lawe euer more in +te world and in   #
+te heuen.
   45. And ich +gede in brede, for ichaue sou+gt +tyn           #
comaundement+g.
<P 148>
   46. And y spake of +tin witnes in sy+gt of kynges, & y ne    #
was nou+gt
confounded.
   47. And y shal +tenchen in +tin comaundement+g, which y      #
loued.
   48. Y ne lefted myn hondes to +ty comaundement+g, +tat y     #
loued; and
y shal be haunted in +ty ri+gtinges.

[}ZAI.}]

   49. Be +to bi+tenchand on +ty worde to +ty seruaunt, in      #
which +tou +gaf
me hope.
   50. +Tis hope conforted me in my meknes, for +ti spekyng     #
quikened me.
   51. +Te proude deden iuel on ich a side; y for-so+te ne      #
bowed nou+gt
fram +ty lawe.
   52. Ich was, Lord, bi+tenchand on +ty iugement+g of +te      #
world, & ich
[{am{] conforted.
   53. Defaut held me for +te syn+gers for-sakand +ti lawe.
   54. +Ty ri+gtinges were songelich to me instede of my        #
pilgrimage.
   55. Ich was, Lord, bi-+tenchand of +ty name in +te ni+gt, &  #
ich kept 
+ty lawe. 
   56. +Ty[{s{] lawe is made to me, for +tat y so+gt +tyn       #
ri+gtinges.

[}BETH.}]

   57. Ha Lord, myn porcioun, y seid to kepen +ty lawe.
   58. Ich bi-+tou+gt +ty face in alle min hert; haue mercy on  #
me efter
+ty worde.
   59. Ich bi-+tou+gt myn waies, and turned my fet into +ty     #
witnesses.
   60. Ich am made redy; & y nam nou+gt ytroubled, +tat y kepe  #
+ty 
comandement+g.
<P 149>
   61. +Te wickednisses of sin+gers enbraceden me, & y ne       #
for-+gate nou+gt
+ty law. 
   62. Ich ros vp at midni+gt to shriue to +te vp +te iugement  #
of +ty ri+gtinge.
   63. Ich am partener of alle +te dredand +te & kepand +ty     #
comaundement+g.
   64. +Ter+te, Lord, is ful of +ty mercy; teche me +tin        #
ry+gtinges.

[}TETH.}]

   65. Lord, +tou didest godenes wi+t +ty seruaunt efter +ty    #
worde.
   66. Teche me godenes, discipline, and cuninge; for ich       #
bileued in +ty 
comaundement. 
   67. Y trespassed to-forn +tat y was lowed; for-+ty y kept    #
+ty worde.
   68. +Tou art gode; & teche in +ty godenes +tyn ry+gtynges.
   69. +Te wicked[{nes{] of pride is multiplied up me; y shal   #
seche for-so+te
in alle myn hert +tyn comaundement+g.
   70. Her hert is runnen to-gideres as milk, ich for-so+te     #
so+gt +ty lawe.
   71. Gode +ting it is to me, +tat +tou lowedest me, +tat ich  #
lerne +ty
ri+gtinges.
   72. Gode +tyng ys to me +te lawe of +ty mou+te vp a          #
+tousand talens of
seluer & gold.

[}LOTH.}]

   73. +Tyn hondes made me, & fourmed me; +geue me              #
vnderstondynge, +tat
ich lern +tyn comaundement+g.
   74. Hij +tat dreden +te shul sen me & gladen, for ich vp     #
hoped in +ty
wordes.
   75. Ich knew, Lord, +tat +tyn iugement ben euenhede, & +tou  #
lowedest
me in +ty so+tnes.
<P 150>
   76. Be +ty mercy made +tat it conforted me; be it made to    #
+ty seruaunt
efter +ty worde.
   77. Cum to me +tyn mercies, & y shal liue; for +ty lawe is   #
my 
+tenching.
   78. Ben +t[{e{] proude confounded, for hij diden wickednes   #
in me wy+t
wrong; y for so+te shal be haunted in +ty comaundement+g.
   79. Be +te dredand +te turned to me, & hij +tat knowen +ty   #
witnes.
   80. Be myn hert made vnfiled in +ty ri+gtinges, +tat ich ne  #
be nou+gt
confounded.

[}CHAP.}]

   81. My soule failed in +tin hel+te, & ich hoped in +ti       #
worde.
   82. Min e+gen faileden in +ty worde, saiand, Whan shal tou   #
conforten me?
   83. For ich am made as way in rimfrost; y ne haue nou+gt     #
for+geten +ty
ri+gtinges.
   84. Hou mani ben +te daies of +ti seruaunt? whan shalt tou   #
make 
iugement of +te pursuand me?
   85. +Te wicked telden me tales, ac nou+gt as +ti law.
   86. Alle +tyn comaundement+g ben so+tnes; +te wicked         #
pursued me, helpe
+tou me.
   87. Hij hadden nere honde casten me in er+te, for-so+te y    #
ne for-soke
nou+gt +tin comaundement.
   88. Quike me efter +ty mercy, & y shal kepe +te wittnisses   #
of +ti mou+te.

