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JOB. PSALMS, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, 
 AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON 
 
 WYCLIFFE, HEREFORD, AND PURVEY 
 
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 HENRY FROWDE 
 
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 THE BOOKS OF 
 
 JOB, PSALMS, PROVERBS, FXCLESIASTES, 
 AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON 
 
 ACCORDING TO THE 
 
 WYCLIFFITE VERSION 
 
 NICHOLAS DE HEREFORD 
 
 ABOUT A.D. 1381 
 
 AND REVISED BY 
 
 JOHN PURVEY 
 
 . ABOUT A.D. 1388 
 FORMERLY EDITED BY 
 
 The Rev. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S., &c. 
 
 Late Fellmv of Exeter College, Oxford 
 
 AND 
 
 SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, F.R.S., &c. 
 
 Keeper of the MSS. i>i the British Mnseimi 
 
 And now reprinted 
 
 AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 
 M DCCCLXXXI 
 
 [ ./// rights rese/i'ed \ 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The portion of the Old Testament printed in this volume is 
 a reprint from the later of the two Wycliffite versions of the 
 same, as exhibited in ' The Holy Bible, containing the Old and 
 New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, in the earliest 
 English Versions made from the Latin Vulgate by John Wy- 
 cliffe and his followers : edited by the Rev. Josiah Forshall, 
 F.R.S., &c., and Sir Frederic Madden, K.H., F.R.S., &c. ; 
 Oxford, at the University Press, 1850.' The later WycliflFite 
 version of the New Testament was reprinted in 1879, with an 
 Introduction which fully explains all that is most necessary to 
 be known concerning these interesting Middle-English versions. 
 To this the reader is referred for further information. 
 
 For the use of readers who may not possess a copy of that 
 volume, some points most worthy of observation are here briefly 
 recapitulated. 
 
 The Preface to the large quarto edition (in four volumes), 
 by Forshall and Madden, of which the title is given above, is 
 the chief source of our knowledge respecting the Wyclifhte 
 versions. The I\ISS. are there enumerated and described, and 
 the whole subject is carefully investigated \ 
 
 There are two distinct Wycliffite versions, known as the 
 earlier and the later. The later version is a revised one, and 
 better suited than the other for general reading. The earlier 
 version is rougher and more literal, and contains, on the whole, 
 
 * See also The History of the English Bible, by the Rev. W. F, Moultonr 
 chap. ii. 
 
 S3G53S 
 
vl INTRODUCTION. 
 
 a larger number of unusual words, rendering it somewhat more 
 valuable for purely philological purposes, but less eligible on 
 other grounds. The earlier version is mainly the work of John 
 Wycliffe and Nicholas de Hereford, about a.d. i 380-1 383 ; the 
 later version was revised by John Purvey, about a.d. 1388. 
 
 Both versions were made from MSS. of the Latin version 
 known as the Vulgate. A few specimens, selected from the 
 portion here reprinted, may be of service in shewing the nature 
 of the renderings. It is well to remember that both versions 
 are, not unfrequently, almost unintelligible in certain passages 
 until the Latin version has been consulted. 
 
 Job XX. 22 {Fulgate). Cum satiatus fuerit, arctabitur, aestu- 
 abit, et omnis dolor irruet super eum^. 
 
 Earlier Version {N. de Hereford). Whan he shal be fulfild, 
 he shal be streyned, and brenne; and alle sorewe shall falle 
 in-to hym. 
 
 Later Version {Purvey). Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad 
 streit ; he schal be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym. 
 
 Job xxxix. 13. Penna struthionis similis est pennis herodii, 
 et accipitris. Quando derelinquit ova sua in terra, tu forsitan 
 in pulvere calefacies ea ? 
 
 Earlier Version. The fether of a sfrucioun is lie to the fetheris 
 of a ierfakoun, and of a goshauk ; that leueth hir eiren in the 
 erthe, thou perauenture in pouder shalt make them hot. 
 
 Later Version. The fethere of an ostriche is lijk the fetheris 
 of a gerfawcun and of an hauk ; which ostrige forsakith hise 
 eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the 
 dust. 
 
 Psalm cii (ciii). 12. Quantum distat ortus ab occidente : longe 
 fecit a nobis iniquitates nostras. 
 
 Earlier Version. Hou myche the rising stant fro the going 
 doun; aferr he made fro vs cure wickidnessis. 
 
 Later Version. As myche as the eest is fer fro the west ; he 
 made fer oure wickidnessis fro vs. 
 
 ^ Quoted from ' Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis, &c. Parisiis, apud A. 
 Jouby, 7, Via Majorum Augustinianorum. mdccclxii.' 
 
SPECIMENS OF TRANSLATION. vii 
 
 Psalm cvi (cvii). 5. Esurientes, et sitientes : anima eoruni in 
 ipsis de fecit. 
 
 Earlier Fersion. Hungrende and thirstende ; the soule of hem 
 in hem failide. 
 
 Later Fersion. Thei ^iueren hungri and thirsti ; her soule 
 failide in hem. 
 
 In the last example, the difference between the close trans- 
 lation in the earlier version and the freer one in the later ver- 
 sion, is well marked. 
 
 The necessity of consulting the Latin text may be illustrated 
 from the version here printed, in the following instances : — 
 
 Job xiv. 9. It [a tree] schal make heer^ ; Lat. faciet comam. 
 
 Job xxi. 17. Flowing schal come on hem; Lat. superveniet 
 eis inundatio. 
 
 Ps. ci (cii). 29. The seed of hem schal be dressid in-to the 
 world ; Lat. semen eorum in saeculum dirigetur. 
 
 Ps. cviii (cix). 18. He clothide cursing as a cloth; Lat. in- 
 duit maledictionem sicut vestimentum, 
 
 Prov. XXX. 31. A cok gird the leendis ; Lat. gallus succinctus 
 lumbos. 
 
 A comparison with our Authorised Version is full of interest, 
 especially in the renderings of the Psalms. Sometimes the 
 likeness is very close, as in the following : — 
 
 Ps. iii. 4. With my vois Y criede to the Lord ; and he herde 
 me fro his hooli hil. 
 
 (A. V.) I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard 
 me out of his holy hill. 
 
 The text here reprinted is taken from IMS. I. CVIII. in the 
 Old Royal Library in the British Museum, i. c. from the same 
 MS. as that which contains the best copy of the later text of the 
 New Testament. It is described in full in Korshall and Mad- 
 den's preface, and their description is repeated in the Introduc- 
 tion to the late reprint of the New Testament, at p. xii. 
 
 As regards the later version, the large quarto edition not only 
 
 ^ i. e. hair. 
 
 b 2 
 
vlli INTRODUCTION. 
 
 gives the text from the above MS., but also records various 
 readings from other MSS., besides numerous glosses or inter- 
 pretations (printed in the margin) of the more diflicult passages. 
 Thus, in Job i. 5, the expression ' in-to the world ' is glossed by 
 ' that is, in the ende of the wouke \' These glosses, together 
 with the various readings, are omitted in the present volume, to 
 save space and expense. It may be noted here, that the names 
 of the Hebrew letters prefixed to the various parts of Psalm 
 cxviii (cxix). do not occur in the IMS. from which the later ver- 
 sion is printed, but are copied from the best MS. of the earlier 
 version, in which they are duly inserted. 
 
 It will at once be observed that most of the Psalms are marked 
 with a double numbering. The explanation is as follows. The 
 editors of the quarto edition very properly followed the number- 
 ing of the Chapters (or Psalms) and Verses as given in the 
 ordinary editions of the Vulgate 'version, as this is the one upon 
 which the Wycliffite translations really depend. But this num- 
 bering does not always agree with that in our Authorised Version, 
 and there is, in particular, a difference in the mode of numbering 
 the Psalms which causes a difficulty in finding the place. In 
 order to remedy this to some extent, the numbering of the 
 Psalms as in the Authorised Version has been supplied within 
 marks of parenthesis. Even then, there is frequently a dis- 
 crepancy in the numbering of the verses ; but, as this is a minor 
 difficulty, it was not worth while to attempt to remove it, A 
 double set of numbers in a long chapter or Psalm would, perhaps, 
 have only tended to confuse. A short account of the nature of 
 the discrepancies may here be useful. 
 
 The difficulty begins after verse 21 of Psalm ix., where the 
 Vulgate version has the remark ' Psalmus x. secundum 
 Hebrafos,' with a fresh numbering of the remaining verses in 
 the Psalm. The English version makes Psalm x. begin here. 
 But the Vulgate version heads our Psalm xi. with the title: ' In 
 finem, Psalmus David x.' This throws the v/hole numbering out 
 
 ^ i. e. week. The Vulgate has : ' Cunique in orhem transissent dies con- 
 vivii.' 
 
REMARKS ON THE LANGUAGE. ix 
 
 for a long way, down to the end of Psahn cxlvi.^ Ps. cxlvii. 
 has its verses numbered from 12 to 20, and agrees with the latter 
 part of Ps. cxlvii. in the English version. The three last Psalms 
 are the same in both versions. 
 
 In the book of Ecclesiastes there are also certain slight dif- 
 ferences of numbering, which are due rather to the Latin IMSS. 
 used by the Wycliffite translators than to the ordinary numbering 
 of the Vulgate version. They cause no particular difficulty, 
 as the numbering of the verses is clearly marked in the margin, 
 and the English numbering of the chapters is inserted between 
 marks of parenthesis, wherever any discrepancy exists. 
 
 Remarks on the Language, &c. 
 
 Remarks on the language of the Wycliffite versions are given 
 in the Introduction to the reprint of the New Testament; see 
 also the Introduction to Specimens of English, ed. Morris and 
 Skeat, in the Clarendon Press Series. The following notes are 
 thrown together in the briefest possible form. 
 
 Dialect. — The dialect of Purvey's version is Midland, resem- 
 bling that of standard English. 
 
 Pronunciation. — The pronunciation of Middle-English differed 
 widely from that now in use, especially in the vowel-sounds, 
 which resembled those of modern Italian and German^. 
 
 Spellijig. — The spelling is phonetic, i.e. the words are written 
 as they were then pronounced. The scribes occasionally mis- 
 write a word, chiefly by adding a final e where it is not required 
 by the grammar. Thus qvynde in Job i. 19 should be nvytid. 
 
 Capital letters, d)'c. — The editors have, in general, altered the 
 capitals of the IMS., so as to conform them to the modern use. 
 Words printed in italics, such as he is in Job i. 8, are not in the 
 original Latin. 
 
 ^ Psalms cxiii., cxiv., cxv. in the Vvilgate are strangely divided. The first 
 is our Psalms cxiv, and cxv. ; the other two make up our Psalm cxvi. 
 
 ^ The Middle-English sounds are described in ihc Preface to Chaucer's 
 Man of Law's 'lule (^ClarLiidon Press Series). 
 
X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Punctuation. — The punctuation is due to the editors, the MS. 
 not being punctuated. 
 
 Compound ^ords. — The parts of compound words are written 
 separately in the MS., and are so printed. Thus in to in Job i, 
 12, is the modern into. To save the reader trouble, the use of 
 hyphens has been rather freely introduced into the present 
 reprint ^, so that ^ith out here commonly appears as <with-out. 
 Wherever they are omitted, the reader can easily supply them. 
 
 Alphabet. — The character 5 signifies y at the beginning of a 
 word, and gh elsewhere. Thus ri^tful = rightful, Job i. i ; ^af— 
 yaf, old form oi ga've, Job i. 21. For words beginning with 3, 
 see the last section of the Glossary. 
 
 The character u between two vowels is to be read as 7,'. Thus 
 perauenture=pera'venture, Job i. 5. It is sometimes so to be read at 
 the beginning of a syllable; thus siluer = sil'ver, Job iii. 15. The 
 use of u for u is not common, and only found at the beginning of 
 words, as in us (us), vp (up). Observe '^yue=yy've=yi've=-z\wej 
 Job ii. 4. 
 
 Grammar. — The final -e, usually to be sounded as a distinct 
 syllable, plays an important part in Middle-English grammar, re- 
 presenting several older inflections. Thus alle (dissyllabic) is the 
 plural of al (all), and is rightly associated with trien ; Job i. 3. 
 Ete (dissyllabic) is the infinitive mood, from A.S. etan', Job i. 4, 
 Biholde is short for hiholden ; Job i. 8. For to telle is a gerund 
 (A.S. to tellanne) ; Job i. 15. Fledde is the past tense of a weak 
 verb; Job i. 19. See further in the Introductions to Chaucer's 
 Prologue, &c. (Clarendon Press Series), and to Chaucer's 
 Prioress's Tale (same series). 
 
 Vocabulary. — The vocabulary contains numerous French words. 
 The following is a list of such words in Job i. Symple, posses- 
 sioun, femal, meynee, feestis, fecste, passid, sacrifices, perauenture, 
 present, cumpassid, seruaunt, veyn, catel, cumpas, encreeside, 
 touche, face, gendrid, messanger, femal, touchid, ascapide, cum- 
 penyes, assaileden, entride, suden, coost, desert, corneris, oppres- 
 side, pleside. Of these words, the difficult word touch is probably 
 
 ^ In the quarto edition they are very sparingly employed. 
 
IMPERFECT TRANSLATION. xi 
 
 of Teutonic origin, according to Diez ; the others are all various 
 modifications of Latin words. Camel is an Oriental word, and 
 so probably is ass. The rest of the words in the same chapter 
 are, mostly, of the highest antiquity and of pre-histoi'ic origin ; 
 many of them first emerge into history in Anglo-Saxon forms. 
 The word off ride (offered), from A.S. offrian, to ojfer, is, however, 
 merely borrowed from Lat. offerre. 
 
 Changes of meaning. — The meaning of many words has 
 changed. Thus cheer can hardly now be used in the sense of 
 'countenance,' as in 'the li5t of thi cheer ^ Ps. iv. 7; we still 
 retain some remembrance of this old use in the phrase ' to be of 
 good cheer^ 
 
 Imperfect translation. — In some places, especially in the book 
 of Psalms, the translators have been content to retain Latin 
 words and phrases, and even idioms, without any attempt to 
 supply their place by English expressions. ' Thou schalt gouerne 
 hem in an yrun 5erde ' (Ps. ii. 9) is not, nor ever was, good English ; 
 it is simply due to retaining the Latin />;, in the phrase ' Reges 
 eos in virga ferrea,' Singulerli in Ps, iv. 10 is merely the Lat. 
 singulariter. ' Lord, be thou conuertid ' represents * convertere, 
 Domine ;' Ps. vi. 5. In Ps. vii. 17, the Latin version has : ' Con- 
 vertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus ; et in verticem ipsms iniquitas 
 ejus descendet.' The Wycliffite version is not a little curious, 
 viz. : ' His sorewe schal be turnid in-to his heed; and his wickid- 
 nesse schal come doun in-to his necke.' 
 
 Glossarial Index. — For the explanation of unusual or obsolete 
 words, see the Glossarial Index, partly compiled from the original 
 glossary to the quarto edition made by the Rev. Josiah Forshall 
 and Sir Frederic Madden. Several additions, however, have 
 been made to this, and the glossary, as here printed, has been 
 carefully prepared by Mr. W. E. Gabbett, B. A., of Lincoln Col- 
 lege, Oxford, and subsequently revised by myself. I have also 
 supplied an Index to the first words of the Latin psalms. 
 
 WALTER W. SKEAT. 
 
 Cambridge, Nov. 5, 1880. 
 
J O B. 
 
 Cap. I. 
 
 1 A MAN, Joob bi name, was in the lond of Hus; and 
 thilke man was symple, and ri^tful, and dredynge God, 
 
 2 and goynge awey fro yuel. And seuene sones and thre 
 
 3 dou5tris weren borun to hym ; and his possessioun was 
 seuene thousynde of scheep, and thre thousynde of camels, 
 and fyue hundrid ^ockis of oxis, and fyue hundrid of femal 
 assis, and ful myche meynee; and thilke man was grete 
 
 4 among alle men of the eest. And hise sones 5eden, and 
 maden feestis bi housis, ech man in his day ; and thei 
 senten, and clepiden her thre sistris, that thei schulden ete, 
 
 5 and drynke wiyn with hem. And whanne the daies of 
 feeste hadden passid in to the world, Joob sente to hem, 
 and halewide hem, and he roos eerli, and offride brent 
 sacrifices bi alle. For he seide. Lest perauenture my sones 
 do synne, and curse God in her hertis. Joob dide so in 
 
 6 alle daies. Forsothe in sum day, whanne the sones of 
 God weren comun to be present bifor the Lord, also 
 
 7 Sathan cam among hem. To whom the Lord seide. Fro 
 whennus comest thou ? Which answeride, and seide, Y 
 haue cumpassid the erthe, and Y haue walkid thorou^ it. 
 
 8 And the Lord seide to hym, Whether thou hast biholde 
 my seruaunt Joob, that noon in erthe is lyik hym ; he is 
 a symple man, and ri3tful, and dredynge God, and goynge 
 
 B 
 
^ JOB, 7. 
 
 9 awei fro yuel ? To whom Sathan answeride, Whether Joob 
 
 lodredith God veynli? Whethir thou hast not cumpassid 
 
 hym, and his hows, and al his catel bi cumpas? Thou 
 
 hast blessid the werkis of hise hondis, and hise possessioun 
 
 1 1 encreesside in erthe. But stretche forth thin bond a htil, 
 and touche thou alle thingis whiche he hath in possessioun ; 
 
 12 if he cursith not thee in the face, dikue not to me. Therfor 
 the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo I alle thingis, whiche he hath, 
 ben in thin bond ; oneli stretche thou not forth thin bond 
 in to hym. And Sathan 5ede out fro the face of the Lord. 
 
 i5Sotheli whanne in sum dai hise sones and dou3tris eeten, 
 and drunken wiyn in the hows of her firste gendrid brothir, 
 
 14 a messanger cam to Job, whiche messanger seide, Oxis 
 
 15 eriden, and femal assis weren lesewid bisidis tho ; aijd 
 Sabeis felden yn, and token awey alle thingis, and smyt- 
 iden the children with swerd ; and Y aloone ascapide for 
 
 16 to telle to thee. And whanne he spak ^it, anothir cam, 
 and seide, Fier of God cam doun fro heuene, and wastide 
 scheep, and children touchid; and Y aloone ascapide for 
 
 17 to telle to thee. But ^it the while he spak, also anothir 
 cam, and seide, Caldeis maden thre cumpenyes, and as- 
 sailiden the camels, and token tho awei, and thei smytiden 
 also the children with swerd ; and Y aloone ascapide to 
 
 18 telle to thee. And ^it he spak, and, lo ! anothir entride, 
 and seide. While thi sones and dou^tris eeten, and drunken 
 
 19 wiyn in the hows of her firste gendrid brothir, a greet 
 wynde felde yn sudenli fro the coost of desert, and schook 
 foure corneris of the hows, which felde doun, and oppres- 
 side thi children, and thei ben deed ; and Y aloone fledde 
 
 20 to telle to thee. Thanne Joob roos, and to-rente hise 
 clothis, and with pollid heed he felde doun on the erthe, 
 
 21 and worschipide God, and seide, Y jede nakid out of the 
 wombe of my modir, Y schal turne a3en nakid thidur ; the 
 
JOB, IT, 3 
 
 Lord 5af, the Lord took awei ; as it pleside the Lord, so 
 22 it is doon ; the name of the Lord be blessid. In alle these 
 thingis Joob synnede not in hise hppis, nether spak ony 
 fonned thing a3ens God. 
 
 Cap. IL 
 
 1 FoRSOTHE it was doon, whanne in sum dai the sones of 
 God weren comun, and stoden bifor the Lord, and Sathan 
 
 2 was comun among hem, and stood in his si^t, that the Lord 
 seide to Sathan, Fro whennus comest thou? Which an- 
 sweride, and seide, Y haue cumpassid the erthe, and Y 
 
 3haue go thur3 it. And the Lord seide to Sathan, Whethir 
 thou hast biholde my seruaunt Joob, that noon in erthe 
 is lijk hym ; he is a symple man, and ri^tful, and dredynge 
 God, and goynge awei fro yuel, and 5it holdynge inno- 
 cence ? But thou hast moued me a^ens him, that Y schulde 
 
 4turmente hym in veyn. To whom Sathan answeride, and 
 seide, A man schal 5yue skyn for skyn, and alle thingis 
 
 5 that he hath for his lijf; ellis sende thin hond, and touche 
 his boon and fleisch, and thanne thou schalt se, that he 
 
 6 schal curse thee in the face. Therfor the Lord seide to 
 Sathan, Lo ! he is in thin hond ; netheles kepe thou his 
 
 7 lijf. Therfor Sathan 3ede out fro the face of the Lord, 
 and smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of 
 
 8 the foot til to his top ; which Joob schauyde the quytere 
 
 9 with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil. Forsothe his wijf 
 seide to hym, Dwellist thou 5it in thi symplenesse? Curse 
 
 I o thou God, and die. And Joob seide, Thou hast spoke as 
 
 oon of the fonned wymmen ; if we han take goodis of 
 the hond of the Lord, win forsothe suffren we not yuels.^ 
 
 II In alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis. Therfor 
 thre frendis of Joob herden al the yuel, that hadde bifelde 
 
 B 2 
 
4 JOB, III, 
 
 to hym, and camen ech man fro his place, Eliphath Te- 
 manytes, and Baldach Suythes, and Sophar Naamathites; 
 for thei hadden seide togidere to hem silf, that thei wolden 
 
 12 come togidere, and visite hym, and coumforte. And whanne 
 thei hadden reisid afer her i^en, thei knewen not hym ; and 
 thei crieden, and wepten, and to-renten her clothis, and 
 
 13 spreynten dust on her heed in to heuene. And thei saten 
 with hym in the erthe seuene daies and seuene ny5tis, and 
 no man spak a word to hym ; for thei sien, that his sorewe 
 was greet. 
 
 Cap. III. 
 
 I Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth, and curside 
 
 2, 3 his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun, 
 
 and the ny^t in which it was seid. The man is conceyued. 
 
 4 Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis ; God seke not it 
 aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it li^tned with 
 
 5 li^t. Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth 
 and myist occupie it ; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse. 
 
 6 Derk whirlwynde holde that ni5t ; be it not rikynyd among 
 the daies of the 5eer, nethir be it noumbrid among the 
 
 7 monethes. Thilke ny^t be soleyn, and not worthi of 
 Spreisyng. Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi 
 9 to reise Leuyathan. Sterris be maad derk with the derk- 
 
 nesse therof; abide it li^t, and se it not, nethir the bigyn- 
 
 10 nyng of the morwetid risyng vp. For it closide not the 
 doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels 
 
 1 1 fro min i^en. Whi was not Y deed in the wombe .'' whi 
 ^ede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon ? Whi 
 
 12 was Y takun on knees.? whi was Y suclid with teetis.? For 
 
 13 now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my 
 
 14 sleep, with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem 
 
 15 soleyn places ; ethir with prynces that han gold in posses- 
 
JOB, IV. 5 
 
 i6sioun, and fillen her housis with siluer; ethir as a thing 
 hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche con- 
 
 17 seyued sien not li5t. There wickid men ceessiden of noise, 
 
 18 and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden. And sum 
 tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the 
 
 igvoys of the wrongful axere. A litil man and greet man be 
 
 20 there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord. Whi is li5t 50uun 
 to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of 
 
 2 1 soule ? Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not ; as men 
 2 2diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han 
 
 23 founde a sepulcre ? Whi is li'^f ^T^oiiun to a man, whos weie 
 is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis? 
 
 24 Bifore that Y ete, Y si^he ; and as of watir flowynge, so 
 
 25 is my roryng. For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to 
 
 26 me ; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde. Whether Y dis- 
 symiHde not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide 
 not ? and indignacioun cometh on me. 
 
 Cap. IV. 
 
 I, 2 FoRSOTHE Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, If 
 we bigynnen to speke to thee, in hap thou schalt take it 
 
 3 heuyli ; but who may holde a word conseyued ? Lo ! thou 
 hast tau3t ful many men, and thou hast strengthid hondis 
 
 4 maad feynt. Thi wordis confermyden men doutynge, and 
 
 5 thou coumfortidist knees tremblynge. But now a wounde is 
 comun on thee, and thou hast failid ; it touchide thee, and 
 
 6 thou art disturblid. Where is thi drede, thi strengthe, and thi 
 
 7 pacience, and the perfeccioun of thi weies ? Y biseche thee, 
 haue thou mynde, what innocent man perischide euere, ethir 
 
 S whanne ri3tful men weren doon awei? Certis ratliir Y si^ 
 
 hem, that worchen wickidnesse, and sowen sorewis, and 
 
 9repen tho, to haue perischid bi God blowynge, and to be 
 
6 JOB, V. 
 
 lowastid bi the spirit of his ire. The roryng of a lioun, and 
 
 the vois of a honesse, and the teeth of whelpis of Houns ben 
 
 iial to-brokun. Tigris perischide, for sche hadde not prey; 
 
 12 and the whelpis of a lioun ben distried. Certis an hid word 
 was seid to me, and myn eere took as theueli the veynes of 
 
 13 priuy noise therof. In the hidousnesse of ny^tis si^t, whanne 
 
 14 heuy sleep is wont to occupie men, drede and tremblyng 
 ishelde me; and alle my boonys v/eren aferd. And whanne 
 
 the spirit ^ede in my presence, the heiris of my fleisch hadden 
 16 hidousnesse. Oon stood, whos chere Y knewe not, an 
 
 ymage bifor myn i^en ; and Y herde a vois as of softe 
 i7wynd. Whether a man schal be maad iust in comparisoun 
 
 of God? ethir whethir a man schal be clennere than his 
 iSMakere? Lo ! thei that seruen hym ben not stidefast; and 
 
 19 he findeth schrewidnesse in hise aungels. Hou myche more 
 thei that dwellen in housis of cley, that han an ertheli 
 
 20 foundement, schulen be wastyd as of a mou^te. Fro morew- 
 tid til to euentid thei schulen be kit doun ; and for no 
 man vndurstondith, thei schulen perische with outen ende. 
 
 21 Sotheli thei, that ben residue, schulen be takun awei; thei 
 schulen die, and not in wisdom. 
 
 Cap. V. 
 
 1 Therfor clepe thou, if ony is that schal answere thee, 
 
 2 and turne thou to summe of seyntis. Wrathfulnesse sleeth 
 
 3 a fonned man, and enuye sleeth a litil child. Y si^ a fool 
 
 4 with stidefast rote, and Y curside his feirnesse anoon. Hise 
 sones schulen be maad fer fro helthe, and thei schulen be 
 defoulid in the 5ate, and noon schal be that schal delyuere 
 
 5 /ief?i. Whos ripe corn an hungri man schal ete, and an 
 armed man schal rauysche hym, and thei, that thirsten, 
 
 6 schulen drynke hise richessis. No thing is doon in erthe 
 
JOB, V. 7 
 
 with out cause, and sorewe schal not go out of the erthe. 
 7, 8 A man is borun to labour, and a brid to flijt. Wherfor 
 
 Y schal biseche the Lord, and Y schal sette my speche to 
 9 my God. That makith grete thingis, and that moun not 
 
 be sou^t out, and wondurful thingis with out noumbre. 
 
 10 Which 5yueth reyn on the face of erthe, and moistith alle 
 
 1 1 thingis with watris. Which settith meke men an hi3, and 
 
 12 reisith with helthe hem that morenen. Which distrieth the 
 thou^tis of yuel willid men, that her hondis moun not fille 
 
 i3tho thingis that thei bigunnen. W^iich takilh cautelouse 
 
 men in the felnesse of hem, and distrieth the counsel of 
 
 i4schrewis. Bi dai thei schulen renne in to derknessis, and 
 
 15 as in ny^t so thei schulen grope in myddai. Certis God 
 schal make saaf a nedi man fro the swerd of her mouth, 
 and a pore man fro the bond of the violent, elhir rauynour. 
 
 16 And hope schal be to a nedi man, but wickidnesse schal 
 i7drawe togidere his mouth. Blessid is the man, which is 
 
 chastisid of the Lord; therfor repreue thou not the blam- 
 iSyng of the Lord. For he woundith, and doith medicyn ; 
 
 19 he smytith, and hise hondis schulen make hool. In sixe 
 tribulaciouns he schal delyuere thee, and in the seuenthe 
 
 20 tribulacioun yuel schal not touche thee. In hungur he schal 
 delyuere thee fro deeth, and in batel fro the power of swerd. 
 
 21 Thou schalt be hid fro the scourge of tunge, and thou schalt 
 not drede myseiste, eihir wrekhidnesse, whanne it cometh. 
 
 22 In distriyng maad of enemy es and in hungur thou schalt Ici^e, 
 
 23 and thou schalt not drede the beestis of erthe. But thi 
 couenaunt schal be with the stonys of erthe, and beestis of 
 
 24 erthe schulen be pesible to thee. And thou schalt wite, 
 that thi tabernacle hath pees, and thou visitynge thi fairnesse 
 
 25 schalt not do synne. And thou schalt wite also, that thi 
 seed schal be many fold, and thi generacioun schal be as 
 
 26 an erbe of erthe. In abundaunce thou schalt go in to the 
 
8 JOB, VI. 
 
 2 7sepulcre, as an heep of wheete is borun in his tyme. Lo ! 
 this is so, as we han sou5t ; which thing herd, trete thou in 
 minde. 
 
 Cap. VI. 
 
 J , 2 FoRsoTHE Joob answeride, and seide, Y wolde, that my 
 synnes, bi whiche Y desseruede ire, and the wretchidnesse 
 
 3 which Y suffre, weren peisid in a balaunce. As the grauel 
 of the see, this wretchidnesse schulde appere greuousere; 
 
 4 wherfor and my wordis ben ful of sorewe. For the arowis 
 of the Lord ben in me, the indignacioun of whiche drynkith 
 vp my spirit; and the dredis of the Lord fi^ten a^ens me. 
 
 5 Whether a feeld asse schal rore, whanne he hath gras .-* 
 Ethir whether an oxe schal lowe, whanne he stondith byfor 
 
 6 a ful cratche .f* Ether whethir a thing vnsauery may be etun, 
 which is not maad sauery bi salt .'' Ether whether ony man 
 may taaste a thing, which tastid bryngith deeth .? For whi 
 
 7 to an hungri soule, jhe, bittir thingis semen to be swete ; 
 tho thingis whiche my soule nolde touche bifore, ben now 
 
 8 my meetis for angwisch. Who ^yueth, that myn axyng 
 
 9 come ; and that God 5yue to me that, that Y abide .? And 
 he that bigan, al to-breke me; releesse he his hond, and 
 
 lokitte me doun? And this be coumfort to me, that he tur- 
 
 mente me with sorewe, and spare not, and that Y a^enseie 
 
 1 1 not the wordis of the hooli. For whi, what is my strengthe, 
 
 that Y suffre .? ethir which is myn ende, that Y do pacientli 1 
 
 izNethir my strengthe is the strengthe of stoonus, nether my 
 
 isfleisch is of bras. Lo ! noon help is to me in me; also my 
 
 i4meyneal frendis 3eden awey fro me. He that takith awei 
 
 ismerci fro his frend, forsakith the drede of the Lord. My 
 
 britheren passiden me, as a stronde doi/h, that passith rusch- 
 
 i6yngli in grete valeis. Snow schal come on hem, that dreden 
 
 1 7 frost. In the tyme wherynne thei ben scaterid, thei schulen 
 
JOB, VII. 9 
 
 perische; and as thei ben hoote, thei schulen be vnknyt 
 
 18 fro her place. The pathis of her steppis ben wlappid; thei 
 
 19 schulen go in veyn, and schulen perische. Biholde 5e the 
 pathis of Theman, and the weies of Saba; and abide 56 
 
 20 a litil. Thei ben schent, for Y hopide ; and thei camen til 
 
 21 to me, and thei ben hilid with schame. Now ^e ben comun, 
 
 22 and now 5e seen my wounde, and dreden. Whether Y seide, 
 Brynge ^e to me, and jiue ^e of 50ure catel to me ? ethir, 
 
 23 Delyuere ^e me fro the hond of enemy, and rauysche 5e 
 24 me fro the hond of stronge men? Teche ^e me, and Y 
 
 schal be stille ; and if in hap Y vnknew ony thing, teche 
 
 25 56 me. Whi han ^e depraued the wordis of trewthe .-* sithen 
 
 26 noon is of 50U, that may repreue me. 3^ maken redi spechis 
 oneli for to blame, and ^e bryngen forth wordis in to wynde. 
 
 27 3e fallen in on a fadirles child, and enforsen to peruerte 
 aS^oure frend. Netheles fille 5e that, that 5e han bigunne; 
 
 29 3yue 5e the eere, and se 5e, whether Y lie. Y biseche, an- 
 swere 56 with out strijf, and speke je, and deme ^e that, that 
 
 30 is iust. And 5e schulen not fynde wickidnesse in my tunge, 
 nethir foli schal sowne in my chekis. 
 
 Cap. VII. 
 
 1 KxY^THOD is lijf of man on erthe, and his daies ben as 
 
 2 the daies of an hired man. As an hert desireth schadowe, 
 
 3 and as an hirede man abideth the ende of his werk ; so and 
 Y hadde voide monethis, and Y noumbrede trauailous ni3tes 
 
 4 to me. If Y schal slepe, Y schal seie, Whanne schal Y 
 rise.'' and eft Y schal abide the euentid, and Y schal be 
 
 5 fillid with sorewis til to derknessis. Mi flcisch is clothid 
 with rot, and filthis of dust ; my skyn driede vp, and is 
 
 6drawun togidere. My daies passiden swiftliere thanne a 
 web is kit doun of a webstere ; and tho daies ben wastid 
 
10 JOB, VIII. 
 
 7 with outen ony hope. God, haue thou mynde, for my lijf 
 is wynde, and myn i^e schal noi turne a^en, that it se goodis= 
 
 8 Nethir the si3t of man schal biholde me ; but thin i5en ben 
 
 9 in me, and Y schal not be in deedli lijf. As a cloude is 
 wastid, and passith, so he that goith doun to helle, schal 
 
 10 not stie; nether schal turne a3en more in to his hows, 
 
 1 1 and his place schal no more knowe hym. Wherfor and 
 
 Y schal not spare my mouth ; Y schal speke in the tribula- 
 cioun of my spirit, Y schal talke togidere with the bitter- 
 
 i2nesse of my soule. Whether Y am the see, ethir a whal, 
 
 13 for thou hast cumpassid me with prisoun ? If Y seie, My 
 bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge 
 
 14 with me in my bed ; thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, 
 and thou schalt schake me with orrour, ethir hidousnesse, bi 
 
 15 si5tis. Wherfor my soule chees hangyng, and my boonys 
 x^cheesiden deth. Y dispeiride, now Y schal no more lyue; 
 17 Lord, spare thou me, for my dales ben nou^t. What is 
 
 a man, for thou magnifiest hym ? ether what settist thou 
 18 thin herte toward hym? Thou visitist hym eerly, and sud- 
 ipeynh thou preuest hym. Hou long sparist thou not me, 
 
 20 nether suffrist me, that Y swolowe my spotele ? Y haue 
 synned ; A ! thou kepere of men, what schal Y do to thee ? 
 Whi hast thou set me contrarie to thee, and Y am maad 
 
 21 greuouse to my silf .? Whi doist thou not awei my sinne, 
 and whi takist thou not awei my wickidnesse ? Lo ! now 
 
 Y schal slepe in dust, and if thou sekist me eerli, Y schal 
 not abide. 
 
 Cap. VIII. 
 
 1, 2 SoTHELi Baldath Suytes answeride, and seide, Hou longe 
 schalt thou speke siche thingis ? The spirit of the word of 
 
 3 thi mouth is manyfold. Whether God supplauntith, ethir 
 disseyueth, doom, and whether Almyjti God distrieth that, that 
 
JOB^ VIII. II 
 
 4 is iust? ^he, thoii5 thi sones synneden a^ens hym, and he 
 
 5 lefte hem in the hond of her wickidnesse ; netheles, if thou 
 6risist eerli to God, and bisechist Almy5ti God, if thou goist 
 
 clene and ri3tful, anoon he schal wake fulli to thee, and schal 
 7 make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ry^tfuhiesse ; in so 
 
 miche that thi formere thingis weren litil, and that thi laste 
 Sthingis be multiplied greetli. For whi, axe thou the ^formere 
 
 generacioun, and seke thou diligentli the mynde of fadris. 
 9 For we ben men of ^istirdai, and kunnen not ; for oure daies 
 
 10 ben as schadewe on the erthe. And thei schulen teche thee, 
 thei schulen speke to thee, and of her herte thei schulen bring 
 
 11 forth spechis. Whether a rusche may lyu^e with out moys- 
 i2ture? ethir a spier may wexe with out watir ? Whanne it is 
 
 5it in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor 
 
 13 alle erbis. So the weies of alle men, that for^eten God ; and 
 
 14 the hope of an ypocrite schal perische. His cowardise schal 
 
 15 not plese hym, and his trist sc/iai he as a web of yreyns. He 
 schal leene, ethej- resle, on his hows, and it schal not stonde ; he 
 
 16 schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere. The rusche 
 semeth moist, bifor that the sunne come ; and in the risyng 
 
 17 of the sunne the seed therof schal go out. Rootis therof 
 schulen be maad thicke on an heep of stoonys, and it schal 
 
 18 dwelle among stoonys. If a man drawith it out of his place, 
 his place schal denye it, and schal seie, Y knowe thee not. 
 
 iq For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis 
 
 20 springe out of the erthe. Forsothe God schal not caste a wei 
 
 21 a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men; til 
 thi mouth be fillid with lei5tir, and thi lippis with herlli song. 
 
 22 Thei that haten thee schulen be clothid with schenschip ; and 
 the tabernacle of wickid men schal not stonde. 
 
12 JOB^ IX, 
 
 Cap. IX. 
 
 1, 2 JooB answeride, and seide, Verili Y woot, that it is so, and 
 that a man comparisound to God schal not be maad lust. 
 
 3 If he wole stryue with God, he may not answere to God oon 
 
 4 for a thousynde. He is wiys in herte, and strong in my^t ; 
 
 5 who a5enstood hym, and hadde pees ? Which bar hillis fro 
 o place to anothir, and thei wisten not ; whiche he distriede 
 
 6 in his strong veniaunce. Which stirith the erthe fro his 
 place, and the pilars therof schulen be schakun togidere. 
 
 7 Which comaundith to the sunne, and it risith not ; and he 
 
 8 closith the sterris, as vndur a signet. Which aloone stretchith 
 
 9 forth heuenes, and goith on the wawis of the see. Which 
 makith Ariture, and Orionas, and Hiadas, that is, seuene sier- 
 
 ic ris, and the innere thingis of the south. Which makith grete 
 thingis, and that moun not be sou3t out, and wondurful 
 
 1 1 thingis, of whiche is noon noumbre. If he cometh to me, 
 that is, bi his grace, Y schal not se hym ; if he goith awey, 
 that is, in withdrawynge his grace, Y schal not vndurstonde. 
 
 1 2 If he axith sodeynli, who schal answere to hym ? ethir who 
 
 13 may seie to hym, Whi doist thou so } God is he, whos 
 wraththe no man may withstonde ; and vndur whom thei ben 
 
 i4bowid, that beren the world. Hou greet am Y, that Y 
 
 15 answere to hym, and speke bi my wordis with hym? Which 
 also schal not answere, thou5 Y haue ony thing iust ; but Y 
 
 16 schal biseche my iuge. And whanne he hath herd me in- 
 wardli clepynge, Y bileue not, that he hath herd my vois. 
 
 1 7 For in a whirlewynd he schal al to-breke me, and he schal 
 
 18 multiplie my woundis, ^he, without cause. He grauntith not, 
 that my spirit haue reste, and hfe fillith me with bittirnesses. 
 
 19 If sfrengthe is sou3t, he is moost strong ; if equyte of doom 
 o is son^t, no man dar ^elde witnessynge for me. If Y wole 
 
JOB, X. * 13 
 
 make me iust, my mouth schal dampne me ; if Y schal schewe 
 
 21 me innocent, he schal preue me a schrewe. 5he, thou) Y am 
 symple, my soule schal not knowe this same thing ; and it 
 
 22 schal anoye me of my lijf. O thing is, which Y spak, he 
 schal waste bi deth also the innocent and wickid man. If he 
 
 23 betith, sle he onys, and lei^e he not of the peynes of innocent 
 
 24 men. The erthe is ^ouun in to the hondis of the wickid ; he 
 hilith the face of iugis ; that if he is not, who therfor is } 
 
 25 Mi dales weren swiftere than a corour ; thei fledden, and sien 
 
 26 not good. Thei passiden as schippis berynge applis, as an 
 2 7egle fleynge to mete. Whanne Y seie, Y schal not speke 
 
 so ; Y chaunge my face, and Y am turmentid with sorewe. 
 
 28 Y drede alle my werkis, witynge that thou woldist not spare 
 
 29 the trespassour. Sotheli if Y am also thus wickid, whi haue 
 
 30 Y trauelid in veyn } Thou3 Y am waischun as with watris of 
 snow, and thou^ myn hondis schynen as moost cleene, 
 
 3inetheles thou schalt dippe me in filthis, and my clothis, that 
 
 32 is, werkis,, schulen holde me abhomynable. Trewli Y schal 
 not answere a man, which is lijk me; nether that may be 
 
 33 herd euenli with me in doom. Noon is, that may repreue 
 34euer eithir, and sette his hond in bothe. Do he awei his 
 35 5erde fro me, and his drede make not me aferd. Y schal 
 
 speke, and Y schal not drede hym ; for Y may not answere 
 dredynge. 
 
 Cap. X. 
 
 1 Yt anoieth my soule of my lijf; Y schal lete my speche 
 
 2 a5ens me, Y schal speke in the bitternesse of my soule. Y 
 schal seie to God, Nyle thou condempne me ; schewe thou 
 
 3 to me, whi thou demcst me so. Wliether it semeth good to 
 thee, if thou falsli chalcngist and oppressist me, the work of 
 thin hondis ; and if thou helpist the counsel of wickid men ? 
 
 4 Whethir fleischli i3en ben to thee, ethir, as a man seeth, also 
 
14 JOB, X. 
 
 5 thou schalt se ? Whether thi daies ben as the daies of man, 
 
 6 and thi ^eeris ben as mannus tymes ; that thou enquere my 
 
 7 wickidnesse, and enserche my synne? And wite, that Y 
 haue do no wickid thing ; sithen no man is, that may delyuere 
 
 8 fro thin hond ? Thin hondis han maad me, and han formed 
 me al in cumpas ; and thou castist me doun so sodeynli. 
 
 9 Y preye, haue thou mynde, that thou madist me as cley, and 
 
 10 schalt brynge me a^en in to dust. Whether thou hast not 
 mylkid me as mylk, and hast cruddid me togidere as cheese ? 
 
 1 1 Thou clothidist me with skyn and fleisch ; thou hast ioyned 
 
 12 me togidere with boonys and senewis. Thou hast 50ue lijf 
 
 13 and mercy to me, and thi visiting hath kept my spirit. Thou5 
 thou helist these thingis in thin herte, netheles Y woot, that 
 
 14 thou hast mynde of alle thingis. If Y dide synne, and thou 
 sparidist me at an our ; whi suffrist thou not me to be cleene 
 
 15 of my wickidnesse ? And if Y was wickid, wo is to me ; and 
 if Y was iust, Y fillid with turment and wretchidnesse schal 
 
 16 not reise the heed. And if Y reise the heed for pride, thou 
 schalt take me as a lionesse; and thou turnest a^en, and 
 
 lyturmentist me wondirli. Thou gaderist in store thi witnessis 
 a5ens me, and thou multipliest thin yre, that is, veniatince, 
 
 1 8 a5ens me ; and peynes holden kny5thod in me. Whi hast 
 thou led me out of the wombe .? And Y wolde, that Y were 
 
 19 wastid, lest an i3e schulde se me. That Y hadde be, as if Y 
 were not, and were translatid, ethir borun ouer, fro the wombe 
 
 20 to the sepulcre. Whether the fewnesse of my daies schal not 
 be endid in schort .? Therfor sufifre thou me, that Y biweile 
 
 21a litil my sorewe, bifor that Y go, and turne not a5en, to the 
 derk lond, and hilid with the derknesse of deth, to the lond of 
 
 32 wrecchidnesse and of derknessis ; where is schadewe of deeth, 
 and noon ordre, but euerlastynge hidousnesse dwellith. 
 
JOB, XT. 15 
 
 Cap. XI. 
 
 1 FoRSOTHE Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide, 
 
 2 Whether he, that spekith many thingis, schal not also 
 here ? ether whethir a man ful of wordis schal be maad iust ? 
 
 3 Schulen men be stille to thee aloone ; whanne thou hast 
 scorned othere men, schalt thou not be ouercomun of ony 
 
 4 man ? For thou seidist, My word is cleene, and Y am cleene 
 
 5 in thi si5t. And Y wolde, that God spak with thee, and 
 
 6 openyde hise lippis to thee ; to schewe to thee the priuetees 
 of wisdom, and that his lawe is manyfold, and thou schuldist 
 vndurstonde, that thou art requirid of hym fo pate myche lesse 
 
 7 thingis, than thi wickidnesse disserueth. In hap thou schalt 
 comprehende the steppis of God, and thou schalt fynde 
 
 8 Almy^ti God til to perfeccioun. He is hi3ere than heuene, 
 and what schalt thou do ? he is deppere than helle, and 
 
 9 wherof schalt thou knowe ? His mesure is lengere than 
 
 10 erthe, and brodere than the see. If he distrieth alle thingis, 
 ethir dryueth streidi in to oon, who schal a^enseie hym ? 
 
 1 1 Ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doest thou so ? For he 
 knowith the vanyte of men ; and whether he seynge byholdith 
 
 12 not wickidnesse.'' A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and 
 i3gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse. But 
 
 thou hast maad stidefast thin herte, and hast spred abrood 
 
 14 thin hondis to hym. If thou doest awei fro thee the wickid- 
 nesse, which is in thin hond, and vnrijtfulnesse dwcllith not 
 
 15 in thi tabernacle, thanne thou schalt mowe reise thi face with 
 out wem, and thou schalt be stidefast, and thou schalt not 
 
 i6drede. And thou schali for^ete wretchidnesse, and thou 
 
 1 7 schalt not thenke of i/, as of watris that han passid. And 
 
 as myddai schynynge it schal reise to thee at euentid : and 
 
 whanne thou gessist thee wastid, thou schalt rise vp as the 
 
1 6 JOB, xir. 
 
 1 8 dai-sterre. And thou schalt haue trist, while hope schal be 
 
 19 set forth to thee; and thou biried schalt slepe sikurli. Thou 
 
 schalt reste, and noon schal be that schal make thee aferd ; 
 
 20 and ful many men schulen biseche thi face. But the i3en of 
 
 wickid men schulen faile ; and socour schal perische fro hem, 
 
 and the hope of hem schal be abhominacyioun of soule. 
 
 Cap. XII. 
 
 1, 2 SoTHELi Joob answeride, and seide, Therfor ben 56 men 
 
 3 aloone, that wisdom dwelle with 50U ? And to me is an herte, 
 as and to 30U, and Y am not lowere than ^e ; for who 
 
 4 knowith not these thingis, whiche 5e knowen ? He that is 
 scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and 
 God schal here hym ; for the symplenesse of a iust man is 
 
 5 scorned. A laumpe is dispisid at the thou^tis of riche men, 
 
 6 and /he laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned. The 
 tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, ether ful of goodis ; 
 and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath ^oue 
 
 7 alle thingis in to her hondis. No wondur, ax thou beestis, 
 and tho schulen teche thee ; and axe thou volatilis of the eir, 
 
 8 and tho schulen schewe to thee. Speke thou to the erthe, 
 and it schal answere thee ; and the fischis of the see schulen 
 
 9 telle tho thingis. Who knowith not that the bond of the 
 
 10 Lord made alle these thingis .? In whos bond the soule is of 
 ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, that is, resonahle soule, of 
 
 1 1 ech fleisch of man. Whether the eere demeth not wordis, 
 
 12 and the chekis of the etere de?7ie7i sauour? Wisdom is in 
 
 13 elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme. Wisdom and 
 strengthe is at God; he hath counsel and vndurstondyng. 
 
 1 4 If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a 
 
 15 man, noon is that openith. If he holdith togidere watris, 
 alle thingis schulen be maad drie; if he sendith out tho 
 
JOB, XIII. 17 
 
 i6watris, tho schulen distrie the erthe. Strengthe and wisdom 
 is at God ; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym 
 
 17 that is disseyued. And he bryngith conselours in to a 
 fonned eende, and iugis in to wondryng, ethtr astonying. 
 
 18 He vnbindith the girdil of kyngis, and girdith her reynes 
 
 19 with a coorde. He ledith her prestis with out glorie, and 
 
 20 he disseyueth the principal men, ethir counselours ; and he 
 chaungith the Hppis of sothefast men, and takith awei 
 
 2 1 the doctrine of elde men. He schedith out dispisyng on 
 
 22 princes, and releeueth hem, that weren oppressid. Which 
 schewith depe thingis fro derknessis ; and bryngith forth in 
 
 23 to li5t the schadewe of deeth. Which multipHeth folkis, and 
 leesith hem, and restorith hem destried in to the hool. 
 
 24 Which chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe ; 
 and disseyueth hem, that thei go in veyn out of the weie. 
 
 25 Thei schulen grope, as in derknessis, and not in li^t ; and he 
 schal make hem to erre as drunken men. 
 
 Cap. XIII. 
 
 1 Lo ! myn i3e si^ alle thingis, and myn eere herde ; and Y 
 
 2 vndurstood alle thingis. Euene with 50ure kunnyng also Y 
 
 3 kan, and Y am not lowere than ^e. But nelheles Y schal 
 speke to Almy5ti God, and Y coueite to dispute with God ; 
 
 4 and firste Y schewe 50U makeris of leesyng, and louyeris of 
 
 5 weyward techyngis. And Y wolde that ^e weren stille, that 
 
 6 5e weren gessid to be wise men. Therfor here 36 my chas- 
 
 7 tisyngis ; and perseyue 36 the doom of my lippis. Whether 
 God hath nede to 30ure leesyng, that 36 speke gilis for hym ? 
 
 8 Whether 36 taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God ^ 
 
 9 Ethir it schal plese hym, fro whom no thing mai bo hid } 
 Whether he as a man schal be disseyued with 50ure f\ils- 
 
 lonessis.'' He schal repreue 50U ; for 36 taken his face in 
 
 c 
 
l8 JOB^ XIV. 
 
 iihiddlis. Anoon as he schal stire hym, he schal disturble 
 1250U; and his drede schal falle on 50U. 5oure mynde schal 
 
 be comparisound to aische ; and ^oure nollis schulen be 
 ladryuun in to clei. Be 5e stille a litil, that Y spoke, what 
 i4euer thing the mynde hath schewid to me. Whi to-rende 
 
 Y my fleischis with my teeth, and bere my lijf in myn 
 15 hondis ? 3he, thou5 God sleeth me, Y schal hope in hym ; 
 i6netheles Y schal preue my weies in his si5t. And he schal 
 
 be my sauyour ; for whi ech ypocrite schal not come in his 
 
 1 7 sijt. Here ^e my word, and perseyue ^e with eeris derke 
 
 18 and harde figuratif spechis. Yf Y schal be demed, Y woot 
 
 19 that Y schal be foundun iust. Who is he that is demed with 
 
 20 me ? Come he ; whi am Y stille, and am wastid ? Do thou 
 not to me twei thingis oneli ; and thanne Y schal not be hid 
 
 21 fro thi face. Make thin bond fer fro me; and thi drede 
 
 22 make not me aferd. Clepe thou me, and Y schal answere 
 thee ; ethir certis Y schal speke, and thou schalt answere 
 
 23 me. Hou grete synnes and wickidnessis haue Y .? Schewe 
 
 24 thou to me my felonyes, and trespassis. Whi hidist thou 
 
 25 thi face, and demest me thin enemy .? Thou schewist thi 
 my^t a5ens a leef, which is rauyschid with the wynd ; and 
 
 26 thou pursuest drye stobil. For thou writist bitternessis a^ens 
 me ; and wolt waste me with the synnes of my 3ong wex- 
 
 27 ynge age. Thou hast set my foot in a stok, and thou hast 
 kept alle my pathis ; and thou hast biholde the steppis of 
 
 iS my feet. And Y schal be wastid as rot, and as a cloth, 
 which is etun of a mou^te. 
 
 Cap. XIV. 
 
 i' A MAN IS borun of a womman, and lyueth schort tyme, 
 
 2 and is fillid with many wretchidnessis. Which goith out, 
 
 and is defoulid as a flour ; and fleeth as schadewe, and 
 
JOB, XIV. 19 
 
 3dwellith neuere perfitli in the same staat. And gessist thou 
 it worthi to opene thin i3en on siche a man ; and to brynge 
 
 4 hym in to doom with thee ? Who may make a man clene 
 conseyued of vnclene seed ? Whether not thou, which art 
 
 5 aloone ? The daies of man ben schorte, the noumbre of his 
 monethis is at thee ; thou hast set, ethi'r ordejmed, hise termes, 
 
 6 whiche moun not be passid. Therfor go thou awey fro hym 
 a litil, that is, by withdrawyng ofhodili Iijf, that he haue reste ; 
 til the meede coueitid come, and his dai is as the dai of an 
 
 7 hirid man. A tree hath hope, if it is kit doun ; and eft it wexith 
 
 8 greene, and hise braunches spreden forth. If the roote therof 
 is eeld in the erthe, and the stok therof is ny5 deed in dust ; 
 
 9 it schal buriowne at the odour of watir, and it schal make 
 loheer, as whanne it was plauntid first. But whanne a man is 
 
 deed, and maad nakid, and wastid ; Y preye, where is he .? 
 
 1 1 As if watris goen awei fro the see, and a ryuer maad voide 
 
 12 wexe drie, so a man, whanne he hath slept, that is, deed, he 
 schal not rise a^en, til heuene be brokun, that is, he maad 
 7ird)e ; he schal not wake, nether he schal ryse togidere fro 
 
 13 his sleep. Who 5iueth this to me, that thou defende me in 
 helle, and that thou hide me, til thi greet veniaunce passe ; 
 and thou sette to me a tyme, in which thou haue mynde on 
 
 14 me? Gessist thou, whethir a deed man schal lyue a5en .? 
 In alle the daies, in whiche Y holde kny^thod, now Y abide, 
 
 15 til my chaungyng come. Thou schalt clepe me, and Y schal 
 answere thee ; thou schalt dresse the ri5t half, that is, btis, to 
 
 16 the werk of thin hondis. Sotheli thou hast noumbrid my 
 
 17 steppis ; but spare thou my synnes. Thou hast seelid as in 
 a bagge my trespassis, but thou hast curid my wickidnesse. 
 
 18 An hil fallynge droppith doun, and a rooche of stoon is 
 i9borun ouer fro his place. Watris maken stoonys holowe, 
 
 and the erthe is wastid litil and litil bi waischyng awey of 
 watir; and therfor thou schalt leese men in lijk maner. 
 
 c 2 
 
20 * JOB, XV. 
 
 20 Thou madist a man strong a litil, that he schulde passe with 
 outen ende ; thou schalt chaunge his face, and schalt sende 
 
 21 hym out. Whether hise sones ben noble, ether vnnoble, 
 2 2 he schal not vndurstonde. Netheles his fleisch, while he 
 
 lyueth, schal haue sorewe, and his soule schal morne on hym 
 silf. 
 
 Cap. XV. 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE EHphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, Whe- 
 ther a wise man schal answere, as spekynge a^ens the wynd, 
 
 3 and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, //la/ is, ire ? For 
 thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and 
 
 4 thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee. As myche as is 
 in thee, thou hast avoidid drede ; and thou hast take awey 
 
 5 preyeris bifor God. For wickidnesse hath tau^t thi mouth, 
 
 6 and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris. Thi tunge, and 
 not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere 
 
 7 thee. Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed 
 
 8 bifor alle little hilHs ? Whether thou herdist the counsel of 
 
 9 God, and his wisdom is lower than thou .? What thing 
 knowist thou, whiche we knowen not ? What thing vndur- 
 
 10 stondist thou, whiche we witen not 1 Bothe wise men and 
 
 11 elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs. W^hether 
 it is greet, that God coumforte thee ? But thi schrewid 
 
 12 wordis forbeden this. What reisith thin herte thee, and thou 
 
 13 as thenkynge grete thingis hast i5en astonyed? What boln- 
 eth thi spirit a3ens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth 
 
 14 siche wordis .'' What is a man, that he be with out wem, 
 
 15 and that he borun of a womman appere iust.? Lo !*noon 
 among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not 
 
 i6cleene in his si5t. How myche more a man abhomynable 
 
 1 7 and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water .? I schal 
 
 schewe to thee, here thou me ; Y schal telle to thee that. 
 
JOB, XV. 21 
 
 18 that Y si3. Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris. 
 
 19 To whiche aloone the erthe is 30uun, and an alien schal not 
 
 20 passe bi hem. A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; 
 and the noumbre of hise ^eeris and of his tirauntrie is vncer- 
 
 2iteyn. The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne 
 22 pees is, he supposith euere tresouns. He bileueth not that 
 
 he may turne a^en fro derknessis to li^t; and biholdith 
 2 3aboute on ech side a swerd. Whanne he stirith hym to seke 
 
 breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in 
 
 24 his hond. Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and an- 
 gwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to 
 
 25 batel. For he helde forth his hond a^ens God, and he was 
 
 26 maad strong a5ens Almy^ti God. He ran with neck reisid 
 
 27 a3ens God, and he was armed with fat nol. Fatnesse, that is, 
 pride corny ng forth of temporal aboujidaunce, hilide his face, 
 that is, the knowyng of vndurstondyng, and outward fatnesse 
 
 28 hangith doun of hi^ sidis. He schal dwelle in desolat citees, 
 and in deseert, ethir foisakim, housis, that ben turned in to 
 
 29 biriels. He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal 
 dwelle stidefastli ; nether he schal sende his roote in the 
 
 30 erthe, nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawme schal 
 make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi 
 
 3 1 the spirit of his mouth. Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi 
 
 32 errour, that he schal be a3enbou5t bi ony prijs. Bifor that 
 hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis 
 
 33 schulen wexe drye ; he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste 
 flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his 
 
 34 flour. For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, 
 and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken 
 
 35 jiftis wilfuli. He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickid- 
 nesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcherics. 
 
23 JOB, XV L 
 
 Cap. XVI. 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE Joob answeride, and seide, Y herde ofte siche 
 
 3 thingis ; alle 56 ben heuy coumfortouris. Whether wordis 
 ful of wynd schulen haue an ende } ether ony thing is 
 
 4 diseseful to thee, if thou spekist .? Also Y my^te speke 
 thingis lijk to 30U, and Y wolde, that ^oure soule were for 
 
 5 my soule ; and Y wolde coumfort 50U by wordis, and Y 
 
 6 wolde moue myn heed on 30U ; Y wolde make 50U stronge 
 bi my mouth, and V wolde moue lippis as sparynge 30U. 
 
 7 But what schal Y do ? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not ; 
 
 8 and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me. But now my 
 sorewe hath oppressid me, and alle my lymes ben dryuun 
 
 9 in to nou5t. My ryuelyngis seien witnessyng a3ens me, and 
 a fals spekere is reisid a3ens my face, and a^enseith me. 
 
 10 He gaderide togidere his woodnesse in' me, and he ma- 
 
 naasside me, and gnastide a^ens me with his teeth ; myn 
 I r enemye bihelde me with ferdful i^en. Thei openyden her 
 
 mouthis on me, and thei seiden schenschip, and smytiden 
 1 2 my cheke; and thei ben fillid with my peynes. God hath 
 
 closid me togidere at the wickid, and hath 30ue me to the 
 i3hondis of wickid men. Y thilke riche man and famouse 
 
 sum tyme, am al to-brokun sudeynli ; he helde my nol ; 
 
 14 he hath broke me, and hath set me as in to a signe. He 
 hath cumpasside me with hise speris, he woundide togidere 
 my leendis; he sparide not, and schedde out myn entrails 
 
 15 in to the erthe. He beet me with wounde on wounde ; 
 
 16 he as a giaunt felde in on me. Y sewide togidere a sak 
 
 17 on my skyn ; and Y hihde my fleisch with aische. My 
 face bolnyde of wepynge, and myn i3eliddis wexiden derke. 
 
 18 Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, 
 
 19 that is, werk, whanne Y hadde cleene preieiis to God. Erthe, 
 
JOB, XVI L 23 
 
 hile thou not my blood, and my cry fynde not in thee a 
 
 20 place of hidyng. For, lo I my witnesse is in heuene ; and 
 
 2 1 the knowere of my conscience is in hi^e places. A ! my 
 2 2frendis, ful of wordis, myn i^e droppith to God. And Y 
 
 wolde, that a man were demed so with God, as the sone 
 23 of man is -demed with his felowe. For lo ! schorte 3eeris 
 passen, and Y go a path, bi which Y schal not turne a^en. 
 
 Cap. XVII. 
 
 1 Mi spirit schal be maad feble ; my daies schulen be maad 
 
 2 schort, and oneli the sepulcre is left to me. Y have not 
 
 3 synned, and myn i3e dwellith in bittirnessis. Lord, delyuere 
 thou me, and sette thou me bisidis thee ; and the hond of 
 
 4 ech fi^te a5ens me. Thou hast maad the herte of hem fer 
 fro doctryn, ethir knowyng of treuthe ; therfor thei schulen 
 
 5 not be enhaunsid. He bihetith prey to felowis, and the 
 6i5en of hise sones schulen faile. He hath set as in to a 
 
 prouerbe of the comyn puple, and his saumple bifor hem. 
 
 7 Myn i3e dasewide at indignacioun ; and my membris ben 
 
 8 dryuun as in to nou^t. lust men schulen wondre on this 
 thing ; and an innocent schal be reisid a3ens an ypocrite. 
 
 9 And a iust man schal holde his weie, and he schal adde 
 
 10 strengthe to clene hondis. Therfor alle 3e be conuertid, 
 and come 3e ; and Y schal not fynde in 50U ony wiys man. 
 
 1 1 My daies ben passid ; my thou5tis ben scaterid, turment- 
 
 12 ynge myn herte. Tho han turned the ny3t in to day ; and 
 
 13 eft aftir derknessis hope li3t. If Y susteyne, ether siiffre 
 pacientli, helle is myn hous ; and Y haue arayede my bed 
 
 14 in derknessis. Y seide to rot, Thou art my fadur ; and 
 
 15 to wormes, 3^ ^^f'^ rny modir and^my sister. Therfor where 
 
 16 is now myn abidyng? and who biholdilh my pacience? Alle 
 my thingis schulen go doun in to deppcste helle; gessist 
 thou, whether reste schal be to me, nameli there. 
 
24 JOB, XVIJL 
 
 Cap. XVIII. 
 
 1,2 FoRSOTHE Baldach Suythes answeride, and seide, Til to 
 
 what ende schalt thou booste with wordis.'* Vndurstonde 
 
 5, thou first, and so speke we. Whi ben we arettid as beestis, 
 
 4 and han we be foule bifor thee .? What leesist thou thi soule 
 in thi woodnes ? Whether the erthe schal be forsakun for 
 thee, and hard stoonys schulen be borun ouer fro her place .? 
 
 5 Whethir the li5t of a wickid man schal not be quenchid ; 
 
 6 and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne ? Li3t schal 
 wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is 
 
 7 on hym, schal be quenchid. The steppis of his vertu 
 schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym 
 
 8 doun. For he hath sent hise feet in to a net ; and he 
 9goith in the meschis thereof His foot schal be holdun 
 
 lo with a snare ; and thirst schal brenne out a^ens hym. The 
 foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare on 
 lithe path. Dredis schulen make hym aferd on ech side, 
 1 2 and schulen biwlappe hise feet. His strengthe be maad 
 i3feble bi hungur ; and pouert asaile hise ribbis. Deuoure 
 it the fairnesse of his skyn ; the firste gendrid deth waste 
 14 hise armes. His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; 
 
 15 and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede on hym. The 
 felowis of hym that is not, dwelle in his tabernacle ; brymston 
 
 16 be spreynt in his tabernacle. The rootis of hym be maad 
 drie bynethe; sotheli his ripe corn be al to-brokun aboue. 
 
 1 7 His mynde perische fro the erthe ; and his name be not 
 
 1 8 maad solempne in stretis. He schal put hym out fro li3t 
 in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer fro the 
 
 19 world. Nethir his seed nether kynrede schal be in his 
 2opuple, nether ony rehfs in hise cuntreis. The laste men 
 
 schulen wondre in hise dales ; and hidousnesse schal asaile 
 
JOB, XIX, 25 
 
 21 the firste men. Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a 
 wickid man f and this is the place of hym, that knowith 
 not God. 
 
 Cap. XIX. 
 
 1, 2 FoRsoTHE Joob answeride, and seide, Hou long turmente 
 3 5e my soule, and al to-breken me with wordis ? Lo ! ten 
 
 sithis 5e schenden me, and 5e ben not aschamed, oppres- 
 4synge me. Forsothe and if Y koude not, myn vnkynnyng 
 5 schal be with me. And ^e ben reisid a^ens me, and re- 
 6preuen me with my schenschipis. Nameli now vndurstonde 
 
 56, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doom, and 
 
 7 hath cumpassid me with hise betyngis. Lo ! Y suffrynge 
 violence schal crye, and no man schal here ; Y schal crye 
 
 8 loude, and noon is that demeth. He bisette aboute my 
 path, and Y may not go ; and he settide derknessis in my 
 
 9weie. He hath spuyHd me of my glorye, and hath take 
 
 10 awey the coroun fro myn heed. He hath distried me on 
 ech side, and Y perischide ; and he hath take awei myn 
 
 1 1 hope, as fro a tree pullid vp bi the roote. His stronge 
 veniaunce was wrooth a5ens me ; and he hadde me so as 
 
 12 his enemye. Hise theues camen togidere, and maden to 
 hem a wei bi me ; and bisegiden my tabernacle in cumpas. 
 
 i.s He made fer my brithcren fro me ; and my knowun as 
 1 4 aliens 3eden awei fro me. INIy nei^boris forsoken me; and 
 
 15 thei that knewen me han for^ete me. The tenauntis of myn 
 hows, and myn handmaydis hadden me as a straunger ; and 
 
 16 Y was as a pilgrym bifor her i3en, Y clepide my seruaunt, 
 and he answeride not to me ; with myn owne mouth Y 
 
 i7preiede hym. My wijf wlatide my breelh; and Y preiede 
 
 18 the sones of my wombe. Also foolis dispisiden me; and 
 whanne Y was goon awei fro hem, thei bacbitiden mc. 
 
 19 Thei, that weren my counselouris sum tyme, hadden ab- 
 
2,6 JOB, XX. 
 
 homynacioun of me ; and he, whom Y louede moost, was 
 
 20 aduersarie to me. Whanne fleischis weren wastid, my boon 
 cleuyde to my skyn; and oneli lippis ben left aboute my 
 
 21 teeth. Haue ^e merci on me, haue 56 merci on me, nameh, 
 56 my frendis; for the bond of the Lord hath touchid me. 
 
 22 Whi pursuen ^e me, as God pursiieih ; and ben fiUid with 
 
 23 my fleischis .? Who ^yueth to me, that my wordis be writun I 
 
 24 Who 5yueth to me, that tho be writun in a book with an 
 yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed ; ethir with a chisel 
 
 25 be grauun in a flynt ? For Y woot, that myn a3enbiere 
 
 26 lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe ; and 
 eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fieisch 
 
 27 Y schal se God, my sauyour. Whom Y my silf schal se, 
 and myn i^en schulen biholde, and not an other man. This 
 
 28 myn hope is kept in my bosum. Whi therfor seien 5e now, 
 Pursue we hym, and fynde we the roote of a word a^ens 
 
 29 hym .? Therfor fle ^e fro the face of the swerd ; for the 
 swerd is the vengere of wickidnessis, and wite ^e, that doom 
 schal be. 
 
 Cap. XX. 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide, Ther- 
 for my thou^tis dyuerse comen oon aftir anothir; and the 
 
 3mynde is rauyischid in to dyuerse thingis. Y schal here 
 the techyng, bi which thou repreuest me ; and the spirit 
 
 4 of myn vndurstondyng schal answere me. Y woot this fro 
 
 5 the bigynnyng, sithen man was set on erthe, that the preis- 
 yng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite 
 
 6 is at the Kcnesse of a poynt. Thou3 his pride stieth in to 
 
 7 heuene, and his heed touchith the cloudis, he schal be lost 
 in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen 
 
 8 seie, Where is he ? As a dreem fleynge awei he schal not 
 
 9 be foundun ; he schal passe as a ny5tis si3t. The i5e that 
 
JOB, XX. 27 
 
 815 hym schal not se ; and his place schal no more biholde 
 10 him. Hise sones schulen be al lo-brokun with nedynesse; 
 J I and hise hondis schulen 5elde to hym his sorewe. Hise 
 
 boonys schulen be fillid with the vices of his 3ong wexynge 
 
 1 2 age ; and schulen slepe with hym in dust. For whanne yuel 
 
 13 was swete in his mouth, he hidde it vndur his tunge. He 
 schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in 
 
 14 his throte. His b reed in his wombe schal be tu rned in to 
 i5galle of snakis withynne. He schal spue out the richessis, 
 
 whiche he deuouride ; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis 
 16 out of his wombe. He schal souke the heed of snakis; 
 
 17 and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym. Se he not the 
 stremys of the flood of the stronde, of hony, and of botere. 
 
 18 He schal suffre peyne for alle thingis whiche he hath do, 
 netheles he schal not be wastid; aftir the multitude of his 
 
 19 fyndyngis, so and he schal suffre. For he brake, and made 
 nakid the hows of a pore man ; he rauyschide, and bildide 
 
 20 it not. And his wombe was not fillid ; and whanne he hath 
 
 2 1 that, that he couetide, he may not holde in possessioun. No 
 thing lefte of his mete ; and therfor no thing schal dwelle 
 
 22 of his goodis. Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad streit; 
 he schal be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym. 
 
 23 Y wolde, that his wembe be fillid, that he sende out in to 
 hym the ire of his strong veniaunce, and reyne his batel 
 
 24 on hym. He schal fle yrun armuris, and he schal falle in 
 
 25 to a brasun boowe. Led out, and goynge out of his schethe, 
 and schynynge, efher smytinge with kit, in to his bittirnesse ; 
 
 id ou\h\t fendis schulen go, and schulen come on hym. Alle 
 derknessis ben hid in hise priuytees ; fier, which is not 
 teendid, schal deuoure hym ; he schal be turmentid left in 
 
 27 his tabernacle. Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidncsse ; 
 
 28 and erihe schal rise togidere a^ens hym. The seed of his 
 hows schal be opyn ; il schal be drawun doun in ihc dai 
 
28 JOB, XXI. 
 
 '29 of the strong veniaunce of the Lord. This is the part of 
 a wickid man, wki'ck part is ^omm of God, and the eritage 
 of hise wordis of the Lord. 
 
 Cap. XXL 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE Joob answeride, and seide, Y preye, here ^e 
 
 3 my wordis, and do 56 penaunce. Sufifre 5e me, that Y 
 speke ; and lei5e ^e aftir my wordis, if it schal seme worthi. 
 
 4 Whether my disputyng is a3ens man, that skilfuli Y owe 
 
 5 not to be sori ? Perseyue ^e me, and be ^e astonyed ; and 
 
 6 sette 5e fyngur on ^oure mouth. And whanne Y bithenke, 
 
 7 Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch. Whi therfor 
 lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid 
 
 8 with richessis. Her seed dwellith bifor hem ; the cumpeny 
 of kynesmen, and of sones of sones dwellith in her si3t. 
 
 9 Her housis ben sikur, and pesible ; and the ^erde of God 
 
 10 is not on hem. Tiie cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede 
 not a deed calf ; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir 
 
 1 1 calf. Her litle children goen out as flockis ; and her ^onge 
 
 1 2 children maken fulli ioye with pleies. Thei holden tympan, 
 
 13 and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun. Thei leden 
 in goodis her dales; and in a point thei goen doun to 
 
 14 hellis. Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us ; 
 
 15 we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies. Who is Almi^ti 
 God, that we serue him ? and what profitith it to vs, if 
 
 16 we preien him? Netheles for her goodis ben not in her 
 
 hond, thai is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer 
 17 fro me. Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be 
 
 quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal 
 iSdeparte the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce? Thei schulen 
 
 be as chaffis bifor the face of the wynd ; and as a deed 
 19 sparcle, whiche the whirlewynd scaterith abrood. God schal 
 
 kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones ; and whanne he 
 
JOB, XXII. 29 
 
 20 hath 5oldun, thanne he schal wite. Hise 13011 schulen se 
 her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce 
 
 2 1 of Almy5ti God. For whi what perteyneth it to hym of 
 his hows aftir hym, thou3 the noumbre of his monethis 
 
 22 be half takun awey? Whether ony man schal teche God 
 
 23 kunnyng, which demeth hem that ben hi3e ? This yiicl man 
 dieth strong and hool, riche and blessful, ihat is, viyrie. 
 
 24 Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse ; and hise boonys ben 
 
 25 moistid with merowis. Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth 
 in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis. 
 
 26 And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes 
 
 27 schulen hile hem. Certis Y knowe 30ure wickid thou5tis, 
 
 28 and sentensis a3ens me. For ^e seien, Where is the hows 
 of the prince } and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid 
 
 29 men ? Axe 3e ech of the weie-goeris ; and 30 schulen 
 
 30 knowe, that he vndurstondith these same thingis, that an 
 yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, and 
 
 3 1 schal be led to the dai of woodnesse. Who schal repreue 
 hise weies bifor hym.? and who schal 5elde to hym tho 
 
 32 thingis, whiche he hath doon .? Fie schal be led to the 
 sepulcris ; and he schal wake in the beep of deed men. 
 
 Z-^ He was swete to the stoonys, ether filthis, of helle ; and 
 drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable men bifor 
 
 34 him. Hou therfor coumforten 30 me in veyn, sithen 30ure 
 answeris ben schewid to repugne to treuthe "^ 
 
 Cap. XXII. 
 
 1 FoRSOTHE Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide, 
 
 2 Whether a man, 3he, whanne he is of perfit kunnyng, mai 
 3 be comparisound to God? What profitith it to God, if 
 
 thou art iust? ethir what schalt thou 3yuc to hym, if tlii 
 4lijf is without wcm .? Whether he schal drede, and schal 
 
30 JOB, XXII. 
 
 5 repreue thee, and schal come with thee in . to doom, and 
 not for thi ful myche malice, and thi wickidnessis with out 
 
 6 noumbre, these peynes bifelden iiistli to thee ? For thou hast 
 take awei with out cause the wed of thi britheren ; and 
 
 7 hast spuylid nakid men of clothis. Thou 5auest not watir 
 to the feynt man; and thou withdrowist breed fro the 
 
 Shungri man. In the strengthe of thin arm thou haddist 
 
 the lond in possessioun; and thou moost my^ti heldist it. 
 
 9 Thou leftist widewis voide ; and al to-brakist the schuldris 
 
 10 of fadirles children. Therfor thou art cumpassid with snaris ; 
 
 11 and sodeyn drede disturblith thee. And thou gessidist, that 
 thou schuldist not se derknessis ; and that thou schuldist 
 not be oppressid with the fersnesse of watris flowyng. 
 
 1 2 Whether thou thenkist, that God is hi^ere than heuene, 
 
 13 and is enhaunsid aboue the coppe of sterris? And thou 
 seist, What sotheli knowith God.? and, He demeth as bi 
 
 i4derknesse. A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith 
 
 not oure thingis, and he goith aboute the herris of heuene. 
 
 15 Whether thou coueitist to kepe the path of worldis, which 
 
 i6wickid men han ofte go.? Whiche weren takun awei bifor 
 
 her tyme, and the flood distriede the foundement of hem. 
 
 1 7 Whiche seiden to God, Go thou awei fro vs ; and as if 
 
 18 Almy5ti God may do no thing, thei gessiden hym, whanne 
 he hadde fillid her housis with goodis ; the sentence of 
 
 19 whiche men be fer fro me. lust men schulen se, and schulen 
 
 20 be glad ; and an innocent man schal scorne hem. Whether 
 the reisyng of hem is not kit doun, and fier schal deuoure 
 
 21 the relifs of hem.? Therfor assente thou to God, and haue 
 thou pees ; and bi these thingis thou schalt haue best fruytis. 
 
 22 Take thou the lawe of his mouth, and sette thou hise wordis 
 
 23 in thin herte. If thou turnest a5en to Almy^ti God, thou 
 schalt be bildid; and thou schalt make wickidnesse fer fro 
 
 24 thi tabernacle. He schal ^yue a flynt for erthe, and goldun 
 
JOB, XXIII, 31 
 
 25 strondis for a flynt. And Almy3ti God schal be a5ens thin 
 enemyes; and siluer schal be gaderid togidere to thee. 
 
 26Thanne on Ahny^ti God thou schalt fiowe with delicis ; 
 
 27 and thou schalt reise thi face to God. Thou schalt preye 
 hym, and he schal here thee ; and thou schalt ^elde thi 
 
 2S vowis. Thou schalt deme a thing, and it schal come to 
 
 29 thee ; and ly^t schal schyne in thi weies. For he that is 
 mekid, schal be in glorie ; and he that bowith doun hise 
 
 30 i^en, schal be saued. An innocent schal be saued ; sotheli 
 he schal be saued in the clennesse of hise hondis. 
 
 Cap. XXIII. 
 
 1, 2 Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide, Now also my word 
 is in bitternesse, and the hond of my wounde is agreggid 
 
 3 on my weilyng. Who 5yueth to me, that Y knowe, and 
 
 4 fynde hym, and come til to his trone ? Y schal sette doom 
 bifor hym, and Y schal fille my mouth with blamyngis; 
 
 5 that Y kunne the wordis, which he schal answere to me, 
 
 6 and that Y vnderstonde, what he schal speke to me. Y nyle, 
 that he stryue with me bi greet strengthe, nether oppresse 
 
 7 me with the heuynesse of his greetnesse. Sette he forth 
 equite a5ens me, and my doom come perfitli to victorie. 
 