[}LAMETH.}]

   89. Lord, +ti worde dwelle+t wy+t-outen ende in heuen.
   90. +Ty so+tnes is in kinde & kinde; +tou founded +ter+te,   #
& it dwelle+t.
   91. +Te daie laste+t +tur+g +tin ordinaunce, for alle        #
+tinges seruen to +te.
<P 151>
   92. Bot +tat +ty lawe is mi +tou+gt, +tan peraunter ich had  #
perissed in my
lowenisse.
   93. Y ne shal nou+gt for-+gete +tin ri+gttinges wy+t-outen   #
ende, for +tou
quiked me in hem.
   94. Ich am +ty; make me sauf, for ichaue so+gt +ti           #
ry+gtinges.
   95. Sin+gers abiden me, +tat hij shuld destruen me; ichaue   #
vnderstonden 
+ty witnesses.
   96. Ich sei+ge +te endeing of alle fulfilling, [{+ti         #
comaundement is much
large{] .

[}MEM.}]

   97. Hou, Lord, loued ich +ty lawe? al dai it is my +tou+gt.
   98. +Tou madest me quainte vp myn enemis to +ti              #
comaundement, for it
is to me wi+t-outen ende.
   99. Ich vnderstode vp alle techand me; for ich +tou+gt +tin  #
witnisses ben
mi +tou+gt.
   100. Ich vnderstode vp +te olde, for ich so+gt +tin          #
comaundement.
   101. Ich defended mi fete fram ich iuel way, +tat ich kepe   #
+tin wordes.
   102. Y ne bowed nou+gt fram +tin iugement, for +tou sett     #
lawe to me.
   103. Ful swete ben +ti wordes to mi cheke, more +tan huni    #
to my
mou+te. 
   104. Ich vnderstode witt of +ty comaundement, for-+ti ich    #
hated ich
way of wickednes.

[}NUN.}]

   105. +Ty worde is lanterne to mi fete & li+gt to my bisties.
   106. Ich swore & stablist to kepe +te iugement+g of +ty      #
ri+gtfulnes.
   107. Ich am lowed on ich half; quicke me efter +tyn worde.
<P 152>
   108. Make, Lord, +te wilful +tinges of mi mou+te in gode     #
plesaunce, &
teche me +tin iugement.
   109. My soule is alway in myn hondes, & y ne haue nou+gt     #
for-+geten +ti lawe.
   110. Sin+gers laiden gnare to me, and y ne erred nou+gt for  #
+ty 
comaundement+g.
   111. Ichaue purchased wy+t-outen ende +tin witnesses in      #
heritage, for
hij ben +te ioie of min hert.
   112. Ich bowed min hert to do +ty ri+gtinges wy+t-outen      #
ende for mede.

[}SAMEC.}]

   113. Ich hade +te wicked in hateing, & ich loued +ti lawe.
   114. +Tou art min helper & mi taker, & ich hoped in +ti      #
worde.
   115. Ha +ge wicked, [{b{]owe+t fram me, and y shal sechen    #
+te comaundement 
of my God. 
   116. Take me efter +ty worde, and y shal leuen; & ne         #
confounde me
nou+gt fram myn abidyng.
   117. Helpe me, & y shal be sauf; & y shal euermore +tenchen  #
in +ty
ri+gtinges.
   118. +Tou despised alle +te descendand fram +tin             #
iugement+g; for her
+tou+gt is wrongful. 
   119. Ich told alle +te sin+gers of er+te for-fetand;         #
for-+ty loued ich +ty
wittnesses. 
   120. Feche my flesshes in +ti drede, for y was agaist of     #
+ty iugement+g.

[}AYM.}]

   121. Ich did iugement & ri+gt, ne +gif me nou+gt to +te      #
chalangand me.
   122. Take vp +ti seruaunt in gode, +tat +te proude ne        #
chalenge me nou+gt.
<P 153>
   123. Min e+gen faileden in +tin hel+te & in +te worde of     #
+ti ri+gt.
   124. Do wy+t +ty seruaunt efter +ty mercy, & teche me +ti    #
ri+gtinges.
   125. Ich am +ti seruaunt; +gif to me vnderstondynge, +tat    #
ich cunne +ti 
witnesses.
   126. Lord, it is time to do wreche, +te wicked han wasted    #
+ti lawe.
   127. For-+ti loue ich +ti comaundement vp gold & topaz.
   128. For-+ti was ich dresced to +ti comaundement, & ichad    #
alle iuel
way in hatynge.

[}PHE.}]

   129. Ha Lord, wonderful ben +tin witnesses; for-+ti my       #
soule 
so+gt hem.
   130. +Te shewynge of +tin wordes ali+gte+t me, & +geue+t     #
vnderstondyng to
litel.
   131. Ich opened my mou+te, & dro+ge +te gost, for +tat ich   #
desired +ti
comaundement+g.
   132. Loke in me, & haue mercy on me efter +te iugement+g of  #
hem +tat
louen +ti name.
   133. Dresce min goinges efter +ti worde, & al                #
vnri+gt-fulnes ne lord-ship
me nou+gt. 
   134. Raunsoun me fram +te chalanges of men, +tat ich kepe    #
+tin 
comaundement+g.
   135. Li+gt +ti face vp +ti seruant, & teche me +ty           #
ri+gtinges.
   136. Myn e+gen ladden outgoinges of waters, for +tat hij     #
kepten +ti lawe.