 8 If Y go to the eest, God apperith not ; if F go to the west, 
 
 9 Y schal not vndurstonde hym ; if V go to the left side, what 
 schal Y do ? Y schal not take hym ; if Y turne me to the 
 
 lori^t side, Y schal not se hym. But he knowith my weie, 
 and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorou^ fier. 
 
 1 1 My foot suede hise steppis ; Y kepte his weie, and Y bowide 
 
 1 2 not awey fro it. Y ^ede not awei fro the comaundementis 
 of hise lippis ; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his 
 
 13 mouth. For he is aloone, and no man may turnc awci hise 
 thoujtis; and what euer thing he wolde, his wille dide this 
 
32 JOB^ XXIV. 
 
 1 4 thing. Whanne he hath fillid his wille in me, also many 
 
 15 othere lijk thingis ben redi to hym. And therfor Y am dis- 
 tm-blid of his face, and Y biholdynge hym am anguyschid 
 
 16 for drede. God hath maad neische myn herte, and AImy5ti 
 ] 7 God hath disturblid me. For Y* perischide not for derk- 
 
 nessis nei3ynge ; nethir myist hilide my face. 
 
 Cap. XXIV. 
 
 1 Tymes ben not hid fro Almy3ti God ; sotheli thei that knowen 
 
 2 hym, knowen not hise daies. Othere men turneden ouer 
 the termes 0/ nei-^borts eriiage, thei token awei flockis, and 
 
 3 fedden tho. Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse chil- 
 
 4 dren, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed. Thei 
 distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden to- 
 
 5 gidere the mylde riien of erthe. Othere men as wielde assis 
 in deseert goon out to her werk ; and thei waken to prey, 
 
 6 and bifor m.aken redy breed to her children. Thei kitten 
 doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his 
 
 7 vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence. Thei leeuen 
 men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is 
 
 8 noon hiling in coold ; whiche 7nen the reynes of munteyns 
 weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys. 
 
 9 Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles 
 children ; and thei spuyliden, ether robbiden, the comynte of 
 
 10 pore men. Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, 
 
 11 and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men. Thei 
 weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that 
 
 i2thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun. Thei maden men 
 of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen 
 crye ; and God suflfrith it not to go aw€i vnpunyschid. 
 
 13 Thei weren rebel to li5t ; thei knewen not the weyes therof, 
 
 14 nether thei turneden a5en bi the pathis therof. A mansleere 
 
JOB, XXV. 33 
 
 risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man, and a pore man ; 
 15 sotheli bi ny5t he schal be as a ny5t theef. The i^e of 
 
 avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An y-^Q schal not se 
 16 me; and he schal hile his face. Thei mynen housis in 
 
 derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai ; 
 17 and thei knewen not li3t. If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, 
 
 thei demen the schadewe of deth ; and so thei goon in derk- 
 iSnessis as in li^t. He is vnstablere than the face of the 
 
 water; his part in erthe be cursid, and go he not bi the 
 
 19 weie of vyneris. Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris 
 
 20 of snowis, and the synne of hym til to hellis. Merci for3ete 
 hym ; his swetnesse be a worm ; be he not in mynde, but 
 
 21 be he al to-brokun as a tre vnfruytful. For he fedde the 
 bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to 
 
 22thewidewe. He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; 
 
 and whanne he stondith i7i greet state, he schal not bileue 
 23 to his lijf. God 5af to hym place of penaunce, and he 
 
 mysusith that in to pride ; for the i5en of God ben in the 
 24weies of that man. Thei ben reisid at a litil, and thei 
 
 schulen not stonde ; and thei schulen be maad low as alle 
 
 thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hy3- 
 25 nessis of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun. That 
 
 if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte 
 
 my wordis bifor God ^. 
 
 Cap. XXV. 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE Baldach Suytes answeride, and seide, Power and 
 drede is anentis hym, that is, God, that makith acordyng in 
 
 3 hise hi^e thingis. Whether noumbre is of hise kny5tis ? and 
 
 4 on whom schyneth not his 1:5'..'' Whether a man compari- 
 sound to God mai be iustified, etlier borun of a womman 
 
 5 mai appere clecne.^ Lo ! also the moone schyneth not, and 
 
 D 
 
34 JOB, XXVI, XXVII. 
 
 6 sterris ben not cleene in his si5t ; hou miche more a man 
 rot, and the sone of a man a worm, is vncleene and vile, if 
 he is comparisoimd to God. 
 
 Cap. XXVI. 
 
 I, 2 FoRSOTHE Joob answeode, and seide, Whos helpere art 
 thou .? whether of the feble, and susteyneste the arm of hym, 
 
 3 which is not strong .? To whom hast thou 5oue counsel ? 
 In hap to hym that hath not wisdom ; and thou hast schewid 
 
 4ful myche prudence. Ether whom woldist thou teche? 
 
 5 whether not hym, that made brething } Lo ! giauntis weilen 
 
 6vnder watris, and thei that dwellen with hem. Helle is 
 
 7 nakid bifor hym, and noon hilyng is to perdicioun. Which 
 God stretchith forth the north on voide thing, and hangith 
 
 8 the erthe on nou5t. Which God byndith watris in her 
 
 9 cloudis, that tho breke not out togidere dounward. Whych 
 God holdith the cheer of his seete, and spredith abrood 
 
 lotheron his cloude. He hath cumpassid a terme to watris, 
 1 1 til that li^t and derknessis be endid. The pilers of heuene 
 i2tremblen, and dreden at his wille. In the strengthe of hym 
 
 the sees weren gaderid togidere sudeynly, and his prudence 
 i3smoot the proude. His spiryt ournede heuenes, and the 
 
 crokid serpent was led out bi his bond, ledynge out 
 1 4 as a mydwijf ledith out a child. Lo ! these thingis ben 
 
 seid in partie of hise weyes ; and whanne we han herd 
 
 vnnethis a litil drope of his word, who may se the thundur 
 
 of his greetnesse '^. 
 
 Cap. .XXVII. 
 
 I, 2 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide, God 
 lyueth, that hath take awey my doom, and Almy3ti God, 
 
JOB^ XXVII. 35 
 
 3 that hath brou^t my soule to bitternesse. For as long as 
 
 4breeth is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose-thidis, 
 
 my Hppis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge 
 
 5 schal thenke a leesyng. Fer be it fro me, that Y deme 30U 
 iust; til Y faile, Y schal not go awei fro myn innocence. 
 
 6 Y schal not forsake my iustifiyng, M-hich Y bigan to holde ; 
 
 7 for myn herte repreueth me not in al my lijf. As my wickid 
 
 8 enemy doth ; myn aduersarie is as wickid. For what is the 
 hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God de- 
 
 9 lyuerith not his soule ? Whether God schal here the cry of 
 lohym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym? ether whether 
 
 he may delite in Almy^ti God, and inwardli clepe God in 
 1 1 al tyme ? Y schal teche 50U bi the hond of God, what 
 i2thingis Almy^ti God hath ; and Y schal not hide. Lo ! alle 
 
 36 knowen, and what speken ^e veyn thingis with out cause .? 
 
 13 This is the part of a wickid man anends God, and the 
 eritage of violent men, ether rauenotirs^ whiche thei schulen 
 
 14 take of Almy3ti God. If hise children ben muldplied, thei 
 schulen be slayn in swerd; and hise sones sones schulen 
 
 15 not be fillid with breed. Thei, that ben residue of hym, 
 schulen be biried in perischyng ; and the widewis of hym 
 
 16 schulen not wepe. If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, 
 
 1 7 and makith redi clothis as cley; sotheli he made redi, but 
 a iust man schal be clothid in tho, and an innocent man 
 
 18 schal departe the siluer. As a mou3te he hath bildid his 
 
 19 hous, and as a kepere he made a schadewyng place. A 
 riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing widi 
 hym ; he schal opene hise i3en, and he schal fynde no thing. 
 
 2oPouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal op- 
 21 presse hym in the ny3t. Brennynge wynd schal take hym, 
 and schal do awei ; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche 
 22hym fro his place. He schal sonde out iunmnlis on hym, 
 23 and schal not spare; he fleynge schal fle fro his hond. lie 
 
 D 2 
 
^6 JOB, XXVIII. 
 
 schal streyne hise hondis on him, and he schal hisse on 
 hym, and schal biholde his place. 
 
 Cap. XXVIII. 
 
 1 SiLUER hath bigynnyngis of his veynes ; and a place is to 
 
 2 gold, in which it is wellid togidere. Irun is takun fro erthe, 
 and a stoon resolued, elhir 7?iellid, bi heete, is turned in to 
 
 3 money. God hath set tyme to derknessis, and he biholdith 
 
 4 the ende of alle thingis. Also a stronde departith a stoon of 
 derknesse, and the schadewe of deth, fro the puple goynge 
 in pilgrymage ; // departith tho hillis, whiche the foot of a 
 
 5 nedi man for5at, and hillis with out weie. The erthe, wher- 
 
 6 of breed cam forth in his place, is destried bi fier. The 
 place of saphir ben stoonys therof, and the clottis therof ben 
 
 7 gold. A brid knewe not the weie, and the i^e of a vultur, 
 
 8 ethir rauenouse brid, bihelde it not. The sones of marchauntis 
 
 9 tretiden not on it, and a lyonesse passide not therbi. God 
 stretchide forth his bond to a flynt; he distriede hiUis fro 
 
 lothe rootis. He hewide doun ryuers in stoonys; and his i3e 
 
 1 1 si^ al precious thing. And he sou5te out the depthis of 
 
 i2floodis; and he brou5te forth hid thingis in to li^t. But 
 
 where is wisdom foundun, and which is the place of vndur- 
 
 13 stondyng .? A man noot the prijs therof, nether it is foundun 
 
 14 in the lond of men lyuynge swetli, ether deticatli. The depthe 
 of watris seith. It is not in me ; and the see spekith, It is not 
 
 1 5 with me. Gold ful cleene schal not be ^ouun for wisdom, 
 
 16 nether siluer schal be weied in the chaungyng therof. It 
 schal not be comparysound to the died colours of lynde, not 
 to the moost preciouse stoon of sardius, nether to saphir. 
 
 17 Nether gold, nether glas schal be maad euene worth therto ; 
 
 18 and hi5e and fer-apperynge vessels of gold schulen not be 
 chaungid for wisdom, nether schulen be had in mynde in 
 
JOB, XXIX. 37 
 
 comparisoun therof. Forsothe wisdom is drawun of pryuy 
 
 19 thingis ; topasie of Ethiope schal not be maad euene worth 
 to wisdom, and moost preciouse diyngis schulen not be set 
 
 20 togidere in prijs, ether comparisound, therto. Therfor wherof 
 cometh wisdom, and which is the place of vndurstondyng ? 
 
 21 It is hid fro the i5en of alle lyuynge men ; also it is hid fro 
 
 22 briddis of heuene. Perdicioun and deeth seiden, With oure 
 
 23 eeris we herden the fame therof. God vndurstondith the 
 
 24 weye therof, and he knowith the place therof. For he bihold- 
 ith the endis of the world, and biholdith alle thingis that ben 
 
 25 vndur heuene. Which God made wei^te to wyndis, and 
 
 26 weiede watris in mesure. Whanne he settide lawe to reyn, 
 
 27 and weie to tempestis sownynge; thanne he si3 wisdom, and 
 
 28 telde out, and made redi, and sou^te out. And he seide to 
 man, Lo 1 the drede of the Lord, ihilke is wisdom ; and to 
 go awei fro yuel, is vndurstondyng. 
 
 Cap. XXIX. 
 
 1, 2 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide, Who 
 5yueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethis, bi the daies 
 
 3 in whiche God kepte me .'' Whanne his lanterne schynede 
 
 4 on myn heed, and Y ^ede in derknessis at his li3t. As Y 
 was in the daies of my 5ongthe, whanne in priuete God was 
 
 5 in my tabernacle. W^hanne Almy5ti God was with me, and 
 
 6 my children weren in my cumpas ; whanne Y waischide my 
 feet in botere, and the stoon schedde out to me the stremes 
 
 7 of oile ; whanne Y ^ede forth to the 3ate of the citee, and in 
 
 8 the street thei maden redi a chaier to me. So^n^ xwQXi, that 
 is, wantoun, sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge 
 
 9 vp stoden ; princes ceessiden to speke, and puttiden the 
 10 fyngur on her mouth ; duykis refreyneden her vois, and her 
 iitunge cleuyde to her throte. An cere herynge blesside me, 
 
38 JOB^ XXX. 
 
 12 and an i^e seynge 5eldide v/itnessyng to me ; for Y hadde 
 delyueride a pore man criynge, and a fadirles child, that 
 
 13 hadde noon helpere. The blessyng of a man to perische 
 
 14 cam on me, and Y coumfortide the herte of a widewe. Y 
 was clothid with ri3tfulnesse ; and Y clothide me as with a 
 
 15 cloth, and with my doom a diademe. Y was 136 to a blynde 
 
 16 man, and foot to a crokyd man. Y was a fadir of pore 
 men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y 
 
 17 knew not. Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, 
 
 18 and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth. And Y seide, Y schal 
 die in my nest ; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daies. 
 
 19 My roote is openyde bisidis watris, and deew schal dwelle in 
 
 20 my repyng. My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my 
 
 21 bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond. Thei, that herden 
 me, abiden my sentence ; and thei weren ententif, and weren 
 
 22 stille to my comisel. Thei dursten no thing adde to my 
 
 23 wordis ; and my speche droppide on hem. Thei abididen 
 me as reyn ; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe 
 
 24 reyn comynge late. If ony tyme Y lei5ide to hem, thei 
 bileueden not ; and the li5t of my cheer felde not doun in to 
 
 25 erthe. If Y wolde go to hem, Y sat the firste ; and whanne 
 Y sat as kyng, while the oost stood aboute^ netheles Y was 
 comfortour of hem that morenyden. 
 
 Cap. XXX. 
 
 1 But now ^ongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris 
 
 2 Y deynede not to sette with the doggis of my flok. Of 
 whiche men the vertu of hondis was for nou^t to me, and 
 
 3 thei weren gessid vnvvorthi to that lijf. Thei weren bareyn 
 for nedynesse and hungur ; that gnawiden in wildirnesse, 
 
 4 and weren pale for pouert and wretchidnesse ; and eeten 
 eerbis, and the ryndis of trees ; and the roote of iunyperis 
 
JOB^ XXX. 39 
 
 5 was her mete. Whiche men rauyschiden these thingis fro 
 grete valeis ; and whanne thei hadden foundun ony of alle, 
 
 6 thei runnen with cry to tho. Thei dwelliden in deseertis of 
 strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir on grauel, ethi'r on cley. 
 
 7 Whiche weren glad among siche thingis, and arettiden de- 
 
 8 Hces to be vndur buschis. The sones of foolis and of vn- 
 
 9 noble men, and outirli apperynge not in erthe. But now 
 Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a 
 
 10 prouerbe to hem. Thei holden me abhomynable, and fleen 
 
 11 fer fro me, and dreden not to spete on my face. For God 
 hath openyd his arowe-caas, and hath turmentid me, and 
 
 12 hath set a bridil in to my mouth. At the ri3tside of the eest 
 my wretchidnessis risiden anoon ; thei turneden vpsedoun 
 my feet, and oppressiden with her pathis as with floodis. 
 
 13 Thei destrieden my weies ; thei settiden tresoun to me, and 
 
 14 hadden the maistri; and noon was that helpide. Thei felden 
 in on me as bi a brokun wal, and bi 3ate openyd, and weren 
 
 15 stretchid forth to my wretchidnessis. Y am dryuun in to 
 nou5t ; he took awei my desir as wynd, and myn helpe 
 
 i6passide awei as a cloude. But now my soule fadith in my 
 
 17 silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly. In ny^t my 
 
 boon is persid with sorewis ; and thei, that eten me, slepen 
 
 I Snot. In the multitude of tho my cloth is wastid, and thei 
 
 19 han gird me as with coler of a coote. Y am comparisound 
 to cley, and Y am maad lijk to a deed sparcle and aisch. 
 
 20 Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me ; Y stonde, 
 
 21 and thou biholdist not me. Thou art chaungid in to cruel 
 to me, and in the hardnesse of thin bond thou art aduersarie 
 
 22 to me. Thou hast reisid me, and hast set as on wynd; and 
 
 23 hast hurtlid me doun strongli. Y woot, that thow schalt 
 bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech 
 
 34 lyuynge man. Netheles thou sendist not out thin bond to 
 the wastyng of hem ; and if thei fallen doun, thou schalt 
 
40 JOB^ XXXI. 
 
 25 saue. Y wepte sum tyme on him, that was tnrmentid, and 
 
 26 my soule hadde compassioun on a pore man. Y abood 
 goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me ; Y abood W^t, and 
 
 27 derknessis braken out. JMyn ynnere thingis buyliden out 
 with outen my reste ; daies of turment camen bifor me. 
 
 28 Y 5ede morenynge, and Y roos with out woodnesse in the 
 
 29 cumpenye, and criede. Y was the brother of dragouns, and 
 
 30 the felow of ostrigis. My skyn was maad blak on me, and 
 
 31 my boonys drieden for heete. Myn harpe is turned in to 
 morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis. 
 
 Cap. XXXI. 
 
 1 I MADE couenaunt with myn i^en, that Y schulde not 
 
 2 thenke of a virgyn. For what part schulde God aboue haue 
 
 3 in me, and eritage Almy^ti God of hi^e thingis ? Whether 
 perdicioun is not to a wickid man, and aUenacioun 0/ God 
 
 4 is to men worchynge wickidnesse .? Whether he biholdith 
 
 5 not my weies, and noumbrith alle my goyngis ? If Y ^ede 
 
 6 in vanyte, and my foot hastide in gile, God weie me in 
 
 7 a iust balaunce, and knowe my S3aiiplenesse. If my step 
 bowide fro the weie ; if myn i3e suede myn herte, and a 
 
 8 spotte cleuede to myn hondis ; sowe Y, and another ete, 
 
 9 and my generacioun be drawun out bi the root. If myn 
 herte was disseyued on a womman,, and if Y settide aspies 
 
 10 at the dore of my frend; my wijf be the hoore of anothir 
 
 1 1 man, and othir men be bowid doun on hir. For this is 
 i2vnleueful, and the moost wickidnesse. Fier is deourynge 
 
 til to wastyng, and drawynge vp bi the roote alle genera- 
 
 i3ciouns. If Y dispiside to take doom with my seruaunt and 
 
 1 4 myn hand mayde, whanne thei stryueden a^ens me. What 
 
 sotheli schal Y do, whanne God schal rise to deme.? and 
 
 whanne he schal axe, what schal Y answere to hym? 
 
JOB, XXXI. 41 
 
 15 Whether he, that wrou^te also hym, made not me in the 
 i6wombe, and o God foxvaede me in the wombe ? If Y denyede 
 
 to pore men that, that thei wolden, and if Y made the i^en 
 17 of a wydewe to abide: if Y aloone eet my mussel, and a 
 iSfaderles child eet not therof; for merciful doyng encreesside 
 
 with me fro my 5ong' childbed, and ^ede out of my modris 
 
 19 wombe with me; if Y dispiside a man passynge forth, for 
 
 20 he hadde not a cloth, and a pore man with out hilyng ; 
 if hise sidis blessiden not me, and was not maad hoot 
 
 21 of the fleeces of my scheep; if Y reiside myn bond on 
 a fadirles child, 5he, whanne Y si^ me the hi5ere in the 
 
 22 3ate ; my schuldre falle fro his ioynt, and myn arm with hise 
 23boonys be al to-brokun. For euere Y dredde God, as 
 
 wawis wexynge gret on me ; and Y my3te not bere his 
 24birthun. If Y gesside gold my strengthe, and if Y seide 
 
 25 to purid gold, Thou art my trist ; if Y was glad on my 
 many ritchessis, and for myn bond foond ful many thingis ; 
 
 26 if Y si5 the sunne, whanne it schynede, and the moone 
 2 7goynge clereli; and if myn herte was glad in priuyte, and 
 28 if Y kisside myn bond with my mouth ; which is the moost 
 29 wickidnesse, and deniyng a3ens hi5este God; if Y hadde 
 
 ioye at the fallyng of hym, that hadde me, and if Y ioide 
 
 30 fulh, that yuel hadde founde hym ; for Y 5af not my throte 
 to do synne, that Y schulde. asaile and curse his soule ; 
 
 31 if the men of my tabernacle seiden not, Who ^yueth, that 
 
 32 we be fiUid of hise fleischis ? a pilgryme dwellide not with 
 
 33 outforth ; my dore was opyn to a weiegoere ; if Y as man 
 hidde my synne, and helide my wickidnesse in my bosum ; 
 
 34 if Y dredde at ful greet multitude, and if dispisyng of ney5- 
 boris made me aferd ; and not more Y was stille, and ^ede 
 
 35 not out of the dore ; who ^yueth an helpere to me, that 
 Almy^ti God here my desire? that he that demeth, write 
 
 36 a book, that Y bere it in my schuldre, and cumpasse it as 
 
42 JOB, XXXII. 
 
 37 a coroun to me ? Bi alle my degrees Y schal pronounce it, 
 
 38 and Y schal as offre it to the prynce. If my lond crieth 
 
 39 a3ens me, and hise forewis wepen with it ; if Y eet fruytis 
 therof with out money, and Y turmentide the soule of erthe- 
 
 4otileris of it; a brere growe to me for wheete, and a thorn 
 for barh. 
 
 Cap. XXXII. 
 
 1 FoRSOTHE these thre men leften of to answere Joob, for 
 
 2 he semyde a iust man to hem. And Helyu, the sone of 
 Barachel Buzites, of the kynrede of Ram, was wrooth, and 
 hadde indignacioun ; forsothe he was wrooth a^ens Joob, 
 
 3 for he seide hym silf to be iust bifor God. Sotheli Helyu 
 hadde indignacioun a5ens the thre frendis of hym, for thei 
 hadden not founde resonable answere, but oneli hadde con- 
 
 4dempned Joob. Therfor Helyu abood Joob spekynge, for 
 
 5 thei, that spaken, weren eldere men. But whanne he hadde 
 
 seyn, that thre 7ne7z my^ten not answere, he was wrooth 
 
 6greetly. And Helyu, the sone of Barachel Buzites, an- 
 
 sweride, and seyde, Y am 5ongere in tyme, sotheH 5e ben 
 
 eldere ; therfor with heed holdun doun Y dredde to schewe 
 
 7 to 50U my sentence. For Y hopide that lengere age schulde 
 speke, and that the multitude of 5eeris schulden teche 
 
 8 wisdom. But as Y se, spirit is in men, and the enspiryng, 
 ether retielaciGim, of Almy3ti God 5yueth vndurstondyng. 
 
 9 Men of long lijf ben not wise, and elde men vndurstonden 
 TO not doom. Therfor Y schal seie. Here 5e me, and Y also 
 
 11 schal schewe my kunnyng to 50U. For Y abood 50ure 
 wordis, Y herde ^oure prudence, as long as 56 dispuytiden 
 
 12 in 30ure wordis. And as long as Y gesside 50U to seie ony 
 thing, Y bihelde ; but as Y se, noon is of 50U, that may 
 
 rsrepreue Joob, and answere to hise wordis; lest perauenture 
 56 seien, We han founde wisdom ; God, and not man, hath 
 
JOB, XXXIII. 43 
 
 14 cast hym awei. Joob spak no thing to me, and Y not bi 
 
 15 50ure wordis schal answere hym. Thei dredden, and an- 
 sweriden no more, and token awei speche from hem silf. 
 
 i6Therfor for Y abood, and thei spaken not, thei stoden, and 
 
 1 7 answeriden no more ; also Y schal answere my part, and 
 
 iSY schal schewe my kunnyng. For Y am ful of wordis, 
 
 and the spirit of my wombe, that is, myndc, constreyneth 
 
 19 me. Lo ! my wombe is as must with out spigot, ether a 
 
 20 ventyng, that brekith newe vessels. Y schal speke, and 
 brethe a5en a htil; Y schal opene my lippis, and Y schal 
 
 21 answere. Y schal not take the persoone of man, and Y 
 
 22 schal not make God euene to man. For Y woot not hou 
 long Y schal abide, and if my Makere take me awei after 
 a Htil tyme. 
 
 Cap. XXXIII. 
 
 1 Therfor, Joob, here thou my spechis, and herkene alio 
 
 2 my w'ordis. Lo ! Y haue openyd my mouth, my tunge 
 
 3 schal speke in my chekis. Of symple herte ben my wordis, 
 
 4 and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence. The spirit of 
 God made me, and the brething of Almy^ti God quykenyde 
 
 5 me. If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou 
 6a3ens my face. Lo ! God made me as and thee; and also 
 
 7 Y am formyd of the same cley. Netheles my myracle make 
 thee not afeerd, and myn eloquence be not greuouse to thee. 
 
 8 Therfor thou seidist in myn eeris, and Y herde the vois of 
 9thi wordis; Y am cleene, and with out gilt, and vnwemmed, 
 
 10 and wickidnesse is not in me. For God foond querels in 
 
 1 1 me, therfor he demyde me enemy to hym silf. He hath 
 
 12 set my feet in a stok; he kepte alle my pathis. Therfor 
 this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iust ; Y schal 
 
 13 answere to thee, that God is more than man. Thou stryuest 
 
44 JOB^ XXX HI. 
 
 a^enus God, that not at alle wordis he answeride to thee. 
 5 4 God spekith onys, and the secounde tyme he rehersith not 
 
 15 the same thmg. God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of 
 ny^t, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the 
 
 16 bed. Thanne he openith the eeris of men, and he techith 
 
 1 7 hem, and techith prudence ; that he turne awei a man fro 
 these thingis whiche he made, and delyuere hym fro pride ; 
 
 18 delyuerynge his soule fro corrupcioun, and his Hjf, that it 
 
 19 go not in to swerd. Also God blameth a synnere bi sore we 
 in the bed, and makith alle the boonys of hym to fade. 
 
 20 Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete 
 2 r desirable bifor to his soule. His fleisch schal faile for rot, 
 
 and hise boonys, that weren hilid, schulen be maad nakid. 
 22 His soule schal nei5e to corrupcioun, and his lijf to thingis 
 23bryngynge deeth. If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, is 
 
 24 spekynge for hym, that he telle the equyte of man, God 
 schal haue mercy on hym, and schal seie, Delyuere thou 
 hym, that he go not doun in corrupcioun ; Y haue founde 
 
 25 in what thing Y schal do merci to hym. His fleisch is 
 wastid of turmentis ; turne he a5en to the dales of his 5onge 
 
 26wexynge age. /He schal biseche God, and he schal be 
 quemeful to hym ; and he schal se his face in hertly ioye, 
 
 27 and he schal 3elde to man his ri5tfulnesse. He schal biholde 
 men, and he schal seie, Y haue synned, and verili Y haue 
 trespassid; and Y haue not resseyued, as Y was worthi. 
 
 28 For he delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to 
 2 9perischyng, but that he lyuynge schulde se li5t./ Lo ! God 
 3oworchith alle these thingis in thre tymes bi alle men; that 
 
 he a^en clepe her soulis fro corrupcioun, and limine in the 
 
 31 lijt of lyuynge men. Thou, Joob, perseyue, and here me, 
 
 32 and be thou stille, the while Y speke. Sotheli if thou hast 
 what thou schalt speke, answere thou to me, speke thou ; 
 
 33 for Y wole, that thou appere iust. That if thou hast not^ 
 
JOB^ XXXIV. 45 
 
 here thou me ; be thou stille, and Y schal tcche thee 
 wisdom. 
 
 Cap. XXXIV. 
 
 I, 2 And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis, Wise 
 
 men, here 5e my wordis, and lerned men, herkne 3e me; 
 
 3 for the eere preueth wordis, and the throte demeth metis 
 
 4bi taast. Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, 
 
 5 what is the betere. For Job scide, Y am iust, and God 
 
 6 hath distried my doom. For whi lesynge is in demynge 
 
 7 me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne. Who 
 
 8 is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir .? that 
 goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vn- 
 
 9 feithful men ? For he seide, A man schal not plese God, 
 io3he5 thou3 he renneth with God. Therfor ^e men hertid, i/ial 
 
 is, vndurstonde, here y me; vnpite, ethir cruelte, be fer fro 
 
 11 God, and wickidnesse fro Almy3ti God. For he schal 5jlde 
 the werk of man to hym ; and bi the weies of ech man he 
 
 12 schal restore to hym. For veriH God schal not condempne 
 with out cause; nether Almy5ti God schal distrie doom. 
 
 13 What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond.'' ether 
 j4whom hath he set on the world, which he made.? If God 
 
 dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his 
 
 15 spirit and blast. Ech fleisch schal faile togidere ; and a man 
 
 16 schal turne a3en in to aisch. Therfor if thou hast vndur- 
 stondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois 
 
 17 of my speche. Whether he that loueth not doom may be 
 maad hool ? and hou condempnest thou so mychc him, that 
 
 18 is iust.'' Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which 
 iQclepith the duykis vnpitouse, eihir vnfeithful. Which takilh 
 
 not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne 
 
 he stryuede a5ens a pore man ; for alio men ben the werk 
 
 20 of hise hondis. Thei schulen die sudcynli, and at mydny5t 
 
46 JOB, XXXIV. 
 
 puplis schulen be troblid, ethir schulen he bowid, as othere 
 hookis han ; and schulen passe, and schulen take awei a 
 
 2 1 violent man with out bond. For the i^en of God be^i on 
 
 22 the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem. No 
 derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that 
 
 23Worchen wickidnesse, be hid there; for it is no more in 
 
 24 the power of man, that he come to God in to doom. God 
 schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable ; and schal 
 
 25 make othere men to stonde for hem. For he knowith the 
 werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn ni3t, and thei 
 
 26 schulen be al to-brokun. He smoot hem, as vnpitouse 
 
 27 men, in the place of seinge men. Whiche 5eden awei fro 
 hym bi castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise 
 
 28 weies. That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man 
 to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore 
 
 29 men. For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that con- 
 dempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth 
 hym ? And on folkis and on alle men he hath power to do 
 
 losiche thingis. Which makith a man ypocrite to regne, for 
 
 31 the synnes of the puple. Therfor for Y haue spoke to 
 
 32 God, also Y schal not forbede thee. If Y erride, teche 
 thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde. 
 
 33 Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside 
 thee.? For thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that 
 
 34 if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thou. Men vndur- 
 
 35 stondynge, speke to me ; and a wise man, here me. For- 
 sothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng. 
 
 36 My fadir, be Joob preuede til to the ende ; ceesse thou not 
 
 37 fro the man of wickidnesse, that addith blasfemye ouer hise 
 synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; 
 and thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to the doom. 
 
JOB^ XXXV, XXXVI, 47 
 
 Cap. XXXV. 
 
 1, 2 Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thou^t 
 semeth euene, e//ier n'^f/ti/, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, 
 
 3 Y am ri^tfulere than God ? For thou seidist, That, that is 
 good, plesith not thee ; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do 
 
 4 synne ? Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi 
 
 5 frendis with thee. Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde 
 
 6 thou the eir, that God is hi3ere than thou. If thou synnest 
 a'^ens kym, what schalt thou anoye hym.? and if thi wickid- 
 
 7 nessis ben multipHed, what schalt thou do a3ens hym .? Certis 
 if thou doist iustH, what schalt thou 5yue to hym ; ether 
 
 8 what schal he take of thin hond ? Thi wickidnesse schal 
 anoie a man, which is lijk thee ; and thi ri^tfulnesse schal 
 
 9 helpe the sone of a man. Thei schulen cry for the mul- 
 titude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the 
 
 10 violence of the arm of tirauntis. And Joob seide not, 
 Where is God, that made me, and that jaf songis in the 
 
 1 1 ny^t ? Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, 
 
 1 2 and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene. There 
 thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride 
 
 13 of yuele men. For God schal not here with out cause, 
 
 14 and Almy^ti God schal biholde the causis of ech man. ^he, 
 whanne thou seist, He biholdith not ; be thou demed bifor 
 
 15 hym, and abide thou hym. For now he bryngith not in 
 
 16 his strong veniaunce, nether vengith greetli felonye. Therfor 
 Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with 
 out kunnyng. 
 
 Cap. XXXVI. 
 
 i, 2 Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis, Suffre thou 
 me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee ; for 3it Y haue that, 
 
4^ JOB, XXXVI. 
 
 3 that Y schal speke for God. Y schal reherse my kunnyng 
 fro the bigynnyng ; and Y schal preue my worchere iust. 
 
 4 For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kun- 
 
 5 nyng schal be preued to thee. God castith not awei my5ti 
 
 6 men, sithen he is my3ti; but he saueth not wickid men, 
 
 7 and he ^yueth dom to pore men. He takith not awei hise 
 i5en fro a iust man ; and he settith kyngis in seete with 
 
 8 out ende, and thei ben reisid there. And if thei ben in 
 
 9 chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert, he 
 schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; 
 
 10 for thei weren violent. e//iir rauenours. Also he schal opene 
 
 her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei 
 
 iiturne a^en fro wickidnesse. If thei heren, and kepen, thei 
 
 12 schulen fille her dales in good, and her 3eris in glorie, Sotheli 
 if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei 
 
 13 schulen be wastid in foli. Feyneris and false men stiren 
 the ire of God ; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei 
 
 14 ben boundun. The soule of hem schal die in tempest; 
 and the lijf of hem among men of wymmens condiciouns. 
 
 15 He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he 
 
 16 schal opene the eere of hym in tribulacioun. Therfor he 
 schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tri- 
 hulacioiin, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli 
 
 1 7 the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse. Thi cause 
 is denied as the cause of a wickid man ; forsothe thou schalt 
 
 iSresseyue thi cause and doom. Therfor ire ouercome thee 
 
 not, that thou oppresse ony man ; and the multitude of 
 
 i9 5ifus bo we thee not. Putte doun thi greetnesse with out 
 
 tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe. 
 
 2oDilaie thou not ny^t, that puplis stie for hem. Be thou 
 
 21 war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast 
 
 2 2bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse. Lo ! 
 
 God is hi3 in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among 
 
JOB^ XXXVII. 49 
 
 23 the 3yueris of lawe. Who mai seke out the weies of God ? 
 ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrou5t wickidnesse ? 
 
 24 Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of 
 25 whom men sungun. Alio men seen God; ech man bi- 
 
 26 holdith afer. Lo ! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kun- 
 nyng; the noumbre of hise ^eeris is with out noumbre. 
 
 27 Which takith awei the dropis of reyn ; and schedith out 
 28reynes at the licnesse of flood3atis, whiche comen doun of 
 29 the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue. If he wole stretche 
 3oforthe cloudis as his tente, and leite with his li^t fro aboue, 
 
 31 he schal hile, ^he, the herris of the see. For bi these thingis 
 he demeth puplis, and ^yueth mete to many deedli men. 
 
 Cap. XXXVII. 
 
 32 In hondis he hidith h3t; and comaundith it, that it come 
 
 33 eft. He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun ; 
 
 1 and that he may stie to it. INIyn herte dredde of this thing, 
 
 2 and is moued out of his place. It schal here an heryng 
 in the feerdfulnesse of his vols, and a sown comynge forth 
 
 3 of his mouth. He biholdith ouere alle heuenes; and his 
 
 4 li^t is ouere the termes of erthe. Sown schal rore aftir hym, 
 he schal thundre with the vols of his greetnesse ; and it 
 
 5 schal not be sou5t out, whanne his vois is herd. God schal 
 thundre in his vois wondurfulli, that makith grete thingis 
 
 6 and that moun not be sou3t out. Which comaundith to 
 the snow to come doun on erthe, and to the revnes of 
 
 7 wijntir, and to ihe reynes of his strengthe. Which markith 
 in the hond of alle men, that alle men knowe her werkis. 
 
 8 An vnresonable beeste schal go in to his denne, and schal 
 
 9 dwelle in his caue, eihir derke place. I'cmpestis schulcn go 
 10 out fro the ynnere thingis, and coold fro Arlurus. Whanne 
 
 God makilh blowyng, frost wexilh logidcre; and cfl ful 
 
 £ 
 
50 JOB, XX XVII I. 
 
 1 1 brood watris ben sched out. Whete desirith cloudis, and 
 
 12 cloudis spreeden abrood her li^t. Whiche cloudes cumpassen 
 alle thingis bi cumpas, whidur euere the wil of the gouernour 
 ledith tho, to al thing which he comaundith to tho on the 
 
 1 3 face of the world ; whether in o lynage, ethir in his lond, 
 ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho 
 
 14 to be foundun. Joob, herkene thou these thingis; stonde 
 15 thou, and biholde the meruels of God. Whethir thou woost, 
 
 whanne God comaundide to the reynes, that tho schulen 
 i6schewe the li3t of hise cloudis? Whether thou knowist the 
 ijgrete weies of cloudis, and perfit kunnyngis? Whether thi 
 
 cloothis ben not hoote, whanne the erthe is blowun with 
 iSthe south? In hap thou madist with hym heuenes, which 
 19 moost sad ben foundid, as of bras. Schewe thou to vs, 
 
 what we schulen seie to hym ; for we ben wlappid in derk- 
 2onessis. Who schal telle to hym, what thingis Y speke? 
 
 2 1 3he, if he spekith, a man schal be deuourid. And now men 
 seen not li3t ; the eir schal be maad thicke sudenli in to 
 
 22 cloudis, and wynd passynge schal dryue awei tho. Gold 
 
 23 schal come fro the north, and ferdful preisyng of God. For 
 we moun not fynde him worthili ; ke is greet in strengthe, 
 and in doom, and in ri3tfulnesse, and may not be teld out. 
 
 24 Therfor men schulen drede hym ; and alle men, that semen 
 to hem silf to be wise, schulen not be hardi to biholde. 
 
 Cap. XXXVIII. 
 
 1 FoRSOTHE the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob, 
 
 2 and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge sentences with vn- 
 
 3 wise wordis ? Girde thou as a man thi leendis ; Y schal 
 
 4 axe thee, and answere thou to me. Where were thou, 
 whanne Y settide the foundemends of erthe ? schewe thou 
 
 5 to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng. Who settide mesures 
 
JOB, XXXVIII. 51 
 
 therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne 
 
 6theronne? On what thing ben the foundementis therof 
 
 maad fast? ether who sente doim the corner-stoon therof, 
 
 7 whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle 
 
 8 the sones of God sungun ioyfuli ? Who closide togidere the 
 see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the 
 
 9 wombe ? Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and 
 Y wUippide it with derknesse, as with clothis of 5ong childbed. 
 
 10 Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and 
 
 11 doris; and Y seide, Til hidur thou schalt come, and thou 
 schalt not go forth ferthere; and here thou schalt breke 
 
 12 togidere thi bolnynge wawis. Whethir aftir thi birthe thou 
 comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the 
 
 13 morewtid his place ? Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere 
 the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men 
 
 i4therfro? A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal 
 
 i^stonde as a cloth. The li^t of wickid men schal be takun 
 
 i6awey fro hem, and an hi3 arm schal be brokun. Whethir 
 
 thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in 
 
 1 7 the laste partis of the occian? Whether the ^atis of deeth 
 
 18 ben openyd to thee, and siest thou the derk doris ? Whethir 
 thou hast biholde the brede of erthe ? Schewe thou to me, 
 
 19 if thou knowist alle thingis, in what weie the li^t dwellith, 
 
 20 and which is the place of derknesse ; that thou lede ech 
 thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of 
 
 21 his hows. Wistist thou thanne, that thou schiildist be borun, 
 
 22 and knew thou the noumbre of thi daics ? Whethir thou 
 entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the 
 
 23 tresours of hail ? whiche thingis Y made redy in to the 
 tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fi3tyng and of batel. 
 