[}SADE.}]

   137. Lord, +tou art ri+gtful, & +ti iugement+g is ri+gtful.
   138. +Tou sendest ri+gtfulnesses +tin wittnesses & +ti       #
so+tenes greteliche.
   139. Mi loue made me to quaken, for +tyn enemis for+gaten    #
+tin wordes.
<P 154>
   140. +Ty worde is michel ali+gted, and +tin seruaunt loued   #
it.
   141. Ich am honge & despised, and y ne haue nou+gt           #
for-+geten +tin
ri+gtinges.
   142. +ty ri+gt, Lord, is ri+gt wy+t-outen ende, & +ti lawe   #
is so+tenes.
   143. Tribulacioun and anguis founden me; my +tou+gt is +ti   #
comaundement.
   144. +Ti witnesses ben euenhede wy+t-outen ende; +gif me     #
vnderstondynge,
and y shal lyuen.

[}CEPH.}]

   145. Ich cried in alle myn hert; Lord, her me, y shal        #
sechen +ty
ri+gtinges.
   146. Ich cried to +te; make me sauf, +tat ich kepe +tin      #
comaundement.
   147. Ich com for-+te in melshede & cried, & ich hoped in     #
+tyn worde.
   148. Min e+gen com to-fore to +te in +te morwening, +tat     #
ich +tou+gt +tin
wordes.
   149. Here my voice, Lord, efter +ty mercy, and quick me      #
after +ty
iugement.
   150. +Te persuand me drowen to wickednesse; hij for so+te    #
ben made
fer fram +ty lawe.
   151. Lord, +tou art ne+ge, & alle +tin waies ben so+tenes.
   152. Ich knew fram +te bigynnyng of +ti wittnesses, for      #
+tou fonded
hem wy+t-outen ende.

[}RES.}]

   153. Se my mekenisse, & defende me fram iuel; for y ne       #
for-+gate nou+gt
+ty lawe.
   154. Iuge my iugement, & bigge me o+gain, & quike me for     #
+ti worde.
   155. Hel+te his fer fram sin+gers, for hij ne sou+gt nou+gt  #
+ty ri+gtfulnesses. 
   156. Lord, +ty mercius ben mani; quike me efter +ty          #
iugement.
<P 155>
   157. Mani +ter ben +tat pursuen me; y ne bowe[{d{] nou+gt    #
fram +ty witnes.
   158. Ich sei+ge +te forfetours, & ich quaked, for +tat hij   #
ne kep nou+gt
+ty wordes.
   159. Se, Lord, for ich loued +tin comaundement+g; quike me   #
in +ty mercy.
   160. +Te by-ginnyng of +ty wordes is so+t; so ben            #
wi+t-outen ende alle 
+te iugement+g of +ty ri+gtfulnisse.

[}SYN.}]

   161. Princes pursued me wy+t wille, & myn hert dradde of     #
+tin wordes.
   162. Y shal glade vp +ti wordes, as he +tat finde+t many     #
spolinges.
   163. Ichade wickednisse in hateinge, and ich lo+ted it, &    #
loued +ty lawe.
   164. Ich seid hereinge to +te seuen si+tes on +te daie vp    #
+te iugement of
+ti ri+gt. 
   165. Muchel pes is to +te louand +ty lawe, & sclaunder nis   #
nou+gt to hem.
   166. Ich abode, Lord, +tin hel+te, and ich loued +tin        #
comaundement+g.
   167. My soule kept +ti witnesses, & ich loued hem            #
greteliche.
   168. Ich kept +ty comaundement+g & +ti witnisses, for alle   #
my waies ben 
in +ty si+gt.
   
[}THAU.}]

   169. Cum, Lord, my praier in +ty si+gt; gif me               #
vnder-stondynge efter +ty 
worde.
   170. [\LATIN AND ENGLISH OMITTED.\]
   171. My lippes shul shewe songe, whan +tou hast tau+gt me    #
+ty ri+gtinges.
   172. My tunge shal putt for+te +ty worde, for al +ty         #
comaundement+g ben 
euenhede.
   173. Ben +tin honde made +tat it saue me, for +tat ich       #
loued +ty 
comaundement+g.
   174. Lord, ich loued +tin hel+te, & +ty lawe is my +tou+gt.
   175. My soule shal lyuen & herien +te, & +ti iugement+g      #
shal helpe me.
<P 156>
   176. Ich erred as a shepe +tat perissed; seche, Lord, +ty    #
seruant, for y
ne for+gate no+gt +ty comaundement.

[}PSALM 119 [\(120)\] .}]

   1. Ich cried to our Lord, as ich was trubled, & he herd me.
   2. Lord, deliuer my soule fram +te wicked lippes & fram +te  #
trecherous
tunge.
   3. What +tinge be +geuen to +te? o+ter what be sett to +te   #
trecherous
tunge?
   4. Sharpe arwen of +te mi+gtful wy+t coles dis-confortables.
   5. Alas to me; for my dwellynge is proloyngned; ich woned    #
wi+t +te
woniand of Cedar, my soule was tilier michel.
   6. Ich whas peisible wy+t hem +tat hateden pes; as y spak to #
hem, hij
smiten me wy+t wille.