 24 Bi what weie is the li^t spred abrood, heete is departid on 
 
 25 erthe? Who ^af cours to the strongeste reyn, and weie of 
 
 26 the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reync on the crlhe 
 
 £ 2 
 
52 JOB^ XXXIX. 
 
 with out man in desert, where noon of deedli men dwellith ? 
 
 27 That it schulde fiUe a lond with out weie and desolat, and 
 
 28 schulde brynge forth greene eerbis ? Who is fadir of reyn, 
 
 29 ether who gendride the dropis of deew? Of whos wombe 
 3o5ede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene? Watris 
 
 ben maad hard in the Hcnesse of stoon, and the ouer part 
 
 31 of occian is streyned togidere. Whether thou schalt mowe 
 ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades, ethir thou schalt 
 
 32 mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis? Whether thou bryng- 
 ist forth Lucifer, //la/ is, dai-sterre, in his tyme, and makist 
 
 ^T, euene-sterre to rise on the sones of erthe ? Whether thou 
 knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun 
 
 34 therof in erthe ? Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a 
 
 35 cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee ? Whethir 
 thou schalt sende leitis, and tho schulen go, and tho schulen 
 
 36turne a3en, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present? Who 
 puttide wisdoom in the entrailis of man, ethir who 5af vn- 
 
 37 durstondyng to the cok? Who schal telle out the resoun 
 of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to 
 
 Z^ sleep ? Whanne dust was foundid in the erthe, and clottis 
 
 39weren ioyned togidere? Whether thou schalt take prey to 
 
 40 the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulis of hir whelpis, whanne 
 
 41 tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes ? Who makith 
 redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to 
 God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis ? 
 
 Cap. XXXIX. 
 
 1 Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet 
 in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth 
 
 2 calues ? Hast thou noumbrid the monethis of her conseyuyng, 
 sand hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng? Tho ben 
 4 bowid to the calf, and caluen ; and senden out roryngis. Her 
 
JOB, XXXIX. 53 
 
 calues ben departid, and goen to pasture ; tho goen out, and 
 
 5 turnen not a3en to tho hyndis. Who let go the wielde asse 
 
 6 fre, and who loside the boondis of hym ? To whom Y haue 
 50ue an hows in wildirnesse, and the tabernacles of hym in 
 
 7 the lond of saltnesse. He dispisith the multitude of citee ; he 
 
 8 herith not the cry of an axere. He lokith aboute the hillis of 
 
 9 his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis. Whether an 
 vnycorn schal wilne serue thee, ethir schal dwelle at thi 
 
 locratche? W^hether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi 
 
 chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis 
 
 iiaftir thee? Whether thou schalt haue irist in his grete 
 
 12 strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils? Whether 
 thou schalt bileue to hym, that he schal jelde seed to thee, 
 
 13 and schal gadere togidere thi cornfloor? The felhere of an 
 i4 0Striche is lijk the fetheris of a gerfawcun, and of an hauk : 
 
 which ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt 
 
 15 make tho hoot in the dust. He for^etith, that a foot tredith 
 
 1 6 tho, ethir that a beeste of the feeld al to-brekith iho. He is 
 maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben not hise; he tra- 
 
 lyueilide in veyn, while no drede constreynede. For God haih 
 
 priued hym fro wisdom, and 5af not vnderstondyng to hym. 
 
 iSWhanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hi^ ; he scorneth 
 
 19 the hors, and his ridere. Whether thou schalt 5yue strengthe 
 to an hors, ether schal ^yue neiyng aboute his necke ? 
 
 20 Whether thou schalt reyse hym as locustis ? The glorie of 
 
 21 hise nosethirlis is drede. He diggith erthe with the foot, he 
 
 22 fulli ioieth booldli ; he goith a^ens armed men. He dispisith 
 
 23 ferdfulnesse, and he ^yueth not stide to swerd. An arowe- 
 caas schal sowne on hym ; a spere and scheeld schal florische. 
 
 24 He is hoot, and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe : and he 
 
 25 arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth. Whanne he 
 herith a clarioun, he seith, Joie ! he smellilh batcl afcr ; the 
 
 26 excityng of duykis, and the ^ellyng of the oost. ^^'hcther an 
 
54 JOB, XL. 
 
 hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth 
 2; to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom? Whether an egle schal be 
 
 reisid at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hi5 
 28 places? He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith in fiyntis 
 
 brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche me may not nei3e. 
 
 29 Fro thennus he biholdith mete, and hise i^en loken fro fer. 
 
 30 Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a careyn is, 
 3ianoon he is present. And the Lord addide, and spak to 
 
 32 Joob, Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so 
 li3tli ? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere 
 
 33 to hym. Forsothe Joob answeride to the Lord, and seide, 
 
 34 What may Y answere, which haue spoke li5tli? Y schal 
 S^ putte myn hond on my mouth. Y spak o thing, which thing 
 
 Y wold, that Y hadde not seid ; and Y spak anothir thing, to 
 which Y schal no more adde. 
 
 Cap. XL. 
 
 1 Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd, 
 
 2 and seide, Girde thou as a man thi ieendis, and Y schal axe 
 
 3 thee, and schewe thou to me. Whether thou schalt make 
 voide my doom, and schalt condempne me, that thou be 
 
 4maad iust? And if thou hast an arm, as God hath, and if 
 thou thundrist with lijk vois, take thou fairnesse aboute thee, 
 
 5 and be thou reisid an hi^, and be thou gloriouse, and be thou 
 
 6 clothid in faire clothis. Distrie thou proude men in thi 
 woodnesse, and biholde thou, and make lowe ech bostere. 
 
 7 Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem ; and 
 
 8 al to-breke thou wickid men in her place. Hide thou hem 
 in dust togidere, and drenche doun her faces in to a diche. 
 
 9 And Y schal knovvieche, that thi ri^t hond may saue thee. 
 
 10 Lo ! behemot, whom Y made with thee, schal as an oxe ete 
 
 1 1 hey. His strengthe is in hise leendiS; and his vertu is in the 
 
JOB, XLI. ^^ 
 
 i2nawle of his wombe. He streyneth his tail as a cedre; the 
 
 13 senewis of his stones of gendrure ben foldid togidere. Hise 
 boonys hen as the pipis of bras ; the gristil of hym is as platis 
 
 14 of yrun. He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God ; he, that 
 
 15 made hym, schal sette his swerd to hym, Hillis beren eerbis 
 to this hehcmoi ; alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there. 
 
 16 He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste 
 
 17 places. Schadewis hilen his schadewe; the salewis of the 
 
 18 ryuer cumpassen hym. He schal soupe vp the flood, and he 
 schal not wondre ; he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to 
 
 19 his mouth. He schal take hem bi the i3en of hym, as bi an 
 hook ; and bi scharpe schafds he schal perse hise nosethirlis. 
 
 20 Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an 
 
 21 hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge.^ Whethir 
 thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis, ethir schalt perse 
 
 22 hyse cheke with an hook.? Whether he schal muliiplie 
 preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee 1 
 
 23 Whether he schal make couenaunt with thee, and thou schalt 
 
 24 take him a seruaunt euerlastinge 1 Whether thou schalt 
 scorne hym as a brid, ethir schalt bynde hym to thin hand- 
 
 25maidis? Schulen frendis kerue hym, schulen marchauntis 
 
 26 departe hym ? Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn, 
 
 27 and a leep of fischis with his heed.'* Schalt thou putte thin 
 bond on hym } haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no 
 
 28 more to speke. Lo ! his hope schal disseyue hym; and in 
 the si3t of alle men he schal be cast doun. 
 
 Cap. XLI. 
 
 1 I NOT as cruel schal reise hym ; for who may ajenstonde 
 
 2 my face } And who ^af to me biforc, that Y 3elde to hym ? 
 
 3 Alle thingis, that ben vndur heuene, ben myne. Y schal not 
 
 4 spare hym for my5ti wordis, and maad faire lo biseche. Who 
 schal schewe the face of his clothing, and who sclr.il cnirc in 
 
56 JOB, XLI. 
 
 5 to the myddis of his mouth ? Who schal opene the 5atis of 
 
 6 his cheer ? ferdfulnesse is bi the cumpas of hise teeth. His 
 bodi is as ^otun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with 
 
 7 scaHs ouerleiynge hem silf. Oon is ioyned to another ; and 
 
 8 sotheh brething goith not thorou5 tho. Oon schal cleue to 
 anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid. 
 
 9 His fnesynge is as schynynge of fier, and hise i5en ben as 
 TO i5elidis of the morewtid. Laumpis comen forth of his mouth, 
 
 1 1 as trees of fier, that ben kyndlid. Smoke cometh forth of 
 
 12 hise nosethirhs, as of a pot set on the fier and boilynge. His 
 breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his 
 
 13 mouth. Strengthe schal dwelle in his necke, and nedynesse 
 
 14 schal go bifor his face. The membris of hise fleischis ben 
 cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis a^ens 
 
 i5hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place. His 
 herte schal be maad hard as a stoon ; and it schal be streyned 
 
 1 6 togidere as the anefeld of a smith. Whanne he schal be 
 takun awei, aungels schulen drede ; and thei aferd schulen be 
 
 1 7 purgid. Whanne swerd takith hym, it may not stonde, nethir 
 
 1 8 spere, nether haburioun. For he schal arette irun as chaffis, 
 
 19 and bras as rotun tre. A man archere schal not dryue hym 
 awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym. 
 
 20 He schal arette an hamer as stobil ; and he schal scorne a 
 
 2 1 florischynge spere. The beemys of the sunne schulen be 
 vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley. 
 
 22 He schal make the depe se to buyle as a pot; and he schal 
 2 3putte, as whanne oynementis buylen. A path schal schyne 
 
 aftir hym ; he schal gesse the greet occian as wexynge eld. 
 
 24 No power is on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym ; 
 
 25 which is maad, that he schulde drede noon. He seeth al hij 
 thing ; he is kyng ouer alle the sones of pride. 
 
JOB, XLII, 57 
 
 Cap. XLII. 
 
 1, 2 FoRSOTHE Joob answeride to the Lord, and seide, Y 
 woot, that thou maist alle thingis, and no thou5t is hid fro 
 
 3 thee. Who is this, that hehth counsel with out kunnyng .? 
 Therfor Y spak vnwiseli, and tho thingis that passiden ouer 
 
 4 mesure my kunnyng. Here thou, and Y schal speke ; Y 
 
 5 schal axe thee, and answere thou to me. Bi heryng of eere 
 
 6 Y herde thee, but now myn i^e seeth thee. Therfor Y re- 
 preue me, and do penaunce in deed sparcle and aische. 
 
 7 Forsothe aftir that the Lord spak these wordis to Joob, he 
 seide to Eliphat Themanytes, My stronge veniaunce is wrooth 
 a^ens thee, and a^ens thi twey frendis ; for ^e spaken not 
 
 8 bifor me ri^tful thing, as my seruaunt Joob dide. Therfor 
 take 5e to 50U seuene bolis, and seuene rammes ; and go ^e 
 to my seruaunt Joob, and offre ^e brent sacrifice for 50U. 
 Forsothe Joob, my seruaunt, schal preie for 50U ; Y schal 
 resseyue h:s face, that foli be not arettid to 30U ; for ^e 
 spaken not bifor me ri^tful thing, as my seruaunt Joob dide. 
 
 9 Therfor Eliphat Themanytes, and Baldach Suythes, and 
 Sophar Naamathites, 3eden, and diden, as the Lord hedde 
 spoke to hem ; and the Lord resseyuede the face of Joob. 
 
 10 Also the Lord was conuertid to the penaunce of Joob, 
 whanne he preiede for hise frendis. And the" Lord addide 
 
 1 1 alle thingis double, whiche euere weren of Joob. Sotheli 
 alle hise britheren, and alle hise sistris, and alle that knewen 
 hym bifore, camen to hym ; and thei eeten breed with hym 
 in his hows, and moueden the heed on hym ; and thei 
 coumfortiden hym of al the yuel, which the Lord hadde 
 broujt in on hym ; and thei jauen to hym ech man o scheep, 
 
 12 and o goldun eere-ring. Forsothe the Lord blesside the 
 laste thingis of Joob, more than the bigynnyng of hym ; 
 and fouretene thousynde of scheep weren maad to hym. 
 
^S PSALMS, 7. 
 
 and sixe thousinde of camels, and a thousynde 5ockis of 
 i3 0xis, and a thousynde femal assis. And he hadde seuene 
 sones, and thre dou5tris ; and he clepide the name of o 
 dou5tir Dai, and the name of the secounde dou^tir Cassia, 
 and the name of the thridde dou3tir An horn of wymmens 
 
 14 oynement. Sotheli no wymmen weren foundun so faire in 
 al erthe, as the dou3ti-is of Joob ; and her fadir ^af eritage 
 
 15 to hem among her britheren. Forsothe Joob lyuede aftir 
 these betyngis an hundrid and fourti 5eer, and si5 hise sones, 
 and the sones of hise sones, til to the fourthe generacioun ; 
 and he was deed eld, and ful of daies. 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 Psalm I. 
 The fii'ste salm. 
 
 1 Blessid is the man, that ^ede not in the councel of wickid 
 men ; and stood not in the weie of synneris, and sat not 
 
 2 in the chaier of pestilence. But his wille is in the lawe of 
 the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai 
 
 sand ny5t. And he schal be as a tree, which is plauntid 
 bisidis the rennyngis of watris ; which tre schal 3yue his fruyt 
 in his tyme. And his leef schal not falle doun ; and alle 
 thingis which euere he schal do schulen haue prosperite. 
 
 4 Not so wickid men, not so ; but thei hen as dust, which the 
 
 5 wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe. Therfor wickid 
 men risen not a^en in doom ; nethir synneres in the councel 
 
 6 of iust men. For the Lord knowith the weie of iust men; 
 and the weie of wickid men schal perische. 
 
PSALMS J II, III. 59 
 
 Psalm II. 
 T/ie sccounde salm. 
 
 1 Whi gnastiden \vith teeth hethene men; and puplis 
 
 2 thou5ten veyn thingis ? The kyngis of erthe stoden togidere ; 
 and princes camen togidere a^ens the Lord, and a5ens his 
 
 3 Crist ? Breke we the bondis of hem ; and cast we awei the 
 
 4 50k of hem fro vs. He that dwellith in heuenes schal scorne 
 = hem ; and the Lord schal bimowe hem. Thanne he schal 
 
 speke to hem in his ire ; and he schal disturble hem in his 
 
 6 stronge veniaunce. Forsothe Y am maad of hym a kyng 
 
 7 on Syon, his hooli hil ; prechynge his comaundement. The 
 Lord seide to me, Thou art my sone ; Y haue gendrid thee 
 
 8 to-dai. Axe thou of me, and Y schal ^yue to thee hethene 
 men thin eritage; and thi possessioun the termes of erthe. 
 
 Thou schalt gouerne hem in an yrun 5erde ; and thou schalt 
 
 10 breke hem as the vessel of a pottere. And now, ^e kyngis, 
 
 1 1 vndurstonde ; ^e that demen the erthe, be lerud. Serue 56 
 the Lord with drede; and make 56 ful ioye to hym with 
 
 12 tremblyng. Take ^e lore; lest the Lord be wrooth sumtyme, 
 
 13 and lest 5e perischen fro iust waie. Whanne his ire brenneth 
 out in schort tyme ; blessed hen alle thei, that tristen in hym. 
 
 Psalm III. 
 
 1 The title of the thridde salm. The salm of Dauid, ivhanne 
 
 hefleddefro the face of Absohm, his sone. 
 
 2, 3 Lord, whi ben thei multiplied that disturblen me 1 many 
 
 men rysen a^ens me. IMany men seien of my soule, Noon 
 
 4helthe is to hym in his God. But thou, Lord, art myn 
 
 5 vptakere ; my glorye, and enhaunsyng myn heed. \\"\\.\\ 
 my vois Y cricde to the Lord ; ami lie herde me fro his 
 
 6 hooli hil. I sleplc, and was quenchid, and Y roos vp ; for 
 
6o PSALMS, IV, V. 
 
 7 the Lord resseyuede me. I schal not drede thousyndis of 
 puple cumpassynge me ; Lord, rise thou vp ; my God, make 
 
 s thou me saaf. For thou hast smyte alle men beynge ad- 
 uersaries to me with out cause ; thou hast al to-broke the 
 
 9 teeth of synneris. Helthe is of the Lord ; and thi blessyng,. 
 Lord, is on thi puple. 
 
 Psalm IV. 
 
 1 The title of the four the salm. To the victorie in or guns ; 
 
 the sahn of Dauid. 
 
 2 Whanne Y inwardli clepid, God of my ri5twisnesse herde 
 
 3 me ; in tribulacioun thou hast alargid to me. Haue thou 
 mercy on me ; and here thou my preier. Sones of men, 
 hou long be7i y of heuy herte? whi louen 56 vanite, and 
 
 4 seken a leesyng ? And wite 56, that the Lord hath maad 
 merueilous his hooli man ; the Lord schal here me, whanne 
 
 5 Y schal crye to hym. Be 5e wrothe, and nyle ^e do synne ; 
 and for tho thingis whiche ^e seien in ^oure hertis and in 
 
 6 50ure beddis, be ^e compunct. Sacrifie ^e the sacrifice of 
 ri5tfulnesse, and hope ^e in the Lord ; many seien, Who 
 
 7 schewide goodis to vs ? Lord, the li^t of thi cheer is markid 
 
 8 on vs ; thou hast ^oue gladnesse in myn herte. Thei ben 
 multiplied of the fruit of whete, and of wyn ; and of her oile. 
 
 gin pees in the same thing; Y schal slepe, and take reste. 
 30 For thou, Lord ; hast set me syngulerH in hope. 
 
 Psalm V. 
 
 I The title of the fyuethe salm. To the ouercomere on the 
 eritagis, the song of Dauid. 
 
 2' Lord, perseyue thou my wordis with eeris ; vndurstonde 
 3 thou my cry. Mi kyng, and my God; jyue thou tent to 
 
PSALMS^ VI, 6 1 
 
 4 the vois of my preier. For, Lord, Y schal preie to thee ; 
 
 5 here thou eerly my vois. Eerli Y schal stonde ny5 thee, 
 and Y schal se ; for thou art God not willynge wickidnesse. 
 
 6 Nethir an yuel-wiUid man schal dwelle bisidis thee ; nethir 
 
 7 vniust men schulen dwelle bifor thin i3en. Thou hatist alle 
 that worchen wickidnesse ; thou schalt leese alle that speken 
 leesyng. The Lord schal holde abhomynable a manquel- 
 
 8 lere, and gileful man. But, Lord, in the multitude of thi 
 merci Y schal entre in to thin hows ; Y schal worschipe to 
 
 9 thin hooH temple in thi drede. Lord, lede thou forth me 
 in thi ri3tfulnesse for myn enemyes ; dresse thou my weie 
 
 10 in thi si^t. For whi treuthe is not in her mouth ; her herte 
 
 1 1 is veyn. Her throte is an opyn sepulcre, thei diden gilefuli 
 with her tungis; God, deme thou hem. Falle thei doun 
 fro her thou5tis, vp the multitude of her wickidnessis caste 
 thou hem doun ; for, Lord, thei han terrid thee to ire. And 
 alle that hopen in thee, be glad ; thei schulen make fulli 
 
 1 2 ioye with outen ende, and thou schalt dwelle in hem. And 
 
 13 alle that louen thi name schulen haue glorie in thee; for 
 thou schalt blesse a iust man. Lord, thou hast corouned 
 vs, as with the scheeld of thi good wille. 
 
 Psalm VL 
 
 1 The title of the sixie salm. To the oner comer e in satz/ies, 
 
 the salm 0/ Dauid, o?i the ei-^the. 
 
 2 Lord, repreue thou not me in thi stronge veniaunce ; 
 
 3 nether chastice thou me in thin ire. Lord, haue thou merci 
 on me, for Y am sijk ; Lord, make thou me hool, for alle 
 
 4 my boonys ben troblid. And my soule is troblid greetli; 
 
 5 but thou, Lord, hou long .'' Lord, be thou conuertid, and 
 
 6 delyuere my soule ; make thou me saaf, for thi merci. For 
 noon is in deeth, which is myndful of thee; but in hcllc 
 
63 PSALMS, VII, 
 
 7 who schal knouleche to thee ? I traueilide in my weilyng, 
 Y schal waische my bed bi ech ny^t ; Y schal moiste, eiher 
 
 8 make weei, my bedstre with my teeris. Myn 156 is disturblid 
 
 9 of woodnesse ; Y waxe eld among alle myn enemyes. Alia 
 56 that worchen wickidnesse, departe fro me ; for the Lord 
 
 10 hath herd the vois of my wepyng. The Lord hath herd 
 
 1 1 my bisechyng ; the Lord hath resseyued my preier. Alle 
 my enemyes be aschamed, and be disturblid greetli ; be thei 
 turned togidere, and be thei aschamed ful swiftli. 
 
 Psalm VIL 
 
 1 The title 0/ the seuenthe salm. For the ignoratmce 0/ Daidd, 
 
 which he songe to the Lord on the wordis of Ethiopien, the 
 sone of Gemyriy. 
 
 2 Mi Lord God, Y haue hopid in thee ; make thou me saaf 
 
 3 fro alle that pursuen me, and delyuere thou me. Lest ony 
 tyme he as a lioun rauysche my soule ; the while noon is 
 
 4 that a^enbieth, nether that makith saaf. Mi Lord God, if Y 
 
 5 dide this thing, if wickidnesse is in myn hondis ; if Y 5eldide 
 to men ^eldynge to me yuels, falle Y bi disseruyng voide fro 
 
 6 myn enemyes ; myn enemy pursue my soule, and take, and 
 defoule my lijf in erthe ; and brynge my glorie in to dust. 
 
 7 Lord, rise thou vp in thin ire ; and be thou reysid in the 
 
 8 coostis of myn enemyes. And, my Lord God, rise thou in 
 the comaundement, which thou hast comaundid ; and the 
 
 9 synagoge of puplis schal cumpasse thee. And for this go 
 thou a^en an hi5 ; the Lord demeth puplis. Lord, deme 
 thou me bi my ri^tfulnesse ; and bi myn innocence on 
 
 10 me. The wickidnesse of synneris be endid ; and thou, 
 God, sekyng the hertis and reynes, schalt dresse a iust 
 
 1 1 man. Mi iust help is of the Lord ; that makith saaf ri^t- 
 
 12 ful men in herte. The Lord is a iust iuge, stronge and 
 
PSALMS, VIII. 6^ 
 
 13 pacient ; whether he is wrooth bi alle daies ? If ^e ben not 
 conuertid, he schal florische his swerd ; he hath bent his 
 
 i4bouwe, and made it redi. And therynne he hath maad redi 
 the vessels of deth ; he hath fulH maad his arewis with bren- 
 
 i5nynge thingis. Lo ! he conseyuede sore we ; he peynfuh 
 
 i6brou5te forth vnri3tfulnesse, and childide wickidnesse. He 
 openide a lake, and diggide it out ; and he felde in to the 
 
 1 7 dich which he made. His sorewe schal be turned in to his 
 heed ; and his wickidnesse schal come doun in to his necke. 
 
 18 I schal knouleche to the Lord bi his ri3tfulnesse ; and Y schal 
 synge to the name of the hi3este Lord. 
 
 Psalm VIH. 
 
 1 T/ie Hile of the ei^the sahn. To the oner comere, for 
 
 pressotirs, the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, thou art oure Lord ; thi name is ful wonderful in al 
 
 3 erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes. Of the 
 mouth of 3onge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, 
 thou madist perfitli heriyng, for thin enemyes ; that thou 
 
 4 destrie the enemy and avengere. For Y schal se thin heue- 
 nes, the w^rkis of thi fyngris ; the moonc and sterris, whiche 
 
 5 thou hast foundid. What is a man, that thou ait myndeful 
 of hym ; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym } 
 
 6 Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels ; thou hast 
 
 7 corouned hym with glorie and onour, and hast ordeyned 
 
 8 hym aboue the w-erkis of thin hondis. Thou hast maad 
 suget alle thingis vndur hise feet ; alle schecp and oxis, 
 
 9 ferthermore and the beestis of the fecld ; the briddis of the 
 eir, and the fischis of the see ; that passen bi the pathis of 
 
 10 the see. Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is wondurful 
 in al erthe. 
 
64 PSALMS^ IX. 
 
 Psalm IX. 
 
 1 The title 0/ the nynthe salm. In to the ende.for the pry uy tees 
 
 of the so?ie, the salm of Dauid, 
 
 2 Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte ; Y schal 
 
 3 telle alle thi merueils. Thou hi3este, Y schal be glad, and 
 Y schal be fulli ioieful in thee ; Y schal synge to thi name. 
 
 4 For thou turnest myn enemy abac ; thei schulen be maad 
 
 5 feble, and schulen perische fro thi face. For thou hast maad 
 my doom and my cause ; thou, that demest ri3tfulnesse, hast 
 
 6 set on the trone. Thou blamedist hethene men, and the 
 wickid perischide ; thou hast do awei the name of hem in to 
 
 7 the world, and in to the world of world. The swerdis of the 
 enemy failiden in to the ende ; and thou hast distried the 
 citees of hem. The mynde of hem perischide with sown ; 
 
 8 and the Lord dwellith with outen ende. He made redi his 
 
 9 trone in doom ; and he schal deme the world in equite, he 
 
 10 schal deme puplis in ri^tfulnesse. And the Lord is maad 
 refuyt, ether help, to a pore man ; an helpere in couenable 
 
 11 tymes in tribulacioun. And thei, that knowen thi name, 
 haue hope in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not forsake hem that 
 
 12 seken thee. Synge ^e to the Lord, that dwelUth in Syon; 
 
 13 telle 5e hise studyes among hethene men. God for^etith not 
 the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the 
 
 14 blood of hem. Lord, haue thou merci on me ; se thou my 
 
 15 mekenesse of myn enemyes. Which enhaunsist me fro the 
 ^atis of deeth ; that Y telle alle thi preisyngis in the ^atis of 
 
 16 the dou5ter of Syon. Y schal be fulli ioyeful in thin helthe ; 
 hethene men ben fast set in the perisching, which thei maden. 
 In this snare, which thei hidden, the foot of hem is kau^t. 
 
 17 The Lord makynge domes schal be knowun ; the synnere is 
 
 18 takun in the werkis of hise hondis. Synneris be turned 
 
 19 togidere in to helle ; alle folkis, that for3eten God, For the 
 
PSALMS, IX (X). 6^ 
 
 foqetyng of a pore man schal not be in to the ende ; the 
 pacience of pore men schal not perische in to the ende. 
 
 20 Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be 
 
 2 1 demyd in thi si^t. Lord, ordeine thou a lawe-makere on 
 
 1 hem ; wite folkis, that thei ben men. (X.) Lord, \\\\\ hast 
 thou go fer awei .? thou dispisist in couenable tymes in tribu- 
 
 2 lacioun. While the wickid is proud, the pore man is brent ; 
 thei ben taken in the counsels, bi \vhiche thei thenken. 
 
 3 Forwhi the synnere is preisid in the desiris of his soule ; and 
 
 4 the wickid is blessid. The synnere wraththide the Lord ; 
 
 5 vp the multitude of his ire he schal not seke. God is not in 
 his sijt ; hise weies ben defoulid in al tyme. God, thi domes 
 ben takun awei fro his face ; he schal be lord of alle hise 
 
 6enemyes. For he seide in his herte, Y schal not be moued, 
 
 7 fro generacioun in to generacioun without yuel. Whos mouth 
 is fui of cursyng, and of bitternesse, and of gyle ; trauel and 
 
 8 sorewe is vndur his tunge. He sittith in aspies with ryche 
 
 9 men in priuytees ; to sle the innocent man. Hise i^en bi- 
 holden on a pore man ; he settith aspies in hid place, as a 
 lioun in his denne. He settith aspies, for to rauysche a 
 pore man ; for to rauysche a pore man, while he drawith the 
 
 10 pore man. In his snare he schal make meke the pore man ; 
 he schal bowe hym silf, and schal falle doun, whanne he 
 
 11 hath be lord of pore men. For he seide in his herte, God 
 hath for5ete ; he hath turned awei his face, that he se not in 
 
 12 to the ende. Lord God, rise thou vp, and thin hond be 
 
 13 enhaunsid ; for5ete thou not pore men. For what thing 
 terride the wickid man God to wraththe .' for he seide in his 
 
 14 herte, God schal not seke. Thou seest, for thou biholdist 
 trauel and sorewe; that thou take hem in to thin hondis. 
 The pore man is left to thee ; thou schalt be an hclpcre to 
 
 15 the fadirles and modirles. Al to-brckc thou the arme of the 
 synnere, and yuel willid ; his synne schal be sou5t, and it 
 
 F 
 
66 PSALMS, X, XI (xi, XIl). 
 
 16 schal not be foundun. The Lord schal regne with outen 
 
 ende, and in to the world of world; folkis, 50 schulen perische 
 
 ] 7 fro the lond of hym. The Lord hath herd the desir of pore 
 
 18 men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte. To 
 
 deme for the modirles and meke ; that a man leie to no more 
 
 to magnyfie hym silf on erthe. 
 
 Psalm X (XI). 
 
 1 The title 0/ the tenthe salm. To the vie tor le of Dauid. 
 
 2 I TRiSTE in the Lord ; hou seien 56 to my soule, Passe 
 
 3 thou ouere in to an hil, as a sparowe doith ? For lo ! syn- 
 neris han bent a bouwe ; thei han maad redi her arowis in 
 an arowe-caas ; for to schete in derknesse ri^tful men in 
 
 4 herte. For thei han distryed, whom thou hast maad perfit ; 
 
 5 but what dide the ri^tful man } The Lord is in his hooli 
 temple ; he is Lord, his seete is in heuene. Hise i3en bi- 
 holden on a pore man ; hise i3elidis axen the sones of men. 
 
 6 The Lord axith a iust man, and vnfeithful man ; but he, that 
 
 7 loueth wickidnesse, hatith his soule. He schal reyne snaris 
 on synful men ; fier, brymston, and the spirit of tempestis 
 
 8 beji the part of the cuppe of hem. For the Lord is ri3tful, 
 and louede ri^tfulnessis ; his cheer si^ equite, ethir euen- 
 nesse. 
 
 Psalm XI (XII). 
 
 1 The title of the eleuenthe salm. To the victorie on the 
 
 ei'^te, the so?ig of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, make thou me saaf, for the hooli failide ; for treuthis 
 
 3 ben maad lide fro the sones of men. Thei spaken veyn 
 thingis, ech man to hys nei^bore ; thei han gileful lippis, thei 
 
 4 spaken in herte and herte. The Lord destrie alle gileful 
 
 5 lippis ; and the greet spekynge tunge. Whiche seiden, We 
 
PSALMS, XII, XIII {XIII, XIV). 67 
 
 schulen magnyfie oure tunge, our lippis ben of vs ; who is 
 
 6 oure lord ? For the wretchednesse of nedy men, and for 
 the weilyng of pore men ; now Y schal ryse vp, seith the 
 Lord. I schal sette in helthe ; Y schal do tristili in hym. 
 
 7 The spechis of the Lord ben chast spechis ; siluer examynyd 
 
 8 bi fier, preued fro erthe, purgid seuen fold. Thou, Lord, 
 schalt kepe vs ; and thou schalt kepe vs fro this generacioun 
 
 9 with outen ende. Wickid men goen in cumpas ; bi thin hij- 
 nesse thou hast multiplied the sones of men. 
 
 Psalm XII (XIII). 
 
 1 The title of the tweJfthe salm. To the victor ie of Dauid. 
 
 Lord, hou long for^etist thou me in to the ende.? hou 
 
 2 long turnest thou aw^ei thi face fro me .'' Hou long schal Y 
 sette counsels in my soule ; sorewe in my herte bi dai .'' 
 
 3, 4 Hou long schal myn enemy be reisid on me "i My Lord 
 God, biholde thou, and here thou me. Li5tne thou myn 
 
 5 i3en, lest ony tyme Y slepe in deth ; lest ony tyme myn 
 enemye seie, Y hadde the maistri a5ens hym. Thei, that 
 troblen me, schulen haue ioie, if Y schal be stirid ; forsothe 
 
 6 Y hopide in thi merci. IMyn herte schal fulli haue ioie in 
 thin helthe ; Y schal synge to the Lord, that 3yueth goodis 
 to me, and Y schal seie salm to the name of the hi5este 
 Lord. 
 
 Psalm XIII (XIV). 
 
 1 The title of the thrette7ithe salm. To the victor ie of 
 
 Dauid. 
 
 The vnwise man seide in his herte, God is not. Thei ben 
 corrupt, and ben maad abhomynable in her studies ; noon is 
 
 2 that doith good, noon is til to oon. The Lord bihcldc fro 
 heuenc on the sones of men ; that he sc, if ony is vndur- 
 
 F 2 
 
68 PSALMS, XIV {xv). 
 
 3 stondynge, ethir sekynge God. Alle bowiden awei, togidere 
 thei ben maad vnprofitable ; noon is that doth good, noon is 
 til to oon. The throte of hem is an open sepulcre, thei 
 diden gilefuli with her tungis ; the venym of snakis is vndur 
 her lippis. Whos mouth is ful of cursyng and bittirnesse ; 
 her feet btm swift to schede out blood. Sorewe and cursid- 
 nesse is in the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weie 
 
 4 of pees ; the drede of God is not bifor her i^en. Whether 
 alle men that worchen wickidnesse schulen not knowe ; that 
 
 5 deuowren my puple, as mete of breed ? Thei clepeden not 
 the Lord ; thei trembliden there for dreed, where was no 
 
 6 drede ; for the Lord is in a ri^tful generacioun. Thou hast 
 schent the counsel of a pore man ; for the Lord is his hope. 
 
 7 Who schal 5yue fro Syon helthe to Israel ? Whanne the 
 Lord hath turned awei the caitifte of his puple ; Jacob schal 
 fulli be ioiful, and Israel schal be glad. 
 
 Psalm XIV (XV). 
 The title of the fourtenthe salni. The salm of Dauid. 
 
 1 Lord, who schal dwell e in thi tabernacle ; ether who schal 
 
 2 reste in thin hooli hil ? He that entrith with out wem ; and 
 
 3 worchith ri3tfulnesse. Which spekilh treuthe in his herte ; 
 which dide not gile in his tunge. Nethir dide yuel to his 
 
 4 nei3bore ; and took not schenschip a5ens hise nei5boris. A 
 wickid man is brou^t to nou^t in his si5t; but he glorifieth 
 hem that dreden the Lord. Which swerith to his nei^bore, 
 
 5 and disseyueth not ; which ^af not his money to vsure ; and 
 took not ^iftis on the innocent. He, that doith these thingis, 
 schal not be moued with outen ende. 
 
PSALMS, XV, XVI (XVT, XVIl). 69 
 
 Psalm XV (XVI). 
 
 The title of the fiuetenthe salm. Of the meke and symple^ the 
 satin of Dauid. 
 
 1. 2 Lord, kepe thou me, for Y haue hopid in thee ; Y seide 
 to the Lord, Thou art my God, for thou hast no nede of my 
 
 3 goodis. To the seyntis that ben in the lond of hym ; he 
 
 4 made wondurful alle my willis in hem. The sikenessis of 
 hem ben multiplied; aftirward thei hastiden. I schal not 
 gadire togidere the conuenticulis, ethir litte coiientis, of hem 
 of bloodis ; and Y schal not be myndeful of her names bi my 
 
 5 lippis. The Lord is part of myn eritage, and of my passion ; 
 
 6 thou art, that schalt restore myn eritage to me. Coordis felden 
 to me in ful clere thingis ; for myn eritage is ful cleer to me. 
 
 7 1 schal blesse the Lord, that 5af vndurstondyng to me ; fer- 
 
 8 thermore and my reynes blameden me til to ny5t. I purueide 
 euere the Lord in my si^t ; for he is on the ri3lhalf to me, 
 
 9 that Y be not moued. For this thing myn herte was glad, 
 and my tunge ioyede fulli ; ferthermore and my fleisch schal 
 
 10 reste in hope. For thou schalt not forsake my soule in helle ; 
 nether thou schalt ^yue thin hooli to se corrupcioun. Thou 
 hast maad knowun to me the weies of lijf ; thou schalt hlle 
 me of gladnesse with thi cheer ; delityngis hen in thi ri3lhalf 
 til in to the ende. 
 
 Psalm XVI (XVII). 
 
 I TJie title of the sixtenthe satin. The preicr of Dauid, 
 
 Lord, here thou my ri5tfulnesse ; biholde thou my preicr. 
 Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not viaad in gileful lippis. 
 
 2. 3 INIi doom come forih of thi cheer ; thin i^cn se equite. Thou 
 hast preued myn herte, and hast visiiid in ni^t ; thou hast 
 examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me. 
 
70 PSALMS^ XVII [XVIIl). 
 
 4 That my mouth speke not the werkis of men ; for the wordis 
 
 5 of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies. Make thou perfit my 
 6goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued. I 
 
 criede, for thou, God, herdist me ; bowe doun thin eere to 
 
 7 me, and here thou my wordis. Make wondurful thi mercies ; 
 
 8 that makist saaf men hopynge in thee. Kepe thou me as the 
 appii of the i^e ; fro men a5enstondynge thi ri^t bond. Keuere 
 
 9 thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis ; fro the face of 
 vnpitouse men, that ban turmentid me. Myn enemyes ban 
 
 10 cumpassid my soule ; thei ban closide togidere her fatnesse ; 
 
 1 1 the mouth of hem spak pride. Thei castiden me forth, and 
 ban cumpassid me now ; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her 
 
 12 i^en in to erthe. Thei, as a houn maad redi to prey, ban 
 take me ; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places. 
 
 13 Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou 
 
 14 hym ; delyuere thou my lijf fro the vnpitouse, delyiiere thou 
 thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin bond. Lord, departe thou 
 hem fro a fewe men of the lond in the lijf of hem; her 
 wombe is fillid of thin bid thingis. Thei ben fillid with 
 
 15 sones ; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children. But Y 
 in ri^tfulnesse schal appere to thi si3t ; Y schal be fillid, 
 whanne thi glorie schal appere. 
 
 Psalm XVII (XVIII). 
 