[}PSALM 120 [\(121)\] .}]

   1. Ich lifted myn e+gen to +te heuens, whennes helpe com to  #
me.
   2. Myn helpe is of our Lord, +tat made heuen and er+te.
   3. Ha +tou gode man, +tat God +tat kepe+t +te ne +gif        #
nou+gt +ty fote in
stirynge, ne he ne shal nou+gt refusen hem.
   4. Our Lord kepe+t +te, & our Lord is +ty fendour vp +ti     #
ri+gt honde.
   5. Brynynge of vice ne shal nou+gt brulen +te bi daie, ne    #
enticement
bi ni+gt.
   6. Our Lord kepe+t +te fram alle iuels; our Lord kepe +ti    #
soule.
   7. Our Lord kepe +tin entre and +tin yssu fram +tis nov      #
vnto +te world.

<P 157>
[}PSALM 121 [\(122)\] .}]

   1. Ich am gladed in +te +tynges +tat ben yseid to me; we     #
shul go into 
+te hous of our Lord.
   2. Ha +tou heuen, our fete wer stondand in +tin halles,      #
whan we
do wele.
   3. +Te heuen +tat is edefied as cite, of wham takyng part    #
is in +tat ich
+ting. 
   4. For +tider mounted +te kyn[{d{]es of kindes of our Lord,  #
+te witnesse of
+te childer of Israel, to shriue to +te name of our Lord.
   5. For +tat satten +te chosen in iugement, +te chosen vp     #
+te folk of +te
hous of Dauid.
   6. Ha +ge heuens, aske+t +tinges +tat ben in pes & wexing    #
be to +te
louand +te.
   7. Be pes made in +ty vertu & wexing in +ty mi+gtes.
   8. [\TRANSLATION OMITTED.\]
   9. For +te houus of God, our Lord, y so+gt godes to +te.


[}PSALM 122 [\(123)\] .}]

   1. +Tou +tat wonest in +te heuens, ich lifte myn e+gen to    #
+te.
   2. Se, as +te e+gen of +te seruauntes ben in +te hondes of   #
her lordes;
   3. As +te e+gen of +te hondemaiden ben in +te [{hondes{] of  #
+te ladi, so 
ben our e+gen to God, +ter-whiles +tat he haue merci on vs.
   4. Ha mercy on vs, Lord, haue merci [{on{] us, for we ben    #
michel
fulfild of despite.
   5. For +tat our soule is greteliche fulfild wy+t syn+ges,    #
reprucynge be to 
+te wexyng & despite to +te proude.

<P 158>
[}PSALM 123 [\(124)\] .}]

   1. Bot +gif our Lord were in vs, sai nou +te folk of         #
Israel, bot +gif God
were in us:
   2. As men arisen o+gains vs, peraunter hij hadden deuoured   #
vs al
quike.
   3. As her wodeship was wro+te o+gains us, water peraunter    #
hade
swolwed vs. 
   4. Our soule passed trauail; perchaunce our soule had        #
passed peine
+tat maie nou+gt be suffred. 
   5. Blisced be our Lord, +tat ne +gaf vs nau+gt in takyng to  #
her te+te.
   6. Our soule is defended as +te sparowe fram +te gnare of    #
+te fouler.
   7. +Te trappe of +te fend is to-broke wy+t +te de+t of       #
Crist, & we ben
deliuered fro dampnacioun.
   8. Our helpe is in +te name of our Lord, +tat made heuen     #
and er+te.

[}PSALM 124 [\(125)\] .}]

   1. Hij +tat affien hem in our Lord, as +te folk of Syon,     #
ben gode; ne he
+tat wone+t in heuen ne shalt nou+gt be stired wi+t-outen ende.
   2. +Te ioies ben in his cumpas, & our Lord is in +te cumpas  #
of his folk
fram nou & into heuen.
   3. For our Lord ne shal nou+gt for-sake +te penaunce of +te  #
sin+ger[{s{] vp
+te lot of +te ri+gtful, +tat +te ri+gtful ne shewe nou+gt her  #
hondes to wickednes.
   4. Do wele, Lord, to +te gode & ri+gtful of hert.
   5. Our Lord shal laden +te bowand fram gode in-to bindeing   #
wy+t +te
wircheand wickednes; pes be vp +te folk of Israel.

<P 159>
[}PSALM 125 [\(126)\] .}]

   1. We ben made as conforted, our Lord turnand chaitifs of    #
+te folk
of Syon. 
   2. +Tan is our mou+te fulfild of ioie, & our tunge in        #
gladenes.
   3. +Tan shul hij saien a-monge men: Our Lord heried to do    #
wy+t
hem mercy.
   4. Our Lord heried to do wy+t us, so be we made ioiand.
   5. Lord, wil +tou turne our chaitifnes, as +ti grace is in   #
heuen.
   6. Hij +tat repenten her sin+ges in teres, hij shul liuen    #
in heuen
wi+t ioie.
   7. +Te dyand +gede out of +te world & wept, sendand her      #
dedes.
   8. And hij comaund in-to heuen shul cum wy+t ioie, berand    #
to God 
her honours.

[}PSALM 126 [\(127)\] .}]

   1. Bot +gif +gour Lord haue bigged +te hous in uain, hij     #
trauaileden
+tat it sett.
   2. Bot +gif our Lord haue kept +te cite, he +tat kepe+t it   #
wake+t al on 
idel.
   3. Ydel +ting it is to +gou for to arisen to-fore li+gt;     #
+ge +tat han don 
dedelich sin+ge, arise+t, sen +tat +ge han made dwelling.
   4. +Ge childer, marchaundis & frut of +te wombe, se+t +te    #
heritage of our
Lord, whan he had +geuen reste to his loued.
   5. As arwen ben in +te honde of +te mi+gtful, so ben +te     #
sones of +te
smiten.
   6. Blisced be +te man +tat fulfild his desire of hem; he ne  #
shal nou+gt
be confounded, as he shal speken to his enemis in +te +gate of  #
Paradis.

<P 160>
[}PSALM 127 [\(128)\] .}]

   1. Blisced ben hij al +tat dreden our Lord, +te which +tat   #
gon in his waies.
   2. Ha +tou man, +tou art blisced, & wele +te shal be, for    #
+tou shalt eten
+te trauailes of +tin hondes.
   3. +Ty wyf shal be as a vine wexand in +te sides of +tyn     #
hous.
   4. +Ty childer shul ben as braunches of oliues a-bout +ty    #
table.
   5. Se, +tus shal +te man be blisced +tat drede+t our Lord.
   6. +Te Lord of +te folk of Syon blisce +te, +tat tou se +te  #
godes of heuen
alle +te daies of +ty lif; 
   7. +Tat tou se +te sone[{s{] of +ti sones, pes vp +te        #
childer of Israel.

[}PSALM 128 [\(129)\] .}]

   1. +Te wicked foeten [^OR focten, MS. READING UNCLEAR^]      #
oft+g o+gains me fram my +geng+te, sai nou +te folk 
of Israel.
   2. +Te wicked fo+gten oft o+gains me fram my +gou+te, for    #
hij ne mi+gten 
nou+gt to me.
   3. +Te syn+gers forgeden folies vp my rigge, & hij           #
proloined her
wickednes.
   4. Our Lord ri+gtful shal keruen +te haterels of +te         #
sin+gers; ben hij alle
confounded & turned +tat hateden +te folk of Syon.
   5. Ben hij made as hai of houses +tat dried, ar +tat it be   #
drawen vp;
   6. Of which he +tat shal repen, ne fild nou+gt his honde,    #
ne he his bosme
+tat shal gader +te honde-fouls.
   7. And hij +tat passeden ne saiden nou+gt, +Te blisceing of  #
our Lord be
vp +gou, [{we blisced +gou{] in +te name of our Lord.

<P 161>
[}PSALM 129 [\(130)\] .}]

   1. Ich cried, Lord, to +te for +te depe; Lord, here my       #
uoice.
   2. Ben +tin eres made vnder-stondand to +te voice of mi      #
praier.
   3. Lord, +gif +tou hast kept wickednes, Lord, who shal       #
holde hem vp?
   4. For help is to +te, & ich susteined +te, Lorde, for +ty   #
lawe.
   5. My soule helde vp gode in his worde, my soule hoped in    #
our Lord.
   6. Hope +te folk of Israel in our Lord fram +te mornynge     #
kepinge vn-to
+te ni+gt.
   7. For merci is at our Lord, & at him is plentiuose          #
raunsoun.
   8. And he shal raunsoun +te folk of Israel fram alle her     #
wickednes.

[}PSALM 130 [\(131)\] .}]

   1. Lord, myn hert nis nou+gt anhe+ged, ne min e+gen ne ben   #
no+gt born
on he+ge.
   2. Ne ich ne +gede nou+gt in grete +tinges, ne in wonderful  #
+tinges vp me.
   3. +Gif y ne feld nou+gt lowelich, bot haue he+ged mi soule:
   4. As +te souking is vp his moder, so is +geldyng in my      #
soule.
   5. Hope +te folk of Israel in our Lord, nou fram +tis time   #
and to 
+te heuens.

[}PSALM 131 [\(132)\] .}]