 1 The title of the seiieneteiithe sal??i. To victor ie, the word of the 
 
 Lord to Dauid; which spat: the ivordis of this S07tg, in the 
 dai in which the Lord delyuerede hym fro the hond of alle hise 
 enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul ; and he seide: 
 
 2 Lord, my strengthe, Y schal loue thee ; the Lord is my 
 
 3 stidfastnesse, and my refuyt, and mi deliuerere. Mi God is 
 myn helpere ; and Y schal hope in to hym. My defendere, 
 
 4 and the born of myn heltbe ; and myn vptakere. I schal 
 
PSA LMS, X VII [X VIIl) . 7 1 
 
 preise, and ynwardli clepe the Lord ; and Y schal be saaf fro 
 
 5 myn enemyes. The sorewis of deth cumpassiden me ; and 
 
 6 the strondis of wickidnesse disturbliden me. The sorewis of 
 helle cumpassiden me; the snaris of deeth bifor ocupieden 
 
 7 me. In my tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord ; and Y 
 criede to my God. And he herde my vois fro his hooli 
 
 8 temple ; and my cry in his si3t entride in to hise eeris. The 
 erthe was moiiede togidere, and tremblede togidere* the 
 foundementis of hilHs weren troblid togidere, and weren 
 
 9 moued togidere ; for he was wrooth to hem. Smoke stiede 
 in the ire of hym, and fier brente out fro his face ; coolis 
 
 10 weren kyndlid of hym. He bowide doun heuenes, and cam 
 
 1 1 doun ; and derknesse was vndur hise feet. And he stiede on 
 
 12 cherubym, and flei ; he fley ouer the pennes of wyndis. And 
 he settide derknesses his hidyng-place, his tabernacle in his 
 cumpas ; derk water zvas in the cloudes of the lowere eir. 
 
 13 Ful cleer cloudis passiden in his si^t ; hail and the coolis of 
 
 14 fier. And the Lord thundrid fro heuene ; and the hi5este 
 i5 5af his vois, hail and the coolis of fier camen doun. And he 
 
 sente hise arowis, and distriede tho men ; he multipliede leytis, 
 16 and disturblide tho mien. And the wellis of watris apperiden ; 
 
 and the foundementis of the erthe weren schewid. Lord, of 
 i7thi blamyng; of the brething of the spirit of thin ire. He 
 
 sente fro the hi5este place, and took me ; and he took me fro 
 
 18 many watris. He delyuerede me fro my strongeste enemyes ; 
 and fro hem that hatiden me, for thei weren coumfortid on 
 
 19 me. Thei camen bifor me in the dai of my turment ; and 
 
 20 the Lord was maad my defendere. And he ledde out me in 
 
 21 to breede ; he maad me saaf, for he woldc me. And the 
 Lord schal 5elde to me bi my ri3trulnesse ; and he schal ^elde 
 
 22 to me bi the clennesse of myn hondis. For Y kepte the 
 weies of the Lord ; and Y dide not vnfeithfuli fro my God. 
 
 23 For alle hise domes ben in my si3t ; and Y puttidc not awei 
 
72 PSALMS, XVII (XVIII). 
 
 24 fro me hise ri^tfulnessis. And Y schal be vnwemmed with 
 
 25 hym ; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse. And the 
 Lord schal 5elde to me bi my ri3tfulnesse ; and bi the clen- 
 
 2 6nesse of myn hondis in the si3t of hise i3en. With the hooli, 
 thou schalt be hooli ; and with a man innocent, thou schalt 
 
 27 be innocent. And with a chosun man, thou schalt be chosun; 
 
 28 and with a weiward man, thou schalt be weiward. For thou 
 schalt make saaf a meke puple ; and thou schalt make meke 
 
 29 the i^en of proude men. For thou, Lord, li3tnest my lanterne ; 
 
 30 my God, li3tne thou my derknessis. For bi thee Y schal be 
 delyuered fro temptacioun ; and in my God Y schal go ouer 
 
 31 the wal. Mi God, his weie is vndefoulid, the speches of the 
 Lord be7i examyned bi fier ; he is defendere of alle men 
 
 32 hopynge in hym. For whi, who is God, out-takun the Lord.? 
 
 33 ethir who is God outakun oure God .? God that hath gird me 
 
 34 with vertu ; and hath set my weie vnwemmed. Which made 
 perfit my feet as of hertis ; and ordeynynge me on hi3e 
 
 35 thingis. Which techith myn hondis to batel ; and thou hast 
 
 36 set myn armys as a brasun bouwe. And thou hast 50ue to 
 me the kyueryng of thin helthe ; and thi ri3thond hath vptake 
 me. And thi chastisyng amendide me in to the ende; and 
 
 37 thilke chastisyng of thee schal teche me. Thou alargidist 
 my paaces vndur me ; and my steppis ben not maad vnstide- 
 
 38 fast. Y schal pursue myn enemyes, and Y schal take hem ; 
 
 39 and Y schal not turne til thei fallen. I schal al to-breke hem, 
 and thei schulen not mowe stonde ; thei schulen falle vndur 
 
 40 my feet. And thou hast gird me with vertu to batel; and 
 thou hast supplauntid, ether disseyued, vndur me men risynge 
 
 41 a3ens me. And thou hast 30ue myn enemyes abac to me; 
 
 42 and thou hast distried men hatynge me. Thei crieden, and 
 noon was that maad hem saaf; thei crieden to the Lord, and 
 
 43 he herde not hem. And Y schal al to-breke hem, as dust 
 bifor the face of wynd ; Y schal do hem awei, as the cley of 
 
PSALMS, XVIII (xix). 73 
 
 44 stretis. Thou schalt delyuere me fro a^enseiyngis of the 
 
 45 puple ; thou schalt sette me in to the heed of folkis. The 
 puple, which Y knewe not, seruede me ; in the herynge of 
 
 46 eere it obeiede to me. Alien sones lieden to me, alien sones 
 
 47 wexiden elde; and crokiden fro thi pathis. The Lord lyueth, 
 and my God be blessid ; and the God of myn helthe be 
 
 48 enhaunsid. God, that ^auest veniaunces to me, and makist 
 suget puplis vndur me ; my delyuerere fro my wrathful 
 
 49 enemyes. And thou schalt enhaunse me fro hem, that risen 
 
 50 a3ens me ; thou schalt delyuere me fro a wickid man. Ther- 
 for, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among naciouns ; and 
 
 51 Y schal seie salm to thi name. Magnyfiynge the helthis of 
 his kyng; and doynge merci to his crist Dauid, and to his 
 seed til in to the world. 
 
 Psalm XVIII (XIX). 
 
 1 The title 0/ the ei^tenthe salm. To victor le, the salm of Daiiid. 
 
 2 Heuenes tellen out the glorie of God ; and the firmament 
 
 3 tellith the werkis of hise hondis. Ilie dai tellith out to the 
 dai a word ; and the ny3t schewith kunnyng to the ny^t. 
 
 4 No langagis ben, nether w^ordis; of whiche the voices of hem 
 
 5 ben not herd. The soun of hem 3ede out in to al erthe ; and 
 
 6 the wordis of hem ydeji out in to the endis of the world. In 
 the sunne he hath set his tabernacle ; and he as a spouse 
 comynge forth of his chaumbre. He fulli ioyede, as a giaunt, 
 
 7 to renne his weie ; his goynge out was fro hi^estc heuene. 
 And his goyng a3en was to the hi5este therof ; and noon is 
 
 8 that hidith hym silf fro his heet. The lawe of the Lord is 
 with out wem, and conuerlith soulis ; the wilnessyng of the 
 
 9 Lord is feithful, and ^yueth wisdom to litle children. The 
 ri^tfulnessis of the Lord hcii ri5lful, gladdynge hertis ; the 
 
 10 comaundement of the Lord is cleere, li3tnynge i3en. The 
 
74 PSALMS, xrx (zz). 
 
 hooli drede of the Lord dwellith in to world of world ; the 
 1 1 domes of the Lord ben trewe, iustified in to hem silf. De- 
 sirable more than gold, and a stoon myche preciouse ; and 
 i2Swettere than hony and honycoomb. Forwhi thi seruaunt 
 i3kepith thoo ; myche ^eldyng is in tho to be kept. Who 
 vndurstondith trespassis ? make thou me cleene fro my priuy 
 ij^synites; and of alien ^j';^;/^'^' spare thi seruaunt. li i\iQ /oi'seid 
 defautis ben not, Lord, of me, than Y schal be with out wem ; 
 15 and Y schal be clensid of the mooste synne. And the spechis 
 of my mouth schulen be, that tho plese ; and the thenkynge 
 of myn herte euere in thi si^t. Lord, myn helpere ; and myn 
 a5enbiere. 
 
 Psalm XIX (XX). 
 
 1 The title of the nyntcnthe salm. To victor ie^ 
 
 the salm of Daiiid. 
 
 2 The Lord here thee in the dai of tribulacioun ; the name 
 
 3 of God of Jacob defende thee. Sende he helpe to thee fro the 
 
 4 hooli place ; and fro Syon defende he thee. Be he mynde- 
 ful of al thi sacrifice; and thi brent sacrifice be maad fat. 
 
 5 3yue he to thee aftir thin herte ; and conferme he al thi 
 
 6 counsel. We schulen be glad in thin helthe ; and we schulen 
 
 7 be magnyfied in the name of oure God. The Lord fille 
 alle thin axyngis ; nowe Y haue knowe, that the Lord hath 
 maad saaf his crist. He schal here hym fro his hooly 
 
 Sheuene; the helthe of his ri^t bond is in poweris. Thes in 
 
 charis, and these in horsis ; but we schulen inwardii clepe 
 
 9 in the name of oure Lord God. Thei ben boundun, and 
 
 10 felden doun ; but we han rise, and ben reisid. Lord, make 
 
 thou saaf the kyng ; and here thou vs in the dai in which 
 
 we inwardii clepen thee. 
 
PSALMS, XX, XXI {XXI, XX 1 1). 75 
 
 Psalm XX (XXI). 
 
 1 The title of the hventiihe s aim. To vie tor ic, 
 
 the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, the kyng schal be glad in thi vertu ; and he schal 
 
 3 ful out haue ioye greetli on thin hehhe. Thou hast 30ue to 
 hym the desire of his herte; and thou hast not defraudid 
 
 4hym of the wille of hise lippis. For thou hast bifor come 
 hym in the blessyngis of swetnesse ; thou hast set on his 
 
 5 heed a coroun of preciouse stoon. He axide of thee lijf, 
 and thou 5auest to hym ; the lengthe of daies in to the world, 
 
 6 and in to the world of world. His glorie is greet in thin 
 helthe ; thou schalt putte glorie, and greet fayrnesse on hym. 
 
 7 For thou schalt ^yue hym in to blessing in to the world of 
 world ; thou schalt make hym glad in ioye with thi cheer. 
 
 8 For the kyng hopith in the Lord ; and in the merci of the 
 
 9 hi^este he schal not be moued. Thyn bond be foundun to 
 alle thin enemyes ; thi ri^thond fynde alle hem that haten 
 
 10 thee. Thou schalt putte hem as a furneis of fier in the 
 tym.e of thi cheer ; the Lord schal disturble hem in his ire, 
 
 1 1 and fier schal deuoure hem. Thou schalt leese the fruyt of 
 hem fro erthe ; and Ihotc schalt leese the seed of hem fro the 
 
 i2Sones of men. For thei bowiden yuels a^ens thee; thei 
 i3thou5ten counseils, whiche thei my^ten not stablische. For 
 
 thou schalt putte hem abac; in thi relifs thou schalt make 
 14 redi the cheer of hem. Lord, be thou enhaunsid in thi vertu ; 
 
 we schulen synge, and seie opinly thi vertues. 
 
 PS.VLM XXI (XXII). 
 
 1 The title of the oon and tive/i tithe salm. To oner come, for 
 
 the moreivtid hyiid ; the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 God, my God, biholde thou on me, \\\\\ hast thou forsake 
 me? the wordis of my trespassis ben fcr fro myn helthe. 
 
75 PSALMS, XXI (xxii). 
 
 3 Mi God, Y schal crye bi dai, and thou schalt not here ; and 
 4bi ny3t, and not to vnwisdom to me. Forsothe thou, the 
 
 5 preisyng of Israel, dwelHst in holynesse ; oure fadris hopiden 
 
 6 in thee, thei hopiden, and thou delyueridist hem. Thei 
 crieden to thee, and thei weren maad saaf; thei hopiden 
 
 7 in thee, and thei weren not schent. But Y am a worm, 
 and not man ; the schenschip of men, and the outcastyng 
 
 s of the puple. Alle men seynge me scorneden me ; thei 
 
 9 spaken with Hppis, and stiriden the heed. He hopide in 
 
 the Lord, delyuere he hym ; ' make he hym saaf, for he wole 
 
 lohym. For thou it art that drowist me out of the wombe, 
 
 I ] //lou art myn hope fro the tetis of my modir ; in to thee Y 
 
 am cast forth fro the wombe. Fro the wombe of my modir 
 
 12 thou art my God; departe thou not fro me. For tribu- 
 
 i3lacioun is next; for noon is that helpith. Many calues 
 
 14 cumpassiden me ; fatte boHs bisegiden me. Thei openyden 
 her mouth on me ; as doith a Houn rauyschynge and rorynge. 
 
 15 I am sched out as watir; and alle my boonys ben scaterid. 
 Myn herte is maad, as wex fletynge abrood ; in the myddis 
 
 16 of my wombe. Mi vertu driede as a tiyl-stoon, and my 
 tunge cleuede to my chekis ; and thou hast brou3t forth me 
 
 i;in to the dust of deth. For many doggis cumpassiden me; 
 
 the counsel of wickid men bisegide me. Thei delueden 
 
 iSmynhondis and my feet ; thei noumbriden alle my boonys. 
 
 19 Sotheli thei lokiden, and bihelden me ; thei departiden my 
 
 20 clothis to hem silf, and thei senten lot on my cloth. But 
 thou. Lord, delaie not thin help fro me ; biholde thou to 
 
 21 my defence. God, delyuere thou my lijf fro swerd; and 
 delyuere thou myn oon aloone fro the bond of the dogge. 
 
 2 1 Make thou me saaf fro the mouth of a lioun ; and my meke- 
 
 23 nesse fro the homes of vnycornes. I schal telle thi name 
 
 to my britheren ; Y schal preise thee in the myddis of the 
 
 24chirche. 3e that dreden the Lord, herie hym; alle the 
 
PSALMS, XXII (xxiii). 77 
 
 25 seed of Jacob, glorifie ^e hym. Al the seed of Israel drede 
 hym ; for he forsook not, nethir dispiside the preier of a pore 
 man. Nethir he turnede awei his face fro me ; and whanne 
 
 26 Y crigde to hym, he herde me. Mi preisyng is at thee in 
 a greet chirche ; Y schal 5elcle my vowis in the si5t of men 
 
 2 7dredynge hym. Pore men schulen ete, and schulen be 
 fillid, and thei schulen herie the Lord, that seken hym ; the 
 
 28 hertis of hem schulen lyue in to the world of world. Alle 
 the endis of erthe schulen bithenke ; and schulen be con- 
 uertid to the Lord. And alle the meynees of hethcne men ; 
 
 29 schulen worschipe in his si^t. For the rewme is the Lordis ; 
 
 30 and he schal be Lord of hethene men. Alle the fatte men 
 of erthe eeten and worschipiden ; alle men, that goen doun 
 
 31 in to erthe, schulen falle doun in his si5t. And my soule 
 
 32 schal lyue to hym ; and my seed schal serue him. A gene- 
 racioun to comyng schal be teld to the Lord ; and heuenes 
 schulen telle his ri5tfulnesse to the puple that schal be borun, 
 whom the Lord made. 
 
 Psalm XXII (XXIII). 
 
 1 TAe title of the tivo and twentiihe salm. The salm, 
 
 ether the so7tg 0/ Daunt 
 
 The Lord gouernelh me, and no thing schal faile to me ; 
 
 2 in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurschide 
 
 3 me on the watir of refreischyng ; he conuertide my soule. 
 He ledde me forth on the pathis of ri3tfulnesse ; for his 
 
 4 name. For whi thou3 Y schal go in the myddis of schadewe 
 of deeth ; Y schal not drede yuels, for thou art with me. 
 
 5 Thi 5erde and thi staf; tho han coumfortid me. Thou hast 
 maad redi a boord in my si^t ; a^ens hem that troblon me. 
 Thou hast maad fat myn heed wiih oyle ; and my cuppe, 
 
 6 fiUinge greetli, is ful clcer. And thi mcrci schal sue mo ; 
 
78 PSALMS^ XXIII, XXIV {XXIV, XX V). 
 
 in alle the dales of my lijf. And that Y dwelle in the hows 
 of the Lord ; in to the lengthe of daies. 
 
 Psalm XXIII (XXIV). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the thre a?id tweiitithe salm. The song of Dauid. 
 
 The erthe and the fuhiesse therof is the Lordis ; the 
 
 2 world, and alle that dwellen therynne is the Lordis. For he 
 
 3 foundide it on the sees ; and made it redi on floodis. Who 
 schal stie in to the hil of the Lord ; ethir who schal stonde 
 
 4 in the hooh place of hym? The innocent in hondis, and 
 in cleene herte ; whiche took not his soule in veyn, nether 
 
 5 swoor in gile to his nei^bore. This man schal take blessyng 
 
 6 of the Lord ; and mercy of God his helthe. This is the 
 generacioun of men sekynge hym ; of men sekynge the 
 
 7 face of God of Jacob, ^e princes, take vp ^oure 5atis, and 
 ^e euerelastynge 5atis, be reisid ; and the kyng of glorie 
 
 8 schal entre. Who is this kyng of glorie ? the Lord strong 
 
 9 and my5ti, the Lord my5ti in batel. 3^ princes, take vp 
 50ure ^atis, and ^e euerlastynge 5atis, be reisid ; and the 
 
 10 kyng of glorie schal entre. Who is this kyng of glorie? 
 the Lord of vertues, he is the kyng of glorie. 
 
 Psalm XXIV (XXV). 
 
 1 The title of the foure and twentithe salm. To Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, to thee Y haue reisid my soule ; my God, Y truste 
 
 3 in thee, be Y not aschamed. Nethir myn enemyes scorne 
 me; for alle men that suffren thee schulen not be schent. 
 
 4 Alle men doynge wickyd thingis superfluli ; be schent. 
 Lord, schewe thou thi weies to me ; and teche thou me 
 
 5 thi pathis. Dresse thou me in thi treuthe, and teche thou 
 me, for thou art God my sauyour; and Y suffride thee al 
 
PSALMS, XXV {XX Vl). yg 
 
 6 dai. Lord, haue thou mynde of thi merciful doyngis ; and 
 
 7 of thi mercies that ben fro the world. Haue thou not mynde 
 on the trespassis of my 5ongthe; and on myn vnkunnyngis. 
 Thou, Lord, haue mynde on me bi thi merci ; for thi good- 
 
 8 nesse. The Lord is swete and ri3tful ; for this he schal 
 
 9 5yue a lawe to men trespassynge in the weie. He schal 
 dresse deboner men in doom ; he schal teche mylde men 
 
 lohise weies. Alle the weies of the Lord ben mercy and 
 treuthe; to men sekynge his testament, and hise witness- 
 
 1 1 yngis. Lord, for thi name thou schalt do merci to my 
 
 i2synne; for it is myche. Who is a man, that dredith the 
 Lord? he ordeyneth to hym a lawe in the weie which he 
 
 i3chees. His soule schal dwelle in goodis; and his seed 
 
 14 schal enerite the lond. The Lord is a sadnesse to 
 men dredynge hym ; and his testament is, that it be 
 
 15 schewid to hem. Myn i3en l>e7t euere to the Lord ; for he 
 
 1 6 schal breide awey my feet fro the snare. Biholde thou on 
 me, and haue thou mercy on me ; for Y am oon aloone 
 
 1 7 and pore. The tribulaciouns of myn herte ben multiplied; 
 
 18 delyuere thou me of my nedis. Se thou my mekenesse 
 
 19 and my trauel ; and for5yue thou alle my trespassis. Bihold 
 thou myn enemyes, for thei ben multiplied ; and thei haten 
 
 20 me bi ^vickid hatrede. Kepe thou my soule, and delyuere 
 
 21 thou me; be Y not aschamed, for Y hopide in thee. Inno- 
 cent men and ri3tful cleuyden to me ; for Y suflride thee. 
 
 22 God, delyuere thou Israel ; fro alle hise tribulaciouns. 
 
 Psalm XXV (XXVI). 
 
 1 T/ie title of thefyue and twentithe salm. To Daiiid. 
 
 Lord, deme thou me, for Y cnlride in myn innocens ; 
 and Y hopynge in the Lord schal not be made vnstidfast. 
 
 2 Lord, preue thou me, and asaie me ; brcnne ihou my reyncs, 
 
8o PSALMS, XXVI (XXVIl). 
 
 3 and myn herte. For whi thi merci is bifor myn i3en ; and 
 
 4Y pleside in thi treuthe. I sat not with the counsel of 
 
 vanyte ; and Y schal not entre with men doynge wickid 
 
 5 thingis. I hatide the chirche of yuele men ; and Y schal 
 
 6 not sitte with wickid men. I schal waische myn hondis 
 among innocentis ; and, Lord, Y schal cumpasse thin auter. 
 
 7 That Y here the vois of heriyng ; and that Y telle out alle 
 
 8 thi merueils. Lord, Y haue loued the fairnesse of thin hows ; 
 
 9 and the place of the dwellyng of thi glorie. God, leese thou 
 not my soule with vnfeithful men ; and my lijf with men of 
 
 lobloodis. In whose hondis wyckidnessis ben; the ri5thond 
 
 1 1 of hem is fillid with ^iftis. But Y entride in myn innocens ; 
 
 1 2 a3enbie thou me, and haue merci on me. Mi foot stood in 
 ri5tfulnesse ; Lord, Y schal blesse thee in chirchis. 
 
 Psalm XXVI (XXVII). 
 
 1 The title of the sixe and iwentiihe salm. To Dauid. 
 
 The Lord is my li3tnyng, and myn helthe ; whom schal 
 Y drede ? The Lord is defendere of my lijf; for whom schal 
 
 2 Y tremble ? The while noiful men nei3en on me ; for to ete 
 my fleischis. Myn enemyes, that trobliden me ; thei weren 
 
 3 maad sijk and felden doun. Thou3 castels stonden togidere 
 a5ens me; myn herte schal not drede. Thou3 batel risith 
 
 4 a3ens me ; in this thing Y schal haue hope. I axide of the 
 Lord o thing ; Y schal seke this thing ; that Y dwelle in 
 the hows of the Lord alle the dales of my lijf. That Y se 
 
 5 the wille of the Lord ; and that Y visite his temple. For he 
 hidde me in his tabernacle in the dai of yuehs ; he defendide 
 
 6 me in the hid place of his tabernacle. He enhaunside me 
 in a stoon; and now he enhaunside myn heed ouer myn 
 enemyes. I cumpasside, and offride in his tabernacle a 
 sacrifice of criyng ; Y schal synge, and Y schal seie salm 
 
PSA LMS, XX VII (XX VIII. ) 8 1 
 
 7 to the Lord. Lord, here thou my vois, bi \vhich Y criede 
 
 8 to thee ; haue thou merci on me, and here me. ]Myn herte 
 seide to thee, I\Iy face sou^te thee ; Lord, Y schal seke eft 
 
 9 thi face. Turne thou not awei thi face fro me ; bouwe thou 
 not awei in ire fro thi seruaunt. Lord, be thou myn helpere, , 
 forsake thou not me ; and, God, myn hehhe, dispise thou 
 
 10 not me. For my fadir and my modir han forsake me ; but 
 lithe Lord hath take me. Lord, sette thou a lawe to me in 
 
 thi weie ; and dresse thou me in thi path for myn enemyes. 
 i2Bitake thou not me in to the soules of hem, that troblen 
 
 me; for wickid witnessis han rise a3ens me, and wickyd- 
 13 nesse liede to it silf. I bileue to see the goodis of the 
 1 4 Lord; in. the lond of hem that lyuen. Abide thou the 
 
 Lord, do thou manh ; and thin herte be coumfortid, and 
 
 suffre thou the Lord. 
 
 Psalm XXVII (XXVIII). 
 
 1 The title of the seuen and twejitithe salm. To Dauid. 
 
 Lord, Y schal crye to thee; my God, be thou not stille 
 fro me, be thou not stille ony tyme fro me ; and Y schal 
 
 2 be maad lijk to hem, that goen doun in to the lake. Lord, 
 here thou the vois of my bisechyng, while Y preie to thee ; 
 
 3 whyle Y reise myn hondis to thin hooli temple. Bitake thou 
 not me togidere with synneris ; and leese thou not me with 
 hem that worchcn wickidnesse. Whyche speken pees with 
 
 4 her nei5bore ; but yuels be?i in her hertis. '^ync thou to 
 hem vpe the werkis of hem; and vpe the wickidnesse of 
 her fyndyngis. 5)'"^ ihow to hem vpe the werkis of her 
 
 5 hondis ; 5elde thou her ^eldyng to hem. For thci vnckir- 
 stoden not the werkis of the Lord, and bi the werkis of hiso 
 hondis thou schalt destrie hem ; and ihou schalt not bikle 
 
 6 hem. Blissid k the Lord ; for he hcrde the vois of my 
 
 G 
 
82 PSALMS, XXV III {XXIX). 
 
 7 bisechyng. The Lord zs myn helpere and my defendere ; 
 and myn herte hopide in hym, and Y am helpid. And my 
 fleisch flouride a^en; and of my wille Y schal knowleche 
 
 8 to hym. The Lord is the strengthe of his puple ; and he 
 
 9 is defendere of the sauyngis of his crist. Lord, make thou 
 saaf thi puple, and bless thou thin eritage ; and reule thou 
 hem, and enhaunse thou hem til in to with outen ende. 
 
 Psalm XXVIII (XXIX). 
 
 1 The title of the ei-^t and twentithe salm. The sahn, 
 
 ethir song of Dauid. 
 
 3e sones of God, brynge to the Lord ; brynge 56 to the 
 
 2 Lord the sones of rammes. Brynge 5e to the Lord glorie 
 and onour ; brynge ^e to the Lord glorie to his name ; 
 
 3 herie 56 the Lord in his hooli large place. The vois of 
 the Lord on watris, God of mageste thundride ; the Lord 
 
 4 on many watris. The vois of the Lord in vertu ; the vois 
 
 5 of the Lord in greet doyng. The vois of the Lord brekynge 
 cedris; and the Lord schal breke the cedris of the Liban. 
 
 6 And he schal al to-breke hem to dust as a calf of the Liban ; 
 
 7 and the derling was as the sone of an vnycorn. The vois 
 
 8 of the Lord departynge the flawme of fier ; the vois of the 
 Lord schakynge desert ; and the Lord schal stire togidere 
 
 9 the desert of Cades. The vois of the Lord makynge redi 
 hertis, and he schal schewe thicke thingis ; and in his temple 
 
 loalle men schulen seie glorie. The Lord makith to enhabite 
 the greet flood ; and the Lord schal sitte kyng with outen 
 
 1 1 ende. The Lord schal ^yue vertu to his puple; the Lord 
 schal blesse his puple in pees. 
 
PSALMS, XXIX, XXX [XXX, XXXl), 83 
 
 Psalm XXIX (XXX). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the njme and iweiiiithe salm. The salm 0/ song, 
 
 for the haleivymg of the hows of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, Y schal enhaunse thee, for thou hast vp take me ; 
 
 3 and thou delitidist not myn enemyes on me. Mi Lord God, 
 
 4 Y criede to thee ; and thou madist me hool. Lord, thou 
 leddist out my soule fro helle ; thou sauedist me fro hem 
 
 5 that goen doun into the lake. 3^ seyntis of the Lord, synge 
 to the Lord ; and knowleche 56 to the mynde of his hooly- 
 
 Gnesse. For ire is in his indignacioun ; and Hjf is in his 
 wille. Wepyng schal dwelle at euentid ; and gladnesse at 
 
 7 the morewtid. Forsothe Y seide in my plentee ; Y schal 
 
 8 not be moued with outen ende. Lord, in thi wille ; thou 
 hast 50ue vertu to my fairnesse. Thou turnedist awei thi 
 
 9 face fro me; and Y am maad disturbUd. Lord, Y schal 
 
 10 crye to thee ; and Y schal preye to my God. What profit 
 is in my blood ; while Y go doun in to corrupcioun ? 
 Whether dust schal knouleche to thee ; ethir schal telle 
 
 1 1 thi treuthe ? The Lord herde, and hadde merci on me ; 
 
 1 2 the Lord is maad myn helpere. Thou hast turned my 
 weilyng in to ioye to me ; thou hast to-rent my sak, and 
 
 13 hast cumpassid me with gladnesse. That my glorie synge 
 to thee, and Y be not compunct ; my Lord God, Y schal 
 knouleche to thee with outen ende. 
 
 Psalm XXX (XXXI). 
 
 1 The title of the thrittithe salm. To victor ie, 
 
 the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schcnt with outen ende ; 
 
 3 delyuere thou me in thi ri3tfulnesse. Bouwe doun thin cere 
 
 G 2 
 
84 PSALMS, XXX (XXXl). 
 
 to me ; baaste thou to delyuere me. Be thou to me in to 
 God defendere, and in to an hows of refuyt; that thou 
 
 4 make me saaf. For thou art my strengthe and my refuyt ; 
 and for thi name thou schalt lede me forth, and schalt 
 
 5 nurische me. Thou schalt lede me out of the snare, which 
 
 6 thei hidden to me ; for thou art my defendere. I bitake my 
 spirit in to thin hondis; Lord God of treuthe, thou hast 
 
 7 a3en-bou3t me. Thou hatist hem that kepen vanytees super- 
 
 8 fluli. Forsothe Y hopide in the Lord ; Y schal haue fulli 
 ioie, and schal be glad in thi merci. For thou byheldist 
 
 9 my mekenesse ; thou sauedist my lijf fro nedis. And thou 
 closidist not me togidere withynne the hondis of the enemy ; 
 
 10 thou hast sett my feet in a large place. Lord, haue thou 
 merci on me, for Y am troblid; myn i5e is troblid in ire, 
 
 11 my soule and my wombe be7t troblid. For whi my lijf failide 
 in sorewe ; and my ^eeris in weilynges. Mi vertu is maad 
 
 i2feble in pouert; and my boonys ben disturblid. Guer alle 
 myn enemyes Y am maad schenship greetli to my nei3boris ; 
 and drede to my knowun. Thei that sien me with-outforth, 
 13 fledden fro me; Y am ^ouun to for^etyng, as a deed man 
 14 fro herte. I am maad as a lorun vessel; for Y herde dis- 
 pisyng of many men dwellynge in cumpas. In that thing 
 the while thei camen togidere a^ens me; thei counceliden 
 
 15 to take my lijf. But, Lord, Y hopide in thee; Y seide, 
 
 16 Thou art my God ; my tymes be?i in thin hondis. Delyuer 
 thou me fro the hondis of miynen enemyes; and fro hem 
 
 17 that pursuen me. Make thou cleer thi face on thi seruaunt; 
 18 Lord, make thou me saaf in thi merci; be Y not schent, 
 
 for Y inwardli clepide thee. Unpitouse men be aschamed, 
 
 19 and be led forth in to helle; gileful Hppys be maad doumbe. 
 That speken wickidnesse a3ens a iust man; in pride, and 
 
 20 in mysusyng. Lord, the multitude of thi swetnesse is ful 
 greet; which thou hast hid to men dredynge thee. Thou 
 
PSALMS, XXXI [XXXIl). 85 
 
 hast maad a perfit thing to hem, that hopen in thee ;„ in 
 21 the si^t of the sones of men. Thou schalt hide hem in 
 
 the priuyte of thi face; fro disturblyng of men. Thou 
 
 schalt defende hem in thi tabernacle; fro a5enseiyng of 
 22tungis. Blessid de the Lord; for he hath maad wondur- 
 23 ful his merci to me in a strengthid citee. Forsothe Y 
 
 seide in the passyng of my soule ; Y am cast out fro the 
 
 face of thin i^en. Therfor thou herdist the vois of my 
 24preier; while Y criede to thee. Alle 56 hooli men of the 
 
 Lord, loue hym ; for the Lord schal seke treuthe, and he 
 25 schal ^elde plenteuousli to hem that doen pride. Alle ^e 
 
 that hopen in the Lord, do manli; and ^oure herte be 
 
 coumfortid. 
 
 Psalm XXXI (XXXII). 
 T^e title of the oon and thrittithe salm. Lernyng to Dauid. 
 
 1 Blessid he7i thei, whose wickidnessis ben for^ouun; and 
 
 2 whose synnes ben hilid. Blessid is the man, to whom the 
 
 3 Lord arrettide not synne ; nethir gile is in his spirit. Yoy 
 
 Y was stille, my boonys wexiden elde; while Y criede al 
 4dai. For bi dai and ny^t thin hond was maad greuouse 
 
 on me ; Y am turned in my wretchednesse, while the thorn 
 
 5 is set in. I made my synne knowun to thee ; and Y hidde 
 not my vnri^tfulnesse. I seide , Y schal knoulech e a^cns 
 me myn vnri3tfulnesse to the Lord; and thou liasi f.n-^oue 
 
 6 the w ickidnesse of my synne. For this thing etli hooli 
 man schal preye to thee; in couenable tyme. Netheles in 
 the greet flood of many watris; tho schulen not nei^e to 
 
 7 thee. Thou art my refuyt fro tribulacioun, that cumpass- 
 ide me ; thou, my fulli ioiyng, delyuere me fro hem that 
 
 8 cumpassen me. Y schal ^yue vnderstondyng to thee, and 
 
 Y schal teche thee ; in this weie in which thou schalt 
 
 9 go, Y schal make stidefast myn i3cn on thee. Nile 36 be 
 
86 PSALMS, XXXII (X XX III). 
 
 maad as an hors and mule ; to whiche is noon vndurstond- 
 
 yng. Lord, constreyne thou the chekis of hem with a ber- 
 
 lonacle and bridil ; that nei3en not to thee. Many betyngis 
 
 ben of the synnere ; but merci schal cumpasse hym that 
 
 1 1 hopith in the Lord. 3^ i^st men, be glad, and make fulli 
 ioie in the Lord ; and alle ^e ri^tful of herte, haue glorie. 
 
 Psalm XXXII (XXXIII). 
 The two and ihreitithe salm hath no title, 
 
 1 3^ ^^st men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togi- 
 
 2 dere bicometh ri3tful men. Knouleche ^e to the Lord in 
 an harpe ; synge ^e to hym in a sautre of ten strengis. 
 
 3 Synge 3e to hym a newe song ; seie 3e wel salm to hym 
 
 4 in criyng. For the word of the Lord is ri^tful ; and alle 
 
 5 hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse. He loueth merci and 
 
 6 doom ; the erthe is ful of the merci of the Lord. Heuenes 
 ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and al the 
 
 7 vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth. And he gaderith 
 togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge; and settith 
 
 S depe watris in tresours. Al erthe drede the Lord ; sotheli 
 
 9 alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym. For 
 he seide, and thingis weren maad ; he comaundide, and 
 
 lothingis weren maad of nou3t. The Lord distrieth the coun- 
 sels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thou^tis of puplis ; 
 
 T I and he repreueth the counsels of prynces. But the counsel 
 of the Lord dwellith with outen ende ; the thou3tis of his 
 
 12 herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun. Blessid 
 is the folk, whose Lord is his God ; the puple which he 
 
 1 3 chees into eritage to hym silf. The Lord bihelde fro. heuene ; 
 1 4. he si; alle the sones of men. Fro his dwellyng place maad 
 
 redi bifor ; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe. 
 15 Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndur- 
 
PSALMS, XXXIII (XXXIV). 87 
 
 i6stondith all the werkis of hem. A kyng is not sauyd bi 
 
 myche vertu ; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychil- 
 lynesse of his vertu. An hors is false to hclthe ; forsothe 
 
 he schal not be sauyd in the habundaunce, ether pleniee, of 
 18 his vertu. Lo ! the i3en of the Lord ben on men dredynge 
 ighym; and in hem that hopen on his merci. That he de- 
 20 lyuere her soules fro deth ; and feede hem in hungur. Oure 
 
 soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and de- 
 2ifendere. For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we 
 22 schulen haue hope in his hooli name. Lord, thi merci be 
 
 maad on vs ; as we hopiden in thee. 
 
 Psalm XXXIII (XXXIV). 
 
 1 The title of the thre and tkr it tithe salni. To Dauid, whanne 
 
 he chaiingide his month bifor Aby?nalech, and he droof out 
 DaJiid, and he yde forth. 
 
 2 I SCHAL blesse the Lord in al tyme ; euere his heriyng 
 
 3 is in my mouth. Mi soule schal be preisid in the Lord ; 
 
 4 mylde men here, and be glad. IMagnyiie ^e the Lord with 
 
 5 me ; and enhaunse we his name into it silf. I sou5te the 
 Lord, and he herde me ; and he delyueride me fro alle 
 
 6 my tribulaciouns. Nei3e yt to him, and be 5e li3tned ; and 
 
 7 30ure faces schulen not be schent. This pore man criede, 
 and the Lord herde hym ; and sauyde hym fro alle hise 
 
 8 tribulaciouns. The aungel of the Lord sendith in the cum- 
 pas of men dredynge hym ; and he schal delyuere hem. 
 
 9 Taaste 3e, and se, for the Lord is swete ; blessid is the 
 10 man, that hopith in hym. Alle 3e hooli men of the Lord, 
 
 drede hym ; for no nedynesse is to men dredynge hym. 
 iiRiche men weren nedi, and weren hungri ; but men that 
 i2seken the Lord schulen not faile of al good. Come, 5e 
 
 sones, here 36 me ; Y schal teche 30U the drede of the 
 
88 PSALMS, XXXIV {xxxv). 
 
 13 Lord. Who is a man, that wole lijf; loueth to se good 
 
 14 daies ? Forbede thi tunge fro yuel ; and thi Hppis speke 
 
 15 not gile. Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke 
 
 16 thou pees, and perfitH sue thou it. The i3en of the Lord 
 I'j de7i on iust men; and hise eeren 5e72 to her preiers. But 
 
 the cheer of the Lord z's on men doynge yuels ; that he 
 iSleese the mynde of hem fro erthe. Just men cryeden, and 
 
 the Lord herde hem ; and delyueride hem fro alle her tri- 
 i9bulaciouns. The Lord is ny3 hem that ben of troblid herte; 
 
 20 and he schal saue meke men in spirit. Many tribulaciouns 
 den of iust men ; and the Lord schal delyuere hem fro alle 
 
 21 these. The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of 
 2 2tho schal not be brokun. The deth of synneris is werst ; 
 23 and thei that haten a iust man schulen trespasse. The 
 
 Lord schal a3enbie the soulis of hise seruauntis ; and alle, 
 that hopen in him, schulen not trespasse. 
 
 Psalm XXXIV (XXXV). 
 
 1 The title of thefoure and thrittithe salm. To Dauid. 
 
 Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou 
 
 2 hem, that fi3ten a5ens me. Take thou armeris and scheeld ; 
 
 3 and rise vp into help to me. Schede out the swerd, and 
 close togidere a^ens hem that pursuen me ; seie thou to my 
 
 4S0ule, Y am thin helthe. Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, 
 and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me ; be turned 
 
 5 awei bacward, and be schent. Be thei maad as dust bifor 
 the face of the wynd ; and the aungel of the Lord make hem 
 
 6 streit. Her weie b3 maad derknesse, and slydirnesse ; and 
 
 7 the aungel of the Lord pursue hem. For with out cause thei 
 hidden to me the deth of her snare ; in veyn thei dispisiden 
 
 8 my soule. The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, 
 and the takyng which he hidde take hym ; and fall he in to 
 
PSALMS, XXXIV {XXXV). 89 
 
 9 the snare in that thing. But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in 
 
 10 the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe. Alle my boonys 
 
 schiilen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee ? Thou delyuerist a pore 
 
 man fro the hond of his strengere ; a nedi man and pore fro 
 
 1 1 hem that diuersely rauischen hym. Wickid witnessis risynge 
 
 1 2 axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not. Thei ^eldiden to 
 
 13 me yuels for goodis ; bareynnesse to my soule. But whanne 
 thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an hcire. I 
 mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned 
 
 14 with ynne my bosum. I pleside so as oure nei5bore, as oure 
 brother; Y was maad meke so as morenynge and sorewful. 
 