   1. Bi-+tenche +te, Louerd, of Dauid & of alle his mildenes.
   2. As he swore to our Lord, he a[{v{]owed [{v{]owe to +te    #
God of Iacob.
   3. +Gif ichaue entred in-to +te tabernacle of mi hous, +gif  #
ichaue went
vp into +te bedde of myn apparaile;
<P 162>
   4. +Gif ichaue +geuen sleping to myn e+gen & slomeringe to   #
myn
e+gen-liddes,
   5. And rest to my tymes, +ter-whiles +tat ich finde stede    #
to our Lord,
tabernacle to God of Iacob:
   6. Se, we herd it in Effrata, we finde it in +te heuen.
   7. We shul entre in-to +te tabernacle of God, & we shul      #
anouren in +te
stede, +ter his fete stode.
   8. Arise, Lord, in-to +ti rest, +tou & +te houche of +tin    #
halwing.
   9. +Tyn prestes ben cladde wi+t ri+gt-fulnisses, & glade     #
+tin holi.
   10. Ne turne nou+gt +te face of +ti prest anoint wi+t creme  #
for Dauid, [{+ti{] 
seruant.
   11. Our Lord swore to Dauid so+tenes, & he ne shal nou+gt    #
deceiue him;
y shal laie vp +ti sege of +te frut of +ti wombe.
   12. +Gif +ti childer haue kept +te testament & +te           #
witnesses, +to +tinges +tat
y shal teche hem,
   13. Her childer shul siten vp +ti sete vn-to +te world.
   14. For our Lord ches +te folk of Syon, he ches hem in-to    #
wonyng
to him.
   15. +Tis wonyng is rest to me in heuen, her shal ich wone,   #
for iches it.
   16. Ich blisceand shal blisce his widowe, y shal fulfil his  #
pouer
of l[{o{]ues.
   17. Y shal clo+ten his prestes wi+t hel+te, & his holi shul  #
gladen [{wy+t{] ioie.
   18. [{+Ter{] shal y bringe for+te +te power of Dauid; and y  #
made rady +te
laterne to mi preste anoint wy+t creme.
   19. Y shal clo+te his enemis wi+t confusioun; myn halweing   #
for-so+te
shal florissen vp hym.

<P 163>
[}PSALM 132 [\(133)\] .}]

   1. Se, hou gode & hou ioiful +ting it is, bre+ter to wonen   #
in on;
   2. As onement in +te heued, +tat falle+t into +te berde,     #
+te berde of Aaron;
   3. +Te which fel in-to +te hemme of his clo+tinge, as dew    #
of Hermon +tat
fel in +te mounteine of Syon. 
   4. For our Lord sent +tider his blisceinge, and lif vnto +te #
heuen.

[}PSALM 133 [\(134)\] .}]

   1. Ha +ge alle seruantes of our Lord, se+t, blisce+t our     #
Lord nou.
   2. He +tat stonde in +te hous of our Lord, in +te halles of  #
our Goddes hous,
   3. He+ge+t your hondes bi ni+gtes in-to holi +tinges, &      #
blisce+t our Lord.
   4. Our Lord blisced +te, Marie of Syon, +tat made heuene &   #
er+te.

[}PSALM 134 [\(135)\] .}]

   1. Ha +ge seruaunt+g, herie+t our Lord, herie+t +te name of  #
our Lord.
   2. +Ge +tat stonde in +te hous of our Lord, in +te halles    #
of +te hous
of our Lord, 
   3. Herie+t our Lord, for he is gode; singe+t to his name,    #
for it is milde.
   4. For our Lord ches Iacob to him, Israel to him in          #
possessioun.
   5. For ich knew +tat our Lord is gret, and our God is        #
to-fore alle goddes.
   6. Our Lord made alle +tinges +tat he wolde, in heuen & in   #
er+te, in see
and in halle de[{peni{]sses.
   7. He his ladand out cloudes of +te last ende of +ter+te, &  #
he made
li+gtinges in raine.
<P 164>
   8. +Te which +tat putte+t for+te +te windes of his tresour,  #
+to which smote 
+te first borne of Egipt fram man vnto beste,
   9. And sett his to-knes & his wondres in-middes of +te       #
Egipt, o+gayn
Pharaon his seruauntes; 
   10. +Te which smote mani folkes, & slo+ge stronge kynges,
   11. Seon, Kyng of Amorreux,
   12. And Og, kyng of Basan,
   13. And alle +te kyngdomes of Chanaan.
   14. And he +gaf her [{londe{] heritage, into heritage to     #
his folk of
Israel.
   15. Lord, +ty name is wy+t-outen ende, +ti minde is in       #
kynde and in-to
kinde.
   16. For our Lord shal iuggen his folk and praie for his      #
seruauntes.
   17. [{+Te{] y-magerie of men ben seluer & gold, werkes of    #
mennes hondes.
   18. Hij han mou+te, and hij ne shul nou+gt speken; hij han   #
e+gen, and
ne shul nou+gt sen.
   19. Hij han eren, and hij ne shul nou+gt heren; and no gost  #
is in her
mou+te.
   20. Hij +tat maken hem be made lich to hem, and alle +tat    #
affien 
in hem.
   21. Ha he folk of Israel, blisce+t our Lord; ha +ge folk of  #
Aaron,
blisce+t our Lord.
   22. +Te folke of Leui, blisce+t our Lord; +ge +tat doute+t   #
our Lord, 
blisce+t our Lord.
   23. Blisced be our Lord of +te folk of Syon +tat wone+t in   #
heuen.