 15 And thei weren glad, and camen togidere a5ens me; tur- 
 
 16 mentis weren gaderid on me, and Y knew not. Thei weren 
 scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scorny- 
 den me with mowyng ; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth. 
 
 1 7 Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro 
 the wickidnesse of hem ; restore ihoii myn oon aloone fro 
 
 18 liouns. I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche ; Y 
 
 19 schal herie thee in a sad puple. Thei that ben aducrsaries 
 wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me ; that haten me with out 
 
 20 cause, and bikenen with i3en. For sotheli thei spaken pesibli 
 to me ; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thou^ten 
 
 21 giles. And thei maden large her mouth on me ; thei seiden, 
 
 22 Wei, wel! oure i3en ban sien. Lord, thou hast seen, be thou 
 
 23 not stille ; Lord, departe thou not fro me. Rise vp, and 
 5yue tent to my doom ; my God and my Lord, hihohJc in to 
 
 24 my cause. Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi ri^tfulnesse ; 
 
 25 and haue thei not ioye on me. Seie thei not in her hertis, 
 Wel, wel, to oure soule ; nether seie thei. We schulen deuoure 
 
 26 hym. Shame thei, and drede thei togidere ; that thanken for 
 myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede ; that 
 
 2 7speken yuele thingis on me. Llaue thei ful ioie, and be thei 
 glad that wolen my rijtfulnesse ; and seie thei eucre, The 
 
90 PSALMS, XXXV, XXXVI {xxxvi, XXXVIl). 
 
 Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt. 
 28 And my tunge schal bithenke thi ri^tfulnesse ; al day thin 
 heriyng. 
 
 Psalm XXXV (XXXVI). 
 
 1 The title ofthefyue and thrittithe salm. To victor ie^ to Dauid, 
 
 the seruaunt of the Lord. 
 
 2 The vniust man seide, that he trespasse in hym silf ; the 
 
 3 drede of God is not bifor hise i^en. For he dide gilefuli in 
 the si3t of God ; that his wickidnesse be foundun to hatrede. 
 
 4 The wordis of his mouth ben wickidnesse and gile, he nolde 
 
 5 vndirstonde to do wel. He thou5te wickidnesse in his bed, 
 he stood ny5 al weie not good ; forsothe he hatide not maHce. 
 
 6 Lord, thi merci is in heuene ; and thi treuthe is til to cloudis. 
 
 7 Thi ri5tfulnesse is as the hillis of God ; thi domes ben myche 
 depthe of watris. Lord, thou schalt saue men and beestis ; 
 
 8 as thou, God, hast multiplied thi merci. But the sones of 
 
 9 men ; schulen hope in the hilyng of thi wyngis. Thei schulen 
 be fillid gredi of the plentee of thin hows ; and thou schalt 
 
 io3yue drynke to hem with the steef streem of thi likyng. For 
 the wel of life is at thee ; and in thi li^t we schulen se li3t. 
 
 1 1 Lord, sette forth thi mercy to hem, that knowen thee ; and 
 
 12 thi ry^tfulnesse to hem that ben of ri5tful herte. The foot of 
 pryde come not to me ; and the bond of the synnere moue 
 
 13 me not. There thei felden doun, that worchen wickidnesse ; 
 thei ben cast out, and myjten not stonde. 
 
 Psalm XXXVI (XXXVIl). 
 
 1 The title of the sixe and thrittithe satin. To Dauiih. 
 
 Nile thou sue wickid men ; nether loue thou men doynge 
 
 2 wickidnesse. For thei schulen wexe drie swiftli as hey ; and 
 
 3 thei schulen falle doun soone as the wortis of eerbis. Hope 
 
PSA L MS, XXX VI [XXX VI l). 9 T 
 
 thou in the Lord, and do thou goodnesse ; and enhabite thou 
 
 4 the lond, and thou schalt be fed with hise richessis. DeHte 
 thou in the Lord ; and he schal 5yue to thee the axyngis of 
 
 5 thin herte. Schewe thi weie to the Lord ; and hope thou in 
 
 6 hym, and he schal do. And he schal lede out thi ri^tfulnesse 
 
 7 as li^t, and thi doom as myddai ; be thou suget to the Lord, 
 and preye thou hym. Nile thou sue hym, that hath prosperite 
 
 8 in his weie ; a man doynge vnri5tfulnessis. Ceese thou of 
 ire, and forsake woodnesse ; nyle thou sue, that thou do 
 
 9 wickidli. For thei, that doen wickidli, schulen be distried ; 
 
 10 but thei that suffren the Lord, schulen enerite the lond. And 
 5it a litil, and a synnere schal not be ; and thou schalt seke 
 
 11 his place, and schalt not fynde. But mylde men schulen 
 enerite the lond ; and schulen delite in the multitude of pees. 
 
 12 A synnere schal aspie a ri3tful man; and he schal gnaste 
 
 13 with hise teeth on hym. But the Lord schal scorne the 
 
 14 synnere ; for he biholdith that his day cometh. Synners 
 drowen out swerd ; thei benten her bouwe. To disseyue a 
 
 15 pore man and nedi; to strangle ri^tful men of herte. Her 
 swerd entre in to the herte of hem silf ; and her bouwe be 
 
 16 brokun. Betere is a litil thing to a iust man ; than many 
 
 17 richessis of synneris. For the armes of synneris schal be al 
 
 18 to-brokun ; but the Lord confermeth iust men. The Lord 
 knowith the dales of vnwemmed ; and her heritage schal be 
 
 iQwithouten ende. Thei schulen not be schent in the yuel 
 
 2otyme, and thei schulen be fiUid in the dayes of hungur; for 
 
 synneris schulen perische. Forsothe anoon as the enemyes 
 
 of the Lord ben onourid, and enhaunsid ; thei failynge schulen 
 
 21 faile as smoke. A synnere schal borewe, and schal not paie ; 
 
 22 but a iust man hath mcrci, and schal 5yue. For thei that 
 blessen the Lord schulen enerite the lond ; but thei tliat 
 
 23 cursen hym schulen perische. The goyng of a man schal 
 be drcssid ancntis the Lord ; and he schal wilne his weie. 
 
9 a PSALMS, XXXVI {XXXVIl). 
 
 24Whanne he fallith, he schal not be hurtlid doun; for the 
 
 25 Lord vndursettith his hond. I was 5ongere, and sotheli Y 
 wexide eld, and Y si^ not a iust man forsakun ; nethir his 
 
 26 seed sekynge breed. Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth ; and 
 
 27 his seed schal be in blessyng. Bouwe thou awei fro yuel, 
 and do good ; and dwelle thou in to the world of world. 
 
 28 For the Lord loueth doom, and schal not forsake hise seyntis ; 
 thei schulen be kept with outen ende. Vniust men schulen 
 be punyschid ; and the seed of wickid men schal perische. 
 
 29 But iust men schulen enerite the lond ; and schulen enabite 
 
 30 theronne in to the world of world. The mouth of a iust man 
 schal bithenke wisdom; and his tunge schal speke doom. 
 
 31 The lawe of his God is in his herte ; and hise steppis schulen 
 
 32 not be disseyued. A synnere biholdith a iust man ; and 
 
 33 sekith to sle hym. But the Lord schal not forsake hym in 
 hise hondis ; nethir schal dampne hym, whanne it schal be 
 
 34 demed a^ens hym. Abide thou the Lord, and kepe thou his 
 weie, and he schal enhaunse thee, that bi eritage thou take 
 the lond ; whanne synneris schulen perische, thou schalt se. 
 
 35 I si5 a wickid man enhaunsid aboue ; and reisid vp as the 
 
 36 cedris of Liban. And Y passide, and lo ! he was not ; Y 
 
 37 sou^te hym, and his place is not foundun. Kepe thou inno- 
 cence, and se equite ; for tho ben relikis to a pesible man. 
 
 38 Forsothe vniust men schulen perische ; the relifs of wickid 
 
 39 men schulen perische togidere. But the helthe of iust men is 
 of the Lord ; and he is her defendere in the tyme of tribula- 
 
 40 cioun. And the Lord schal helpe hem, and schal make hem 
 fre, and he schal delyuere hem fro synneris ; and he schal 
 saue hem, for thei hopiden in hym. 
 
PSALMS J XXXVII (xxxvin). 93 
 
 Psalm XXXVII (XXXVIII). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the seuene and thrittithe salm. The sa/m of Dauid, 
 
 to bythenke on the sahat. 
 
 2 Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce ; nether 
 
 3 chastice thou me in thin ire. For thin arowis ben iitchid in 
 
 4 me ; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me. Noon 
 helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire ; no pees is to 
 
 5 my boonys fro the face of my synnes. For my wickidnessis 
 ben goon ouer myn heed ; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad 
 
 6heuy on me. INIyn heehd woundis weren rotun, and ben 
 
 7 brokun ; fro the face of myn vn wisdom. I am maad a 
 wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende ; al dai Y 
 
 8 entride sorewful. For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis ; 
 
 9 and hehhe is not in my fleisch. I am turmentid, and maad 
 low ful greetli ; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte. 
 
 10 Lord, al my desire is bifor thee ; and my weilyng is not hid 
 
 1 1 fro thee. Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook 
 me ; and the li^t of myn i^en forsook me, and it is not with 
 
 12 me. My frendis and my nei^boris nei^iden; and stoden 
 isa^ens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer ; and 
 
 thei diden violence, that sou5ten my lijf. And thei that 
 sou^ten yuels to me, spaken vanytees ; and thou3ten gilis 
 
 14 al dai. But Y as a deef man herde not ; and as a doumb 
 
 15 man not openynge his mouth. And Y am maad as a man not 
 i6herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth. For, 
 
 Lord, Y hopide in thee ; my Lord God, thou schalt here me. 
 
 17 For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me ; 
 and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis 
 
 1 8 on me. For Y am redi to betyngis ; and my sorewe is euere 
 
 19 in my si3t. For Y schal telle my wickidnesse ; and Y schal 
 zothenke for my synne. But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben 
 
94 PSALMS, XXXVIII (xxxix). 
 
 confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me 
 21 wickidli. Thei that 5elden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; 
 2 2 for Y suede goodnesse. My Lord God, forsake thou not 
 23 me ; go thou not awei fro me. Lord God of myn helthe ; 
 
 biholde thou in to myn help. 
 
 Psalm XXXVIII (XXXIX). 
 
 1 Tke title of the eh^te and threttithe salm. For victorie, to 
 
 Iditu?n, the song of Dauid. 
 
 2 I SEiDE, Y schal kepe my weies ; that Y trespasse not in 
 my tunge. I settide kepyng to my mouth ; whanne a syn- 
 
 3 nere stood a^ens me. I was doumb, and was mekid ful 
 gretli, and was stille fro goodis ; and my sorewe was renulid. 
 
 4 Myn herte was hoot with ynne me; and fier schal brenne 
 
 5 out in my thenkyng. I spak in my tunge ; Lord, make thou 
 myn eende knowun to me. And the noumbre of my daies 
 
 6 what it is ; that Y wite, what failith to me. Lo ! thou hast 
 set my daies mesurable; and my substaunce is as nou^t 
 
 7 bifor thee. Netheles al vanytee ; ech man lyuynge. Nethe- 
 les a man passith in ymage ; but also he is disturblid veynli. 
 He tresorith; and he noot, to whom he schal gadere tho 
 
 8 thingis. And now which is myn abiding .? whether not the 
 
 9 Lord ? and my substaunce is at thee. Delyuere thou me fro 
 alle my wickidnessis ; thou hast 50ue me schenschip to the 
 
 10 vnkunnynge. I was doumbe, and openyde not my mouth ; 
 
 1 1 for thou hast maad, remoue thou thi woundis fro me. 
 
 1 2 Fro the strengthe of thin hond Y failide in blamyngis ; for 
 wickidnesse thou hast chastisid man. And thou madist his 
 lijf to faile as an yreyne; netheles ech man is disturblid in 
 
 i3veyn. ' Lord, here thou my preier and my bisechyng; per- 
 i4seyue thou with eeris my teeris. Be thou not stille, for Y am 
 15 a comely ng at thee; and a pilgrime, as alle my fadris. For- 
 
PSALMS, XXXIX (xi). 95 
 
 5yue thou to me, that Y be refreischid, bifor that Y go ; and 
 Y schal no more be. 
 
 Psalm XXXIX (XL). 
 
 1 The title of the nyne and threttithe salm. For vie tone, 
 
 the song of Dmiid. 
 
 2 Y ABiD-i^NGE abood the Lord; and he 5af tent to me. 
 
 3 And he herde my preieris ; and he ledde out me fro the 
 lake of wretchidnesse, and fro the filthe of draft. And he 
 ordeynede my feet on a stoon ; and he dresside my goyngis. 
 
 4 And he sente in to my mouth a newe song ; a song to oure 
 God. Many men schulen se, and schulen drede; and schulen 
 
 5 haue hope in the Lord. Blessid is the man, of whom the 
 name of the Lord is his hope; and he bihelde not in to 
 
 6vanitees, and in to false woodnesses. INIi Lord God, thou 
 hast maad thi merueils manye ; and in thi thou5tis noon is, 
 that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak ; and thei ben multiplied 
 
 7 aboue noumbre. Thou noldist sacrifice and offryng ; but 
 thou madist perfidi eeris to me. Thou axidist not brent sacri- 
 
 8 fice, and sacrifice for synne ; thanne Y seide, Lo ! Y come. In 
 
 9 the heed of the book it is writun of me, that Y schulde do thi 
 wille; my God, Y wolde; and thi la\ve in the myddis of myn 
 
 10 herte. I telde thi ri5tfulnesse in a greet chirche ; lo ! Y 
 
 11 schal not refreine my lippis, Lord, thou wistist. I hidde not 
 thi ri^tfulnesse in myn herte; Y seide thi treuthe and thin 
 helthe. I hidde not thi mercy and thi treuthe : fro a myche 
 
 12 counsel. But thou. Lord, make not fer thi merciful doyngis 
 1 3 fro me; thi mercy and treuthe euere token me vp. For whi 
 
 yuels, of \vhiche is no noumbre, cumpassidcn me ; my wick- 
 
 idnessis token me, and Y my^te not, that Y schulde se. Tho 
 
 ben multiplied aboue the heeris of myn heed ; and myn herte 
 
 1 4 forsook me. Lord, plese it to thee, that thou delyucre me; 
 
()6 PSALMS, XL [XLl). 
 
 15 Lord, biholde thou to helpe me. Be thei schent, and aschamed 
 togidere ; that seken my lijf, to take awei it. Be thei turned 
 
 16 abac, and be thei schamed; that wolen yuels to me. Bere 
 thei her confusioun anoon ; that seien to me, Wei ! wel ! 
 
 \^that IS, in scorn. Alle men that seken thee, be fulli ioyful, 
 and be glad on thee ; and seie thei, that louen thin helthe, 
 
 18 The Lord be magnyfied euere. Forsothe Y am a beggere 
 and pore ; the Lord is bisi of me. Thou arte myn helpere 
 and my defendere ; my God, tarie thou not. 
 
 Psalm XL (XLI). 
 
 1 The title of the foiw tithe salm. For victorie, the song 
 
 of Dauid. 
 
 2 Blessid is he that vndurstondith on a nedi man and pore ; 
 
 3 the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai. The Lord 
 kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the 
 lond ; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes. 
 
 4 The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe ; thou 
 
 5 hast ofte turned al his bed-stre in his sijknesse. I seide, 
 Lord, haue thou mercy on me ; heele thou my soule, for Y 
 
 6 synnede a5ens thee. Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me ; 
 
 7 Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische "^ And if 
 he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis ; his herte gaderide 
 
 8 wickidnesse to hym silf. He ^ede with-out-forth ; and 
 spak to the same thing. Alle myn enemyes bacbitiden 
 
 9 pryuyli a5ens me ; a3ens me thei thou5ten yuels to me. Thei 
 ordeineden an yuel word a5ens me ; Whether he that slepith, 
 
 10 schal not leie to, that he rise a^en .? For whi the man of my 
 pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues ; made greet 
 
 11 disseit on me. But thou. Lord, haue merci on me, and reise 
 
 12 me a5en ; and Y schal 5elde to hem. In this thing Y knew, 
 that thou woldist me ; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on 
 
PSALMS, XLI (XLIl). 97 
 
 13 me. Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence ; and hast 
 i4Confermed me in thi si^t with-outen ende. Blessid de the 
 
 Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world ; be it 
 
 doon, be it doon. 
 
 Psalm XLI (XLII). 
 
 1 T/ie iiile of the oon arid four tithe satin. To victor ic, 
 
 to the sones of Chore. 
 
 2 As an hert desirith to the wellis of watris ; so thou, God, 
 
 3 my soule desirith to thee. Mi soule thirstide to God, that 
 is a quik welle ; whanne schal Y come, and appere bifor 
 
 4 the face of God.-^ jMi teeris weren looues to me bi dai 
 and ny^t ; while it is seid to me ech dai, Where is thi God ? 
 
 5 I bithou3te of these thingis, and Y schedde out in me my 
 soule; for Y schal passe in to the place of the wonderful 
 tabernacle, til to the hows of God. In the vols of ful out 
 
 6 ioiyng and knoulechyng ; is the sown of the etere. I\Ii soule, 
 whi art thou sory; and whi disturblist thou me? Hope thou 
 
 7 in God, for 5it Y schal knouleche to hym ; he is the helthe of 
 my cheer, and my God. INIy soule is disturblid at my silf ; 
 therfor, God, Y schal be myndeful of thee fro the lond of 
 
 8 Jordan, and fro the litil hil Hermonyim. Depthe clepith 
 depthe ; in the vols of thi wyndows. Alle thin hi5e thingis 
 
 9 and thi wawis ; passiden ouer me. The Lord sente his merci 
 
 10 in the dai ; and his song in the ny^t. At me is a preier to the 
 God of my lijf; Y schal seie to God, Thou art my takere 
 vp. Whi for3etist thou me; and whi go Y sorewful, while 
 
 1 1 the enemy turmendth me ? While ni}- boonys ben brokun 
 togidere ; myn enemyes, that iroblen me, dispiseden me. 
 While thei seien to me, bi alle dales ; Where is thi God .' 
 
 i2]\Ii soule, whi art thou sori; and whi disturblist ihou me .^ 
 Plope thou in God, for 5it Y schal knouleche to hym ; he is 
 the helthe of my cheer, and my God. 
 
 H 
 
98 PSALMS, XLII, XLIII [XLIII, XLIV). 
 
 Psalm XLII (XLIII). 
 T/ie two andfoiirtithe salm. 
 
 1 God, deme thou me, and departe thou my cause fro a folc 
 not hooli ; delyuere thou me fro a wickid man, and gileful. 
 
 2 For thou art God, my strengthe ; whi hast thou put me 
 abac, and whi go Y soreuful, while the enemy turmentith 
 
 3 me ? Sende out thi ]i3t, and thi treuthe ; tho ledden me 
 forth, and brou^ten in to thin hooU hil, and in to thi taber- 
 
 4nacHs. And Y schal entre to the auter of God; to God, 
 that gladith my 5ongthe. God, my God, Y schal know- 
 
 5 leche to thee in an harpe ; my soule, whi art thou sory, 
 and whi troblist thou me ? Hope thou in God, for ^it Y 
 schal knouleche to hym ; he is the helthe of my cheer, and 
 my God. 
 
 Psalm XLIII (XLIV). 
 
 1 The title of the thre and four tithe salm. To victorie, 
 
 lernyng to the sones of Chore. 
 
 2 God, we herden with oure eeris ; our fadris telden to vs. 
 The werk, which thou wrou5tist in the daies of hem ; and 
 
 3 in elde daies. Thin bond lost hethene men, and thou 
 plauntidist hem ; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem 
 
 4 out. For the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi 
 her swerd; and the arm of hem sauyde not hem. But 
 thi ri^t bond, and thin arm, and the li3tnyng of thi cheer ; 
 
 5 for thou were plesid in hem. Thou art thi silf, my kyng 
 
 6 and my God ; that sendist helthis to Jacob. Bi thee we 
 schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn ; and in thi name 
 
 7 we schulen dispise hem, that risen a5en vs. For Y schal 
 not hope in my bouwe ; and my swerd schal not saue me. 
 
 8 For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs ; and thou 
 
PSALMS, XLIII (XLIV). 99 
 
 9 hast schent men hatinge vs. We schulen be preisid in God 
 al dai ; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in 
 
 10 to the world. But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast 
 schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure ver- 
 
 1 1 tues. Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure ene- 
 myes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to 
 
 12 hem silf. Thou hast 50ue vs as scheep of meetis ; and 
 
 13 among hethene men thou hast* scaterid vs. Thou hast seeld 
 thi puple with out prijs ; and multitude was not in the 
 
 i4chaungyngis of hem. Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure 
 
 nei3boris ; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure 
 
 i5cumpas. Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene men; 
 
 i6stiryng of heed among puplis. Al dai my schame is ajens 
 
 1 7 me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me. Fro the 
 vols of dispisere, and yuele-spekere ; fro the face of enemy, 
 
 18 and pursuere. Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we 
 han not for3ete thee ; and we diden not wickidli in thi 
 
 19 testament. And oure' herte 5ede not awei bihynde ; and 
 
 20 thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie. For thou 
 hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the scha- 
 
 21 dewe of deth hilide vs. If we forjaten the name of oure 
 God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God. 
 
 22 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowiih 
 the hid thingis of herte. For whi we ben slayn al dai for 
 
 23 thee ; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng. Lord, rise vp, 
 whi slepist thou ? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the 
 
 24 ende. Whi turnest thou awei thi face ? thou for5etist oure 
 25pouert, and oure tribulacioun. For oure lijf is maatl low 
 26 in dust ; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erdie. Lord, 
 
 rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and a3enbie vs for thi name. 
 
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 100 PSALMS, XLIV (XLV). 
 
 Psalm XLIV (XLV). 
 
 1 T/ie iiile of the four e and four tithe salm. To the ouer comer e 
 
 for the lilies^ the most loued song of lernyng of the sones of 
 Chore. 
 
 2 Myn herte hath teld out a good word ; Y seie my workis 
 to the kyng. Mi tunge is a penne of a writere ; writynge 
 
 3 swiftli. Crist, thou art fairer in schap than the sones of 
 men ; grace is spred abrood in thi lippis ; therfor God bles- 
 
 4 sid thee withouten ende. Be thou gird with thi swerd ; on 
 
 5 thi hipe most my3tili. Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse 
 and thi fairnesse ; come thou forth with prosperite, and 
 regne thou. For treuthe, and myldenesse, and ri^tfulnesse ; 
 
 6 and thi ri^t hond schal lede forth thee wondurfuli. Thi 
 scharpe arowis schulen falle in to the hertis of the enemyes 
 
 7 of the kyng ; pupUs schulen he vndur thee. God, thi seete 
 is in to the world of world ; the ^erde of thi rewme is a 
 
 8 ^erde of ri^t reulyng, ethir of eqiiite. Thou louedist ri^tful- 
 nesse, and hatidist wickidnesse ; therfor thou, God, thi God, 
 anoyntide thee with the oile of gladnesse, more than thi 
 
 9 felowis. Mirre, and gumme, and cassia, of thi clothis, of 
 10 the housis yuer; of whiche the dou^tris of kyngis delitiden 
 
 thee. A queen stood ny^ on thi ri3t side in clothing ouer- 
 iigildid; cumpassid with dyuersitee. Doubter, here thou, and 
 se, and bowe doun thin eere; and forjete thi puple, and 
 12 the hows of thi fadir. And the kyng schal coueyte thi fair- 
 nesse; for he is thi Lord God, and thei schulen worschipe 
 i^hym. And the dou5tris of Tire in 3iftis ; alle the riche 
 
 14 men of the puple schulen biseche thi cheer. Al the glorye 
 of that doubter of the kyng is with ynne in goldun hemmes ; 
 
 15 sche is clothid aboute with dyuersitees. Virgyns schulen be 
 brou^t to the kyng aftir hir; hir nei^boressis schulen be 
 
 i6brou5t to thee. Thei schulen be brou3t in gladnesse, and 
 
PSALMS, XLV {XLVl). 10 1 
 
 ■ ful out ioiyng ; thei schulen be brou^t in to the temple ot' 
 
 17 the kyng. Sones ben borun to thee, for thi fadris; thou 
 
 iSschalt ordeyne hem princes on al erthe. Lord, thei schulen 
 
 be myndeful of thi name : in ech generacioun, and in to 
 
 generacioun. Therfor puplis schulen knouleche to thee 
 
 Nvithouten ende ; and in to the world of world. 
 
 Psalm XLV (XLVI). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the jive mid four tithe salm. To the oner comer e^ 
 
 the song of the sojies of Chore, for '^ongthis. 
 
 2 OuRE God, thou art refuyt, and vertu; helpere in tribu- 
 
 3 lacions, that han founde vs greetly. Therfor we schulen 
 not drede, while the erthe schal be troblid; and the hillis 
 
 4 schulen be borun ouer in to the herte of the see. The 
 watris of hem sowneden, and weren troblid ; hillis weren 
 
 5 troblid togidere in the strengthe of hym. The feersnesse 
 of flood makith glad the citee of God; the hi3este God 
 
 6 hath halewid his tabernacle. God in the myddis therof 
 schal not be moued ; God schal helpe it eerli in the grey 
 
 7 morewtid. Hethene men weren disturblid togidere, and 
 rewmes weren bowid doun; God ^af his vois, the erthe 
 
 8 was moued. The Lord of vertues is with vs; God of 
 
 9 Jacob is oure vptakere. Come 3e, and se the werkis of 
 
 10 the Lord; whiche wondris he hath set on the erthe. He 
 
 doynge awei batels til to the ende of the lond; schal al 
 
 to-brese bouwe, and schal breke togidere armuris, and schal 
 
 11 brenne scheldis bi fier. 3y^^e 36 tent, and se ^e, that Y am 
 God; Y schal be enhaunsid among hethene men; and Y 
 
 12 schal be enhaunsid in erthe. The Lord of vertues is with 
 vs ; God of Jacob is oure vptakere. 
 
102 PSALB^S, XLVI, XLVII [XLVII, XLVIIl), 
 
 Psalm XLVI (XLVII). 
 
 1 T^e title of the sixte and four tithe salm. To victorie, 
 
 a salm to the sones of Chore, 
 
 2 Alle 5e folkis, make ioie with hondis ; synge 36 hertli to 
 
 3 God in the vols of ful out ioiyng. For the Lord is hi^ and 
 4ferdful; a greet kyng on al erthe. He made puplis suget 
 
 5 to vs ; and hethene men vndur oure feet. He chees his 
 
 6 eritage to vs ; the fairnesse of Jacob, whom he louyde. God 
 stiede in hertli song ; and the Lord in the vois of a trumpe. 
 
 7 Synge 56 to oure God, synge ^e ; synge 36 to oure kyng, 
 
 8 synge 5e. For God is kyng of al erthe ; synge 36 wiseli. 
 
 9 God schal regne on hethene men ; God sittith on his hooli 
 10 seete. The princes of puplis ben gaderid togidere with 
 
 God of Abraham ; for the stronge goddis of erthe ben reisid 
 greetli. 
 
 Psalm XLVII (XLVIIl). 
 
 1 The title of the seuetie and fourtithe sahn. The sojig of 
 
 salm, of the sones of Chore. 
 
 2 The Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche ; 
 
 3 in the citee of oure God, in the hooli hil of hym. It is 
 foundid in the ful out ioiyng of al erthe ; the hil of Syon ; 
 
 4 the sidis of the north, the citee of the greet kyng. God 
 schal be knowun in the housis therof; w^hanne he schal 
 
 5 take it. For lo ! the kyngis of erthe weren gaderid togidere ; 
 
 6 thei camen into o place. Thei seynge so wondriden ; thei 
 weren disturblid, thei weren mouyd togidere, tremblyng took 
 
 7 hem. There sorewis as of a womman trauelynge of child ; 
 
 8 in a greet spirit thou schalt al to-breke the schippis of 
 
 9 Tharsis. As we herden, so we sien, in the citee of the Lord 
 of vertueSj in the citee of oure God; God hath foundid that 
 
PSALMS^ XL VI II (XLIX). 10^ 
 
 TO citee with-outen ende. God, we han resseyued thi mercy ; 
 
 11 in the myddis of thi temple. Aftir thi name, God, so thin 
 heriyng is spred abrood in to the endis of erthe ; thi ri^t hond 
 
 12 is fill of ri5tfulnesse. The hil of Sion be glad, and the 
 
 13 dou3tris of Judee be fulli ioiful ; for thi domes, Lord. Cum- 
 passe 5e Syon, and biclippe ^e it; telle ^e in the touris 
 
 i4therof. Sette ^e ^oure hertis in the vertu of him; and de- 
 parte ^e the housis of hym, that ^e telle out in an other 
 
 15 generacioun. For this is God, oure God, in to withouten 
 ende, and in to the world of world ; he schal gouerne vs 
 in to worldis. 
 
 Psalm XLVIII (XLIX). 
 
 1 The title of the ei'^te and fourtithe sahn. To vie tor ie, 
 
 a sahn to the sones of Chore. 
 
 2 Alle 56 folkis, here these thingis ; alle ^e that dwellen in 
 
 3 the world, perseyue with eeris. Alle the sones of erthe and 
 the sones of men ; togidere the riche man and the pore in 
 
 4 to oon. Mi mouth schal speke wisdom ; and the thcnkyng 
 
 5 of myn herte schal speke prudence. I schal bouwe doun 
 myn eere in to a parable; Y schal opene my resoun set 
 
 6 forth in a sautree. Whi schal Y drede in the yuel dai ? the 
 
 7 wickidnesse of myn heele schal cumpasse me. Whiche 
 tristen in her owne vertu ; and han glorie in the multitude 
 
 8 of her richessis. A brother a5enbieth not, schal a man 
 Qa^enbie? and he schal not ^yue to God his plesyng. And 
 
 he schal not ^^yiie the prijs of raunsum of his soule ; and 
 10 he schal trauele with outen ende, and he schal hue 5it in 
 
 1 1 to the ende. He schal not se perischyng, whanne he schal 
 se wise men diynge ; the vnwise man and fool schulen 
 perische togidere. And thei schulen leeue her richessis to 
 
 12 aliens; and the sepulcris of hem hen the housis of hem wilh- 
 outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem hen in generacioun 
 
104 PSALMS, XLIX (l). 
 
 and generacioun; thei clepiden her names in her londis. 
 
 13 A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not ; he is 
 comparisound to vnwise beestis, and he is maad Kjk to tho. 
 
 14 This weie of hem is sclaundir to hem; and aftirward thei 
 
 15 schulen plese togidere in her mouth. As scheep thei ben 
 set in helle ; deth schal gnawe hem. And iust men schulen 
 be lordis of hem in the morewtid ; and the helpe of hem 
 
 16 schal waxe eld in helle, for the glorie of hem. Netheles 
 God schal a5enbie my soule from the power of helle ; whanne 
 
 1 7 he schal take me. Drede thou not, whanne a man is maad 
 iS riche ; and the glorie of his hows is multiplied. For whanne 
 
 he schal die, he schal not take alle thingis; and his glorie 
 
 19 schal not go doun with him. For his soule schal be blessid 
 in his lijf ; he schal knouleche to thee, whanne thou hast do 
 
 20 wel to hym. He schal entre til in to the generaciouns of 
 hise fadris ; and til in-to with-outen ende he schal not se 
 
 2ili5t. A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; 
 he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and is maad lijk to 
 tho. 
 
 Psalm XLIX (L). 
 
 1 The title of the fiyne and four tithe sahn. The salm of Asaph. 
 
 God, the Lord of goddis, spak ; and clepide the erthe, 
 
 2 fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The 
 
 3 schap of his fairnesse fro Syon, God schal come opynli ; 
 oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an 
 
 4 hi3e in his si^t ; and a strong tempest in his cumpas. He 
 clepide heuene aboue ; and the erthe, to deme his puple. 
 
 5 Gadere 5e to hym hise seyntis ; that ordeynen his testament 
 
 6 aboue sacrifices. And heuenes schulen schewe his ri^tful- 
 
 7 nesse ; for God is the iuge. Mi puple, here thou, and Y 
 schal speke to Israel ; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am 
 
 8 God, thi God. I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices ; 
 
PSALMS, L [li). 105 
 
 9 and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me. I schal not 
 take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis. 
 
 10 For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne ; werk 
 
 1 1 beestis, and oxis in hillis. I haue knowe alle the volalils 
 
 1 2 of heuene ; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me. If 
 
 Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee ; for the world 
 
 13 and the fulnesse therof is myn. Whether Y schal eete the 
 fleischis of boolis ? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet 
 
 14 buckis? Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng : 
 15 and 5elde thin avowis to the hi^este God. And inwardli 
 
 clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun ; and Y schal de- 
 i6lyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me. But God seide 
 
 to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my ri^tfulnessis ; and 
 
 1 7 takist my testament bi thi mouth 1 Sotheli thou hatidist 
 
 18 lore ; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde. If thou si5est 
 a theef, thou hast runne with hym ; and thou settidist thi 
 
 19 part with avowtreris. Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice ; 
 
 20 and thi tunge medlide togidere giles. Thou sittynge spakist 
 a^ens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir a3ens the sone 
 
 2 1 of thi modir ; thou didist these thingis, and Y was stille. 
 Thou gessidist wickidli, that Y schal be lijk thee; Y schal 
 
 2 2repreue thee, and Y schal sette a^ens thi face. 3^ that for- 
 ^eten God, vndurstonde these thingis ; lest sum tyme he 
 
 23 rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere. The sacrifice of 
 heriyng schal onoure me ; and there is the weie, where ynne 
 
 Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God. 
 
 Psalm L (LI). 
 
 1 The tiile of the fif tithe salm. To victories the saljn of Dauid ; 
 
 2 ivhanne Nathan the prophete cam to hym, ivhanne he entridc 
 to Bersahee. 
 
 3 God, haue thou merci on me ; bi thi greet merci. And bi 
 the mychilnesse of thi merciful doyngis; do thou awei my 
 
I05 PSALMS, L [li). 
 
 4 wickidnesse. More waische thou me fro my wickidnesse; 
 
 5 and dense thou me fro my synne. For Y knouleche my 
 
 6 wickidnesse ; and my synne is euere a^ens me. I haue 
 synned to thee aloone, and Y haue do yuel bifor thee ; that 
 thou be iustified in thi wordis. and ouercome whanne thou 
 
 7 art demed. For lo ! Y was conseyued in wickednessis ; and 
 
 8 my modir conceyuede me in synnes. For lo ! thou louedist 
 treuthe ; thou hast schewid to me the vncerteyn thingis, and 
 
 9 pryuy thingis of thi wisdom. Lord, sprenge thou me with 
 ysope, and Y schal be clensid ; waische thou me, and Y 
 
 loschal be maad whijt more than snow. 3y^^ thou ioie, and 
 gladnesse to myn heryng; and boonys maad meke schulen 
 
 11 ful out make ioye. Turne awei thi face fro my synnes ; and 
 
 12 do awei alle my wickidnesses. God, make thou a clene 
 herte in me ; and make thou newe a ri^tful spirit in my 
 
 13 entraihs. Caste thou me not awei fro thi face ; and take 
 
 14 thou not awei fro me thin hooH spirit. 3^^^ thou to me 
 the gladnesse of thyn helthe ; and conferme thou me with 
 
 15 the principal spirit. I schal teche wickid men thi weies ; 
 
 16 and vnfeithful men schulen be conuertid to thee. God, the 
 God of myn helthe, delyuere thou me fro bloodis ; and my 
 
 i7tunge schal ioyfuli synge thi ri3tfulnesse. Lord, opene thou 
 
 18 my lippis ; and my mouth schal telle thi preysyng. For if 
 thou haddist wold sacrifice, Y hadde 50ue ; treuli thou schalt 
 
 19 not delite in brent sacrifices. A sacrifice to God is a spirit 
 trobhd; God, thou schalt not dispise a contrit herte and 
 
 20 maad meke. Lord, do thou benygneli in thi good wille 
 
 2 1 to Syon ; that the wallis of Jerusalem be bildid. Thanne 
 thou schalt take plesauntli the sacrifice of ri5tfulnesse, of- 
 fryngis, and brent sacrifices ; thanne thei schulen putte calues 
 on thin auter. 
 
PSALMS, LI, LII [lII, LIII). T07 
 
 Psalm LI (LII). 
 
 1,2 The title of the oon and fif tithe salm. To vie tor ie, the salm 
 0/ Dauid, whanne Doech Idumei cam, and telde to Saul, and 
 seide to him, Daiiid cam in to the hoivs of Abyjnelech. 
 
 3 What hast thou glorie in malice ; which art mi^ti in 
 
 4 wickidnesse ? Al dai thi tunge thou5te vnri^ifuhiesse ; as 
 
 5 2u scharp rasour thou hast do gile. Thou louedist malice 
 more than benygnite ; thou louedist wickidnesse more than 
 
 6 to speke equite. Thou louedist alle wordis of casting doun ; 
 
 7 with a gileful tunge. Therfor God schal distrie thee in to 
 the ende, he schal drawe thee out bi the roote, and he schal 
 make thee to passe awei fro thi tabernacle ; and thi roote fro 
 
 8 the lond of lyuynge men. lust men schulen se, and schulen 
 drede ; and thei schulen lei^e on hym, and thei schulen seie, 
 
 9 Lo ! the man that settide not God his helpere. But he 
 hopide in the multitude of his richessis ; and hadde maistrie 
 
 10 in his vanite. Forsothe Y, as a fruytful olyue tre in the 
 hous of God ; hopide in the merci of God wiih-outen ende, 
 
 1 1 and in to the world of world. Y schal knowleche to thee 
 in to the world, for thou hast do mercy to me ; and Y schal 
 abide thi name, for it is good in the 813! of thi seynlis. 
 
 Psalm LII (LIII). 
 
 1 The title of the tivo and fi/tithe salm. To the ouer comer 
 
 hi the quere, the lernyng of Da u id. 
 
 2 The vnwise man seide in his herte ; God is not. Thei 
 ben corrupt, and maad abhomynable in her wickidnessis ; 
 
 3 noon is that doith good. God bihelde fro lieuene on the 
 sones of men ; that he se, if onv is vndurstondynge, ether 
 
 4 sekynge God. Alle boweden awci, thei ben maad vnproIiL- 
 
I08 PSALMS, LIII^ LTV (lIV, LV). 
 
 able togidre ; noon is that doith good, ther is not til to oon, 
 
 5 Whether alle men, that worchen wickidnesse, schulen not 
 wite ; whiche deuouren my puple as the mete of breed ? 
 
 6 Thei clepiden not God ; there thei trembliden for drede, 
 where no drede was. For God hath scaterid the boones of 
 hem, that plesen men ; thei ben schent, for God hath forsake 
 
 7 hem. Who schal 5yue fro Syon helthe to Israel .? whanne 
 the Lord hath turned the caitifte of his puple, Jacob schal 
 ful out make ioie, and Israel schal be glad. 
 