<P 165>
[}PSALM 135 [\(136)\] .}]

   1. Shriue+t to our Lord, for he is god, for hys merci is in  #
+te world.
   2. Shriue+t to +te God of goddes;
   3. Shriue+t to +te Lord of lordes;
   4. +Te which bi him on de+t grete wondres;
   5. +Te which made +te heuens in vnder-stondinge;
   6. +Te which fastened +ter+te vp waters; 
   7. +Te which made grete li+gtes,
   8. +Te sonne in-to +te mi+gt of +te dai,
   9. +Te mone and +te sterres in-to mi+gt of +te ni+gt;
   10. +Te which smote Egipt wy+t her first bi+geten.
   11. +Te which lad out +te childer of Israel fram amiddes     #
hem,
   12. In my+gt-ful [{h{]onde and he+ge arme;
   13. +Te wiche departed +te Reed See in departynges;
   14. +Te wi[{che{] lad +te folke of Israel +tur+g-out it;
   15. +Te which smote Pharaon and his vertu+g in +te Reed See;
   16. +Te which lad his folk +tour+g desert;
   17. +Te which smote grete kinges,
   18. And slo+ge stal-wor+t kinges,
   19. Seon, kynge of Amorreux,
   20. And Og, kyng of Basan,
   21. And alle +te kyngdoms of Chanaan.
   22. And he +gaf her londe heritage,
   23. Heritage to Israel, his seruaunt.
   24. +Te which was bi-+tenchand on us in our mekenes,
<P 166>
   25. And raunsouned vs fram our enemis;
   26. +Te which +geue+t mete to ich flesshe.
   27. Shriue+t to +te God of heuen;
   28. Shriue+t to +te Lord of lordes;
   29. For in +te world is his mercy.


[}PSALM 136 [\(138)\] .}]

   1. Y shal shriue, Lord, to +te in alle myn hert, for +tou    #
herdest +te
worde of my mou+te.
   2. Y shal singe to +te in +te si+gt of aungels, & y shal     #
anoure +te to +tin
holi temple, & ich shal shriue to +ti name,
   3. Vp +ti merci & +ti so+tenes; for +tou heried +tin holi    #
name vp alle +tinge.
   4. In whiche daie +tat ichaue cleped +te, her me; +tou       #
shalt multiplien
vertu in my soule.
   5. Shriue, Lord, to +te alle +te kinges of er+te; for hij    #
herden alle +te
wordes of +ti mou+te;
   6. +Tat hij singe in +te waies of our Lord, for +te glorie   #
of our Lord
is grete.
   7. For our Lord is he+ge; & he loke+t +te lowe +tinges, &    #
knowe+t +te 
he+ge +tinges fram fer.
   8. +Gif ich haue gon amiddes of [{my{] tribulacion, +tou     #
shalt quike me; &
+tou shewe+t +tin honde vp +te wra+te of min enemis; +ti mi+gt  #
made me sauf.
   9. Our Lord shal +gelden for me; +ti merci, Lord, [{is{] in  #
+te world; ne
despise +te werkes of +tin hondes.

[}PSALM 137.}]

   1. +Ter-whiles +tat we bi-+tou+gt vs of +te heuen, we satt   #
& wept +ter vp
+te assautes of +te fende.
<P 167>
   2. We heng our ioies in passand +tinges in-middes of him.
   3. Why hij, deuels, +tat ladden vs chaitifs, asked vs +ter   #
wordes of songes.
   4. And hij +tat ladden vs out of godenes, seiden to vs:      #
Singe+t to us of
+te songe of heuen. 
   5. Hou shul we singe +te s[{o{]nge of our Lord in iuel liif?
   6. Ha +ge folk of gode [{liif{] , seid our Lord, if +tat     #
ich for-+gete +gou,
be mi
mi+gt +geuen to for+getinge. 
   7. Fast drawe my tunge to my chekes, +gif y +tenche nou+gt   #
on +te.
   8. Yf y ne sett nou+gt for+te gode folk in +te biginnynge    #
of my ioie.
   9. Be +tou bi-+tenchand of wicked childer in +te daie of     #
iugement of
gode men;
   10. +Te which wicked sain, For-do+t +te gode, fordo+t +te    #
gode vnto +te 
foundement [{in it{] .
   11. Ha +tou soule, filed +tur+g +te fende, +tou art          #
chaitif; blisced be he
+tat +gelde+t to +te +ti +geldinge, +te which +tat tou +gelde   #
to vs gode.
   12. Blisced be he +tat shal holde him in godenes & put his   #
gode dedes
to stondynge.

[}PSALM 138 [\(139)\] .}]

   1. Lord, +tou prouedest me, and +tou knewe [{me; +tou        #
knewe{] my
sittyng and my risynge.
   2. +Tou vnderstonde mi +to+gutes fram fer; +tou so+gt my     #
bisti and
myn acorde.
   3. And +tou for-se+gest alle myn waies, for +ter nis no      #
worde in my
tunge.
   4. Se, Lord, +tou kneu alle +te last +tynges & +te old;      #
+tou fourmed me,
and sett vp me +tin helpe.
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   5. +Ty conynge is made wonderful vp me; it is conforted,     #
and y ne mai
nou+gt +ter-to.
   6. Whider shal y go fram +ty gost, and whider shal y fle     #
fro +ty face?
   7. +Gif ich stei+ge to heuen, +tou art +ter; +gif ich go     #
a-doun to helle, 
+tou
comest +tider. 
   8. +Gif +tat y take my li+gtynges in +te morning and wonne   #
in +te vtterest
of +te see,
   9. Whi hy +tin helpe shal lede me +tider, and +ty mi+gt      #
shal holde me.
   10. And y seid perchaunce, derkenesses shul defoulen me,     #
and +te ny+gt
is my li+gting in my delites.
   11. For derkenesses ne shul nou+gt be derke of +te, and +te  #
ny+gt shal be
bri+gted as +te daie; as his derknesses ben, so is his li+gt.
   12. For +tou weldedest mie reines, and toke me fro +te       #
wombe of
my moder.
   13. Y shal shriue to +te; for +tou art dredefullich heried;  #
+tin werkes
ben wonderful, and my soule shal knowe hem gretelich.
   14. My mou+te nis nou+gt hidde fro +te, which +tou made in   #
priuete, and
my substaunce is in +te ne+terest of +ter+te.
   15. +Tyn e+gen sen myn vnparfitnes, & al shul be writen in   #
+ti boke; +te
daies shul be fourmed, and no man in hem.
   16. Ha God, +tin frendes for-so+te ben michel wor+tshiped    #
to me, her
principalte is mychel conforted.
   17. Y shal telle hem, & hij shul ben multiplied vp grauel;   #
ich aros, &
+gete ich am wy+t +te.
   18. Ha God, +gif +tou sle +te syn+gers, helpe me; +ge men    #
suiled wy+t sin+ge, 
bowe fro me.
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   19. For +tat +ge say in [{+g{]our +tou+gtes, Taken +te gode  #
in vaine her medes.
   20. +Tinge to wyten +gif ich hated +te hatend +te, Lord,     #
and failled vp
myn enemis?
   21. Ich hated hem wiparfite hate, and hij ben made enemys    #
to me.
   22. Proue me, God, and wite myn hert; aske me, and knowe my  #
sties.
   23. And se, +gif waye of wickednes is in me, and lade me in  #
waie
euerlastend.

[}PSALM 139 [\(140)\] .}]

   1. Defend me, Lord, fro +te wicked man, and defende me fro   #
+te man
vnri+gtful.
   2. +Te which +to+gten wickednes in hert, hij stablist        #
batails aldai.
   3. Hij sharped her tunges as naddres, venym of aspides is    #
vnder
her lippes.
   4. Kepe me, Lord, fram +te honde of +te sinner, & defende    #
me fram +te
vnri+gtful men.
   5. +Te which +tou+gten to supplaunten my ganginges, +te      #
proude hidden 
gnares to me.
   6. Hij spradden out wickednesses into gnare, hij sett        #
sclaunder to me
by +te waye.
   7. Y seid to our Lord, +tou art my God; here, Lord, +te      #
voyce of my
prayere.
   8. +Tou Lord, Lord, uertu of myn hel+te; +tou shadued,       #
Lord, vp min
heuede in +te daie of bataile o+gains +te fende.
   9. Ne +gyf me nou+gt fro my desire to +te sin+ger; +te       #
wicked +tou+gten 
o+gains
me, +tat hij ne be nou+gt peraunter an-he+ged.
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   10. +Te heued of her cumpassement & +te trauail of her       #
lippes shal 
couer hem.
   11. Tourment+g shul falle vp hem, and +tou shalt cast hem    #
in-to
dampnacioun; +te gode ne shul nou+gt dwellen in mesais.
   12. +Te man michel spekand ne shal nou+gt be dresced in      #
er+te, iuels shul 
taken +te unri+gtful in-to de+t.
   13. Ich knew +tat our Lord shal do +te iugement of +te       #
mesais and 
vengeaunce of +te pouer.
   14. +Te ri+gtful for-so+te shul shriuen to +ty name, and     #
+te ri+gtful shul
wonen wy+t +ty semblaunt.

[}PSALM 140 [\(141)\] .}]

   1. Lord, ich cried to +te, here me; vnderstonde my voice,    #
whan y
crye to +te.
   2. Be myn orison dresced to +te as encens in +ty sy+gt, and  #
so be +te
lifting of myn hondes sacrifice of heuen.
   3. Lord, sett kepyng to my mou+te, & +te dore of +te         #
vnderstondynge [^MS: vmstondynge^] to
my lippes.
   4. Ne bowe nou+gt myn hert into wordes of malice for to      #
excusen
excusaciouns in sin+ges.
   5. Wy+t men wirchand wickednes, & y ne shal nou+gt commune   #
wy+t
her chosen. 
   6. +Te ri+gtful shal vndernimen me in merci and blame me;    #
+te iuel for-so+te
of +te sin+ger ne shal nou+gt grese [{min{] heued.
   7. For +gete is myn orisoun in her welelikand, her iuges     #
ioint to +te
stone ben swolwed.
   8. Hij shul heren my wordes, for hij mi+gten here hem; mi    #
worde his 
lopen bifore as fathede of +ter+te.
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   9. Our bones ben wasted bisiden helle, for to +te Lord ben   #
our e+gen;
Lord, ich hoped in +te, ne do nou+gt owaie +te soule fro me.
   10. Kepe +tou me fro +te assaut +te which +te wicked         #
stablist to me, &
fro +te sclaundres of +te wirchand wickednes.
   11. +Te syn+gers shul fallen in her assaut; ich am           #
oneliche, +terwhiles
+tat y passe.    