 Psalm LIII (LIV). 
 
 1 The title of the thre and fif tithe sahn. To victorie in orgtms, 
 
 2 ether in salmes, the lernyng of Dauid, whanne Zyfeys ca??ien, 
 and seiden to Saul, Whethir Dauid is not hid at vs ? 
 
 3 God, in thi name make thou me saaf; and in thi vertu 
 
 4 deme thou me. God, here thou my preier ; with eeris per- 
 
 5 seyue thou the wordis of my mouth. For aliens han rise 
 a^ens me, and stronge men sou5ten my lijf ; and thei settiden 
 
 6 not God bifor her si^t. For, lo ! God helpith me ; and the 
 
 7 Lord is vptaker of my soule. Turne thou awei yuelis to 
 
 8 myn enemyes ; and leese thou hem in thi treuthe. Wilfuli 
 Y schal make sacrifice to thee ; and. Lord, Y schal knou- 
 
 9 leche to thi name, for it is good. For thou delyueridist me 
 fro al tribulacioun ; and myn i3e dispiside on myn enemyes. 
 
 Psalm LIV (LV). 
 
 1 The title of the foure and fif tithe sahn. In Ehreu thus, To 
 
 victorie in orgu7is, the lernyng of Dauid. In feroms irans- 
 lacioun thus., To the ouer comer i7i salmes of Dauid lernid. 
 
 2 God, here thou my preier, and dispise thou not my 
 
 3 biseching ; 3yue thou tent to me, and here thou me. 
 
PSALMS, LIV (lv). 109 
 
 I am sorewful in myn exercising ; and Y am disturblid 
 
 4 of the face of the enemye, and of the tribulacioun of the 
 synner. For thei bowiden wickidnessis in to me ; and in 
 
 5 ire thei weren diseseful to me. INIyn herte was disturblid 
 
 6 in me ; and the drede of deth felde on me. Drede and 
 
 7 trembling camen on me ; and derknessis hiliden me. And 
 Y seide, Who schal ^yue to me fetheris, as of a culuer ; and 
 
 8 Y schal fle, and schal take rest ? Lo ! Y ^ede fer awei, and 
 
 9 fledde ; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse. I abood hym, that 
 made me saaf fro the litilnesse, e//ier drede, of spirit ; and fro 
 
 10 tempest. Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of 
 
 11 hem; for Y si3 wickidnesse and ajenseiyng in the citee. Bi 
 dai and ny^t wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wailis 
 
 i2therof; and trauel and vnri^tfulnesse de^i in the myddis therof 
 
 13 And vsure and gile failide not ; fro the stretis therof. For if 
 myn enemye hadde cursid me ; sotheli Y hadde suffride. 
 And if he, that hatide me, hadde spoke greet thingis on me ; 
 
 14 in hap Y hadde hid me fro hym. But thou art a man of o 
 
 15 wille ; my leeder, and my knowun. (\Vhich tokist togidere 
 swete meetis with me ; we 5eden with consent in the hous 
 
 16 of God. JDeth come on hem ; and go thei doun quyk in to 
 helle. For weiwardnes^ris ben in the dwelling places of hem ; 
 
 17 in the myddis of heim. But Y criede to thee, Lord ; and the 
 
 18 Lord sauede me. In the euentid and morewtid and in myd- 
 dai Y schal telle, and schewe ; and he schal here my vois. 
 
 19 Fie schal a^enbie my soule in pees fro hem, that nei^cn to 
 
 20 me ; for among manye thei weren with me. God schal 
 here ; and he that is bifore the worldis schal make hem low. 
 
 21 For chaungyng is not to hem, and thei dredden not God ; he 
 holdith forth his hoond in 5elding. Thei dcfouliden his 
 
 22 testament, the cheris therof weren departid fro ire; and his 
 herte nei5ede. The wordis therof weren softer than oylc ; and 
 
 23 tho ben dartis. Caste thi cure on the Lord, and he schal 
 
no PSALMS, LV (lVI). 
 
 fulli nurische thee ; and he schal not 5yue with-outen ende 
 24 flotering to a iust man. But thou, God, schalt lede hem 
 forth ; in to the pit of deth. Menquelleris and gilours schulen 
 not haue half her daies ; but, Lord, Y schal hope in thee. 
 
 Psalm LV (LVI). 
 
 1 The iiile of the fyiie and fif tithe salvi. In Ebreii thus, To the 
 
 ouer corny ng ojt the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the 
 comely song of Dauid, ivhanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. 
 In feroms translacioun thus, To the oner comer for the doumb 
 culuer, for it yde awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made 
 this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth. 
 
 2 God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me ; 
 
 3 al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me. Myn enemyes de- 
 4fouliden me al dai; for manye fi5teris ivereii a5ens me. Of 
 
 the hi5nesse of dai Y schal drede ; but God Y schal hope in 
 
 5 thee. In God Y schal preise my wordis ; Y hopide in God, 
 
 6 Y schal not drede what thing fleisch schal do to me. Al dai 
 thei cursiden my wordis ; a^ens me alle her thou5tis weren in 
 
 7 to yuel. Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide ; thei schulen 
 
 8 aspie myn heele. As thei abiden my lijf, for nou^t schalt 
 thou make hem saaf ; in ire thou schalt breke togidere puplis. 
 
 9 God, Y schewide my lijf to thee ; thou hast set my teeris in 
 
 10 thi si5t. As and in thi biheest. Lord ; thanne myn enemyes 
 schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli 
 
 11 clepe thee ; lo ! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God. In 
 God Y sclial preyse a word ; in the Lord Y schal preyse a 
 word. Y schal hope in God ; Y schal not drede what thing 
 
 12 a man schal do to me. God, thin auowis ben in me ; whiche 
 
 13 Y schal 5elde heriyngis to thee. For thou hast delyuerid my 
 lijf fro deth, and my feet fro slidyng ; that Y pleese bifore 
 God in the li5t of hem that lyuen. 
 
PSA LMS, L VI {l VI i) . ill 
 
 Psalm LVI (LVII). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the sixte and fif tithe satm. In Ebreu thus, To the 
 
 victorie, lese thou not the semeli song, ether the sivete song of 
 Dauid, whanne he fledde fro the face of Saul in to the deime. 
 In feroms translacioun thus. For victorie, that thou lese not 
 Dauid, meke and simple, whanne he fledde fro the face of Saul 
 in to the denne. 
 
 2 God, haue thou merci on me, haue thou merci on me ; 
 for my soule tristith in thee. And Y schal hope in the 
 
 3 schadewe of thi wyngis ; til wickidnesse passe. I shall crye 
 
 4 to God altherhi3este ; to God that dide wel to me. He sente 
 fro heuene, and delyuerede me ; he ^af in to schenschip hem 
 
 5 that defoulen me. God sente his merci and his treuthe, and 
 delyuerede my soule fro the myddis of whelpis of liouns ; Y 
 slepte disturblid. The sones of men, the teeth of hem hen 
 
 6 armuris and arowis ; and her tunge is a scharp swerd. God, 
 be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes; and thi glorie aboue al 
 
 7 erthe. Thei maden redi a snare to my feet ; and thei greetly 
 boweden my lijf. Thei delueden a diche bifore my face ; and 
 
 S thei felden doun in to it. God, myn herte is redi, myn herte 
 
 9 is redi ; Y schal singe, and Y schal seie salm. I\Ii glorie, rise 
 
 thou vp ; sautrie and harpe, rise thou vp ; Y schal rise vp 
 
 loeerli. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among puplis; and 
 
 1 1 Y schal seie salm among hethene men. For thi merci is 
 
 12 magnified til to heuenes; and thi treuthe til to cloudis. God, 
 be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes ; and thi glorie ouer al 
 erthe. 
 
112 * PSA LMS, L VII, L VIII (l VIII, LIX). 
 
 Psalm LVII (LVIII). 
 
 1 The title of the seuene and fif tithe salm. In Ebreii thus, To 
 
 victorie ; lese thou not the sivete song, ether the semety salm, of 
 Dauid. In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomere, that 
 thou lese not Dauid, vieke and simple. 
 
 2 FoRSOTHE if 5e speken ri3tfulnesse verili ; ^e sones of men, 
 
 3 deme ri5tfuli. For in herte ^e worchen wickidnesse in erthe ; 
 
 4 50ure hondis maken redi vnri5tfulnessis. Synneris weren 
 maad aliens fro the wombe ; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei 
 
 5 spaken false thingis. Woodnesse is to hem, bi the hcnesse 
 of a serpent ; as of a deef snake, and stoppynge hise eeris. 
 
 6 Which schal not here the vols of charmeris ; and of a venym- 
 
 7 makere charmynge wiseli. God schal al to-breke the teeth of 
 hem in her mouth ; the Lord schal breke togidere the greet 
 
 8 teeth of liouns. Thei schulen come to nou5t, as water rennynge 
 
 9 awei ; he bente his bouwe, til thei ben maad sijk. As wexe 
 that fletith awei, thei schulen be takun awei ; fier felle aboue, 
 
 10 and thei si^en not the sunne. Bifore that 50ure thornes vn- 
 durstoden the ramne ; he swolewith hem so in ire, as lyuynge 
 
 ] I men. The iust man schal be glad, whanne he schal se 
 veniaunce ; he schal waische hise hondis in the blood of a 
 
 i2synner. And a man schal seie treuli, For fruyt is to a iust 
 man ; treuli God is demynge hem in erthe. 
 
 Psalm LVIII (LIX). 
 
 J The title of the ei-i^te and fif tithe salm. In fcroms translacioun 
 thus, To the ouercomcr, that thou lese not Dauid, jiieke and 
 simple, whanne Saul sente and kepte the hous, to slee hym. In 
 Ebreu thus. To the ouercomyng, leese thou not the scmeli song 
 of Dauid, and so forth. 
 
 2 Mi God, delyuer thou me fro myn enemyes ; and delyuer 
 
 3 thou me fro hem that risen ajens me. Delyuer thou me fro 
 
PSALMS, LVIII {LIX). II3 
 
 hem that worchen wickidnesse ; and saue thou me fro men- 
 
 4 quelleris. For lo ! thei han take my soule ; stronge men 
 
 5 fellen in on me. Nethir my wickidnesse, nether my synne ; 
 Lord, Y ran with out wickidnesse, and dresside mjy werkis. 
 
 6 Rise vp thou in to my meetyng, and se ; and thou, Lord God 
 of vertues, art God of Israel. 3yue thou tent to visite alle 
 folkis ; do thou not merci to alle that worchen wickidnesse. 
 
 7 Thei schulen be turned at euentid, and thei as doggis schulen 
 s sufFre hungir ; and thei schulen cumpas the citee. Lo ! thei 
 
 schulen speke in her mouth, and a swerd in her lippis ; for 
 
 9 who herde ? And thou, Lord, schalt scorne hem ; thou schalt 
 
 lobringe alle folkis to nou5t. I schal kepe my strengthe to 
 
 1 1 thee ; for God is myn vptaker, my God, his mercy schal come 
 
 12 byfore me. God schewide to me on myn enemyes, slee thou 
 not hem ; lest ony tyme my puples for3ete. Scatere thou 
 hem in thi vertu ; and, Lord, my defender, putte thou hem 
 
 13 doun. Putte thou doun the trespas of her mouth, and the 
 word of her lippis ; and be thei takun in her pride. And of 
 cursyng and of leesyng ; thei schulen be schewid in the. 
 
 14 endyng. In the ire of ending, and thei schulen not be ; and 
 thei schulen wite, that the Lord schal be Lord of Jacob, and 
 
 15 of the endis of erthe. Thei schulen be turned at euentid, 
 and thei as doggis schulen suffre hungur ; and thei schulen 
 
 16 cumpas the citee. Thei schulen be scaterid abrood, for to 
 eete; sotheli if thei ben not fillid, and thei schulen grutche. 
 
 17 But Y schal synge thi strengthe ; and eerli Y schal enhaunse 
 thi merci. For thou art maad myn vptaker ; and my refuyt, 
 
 iSin the dai of my tribulacioun. Myn helper, Y schal synge to 
 thee ; for thou art God. myn vptaker, my God, my mercy. 
 
114 PSALMS, LIX (LX). 
 
 Psalm LIX (LX). 
 
 1 The Hile of the 7iyne and fifiithe salm. In Ebreu thus, To 
 
 vi'ciort'e, on the witnessyng of roose^ the swete song of Daidd^ 
 
 2 to teche, whanne hefau^te ayns Aram of floodis, and Sirie of 
 Soha ; and foah turnede ayn, and s7noot Edom in the valet of 
 salt pittis^ twelue ihousynde. In feroms translacioun thus, To 
 the ouercomer for lilies, the witnessing of meke and parfit 
 Dauid, to teche, whanne hefau^te ayns Sirie of Mesopotamye, 
 and Soha, and so forth. 
 
 3 God, thou hast put awei vs, and thou hast distried vs ; 
 
 4 thou were wrooth, and thou hast do merci to vs. Thou 
 mouedist the erthe, and thou disturbHdist it ; make thou hool 
 
 5 the sorewis therof, for it is moued. Thou schewidist harde 
 thingis to thi puple ; thou ^auest drynk to vs with the vvyn of 
 
 6 compunccioun. Thou hast 50ue a signefiyng to hem that 
 dreden thee ; that thei fie fro the face of the bouwe. That 
 
 7 thi derlyngis be delyuered ; make thou saaf with thi ri^t bond 
 
 8 the puple of Israel, and here thou me. God spak bi his hooH ; 
 Y schal be glad, and Y schal departe Siccimam, and Y schal 
 
 9 meete the greet valei of tabernaclis. Galaad is myn, and 
 Manasses is myn ; and Effraym is the strengthe of myn heed. 
 
 lojuda is my king; Moab is the pot of myn hope. In to 
 Idumee Y schal stretche forth my scho ; aliens ben maad 
 
 1 1 suget to me. Who schal lede me in to a citee maad strong ; 
 
 1 2 who schal leede me til in to Ydumee ? Whether not thou, 
 God, that hast put awei vs ; and schalt thou not, God, go out 
 
 13 in oure vertues ? Lord, ^yue thou to vs help of tribulacioun ; 
 
 14 for the heelthe of man is veyn. In God we schulen make 
 vertu ; and he schal bringe to nou3t hem that disturblen vs. 
 
PSALMS, LX, LXI (LXI, LXIl). II5 
 
 Psalm LX (LXI). 
 
 1 TJie iiiil of the sixtithe salm. To the viclorie on orgun, to 
 
 Dauid hym silf. 
 
 2 God, here thou my biseching ; ^yue thou tent to my preyer. 
 
 3 Fro the endis of the lond Y ciiede to thee ; the while myn 
 herte was angwischid, thou enhaunsidist me in a stoon. 
 
 4 Thou laddest me forth, for thou art maad myn hope ; a tour 
 
 5 of strengthe fro the face of the enemye. I schal dwelle in thi 
 tabernacle in to worldis ; Y schal be keuered in the hilyng of 
 
 6 thi wengis. For thou, my God, hast herd my preier ; thou 
 
 7 hast 50ue eritage to hem that dreden thi name. Thou schalt 
 adde daies on the daies of the king ; hise ^eeris til in to the 
 
 8 dai of generacioun and of generacioun. He dwellith with- 
 outen ende in the si5t of God ; who schal seke the merci and 
 
 9 treuthe of hym ? So Y schal seie salm to thi name in to the 
 world of world ; that Y 5elde my vowis fro dai in to dai. 
 
 Psalm LXI (LXII). 
 
 1 The titil of the oon and sixtithe salm. To the victor ie on 
 
 Iditum, the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 Whether my soule schal not be suget to God ; for myn 
 .:, heel the is of hym. For whi he is bothe my God, and myn 
 
 4 heelthe ; my taker vp, Y schal no more be moued. Hou 
 longe fallen ^e on a man ? alle 5e sleen ; as to a wal bowid, 
 
 5 and a wal of stoon with out morter cast doun. Netheles thei 
 thou^ten to putte awei my prijs, Y ran in thirst ; with her 
 
 6 mouth thei blessiden, and in her herte thei cursiden. Netheles, 
 my soule, be thou suget to God ; for my pacience is of hym. 
 
 7 For he is my God, and my saueour ; myn helpere, Y schal 
 
 8 not passe out. Myn helthe, and my glorie is in God ; God is 
 
 I 2 
 
Il6 PSALMS, LXII {lXIII). 
 
 gfhe '^ytier of myn help, and myn hope is in God. Al the 
 gaderyng togidere of the puple, hope ^e in God, schede 5e 
 out 50ure hertis bifore hym ; God is oure helpere with outen 
 
 loende. Netheles the sones of men ben veyne; the sones of 
 men ben hers in balauncis, that thei disseyue of vanytee in to 
 
 1 1 the same thing. Nile 5e haue hope in wickidnesse, and nyle 
 5e coueyte raueyns ; if ritchessis be plenteuouse, nyle ^e sette 
 
 12 the herte therto. God spak onys, Y herde these twei thingis, 
 
 13 that power is of God, and, thou Lord, mercy is to thee ; for 
 thou schalt ^elde to ech man bi hise werkis. 
 
 Psalm LXII (LXIII). 
 
 1 The mil of the two and sixtithe salm. The salm of Dauid, 
 
 whanne he was in the desert of fudee. 
 
 2 God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide 
 
 3 to thee ; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold. In a 
 lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide 
 to thee in hooli ; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie. 
 
 4 For thi merci is betere than lyues ; my lippis schulen herie 
 
 5 thee. So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf ; and in thi name Y 
 
 6 schal reise myn hondis. Mi soule be fillid as with inner fat- 
 nesse and vttermere fatnesse ; and my mouth schal herie with 
 
 7 lippis of ful out ioiyng. So Y hadde mynde on thee on my 
 
 8 bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee ; for thou were myn 
 helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make 
 
 9 ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee ; thi ri^thond took 
 
 10 me vp. Forsothe thei sou^ten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen 
 
 1 1 entre in to the lower thingis of erthe ; thei schulen be bitakun 
 in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of 
 
 12 foxis. But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men 
 schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of 
 hem, that speken wickid thingis, is stoppid. 
 
PSALMS, LXIII, LXIV {lXIV, LXV). 117 
 
 Psalm LXIII (LXIV). 
 
 1 TAe titil of the ihre and six tithe salm. In Ehrewe thus. To the 
 
 victorie, the salm of Dauid. In ferom thus, To the ouer comer, 
 the song of Dauid. 
 
 2 God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere 
 
 3 thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy. Thou hast de- 
 fendid me fro the couent of yuele-doers ; fro the multitude of 
 
 4 hem that worchen wickidnesse. For thei scharpiden her 
 
 5 tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing ; for to 
 6schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed. Sodeynli thei 
 
 schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede ; thei maden 
 stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei 
 
 7 schulden hide snaris ; thei seiden, Who schal se hem .'' Thei 
 sou3ten wickidnessis ; thei sou5ten, and failiden in sekinge. 
 
 8 A man neijhe to deep herte ; and God schal be enhaunsid. 
 
 9 The arowis of litle men ben maad the woundis of hem ; and 
 the tungis of hem ben maad sijk a^ens hem. Alle men ben 
 
 10 disturblid, that sien hem; and ech man dredde. And thei 
 telden the werkis of God ; and vndurstoden the dedis of God^ 
 
 1 1 The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in 
 hym ; and alle men of rijtful herte schulen be preisid. 
 
 Psalm LXIV (LXV). 
 
 1 The titil of the foiire and six tithe salm. To victor ie, the salm of 
 
 the song of Dauid. 
 
 2 God, heriyng bicometh thee in Syon ; and a vow schal be 
 
 3 3olden to thee in Jerusalem. Here thou my preier ; ech man 
 
 4 schal come to thee. The wordis of wickid men hadden the 
 maistrye ouer vs ; and thou schalt do merci to oure wickid- 
 
 5 nessis. Blessid is he, whom thou hast chose, and hast take ; 
 
1 18 PSALMS, LXV {lXVI). 
 
 he schal dwelle in thin hallis. We schulen be fiUid with the 
 
 6 goodis of thin hous ; thi temple is hooh, wondurful in equite. 
 God, oure heelthe, here thou vs ; thou art hope of alle coostis 
 
 7 of erthe, and in the see afer. And thou makest redi hilUs in 
 
 8 thi vertu, and art gird with power ; which disturbUst the 
 
 9 depthe of the see, the soun of the wawis therof. Folkis 
 schulen be disturblid, and thei that dwellen in the endis 
 schulen drede of thi signes ; thou schalt delite the outgoingis 
 
 10 of the morewtid and euentid. Thou hast visitid the lond, 
 and hast greetU fillid it; thou hast multiplied to make it 
 riche. The flood of God was fillid with watris ; thou madist 
 
 1 1 redi the mete of hem, for the makyng redi therof is so. Thou 
 fillynge greetU the stremes therof, multiplie the fruytis therof; 
 the lond bringinge forth fruytis schal be glad in goteris of it. 
 
 12 Thou schalt blesse the coroun of the jeer of thi good wille; 
 
 13 and thi feeldis schulen be fillid with plentee of fruytis. The 
 feire thingis of desert schulen wexe fatte ; and litle hillis 
 
 14 schulen be cumpassid with ful out ioiyng. The wetheris of 
 scheep ben clothid, and valeis schulen be plenteuouse of 
 wheete ; thei schulen crye, and sotheli thei schulen seye 
 salm. 
 
 Psalm LXV (LXVI). 
 
 1 The titil of the fyue ajid sixtithe salm. To the vidorie^ the song 
 
 0/ salm. 
 
 2 Al the erthe, make 50 ioie hertli to God, seie je salm to 
 
 3 his name ; jyue 56 glorie to his heriyng. Seie je to God, 
 Lord, thi werkis ben dredeful ; in the multitude of thi vertu 
 
 4 thin enemyes schulen lie to thee. God, al the erthe worschipe 
 
 5 thee, and synge to thee ; seie it salm to thi name. Come je 
 and se je the werkis of God; ferdful in counseils on the 
 
 6 sones of men. Which turnede the see in to drie lond ; in 
 the flood thei schulen passe with foot, there we schulen be 
 
PSALMS, LX VI {lX VII) . 1 1 9 
 
 7 glad in hym. Which is Lord in his vertu withouten ende, 
 hise i5en biholden on folkis ; thei that maken scharp be not 
 
 8 enhaunsid in hem silf, 3^ hethen men, blesse oure God ; 
 
 9 and make 5e herd the vois of his preising. That hath set my 
 losoule to lijf, and 5af not my feet in to stiryng. For thou, 
 
 God, hast preued vs ; thou hast examyned vs bi fier, as siluer 
 
 1 1 is examyned. Thou leddist vs in to a snare, thou puttidist 
 
 12 tribulaciouns in oure bak; thou settidist men on oure heedis. 
 We passiden bi fier and water ; and thou leddist vs out in to 
 
 13 refreschyng. I schal entre in to thin hous in brent sacrifices ; 
 
 14 Y schal 5elde to thee my vowis, which my lippis spaken dis- 
 
 15 tinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulacioun ; Y shal 
 offre to thee brent sacrificis ful of mero\V3, with the brennyng 
 of rammes; Y schal offre to thee oxis with buckis of geet. 
 
 16 Alle 5e that dreden God, come and here, and Y schal telle ; 
 lyhou grete thingis he hath do to my soule. I criede to hym 
 
 18 with my mouth ; and Y ioyede fulli vndir my tunge. If Y 
 bihelde wickidnesse in myn herte ; the Lord schal not here. 
 
 19 Therfor God herde ; and perseyuede the vois of my bisech- 
 
 20 yng. Blessid be God ; that remeued not my preyer, and look 
 not awei his merci fro me. 
 
 • Psalm LXVI (LXVII). 
 
 1 The tiiil of the sixe and sixtithe salm. In Ebreu thus, To the 
 
 vidorie in or guns, the salm of the song. In ferom Ihus, To 
 the oiiercomer in salmes, the song of writing of a delitabk 
 thing with metre. 
 
 2 God haue merci on vs, and blesse vs; li3tne he his cheer 
 
 3 on vs, and haue merci on vs. That we knowe thi weie on 
 
 4 erthe ; thin heelthe in alle folkis. God, puplis knovvleche to 
 
 5 thee ; alle puplis knouleche to thee. Hethen men be glad, 
 and make fulli ioye, for thou demest puplis in equite ; and 
 
120 PSALMS, LXVII (LXVIII). 
 
 6 dressist hethene men in erthe. God, puplis knouleche to 
 
 7 thee, alle puplis knouleche to thee ; the erthe 5af his fruyt. 
 God, oure God blesse vs, God blesse vs ; and alle the coostis 
 of erthe drede hym. 
 
 Psalm LXVII (LXVIII). 
 
 1 The iiiil of the seuene and sixtithe salm. To the viciorie, the 
 
 salm of the song of Dauid. 
 
 2 God rise vp, and hise enemyes be scaterid ; and thei that 
 
 3 haten hym fie fro his face. As smoke failith, faile thei ; as 
 wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the 
 
 4 face of God. And iust men eete, and make fulli ioye in the 
 
 5 si3t of God ; and delite thei in gladnesse. Synge 5e to God, 
 seie 36 salm to his name ; make 36 weie to hym, that stieth 
 on the goyng doun, the Lord is name to hym. Make 36 fulli 
 ioye in his si3t, enemyes schulen be disturblid fro the face of 
 
 6 hym, which is the fadir of fadirles and modirles children ; 
 
 7 and the iuge of widewis. God is in his hooli place ; God 
 that makith men of o wille to dwelle in the hous. Which 
 leedith out bi strengthe hem that ben boundun ; in lijk maner 
 
 8 hem that maken scharp, that dwellen in sepulcris. God, 
 whanne thou 3edist out in the sijt of thi puple ; whanne thou 
 
 ppassidist forth in the desert. The erthe was moued, for 
 
 heuenes droppiden doun fro the face of God of Synay ; fro 
 
 10 the face of God of Israel. God, thou schalt departe wilful 
 
 reyn to thin eritage, and it was sijk ; but thou madist it par- 
 
 i I fit. Thi beestis schulen dwelle therynne ; God, thou hast 
 
 i2maad redi in thi swetnesse to the pore man. The Lord 
 
 schal 3yue a word ; to hem that prechen the gospel with 
 
 13 myche vertu. The kyngis of vertues hen maad loued of the 
 derlyng ; and to the fairnesse of the hous to departe spuylis. 
 
 14 If 36 slepen among the myddil of eritagis, the fetheris of the 
 
PSALMS, LX VII (LXVIII). 121 
 
 culuer ben x of siluer ; and the hyndrere thingis of the bak 
 
 15 therof 6e?t in the shynyng of gold. While //le king of heuene 
 demeth kyngis theronne, thei schulen be maad whitter then 
 
 16 snow in Selmon ; the hille of God is a fat hille. The crud- 
 
 17 did hil is a fathil; wherto bileuen ^e falsli, cruddid hillis ? 
 The hil in which it plesith wel God to dwelle ther ynne ; for 
 
 18 the Lord schal dwelle in to the ende. The chare of God is 
 manyfoold with ten thousynde, a thousynde of hem that ben 
 
 19 glad ; the Lord was in hem, in Syna, in the hooli. Thou 
 stiedist an hi^, thou tokist caitiftee; thou resseyuedist ^iftis 
 among men. For whi ihou iokist hem that bileueden not ; 
 
 20 for to dwelle in the Lord God. Blessid he the Lord ech dai ; 
 
 21 the God of oure heelthis schal make an eesie wei to vs. Cure 
 God is God to make men saaf ; and outgoyng fro deeth is 
 
 22 of the Lord God. Netheles God schal breke the heedis of 
 hise enemyes ; the cop of the heere of hem that goen in her 
 
 23 trespassis. The Lord seide, Y schal turne fro Basan ; Y 
 
 24 schal turne in to the depthe of the see. That thi foot be 
 deppid in blood ; the tunge of thi doggis he dippid in hlood of 
 
 25 the enemyes of hym. God, thei sien thi goyngis yn ; the 
 goyngis yn of my God, of my king, which is in the hooli. 
 
 26 Prynces ioyned with syngeris camen bifore ; in the myddil of 
 2 7 5onge dameselis syngynge in tympans. In chirchis blesse 5e 
 
 28 God ; hlesse y the Lord fro the wellis of Israel. There 
 Beniamyn, a 5onge man ; in the rauyschyng of mynde. The 
 princis of Juda iveren the duykis of hem ; the princis of 
 
 29 Zabulon, the princis of Neptalym. God, comaunde thou to 
 thi vertu ; God, conferme thou this thing, which thou hast 
 
 .^o wrou^t in vs. Fro thi temple, which is in Jerusalem ; kyngis 
 
 3 1 schulen offre 3iftis to thee. Blame thou the wielde beestis of 
 the reheed, the gaderyng togidere of bolis is among the kien 
 of puplis ; that thei exclude hem that ben preuyd bi siluer. 
 
 32 Distrie thou folkis that wolen batels, legatis schulen come fro 
 
122 PSALMS, LXVIII (LXIX). 
 
 Egipt ; Ethiopie schal come bifore the hondis therof to God. 
 33 Rewmes of the erthe, synge 56 to God ; seie 56 salm to 
 34 the Lord. Singe 36 to God; that stiede on the heuene 
 
 of heuene at the eest. Lo ! he schal 3yue to his vois the 
 
 35 vois of vertu, 3yue je glorie to God on Israel ; his greet 
 
 36 doyng and his vertu zs in the cloudis. God is wondirful in 
 hise seyntis; God of Israel, he schal 3yue vertu, and strengthe 
 to his puple ; blessid be God. 
 
 Psalm LXVIII (LXIX). 
 
 1 T/ie iitil of the ei^te and sixtithe salm. In Ebreu thus, To the 
 
 victorie, on the roosis of Daicid. In ferom thus, To the ouer- 
 comer, for the sones of Dauid. 
 
 2 God, make thou me saaf; for watris entriden til to my 
 
 3 soule. I am set in the sliym of the depthe ; and substaunce 
 is not. I cam in to the depthe of the see ; and the tempest 
 
 4 drenchide me. I traueilide criynge, my cheekis weren maad 
 hoose ; myn i3en failiden, the while Y hope in to my God. 
 
 5 Thei that hatiden me with out cause ; weren multiplied aboue 
 the heeris of myn heed. Myn enemyes that pursueden me 
 vniustli weren coumfortid ; Y paiede thanne tho thingis, 
 
 6whiche Y rauischide not. God, thou knowist myn vnkun- 
 
 7 nyng ; and my trespassis ben not hid fro thee. Lord, Lord 
 of vertues ; thei, that abiden thee, be not aschamed in me. 
 God of Israel ; thei, that seken thee, be not schent on me. 
 
 8 For Y suffride schenschipe for thee ; schame hilide my face. 
 
 9 I am maad a straunger to my britheren ; and a pilgryme to 
 
 10 the sones of my modir. For the feruent loue of thin hous eet 
 me ; and the schenschipis of men seiynge schenschipis to 
 
 1 1 thee fellen on me. And Y hilide my soule with fastyng ; 
 1 1 and it was maad in to schenschip to me. And Y puttide my 
 
 cloth an heire ; and Y am maad to hem in to a parable. 
 
PSA LMS, LX VIII (LXIX) . 1 2 3 
 
 13 Thei, that saten in the 3ate, spaken a5ens me ; and thei, that 
 
 14 drunken wien, sungen of me. But Lord, F dresse my preier 
 to thee ; God, Y abide the tyme of good plesaunce. Here 
 thou me in the multitude of thi mercy ; in the treuthe of thin 
 
 isheehhe. Delyuer thou me fro the cley, that Y be not faste 
 set in; delyuere thou me fro hem that haten me, and fro 
 
 16 depthe of watris. The tempest of watir drenche not me, 
 nethir the depthe swolowe me ; nethir the pit make streit his 
 
 17 mouth on me. Lord, here thou me, for thi merci is benygne ; 
 vp the multitude of thi merciful doyngis biholde thou in to 
 
 18 me. And turne not awei thi face fro thi child ; for Y am in 
 
 19 tribulacioun, here thou me swifdi. 3y^e thou tente to my 
 soule, and delyuer thou it; for myn enemyes delyuere thou 
 
 20 me. Thou knowist my schenschip, and my dispysyng ; and 
 
 2 1 my schame. Alle that troblen me ben in thi si3t ; myn herte 
 abood schendschipe, and wretchidnesse. And Y abood hym, 
 that was sory togidere, and noon was ; and that schulde 
 
 22 coumforte, and Y foond not. And thei ^auen galle in to my 
 meete ; and in my thirst thei ^auen to me drinke with 
 
 23 vynegre. The boord of hem be maad bifore hem in to a 
 
 24 snare ; and in to 5eldyngis, and in to sclaundir. Her i3en 
 be maad derk, that thei se not ; and euere bouwe doun the 
 
 25 bak of hem. Schede out thin ire on hem ; and the strong 
 26veniaunce of thin ire take hem. The habitacioun of hem be 
 
 maad forsakun ; and noon be that dwelle in the tabernaclis 
 
 27 of hem. For thei pursueden hym, whom thou hast smyte ; 
 
 28 and thei addiden on the sorewe of my woundis. Adde thou 
 wickidnesse on the wickidnesse of hem ; and entre thei not 
 
 29 in to thi ri5twisnesse. Be thei don awei fro the book of 
 
 30 lyuynge men ; and be thei not writun with iust men. 1 am 
 
 31 pore and sorewful; God, thin heelthe took me vp. I schal 
 herye the name of God with song ; and Y schal magnefye 
 
 T,2 hym in heriyng. And it schal plese God more than a newe 
 
124 PSALMS, LXIX, LXX [LXX, LXXI). 
 
 33 calf; bryngynge forth homes and clees. Pore men se, and 
 
 34 be glad ; seke ^e God, and 50ure soule schal lyue. For the 
 Lord herde pore men; and dispiside not hise boundun men. 
 
 35 Heuenes and erthe, herye hym ; the se, and alle crepynge 
 ^6 bestis in tho, herye hym. For God schal make saaf Syon ; 
 
 and the citees of Juda schulen be bildid. And thei schulen 
 37dwelle there; and thei schulen gete it bi eritage. And the 
 seed of hise seruauntis schal haue it in possessioun ; and thei 
 that louen his name, schulen dwelle ther-ynne. 
 
 Psalm LXIX (LXX). 
 
 1 The iitil of the nyne and sixtiihe salm. To the victorie of 
 
 Dauid, to haue mynde. 
 
 2 God, biholde thou in to myn heelp ; Lord, hast thou to 
 
 3 helpe me. Be thei schent, and aschamed ; that seken my 
 lijf. Be thei turned a-bak ; and schame thei, that wolen 
 
 4 yuels to me. Be thei turned awei anoon, and schame thei ; 
 
 5 that seien to me, Wei ! wel ! Alle men that seken thee, 
 make fulli ioie, and be glad in thee ; and thei that louen thin 
 
 6 heelthe, seie euere, The Lord be magnyfied. Forsothe Y am 
 a nedi man, and pore ; God, helpe thou me. Thou art myn 
 helper and my delyuerere ; Lord, tarye thou not. 
 
 Psalm LXX (LXXI). 
 
 1 The seuentithe salm hath no title. 
 
 Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with-outen ende ; 
 
 2 in thi ri3twisnesse delyuere thou me, and rauysche me out. 
 
 3 Bowe doun thin eere to me ; and make me saaf. Be thou to 
 me in to God a defendere ; and in to a strengthid place, that 
 thou make me saaf. For thou art my stidefastnesse ; and 
 
 4 my refuit. My God, delyuere thou me fro the hoond of the 
 
PSALMS, LXX (lXXI), 125 
 
 synner ; and fro the hoond of a man doynge a5ens the lawe, 
 
 5 and of the wickid man. For thou, Lord, art my pacience ; 
 
 6 Lord, thou art myn hope fro my 5ongthe. In thee Y am 
 confermyd fro the wombe ; thou art my defendere fro the 
 
 7 wombe of my modir. My syngyng u euere in thee ; Y am 
 maad as a greet wonder to many men ; and thou ari a strong 
 
 8 helpere. My mouth be fiUid with heriyng ; that Y synge thi 
 y glorie, al dai thi greetnesse. Caste thou not awei me in the 
 
 lyme of eldnesse ; whanne my vertu failith, forsake thou not 
 10 me. For myn enemyes seiden of me; and thei that kepten 
 
 11 my Hjf maden counsel togidere. Seiynge, God hath forsake 
 hym ; pursue ^e, and take hym ; for noon is that schal 
 
 12 delyuere. God, be thou not maad afer fro me ; my God, 
 
 13 biholde thou in to myn help. Men that bacbiten my soule, 
 be schent, and faile thei ; and be thei hilid with schenschip 
 
 14 and schame, that seken yuels to me. But Y schal hope 
 
 1 5 euere; and Y schal adde euere ouer al thi preising. Mi 
 mouth schal telle thi ri^tfulnesse ; al dai thin helthe. For Y 
 knewe not lettrure, Y schal entre in to the poweres of the 
 
 16 Lord; Lord, Y schal bithenke on thi ri3tfulnesse aloone. 
 
 1 7 God, thou hast tau3t me fro my 3ongthe, and til to now ; Y 
 
 18 schal telle out thi merueilis. And til in to the eldnesse and 
 the laste age; God, forsake thou not me. Til Y telle thin 
 arm ; to eche generacioun, that schal come. Til Y telle thi 
 
 19 my^t, and thi ri^tfulnesse, God, til in to the hi5este grete dedis 
 
 20 which thou hast do ; God, who is lijk thee ? Hou grete 
 tribulaciouns many and yuele hast thou schewid to me ; and 
 thou conuertid hast quykenyd me, and hast eft brou3t me 
 
 21 a3en fro the depthis of erthe. Thou hast multiplied thi greet 
 2 2doyng; and thou conuertid hast coumfortid me. For whi 
 
 and Y schal knowleche to thee, thou God, thi treuthe in the 
 
 instrumentis of salm ; Y schal synge in an harpe to thee, that 
 
 23 art the hooli of Israel. Mi lippis schulen make fulli ioye. 
 
126 PSALMS, LXXI (lXXII). 
 
 whanne Y schal synge to thee ; and my soule, which thou 
 24 a5en-bou5tist. But and my tunge schal thenke al dai on thi 
 ri5tfulnesse ; whanne thei schulen be schent and aschamed, 
 that seken yueHs to me. 
 
 Psalm LXXI (LXXII). 
 
 1 T/if title cf the oon and seuentithe salm. To Salomon. 
 
 2 God, 3yue thi doom to the king ; and thi ri5tfulnesse to the 
 sone of a king. To deme thi puple in ri5tfulnesse ; and thi 
 
 3 pore men in doom. Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple ; 
 
 4 and litle hillis resseyue ri3tfulnesse. He schal deme the pore 
 men of the puple, and he schal make saaf the sones of pore 
 
 5 men ; and he schal make low the false chalengere. And he 
 schal dw^lle with the sunne, and bifore the moone ; in genera- 
 
 6 cioun and in to generacioun. He schal come doun as reyn 
 
 7 in to a flees ; and as goteris droppinge on the erthe. Ri5t- 
 fulnesse schal come forth in hise dayes, and the aboundaunce 
 
 8 of pees ; til the moone be takun awei. And he schal be lord 
 fro the see til to the see ; and fro the flood til to the endis of 
 
 9 the world. Ethiopiens schulen falle doun bifore hym ; and 
 
 10 hise enemyes schulen hcke the erthe. The kyngis of Tarsis 
 and ilis schulen offre ^iftis ; the kyngis of Arable and of Saba 
 
 1 1 schulen brynge ^iftis. And alle kyngis schulen worschipe 
 
 1 2 hym ; alle folkis schulen serue hym. For he schal delyuer a 
 pore man fro the mi3ti ; and a pore man to whom was noon 
 
 ip, helpere. He schal spare a pore man and nedi ; and he schal 
 
 14 make saaf the soulis of pore men. He schal a5en-bie the 
 soulis of hem fro vsuris, and wickidnesse ; and the name of 
 
 15 hem is onourable bifor hym. And he schal lyue, and me 
 schal 5yue to hym of the gold of Arabic ; and thei schulen 
 euere worschipe of hym, al dai thei schulen blesse hym. 
 
 16 Stidefastnesse schal be in the erthe, in the hijeste places of 
 
PSALMS, LXXII (lXXIII). 127 
 
 mounteyns ; the fruyt therof schal be enhaunsid aboue the 
 Liban ; and thei schulen blosme fro the citee, as the hey of 
 
 17 erthe doith. His name be blessid in to worldis; his name 
 dwelle bifore the sunne. And all the lynagis of erthe schulen 
 
 18 be blessid in hym ; alle folkis schulen magnyfie hym. Blessid 
 be the Lord God of Israel ; which aloone makith merueiylis. 
 
 19 Blessid be the name of his maieste with-outen ende ; and 
 al erthe schal be fillid with his maieste ; be it doon, be it 
 doon. 
 
 20 The preieris 0/ Damd, the sone of JTsay, hen endid. 
 
 Psalm LXXII (LXXIII). 
 
 1 The title of the two and seuentilhe salm. The salm of Asaph. 
 
 God of Israel is ful good ; to hem that ben of ri5tful herte. 
 
 2 But my feet weren moued almeest ; my steppis weren sched 
 
 3 out almeest. For Y louede feruentli on wickid men ; seynge 
 
 4 the pees of synneris. For biholdyng is not to the deth of 
 
 5 hem ; and stidefastnesse in the sikenesse of hem. Thei ben 
 not in the trauel of men ; and thei schulen not be betun with 
 
 6 men. Therfore pride helde hem ; thei weren hilid with her 
 
 7 wickidnesse and vnfeithfulnesse. The wickidnesse of hem 
 cam forth as of fatnesse ; thei ^eden in to desire of herte. 
 
 8 Thei thou^ten and spaken weiwardnesse ; thei spaken wickid - 
 
 9 nesse an hi^. Thei puttiden her mouth in to heuene ; and 
 loher tunge passide in erthe. Therfor my puple schal be con- 
 
 uertid here ; and fulle dales schulen be foundun in hem. 
 
 1 1 And thei seiden, How woot God ; and whether kunnyng is 
 
 12 an hei^e, that is, in heuene ? Lo ! thilke synneris and hauynge 
 i3aboundance in the world; helden richessis. And Y seide, 
 
 Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte ; and waischide 
 i4myn hoondis among innocentis. And Y was bctun al dai ; 
 15 and my chastisyng was in morutidis. If Y seide, Y schal telle 
 
128 PSALMS, LXXIII (LXXIV). 
 
 16 thus ; lo ! Y repreuede the nacioun of thi sones. 1 gesside, 
 
 17 that Y schulde knowe this ; trauel is bifore me. Til Y entre 
 in to the seyntuarie of God ; and vndurstonde in the last 
 
 18 thingis of hem. Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem ; 
 
 19 thou castidist hem doun ; while thei weren reisid. Hou ben 
 thei maad into desolacioun ; thei failiden sodeynli, thei peri- 
 
 20 schiden for her wickidnesse. As the dreem of men that 
 risen ; Lord, thou schalt dryue her ymage to nou^t in thi 
 
 21 citee. For myn herte is enflaumed, and my reynes ben 
 2 2 chaungid ; and Y am dryuun to nou5t, and Y wiste not. 
 
 23 As a werk-beeste Y am maad at thee ; and Y am euere 
 
 24 with thee. Thou heldist my ri^thond, and in thi wille thou 
 
 25 leddist me forth ; and with glorie thou tokist me vp. For 
 whi what is to me in heuene ; and what wolde Y of thee on 
 
 26 erthe ? Mi fleische and myn herte failide ; God of myn herte, 
 
 27 and my part is God withouten ende. For lo ! thei that 
 drawen awei fer hem silf fro thee, bi decdli synne, schulen 
 perische ; thou hast lost alle men that doen fornycacioun fro 
 
 28 thee. But it is good to me to cleue to God ; and to sette 
 myn hope in the Lord God. That Y telle alle thi prechyngis ; 
 in the 5atis of the doubter of Syon. 
 
 Psalm LXXIII (LXXIV). 
 
 1 The title of the thre and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of 
 
 Asaph. 
 
 God, whi hast thou put awei in to the ende ; thi strong 
 
 2 veniaunce is wrooth on the scheep of thi leesewe .'' Be thou 
 myndeful of thi gadering togidere ; which thou haddist in 
 possessioun fro the bigynnyng. Thou a5enbou5tist the 5erde 
 of thin eritage ; the hille of Syon in which thou dwellidist 
 
 3 ther ynne. Reise thin hondis in to the prides of hem ; hou 
 
 4 grete thingis the enemy dide wickidli in the hooli. And 
 
PSALMS, LXXIII (lXXIV). 129 
 
 thei that hatiden thee ; hadden glorie in the myddis of thi 
 
 5 solempnete. Thei settiden her signes, e//ii'r htvieris, signes 
 on the hi5este, as in the outgoing ; and thei knewen not. 
 
 6 As in a wode of trees thei heweden doun with axis the 3atis 
 therof in to it silf; thei castiden doun it with an ax, and 
 
 7 a brood fallinge ax. Thei brenten with fier thi seyntuarie ; 
 -< thei defouliden the tabernacle of thi name in erthe. The 
 
 kynrede of hem seiden togidere in her herte ; jNIake we alle 
 
 9 the feest-daies of God to ceesse fro the erthe. We han not 
 
 seyn oure signes, now no profete is ; and he schal no more 
 
 loknowe vs. God, hou long schal the enemye seie dispit? the 
 
 11 aduersarie territh to ire thi name in to the ende. Whi turnest 
 thou awei thin hoond, and io drawe out thi ri3thond fro the 
 
 12 myddis of thi bosum, til in to the ende? Forsothe God 
 oure kyng bifore worldis ; wrou^te heelthe in the mydis of 
 
 13 erthe. Thou madist sad the see bi thi vertu ; thou hast 
 
 14 troblid the heedis of dragouns in watris. Thou hast broke 
 the heedis of the dragoun; thou hast ^oue hym to mete to 
 
 15 the puplis of Ethiopiens. Thou hast broke weUis, and 
 i6strondis; thou madist drie the flodis of Ethan. The dai is 
 
 thin, and the ni3t is thin ; thou madist the moreutid and the 
 ijsunne. Thou madist alle the endis of erthe; somer and 
 iSveer-tyme, thou fourmedist tho. Be thou myndeful of this 
 
 thing, the enemye hath seid schenschip to the Lord; and 
 
 19 the vnwijs puple hath exciud to ire thi name. Bitake thou 
 not to beestis men knoulechenge to thee ; and for3ete thou 
 
 20 not in to the ende the soulis of thi pore men. Biholde 
 in to thi testament ; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, 
 
 J I ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis. A meke man 
 be not turned awei maad aschamed; a pore man and nedi 
 
 12 schulen herie thi name. God, rise vp, deme thou thi cause ; 
 be thou myndeful of thin vpbreidyngis, of tho that ben 
 
 23 al dai of the vnwise man. For5cie thou not the voices 
 
 K 
 
130 PSALMS, LXXTV, LXXV {LXXV, LXXVI). 
 
 of thin enemyes ; the pride of hem that haten thee, stieth 
 euere. 
 
 Psalm LXXIV (LXXV). 
 
 1 The title of the /owe and seuentithe salm. To the ouer comer c ; 
 
 leese thou not the salm of the song of Asaph. 
 
 2 God, we schulen knouleche to thee, we schulen knou- 
 
 3 leche ; and we schulen inwardU clepe thi name. We schulen 
 telle thi merueilis ; whanne Y schal take tyme, Y schal deme 
 
 4 ri3tfulnesses. The erthe is meltid, and alle that duellen ther- 
 
 5 ynne ; Y confermede the pileris therof. I seide to wickid 
 men, Nyle ^e do wickidli; and to trespassouris, Nyle 3e 
 
 6 enhaunce the horn. Nyle 5e reise an hij ^oure horn ; nyle 
 
 7 5e speke wickidnesse a^ens God. For nether fro the eest, 
 
 8 nethir fro the west, nethir fro desert hillis ; for God is the 
 
 9 iuge. He mekith this maji, and enhaunsith hym ; for a 
 cuppe of cleene wyn ful of meddling is in the hoond of the 
 Lord. And he bowide of this in to that ; netheles the drast 
 therof is not anyntischid; alle synneris of erthe schulen 
 
 10 drinke therof. Forsothe Y schal telle in to the world ; 
 
 11 Y schal synge to God of Jacob. And Y schal breke alle 
 the homes of synneris ; and the homes of the iust man 
 schulen be enhaunsid. 
 
 Psalm LXXV (LXXVI). 
 
 1 The title ofthefyue and seuentithe salm. To the victor ie in 
 
 or guns, the salm of the song of Asaph. 
 
 2 God is knowun in Judee ; his name is greet in Israel. 
 
 3 And his place is maad in pees ; and his dwellyng is in Syon. 
 
 4 Ther he brak poweris ; bowe, scheeld,- swerd, and batel. 
 
 5 And thou, God, li3tnest wondirfuli fro euerlastynge hillis ; 
 
PSALMS^ LXXVI [lXXVII). I3I 
 
 6 alle vnwise men of hcrte weren troblid. Thei slepten her 
 sleep ; and alle men founden no thing of richessis in her 
 
 7 hondis. Thei that stieden on horsis ; slepten for thi blam- 
 
 8 yng, thou God of Jacob. Thou art fearful, and who schal 
 
 9 a5enstonde thee ? fro that tyme thin ire. Fro heuene thou 
 
 10 madist doom herd ; the erthe tremblide, and restide. Whanne 
 God roos vp in to doom ; to make saaf al the mylde men of 
 
 1 1 erthe. For the thou3t of man schal knouleche to thee ; and 
 
 1 2 the relifs of thou3t schulen make a feeste-dai to thee. Make 
 3e a vow, and 3elde ^e to 30ure Lord God ; alle that bringen 
 
 i3 3iftis in the cumpas of it. To God ferdful, and to him that 
 takith awei the spirit of prynces j to the ferdful at the kyngis 
 of erthe. 
 
 Psalm LXXVI (LXXVII). 
 
 1 The title of the sixte and seueniithe salm. To the ouercomere 
 
 071 Vditu?n, the salm 0/ Asaph. 
 
 2 With my vois Y criede to the Lord ; with my vois to 
 
 3 God, and he 5af tent to me. In the dai of my tribulacioun 
 Y sou3te God with myn hondis; in the ny3t to-fore hym, and 
 
 4 Y am not disseyued. Mi soule forsook to be coumfortid ; Y 
 was myndeful of God, and Y delitide, and Y was exercisid ; 
 
 5 and my spirit failide. IMyn i3en bifore took wakyngis ; Y 
 (5 was disturblid, and Y spak not. I thou3te elde daies; and 
 7 Y hadde in mynde euerlastinge 3eeris. And Y thou3te in 
 
 the ny3t with myn herte ; and Y was exercisid, and Y clensid 
 s my spirit. Whether God schal caste awei with-outen ende ; 
 9 ether schal he not lei to, that he be more plesid 5it ? Ethir 
 
 schal he kitte awei his merci into the ende ; fro generacioun 
 10 in to generacioun.? Ethir schal God for3ete to do mercy; 
 
 1 1 ethir schal he withholde his mercies in his ire .? And Y 
 seide. Now Y bigan ; this is the chaunging of the ri3thond of 
 
 12 the hi3e God. 1 hadde mynde on the werkis of the Lord; 
 
 K 2 
 
132 PSA LMS, LXX VII (LXX VII i) . 
 
 for Y schal haue mynde fro the bigynnyng of thi merueilis. 
 
 1 3 And Y schal thenke in alle thi werkis; and Y schal be 
 
 14 occupied in thi fyndyngis. God, thi weie zvas in the hooli ; 
 
 15 what God is greet as oure God? thou art God, that doist 
 merueilis. Thou madist thi vertu knowun among puplis ; 
 
 16 thou a3enbou5tist in thi arm thi puple, the sones of Jacob and 
 
 17 of Joseph. God, watris sien thee, watris sien thee, and 
 iSdredden; and depthis of watris weren disturblid. The mul- 
 i9titude of the soun of watris; cloudis ^auen vois. For whi 
 
 thin arewis passen ; the vois of thi thundir was in a wheel. 
 Thi li3tnyngis schyneden to the world ; the erthe was moued, 
 
 20 and tremblid. Thi weie in the see, and thi pathis in many 
 
 2 1 watris ; and thi steppis schulen not be knowun. Thou 
 leddist forth thi puple as scheep ; in the bond of Moyses 
 and of Aaron. 
 
 Psalm LXXVII (LXXVIII). 
 
 1 TAe title of the seuem and seuentithe sahn. The lernyng of 
 
 Asaph. 
 
 Mi puple, perseyue 56 my lawe; bowe 50ure eere in to 
 
 2 the wordis of my mouth. I schal opene my mouth in para- 
 
 3 blis ; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigynnyng. Hou 
 grete thingis han we herd, and we han knowe tho ; and oure 
 
 4 fadris telden to vs. Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem ; 
 in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of 
 the Lord, and the vertues of hym ; and hise merueilis, 
 
 5 whyche he dide. And he reiside witnessyng in Jacob ; and 
 he settide lawe in Israel. Hou grete thingis comaundide he 
 
 6 to oure fadris, to make tho knowun to her sones ; that 
 another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, 
 
 7 and schulen rise vp ; schulen telle out to her sones. That 
 thei sette her hope in God, and for5ete not the werkis of 
 
 8 God ; and that thei seke hise comaundementis. Lest thei 
 
PSALMS, LXXVII {lXXVIII). 1 33 
 
 be maad a schrewid generacioun ; and terrynge to wraththe, 
 
 as the fadris of hem. A generacioun that dresside not his 
 
 9 herte ; and his spirit was not bileued with God. The sones 
 
 of Effraym, bendinge a bouwe and sendynge arowt's; weren 
 
 10 turned in the dai of batel. Thei kepten not the testament of 
 
 1 1 God ; and thei nolden go in his lawe. And thei for3aten 
 hise benefices : and hise merueils, whiche he schewide to 
 
 1 2 hem. He dide merueils bifore the fadris of hem in the loond 
 
 13 of Egipt; in the feeld of Taphneos. He brak the see, and 
 ledde hem thorou ; and he ordeynede the watris as in a 
 
 i4bouge. And he ledde hem forth in a cloude of the dai; 
 
 15 and al ni5t in the li3tnyng of fier. He brak a stoon in 
 
 deseert ; and he ^af watir to hem as in a myche depthe. 
 
 16 And he ledde watir out of the stoon; and he ledde forth 
 
 17 watris as floodis. And thei leiden to 5it to do synne a3ens 
 hym ; thei excitiden hi3e God in to ire, in a place with out 
 
 18 water. And thei temptiden God in her hertis; that thei 
 iQaxiden meetis to her lyues. And thei spaken yuel of God ; 
 
 thei seiden, Whether God may make redi a bord in desert ? 
 
 20 For he smoot a stoon, and watris flowiden ; and streemys 
 3eden out in aboundaunce. Whether also he may 5yue 
 
 21 breed; ether make redi a bord to his puple .'' Therfor the 
 Lord herde, and delaiede ; and fier was kindelid in Jacob, 
 
 22 and the ire of God stiede on Israel. For thei bileueden not 
 
 23 in God ; nether hopiden in his heelthe. And he comaundide 
 to the cloudis aboue ; and he openyde the ^atis of heuene. 
 
 24 And he reynede to hem manna for to eete ; and he 3af to 
 
 25 hem breed of heuene. I\Ian eet the breed of aungels ; he 
 
 26 sent to hem meetis in aboundance. He turnede ouere the 
 south wynde fro heuene; and he brou5te in bi his vertu the 
 
 27weste wynde. And he reynede fleischis as dust on hem; 
 
 and he rcincdc volatils fethered, as the grauel of the see. 
 
 2S And tho felden doun in the myddis of her castels ; aboute 
 
134 PSALMS, LXXVII (LXXVIII). 
 
 29 the tabernaclis of hem. And thei eeten, and weren fillid 
 
 3ogreetli, and he brou5te her desire to hem; thei weren not 
 
 . defraudid of her desier. 3^^ her metis weren in her mouth ; 
 
 31 and the ire of God stiede on hem. And he killide the fatte 
 
 32 men of hem ; and he lettide the chosene men of Israel. In 
 alle these thingis thei synneden 5it; and bileuede not in the 
 
 33 merueils of God. And the daies of hem failiden in vanytee ; 
 
 34 and the 5eeris of hem faileden with haste. Whanne he 
 killide hem, thei sou^ten hym ; and turneden a^en, and eerli 
 
 35 thei camen to hym. And thei bithou^ten, that God is the 
 helper of hem ; and the hi^ God is the a^enbier of hem. 
 
 36 And thei loueden hym in her mouth ; and with her tunge thei 
 37Heden to hym. Forsothe the herte of hem was not ri^tful 
 
 with hym; nethir thei weren had feithfiil in his testament. 
 
 38 But he is merciful, and he schal be maad merciful to the 
 synnes of hem ; and he schal not destrie hem. And he dide 
 greedi, to turne awei his yre ; and he kyndelide not al his ire. 
 
 39 And he bithou3te, that thei ben fleische ; a spirit goynge, and 
 
 40 not turnynge a^en. Hou oft maden thei hym wrooth in 
 desert ; thei stireden hym in to ire in a place with out watir. 
 
 41 And thei weren turned, and temptiden God ; and thei 
 
 42 wraththiden the hooli of Israel. Thei bithou^ten not on 
 his hond ; in the dai in the which he a^en-bou^te hem fro 
 
 43 the hond of the trobler. As he settide hise signes in 
 Egipt \ and hise grete wondris in the feeld of Taphneos. 
 
 44 And he turnede the fiodis of hem and the reynes of hem 
 
 45 in to blood ; that thei schulden not drynke. He sente a 
 fieisch flie in to hem, and it eet hem ; and he sente a paddok, 
 
 46 and it loste hem. And he 5af the fruytis of hem to rust ; and 
 
 47 he -i^af the trauels of hem to locustis. And he killide the 
 vynes of hem bi hail ; and the moore trees of hem bi a frost. 
 
 48 And he bitook the beestis of hem to hail ; and the posses- 
 
 49 sioun of hem to fier. He sente in to hem the ire of his 
 
PSALMS, LXXVII (lXXVIII). 1 35 
 
 indignacioun ; indignacioun, and ire, and tribulacioun, send- 
 
 50 ingis in bi iuel aungels. He made weie to the path of his 
 ire, and he sparide not fro the deth of her lyues ; and he 
 
 51 closide togidere in deth the beestis of hem. And he smoot 
 al the first gendrid thing in the lond of Egipt ; the first 
 fruytis of alle the trauel of hem in the tabernaclis of Cham. 
 
 52 And he took awei his puple as scheep; and he ledde hem 
 ^^ forth as a flok in desert. And he ledde hem forth in hope, 
 
 and thei dredden not ; and the see hilide the enemyes of 
 
 54 hem. And he brou3te hem in to the hil of his halewyng; in 
 to the hil which his ri5thond gat. And he castide out hethene 
 men fro the face of hem ; and bi lot he departide to hem the 
 
 55 lond in a cord of delyng. And he made the lynagis of Israel 
 
 56 to dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem. And thei temptiden, and 
 wraththiden hei5 God ; and thei kepten not hise witnessyngis. 
 
 57 And thei turneden awei hem silf, and thei kepten not couen- 
 aunt; as her fadris weren turned in to a schrewid bouwe. 
 
 58 Thei stiriden him in to ire in her litle hillis ; and thei 
 
 59 terriden hym to indignacioun of her grauen ymagis. God 
 herde, and forsook ; and brou^te to nou5t Israel greetli. 
 
 60 And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Sylo ; his tabernacle 
 
 61 where he dwellide among men. And he bitook the vertu 
 of hem in to caitiftee; and the fairnesse of hem in to the 
 
 62 hondis of the enemye. And he closide togidere his puple in 
 
 63 swerd ; and he dispiside his erytage. Fier eet the ^onge 
 men of hem ; and the virgyns of hem weren not biweilid. 
 
 64 The prestis of hem fellen doun bi swerd ; and the widewis of 
 
 65 hem weren not biwept. And the Lord was reisid, as slep- 
 66ynge; as mi^ti greetli fillid of wiyn. And he smoot hise 
 
 enemyes on the hynderere partis ; he ^af to hem euerlastyng 
 
 67 schenschipe. And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Joseph ; 
 
 68 and he chees not the lynage of Effraym. But he chees the 
 lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louedo. 
 
136 PSALMS, LXXVIII (lXXIX). 
 
 69 And he as an vnicorn bildide his hooli place ; in the lond, 
 
 70 which he foundide in to worldis. And he chees Dauid his 
 seruaunt, and took hym vp fro the flockis of scheep; he took 
 
 71 hym fro bihynde scheep with lambren. To feed Jacob his 
 72 seruaunt; and Israel his eritage. And he fedde hem in the 
 
 innocens of his herte ; and he ledde hem forth in the vndur- 
 stondyngis of his hondis. 
 
 Psalm LXXVIII (LXXIX). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the ei^te and seue?ttzthe salm. 0/ Asaph. 
 
 God, hethene men cam in to thin eritage ; thei defouliden 
 thin hooli temple, thei settiden Jerusalem in to the keping 
 
 2 of applis. Thei settiden the slayn bodies of thi seruauntis, 
 meetis to the volatilis of heuenes ; the fleischis of thi seyntis 
 
 3 to the beestis of the erthe. Thei schedden out the blood 
 of hem, as watir in the cumpas of Jerusalem ; and noon 
 
 4 was that biriede. We ben maad schenschipe to oure nei5- 
 boris ; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure 
 
 5 cumpas. Lord, hou longe schalt thou be wrooth in to 
 
 6 the ende ? schal thi veniaunce be kyndelid as fier ? Schede 
 out thin ire in to hethene men, that knowen not thee ; and 
 
 7 in to rewmes, that clepiden not thi name. For thei eeten 
 
 8 Jacob; and maden desolat his place. Haue thou not mynde 
 on oure elde wickidnesses ; thi mercies bifore take vs soone, 
 
 9 for we ben maad pore greeUi. God, oure heelthe, helpe 
 thou vs, and, Lord, for the glorie of thi name delyuer thou 
 
 10 vs; and be thou merciful to oure synnes for thi name. Lest 
 perauenture thei seie among hethene men, Where is the 
 God of hem? and be he knowun among naciouns bifore 
 oure i^en. The veniaunce of the blood of thi seruauntis, 
 which is sched out ; the weilyng of feterid men entre in 
 
 1 1 thi si3t. Vpe the greetnesse of thin arm ; welde thou the 
 
PSALMS^ LXXIX [LXXX). 137 
 
 i2Sones of slayn men. And ^elde thou to oiire nei5boris 
 seuenfoold in the bosum of hem ; the schenschip of hem, 
 
 1 3 which thei diden schenschipfuli to thee, thou Lord. But 
 we that ben thi puple, and the scheep of thi leesewe ; schulen 
 knouleche to thee in to the world. In generacioun and in 
 to generacioun ; we schulen telle thin heriyng. 
 
 Psalm LXXIX (LXXX). 
 
 1 The title of the njme and seuentithe salm. Ta victorie ; this 
 
 salm is witnessing of Asaph for lilies. 
 
 2 Thou that gouernest Israel, ^yue tent; that leedist forth 
 Joseph as a scheep. Thou that sittist on cherubym ; be 
 
 3 schewid bifore Effraym, Beniamyn, and Manasses. Stire 
 
 4 thi power, and come thou ; that thou make vs saaf. God 
 of vertues, turne thou vs ; and schewe thi face, and we 
 
 5 schulen be saaf. Lord God of vertues ; hou longe schalt 
 
 6 thou be wrooth on the preier of thi seruaunt? Hou longe 
 schalt thou feede vs with the breed of teeris; and schalt 
 
 7 3yue drynke to vs with teeris in mesure .? Thou hast set 
 vs in to a5enseiyng to oure nei3boris ; and oure enemyes 
 
 8 han scornyde vs. God of vertues, turne thou vs ; and 
 
 9 schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf. Thou transla- 
 tidist a vyne fro Egipt ; thou castidist out hethene men, 
 
 10 and plauntidist it. Thou were leeder of the weie in the 
 si^t therof; and thou plauntidist the rootis therof, and it 
 
 1 1 fillide the lond. The schadewe therof hilide hillis ; and 
 
 12 the braunchis \hexoi fillide?i the cedris of God. It strei5te 
 forth hise siouns til' to the see, and the generacioun ther- 
 
 1.3 of til to the flood. Whi hast thou destried the wal therof; 
 
 and alle men that goen forth bi the weie gaderiden awei 
 
 1 4 the grapis therof.'' A boor of the wode distriede it; and 
 
 15 a singuler wielde beeste deuouride it. God of vertues, be 
 
138 PSALMS, LXXX {lXXXI). 
 
 thou turned ; biholde thou fro heuene, and se, and visite 
 
 16 this vyne. And make thou it perfit, which thi ri5thond 
 plauntide ; and biholde thou on the sone of man, which 
 
 1 7 thou hast confermyd to thee. Thingis brent with fier, and 
 vndurmyned ; schulen perische for the blamyng of thi cheer. 
 
 18 Thin hond be maad on the man of thi ri5thond ; and on 
 the sone of man, whom thou hast confermed to thee. 
 
 19 And we departiden not fro thee; thou schalt quykene vs, 
 20 and we schulen inwardli clepe thi name. Lord God of 
 
 vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen 
 
 be saaf. 
 
 Psalm LXXX (LXXXI). 
 
 1 The title of the ei'i^tetithe salm. To the oner comer 
 
 in the pressours 0/ Asaph. 
 
 2 Make 56 fulli ioye to God, oure helpere ; synge 5e hertli 
 
 3 to God of Jacob. Take 56 a salm, and ^yue ^e a tympan ; 
 
 4 a myrie sautere with an harpe. Blowe ^e with a trumpe 
 
 5 in Neomenye ; in the noble dai of ^oure solempnite. For 
 whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of 
 
 6 Jacob. He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he 
 5ede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which 
 
 7 he knew not. He turnede a-wei his bak fro birthens ; hise 
 
 S hondis serueden in a cofifyn. In tribulacioun thou inwardli 
 clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the 
 hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of a5en- 
 
 9 seiyng. My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse 
 
 loa^ens thee; Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal 
 
 not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien 
 
 11 god. For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of 
 the lond of Egipt ; make large thi mouth, and Y schal 
 
 1 2 fille it. And my puple herde not my vols ; and Israel 
 
 13 5aue not tente to me. And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris 
 
PSALMS, LXXXI, LXXXII {lXXXII, LXXXIII). 139 
 
 14 of her herte ; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis. If my 
 puple hadde herde me ; if Israel hadde go in my weies. 
 
 15 For nou3t in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and 
 Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to 
 
 16 hem. The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym ; and her 
 ijtyme schal be in to worldis. And he fedde hem of the 
 
 fatnesse of whete ; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon. 
 
 Psalm LXXXI (LXXXII). 
 
 1 The title of the oon and e^teiithe salm. Of Asaph. 
 
 God stood in the synagoge of goddis; forsothe he demeth 
 
 2 goddis in the myddil. Hon longe demen ^e wickidnesse ; 
 
 3 and taken the faces of synneris ? Deme 56 to the nedi 
 man, and to the modirles child; iustifie ^e the meke man 
 
 4 and pore. Raueische ^e out a pore man; and delyuere 36 
 
 5 the nedi man fro the hond of the synner. Thei knewen 
 not, nether vndirstoden, thei goen in derknessis ; alle the 
 
 6 foundementis of erthe schulen be moued. I seide, 5e ben 
 
 7 goddis ; and alle ^e ben the sones of hi^ God. But 56 
 schulen die as men; and ^e schulen falle doun as oon of 
 
 8 the princis. Ryse, thou God, deme thou the erthe ; for 
 thou schalt haue eritage in alle folkis. 
 
 Psalm LXXXII (LXXXIII). 
 
 1 The title of the two and ei:^tetithe salm. The song 
 
 of the salm of Asaph. 
 
 2 God, who schal be lijk thee? God, be thou not stille, 
 
 3 nether be thou peesid. For lo ! thin enemyes sowneden ; 
 
 4 and thei that haten thee reisiden the heed. Thei maden 
 a wickid counsel on thi puple ; and thei thou^ten a^ens 
 
 5 thi seyntis. Thei seiden, Come ^e, and leese we hem fro 
 
140 PSALMS, LXXXIII (LXXXIV). 
 
 the folk; and the name of Israel be no more hadde in 
 
 6, 7 mynde. For thei thou3ten with oon acord ; the tabernaclis 
 
 of Ydumeys, and men of Ismael disposiden a testament 
 
 8 togidere a^ens thee. Moab, and Agarenus, Jebal, and Amon, 
 
 9 and Am.alech ; alienys with hem that dwellen in Tyre. For 
 Assm- cometh with hem ; thei ben maad in to help 10 the 
 
 10 sones of Loth. Make thou to hem as to Madian, and 
 
 1 1 Sisara ; as to Jabyn in the stronde of Sison. Thei pe- 
 rischiden in Endor ; thei weren maad as a toord of erthe. 
 
 i2Putte thou the prynces of hem as Oreb and Zeb; and 
 Zebee and Salmana. Alle the princis of hem, that seiden ; 
 
 iT,i4Holde we bi eritage the seyntuarie of God. My God, 
 putte thou hem as a whele; and as stobil bifor the face 
 
 15 of the wynde. As fier that brenneth a wode ; and as 
 
 i6flawme brynnynge hillis. So thou schalt pursue hem in 
 thi tempeste ; and thou schalt disturble hem in thin ire. 
 
 1 7 Lord, fille thou the faces of hem with schenschipe ; and 
 
 18 thei schulen seke thi name. Be thei aschamed, and be 
 thei disturblid in to world of world; and be thei schent 
 
 19 and perische thei. And knowe thei, that the Lord is name 
 to thee ; thou aloone ar/ the hi5este in ech lond. 
 
 Psalm LXXXIII (LXXXIV). 
 
 I T/ie iiile of the tlire and ei'^ietiihe salni. The salm 
 
 of the sones of Chore. 
 
 2, 3 Lord of vertues, thi tabernaclis ben greeth loued ; my 
 soule coueitith, and failith in to the porchis of the Lord. 
 Myn herte and my fleische; ful out ioyeden in to quyk 
 
 4 God. For whi a sparewe fyndith an hous- to it silf ; and 
 a turtle fyndith a neste to it silf, where it schal kepe hise 
 bryddis. Lord of vertues, thin auteris; my king, and my 
 
 5 God. Lord, blessid hen thei that dwellen in thin hous ; 
 
PSA LMS, LXXXI V (LXXX V). 1 4 1 
 
 6 thei schulen preise thee in to the worldis of worldis. Blessitl 
 ts the man, whos help is of thee ; he hath disposid stiyngis 
 
 7 in his herte, in the valei of teeris, in the place \vhich he 
 Shath set. For the ^yuer of the lawe schal ^yue blessyng, 
 
 thei schulen go fro vertu in to vertu; God of goddis schal 
 9 be seyn in Sion. Lord God of vertues, here thou my preier ; 
 
 10 God of Jacob, perseyue thou with eeris. God, oure de- 
 fender, biholde thou ; and biholde in to the face of thi 
 
 1 1 crist. For whi o dai in thin hallis is bettere ; than a thou- 
 synde. I chees to be an out-cast in the hous of my God ; 
 
 12 more than to dwelle in the tabernaclis of synneris. For 
 God loueth merci and treuthe; the Lord schal jyue grace 
 
 13 and glorie. He schal not depriue hem fro goodis, that 
 gon in innocence ; Lord of vertues, blessid zs the man, 
 that hopith in thee. 
 
 Psalm LXXXIV (LXXXV). 
 
 1 The title of the four c ajid ei-^tetiihe s aim. Of the 
 
 soncs of Chore. 
 
 2 Lord, thou hast blessid thi lond ; thou hast turned awei 
 
 3 the caitifte of Jacob. Thou hast for30ue the wickidnesse 
 
 4 of thi puple ; thou hast hilid alle the synnes of hem. Thou 
 hast aswagid al thin ire; thou hast turned awei fro the ire 
 
 5 of thih indignacioun. God, oure helthe, conuerte thou vs ; 
 
 6 and iurne awei thin ire fro vs. Whether thou schalt be 
 wrooth to vs withouten ende ; ether schalt thou holde forth 
 
 7 thin ire fro generacioun in to generacioun } God, thou 
 conuertid schalt quykene vs ; and thi puple schal be glad 
 
 S in thee. Lord, schewe thi merci to vs ; and ^yue thin 
 
 9 helthe to vs. I schal here what the Lord God schal speke 
 
 in me ; for he schal sptke pees on his puple. And on 
 
 hise hooli men ; and on hem that ben turned to herte. 
 
142 PSALMS, LXXXV (lXXXVI). 
 
 loNetheles his helthe zs m^ men dredynge him; that glorie 
 iidwelle in oure lond. Merci and treuthe metten hem silf; 
 1 2 n3twisnesse and pees weren kissid. Treuthe cam forth of 
 i3erthe; and ri^tfulnesse bihelde fro heuene. For the Lord 
 schal 5yue benignyte ; and oure erthe schal 5yue his fruyt. 
 
 14 Ri5tfulnesse schal go bifore him ; and schal sette hise steppis 
 in the weie. 
 
 Psalm LXXXV (LXXXVI). 
 Tke title ofthefyue and ei'^tetithe sal?n. The preier of Dauid. 
 
 1 Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am 
 
 2 nedi and pore. Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi ; my 
 
 3 God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee. Lord, 
 
 4 haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee ; make 
 thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi. Lord, Y haue 
 
 c reisid my soule to thee. For thou, Lord, art swete and 
 mylde ; and of myche merci to alle men inwardli clepynge 
 
 6 thee. Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris ; and ^yue 
 
 7 thou tente to the vois of my bisechyng. In the dai of my 
 
 8 tribulacioun Y criede to thee ; for thou herdist me. Lord, 
 noon among goddis is lijk thee ; and noon is euene to thi 
 
 9 werkis. Lord, alle folkis, whiche euere thou madist, schulen 
 come, and worschipe bifore thee ; and thei schulen glorifie 
 
 10 thi name. For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; 
 
 1 1 thou art God aloone. Lord, lede thou me forth in thi weie, 
 and Y schal entre in thi treuthe ; myn herte be glad, that 
 
 i 2 it drede thi name. Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to 
 
 thee in al myn herte ; and Y schal glorifie thi name with- 
 
 i3 0uten ende. For thi merci is greet on me; and thou de- 
 
 i4liueridist my soule fro the lower helle. God, wickid men 
 
 han rise vp on me ; and the synagoge of my^ti men han 
 
 sou5t my lijf; and thei han not set forth thee in her si5t. 
 
 15 And thou. Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, 
 
PSALMS, LXXXVT, LXXXVII [lXXXVII, LXXXVIII). 143 
 
 16 and of myche merci, and sothefast. Biholde on me, and 
 haue mercy on me, 5yue thou the empire to thi child ; and 
 
 1 7 make thou saaf the sone of thin handmayden. Make thou 
 with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, ^nd 
 be aschamed ; for thou, Lord, hast helpid me, and hast 
 coumfortid me. 
 
 Psalm LXXXVI (LXXXVII). 
 
 1 The title of the sixte and ei'^tetithe sahn. The s aim 
 
 of the song of the sones of Chore. 
 
 2 The foundementis therof ben in hooli hillis; the Lord 
 loueth the 3atis of Sion, more than alle the tabernacHs of 
 
 3 Jacob. Thou citee of God, with-outen ende ; gloriouse 
 4thingis ben seide of thee. I schal be myndeful of Raab, 
 
 and Babiloyne ; knowynge me. Lo ! aliens, and Tyre, and 
 5 the puple of Ethiopiens ; thei weren there. Whether a man 
 
 schal seie to Sion, And a man is born ther-ynne ; and that 
 6 man altherhi^este foundide it? The Lord schal telle in the 
 
 scripturis of puplis; and of these princis, that weren ther 
 7 ynne. As the dwellyng of alle that ben glad ; is in thee. 
 
 Psalm LXXXVII (LXXXVIII). 
 
 1 The title of the seuene and ei-^te tithe sahn. The song of sal m, 
 to the sones of Chore, to vie tor ie on Mahalat^for to answer e, the 
 lernyng of Heman Ezraite. 
 
 2 Lord God of myn helthe ; Y criede in dai and ny3t 
 
 3 bifore thee. Mi preier entre bifore thi si^t ; bowe doun thin 
 
 4 eere to my preier. For my soule is fillid with yuels ; and my 
 
 5 lijf nei3cde to helle. I am gessid with hem that goon doun 
 
 6 in to the lake ; Y am maad as a man with-outen help, and fre 
 among deed men. As men woundid slepinge in sepulcris, of 
 whiche men noon is myndeful aflir ; and ihei ben put awei 
 
144 PSALMS, LX XX VIII (lXXXIX), 
 
 7 fro thin hond. Thei han put me in the lower lake ; in derke 
 
 8 places, and in the schadewe of deth. Thi strong veniaunce 
 is confermed on me ; and thou hast brou3t in alle thi wawis 
 
 9 on me. Thou hast maad fer fro me my knowun ; thei han 
 set me abhomynacioun to hem silf. I am takun, and Y ^ede 
 
 10 not out; myn i5en weren sijk for pouert. Lord, Y criede to 
 
 1 1 thee ; al dai Y spredde abrood myn hondis to thee. Whethir 
 thou schalt do merueils to deed men ; ether leechis schulen 
 
 i2reise, and thei schulen knouleche to thee.? Whether ony 
 
 man in sepulcre schal telle thi merci ; and thi treuthe in per- 
 13 dicioun ? Whether thi merueilis schulen be knowun in derk- 
 i4nessis; and thi ri5tfulnesse in the lond of for3etyng? And, 
 
 Lord, Y criede to thee ; and erli my preier schal bifor come 
 15 to thee. Lord, whi puttist thou awei my preier; turnest 
 i6awei thi face fro me? I am pore, and in traueils fro my 
 
 5ongthe ; sotheli Y am enhaunsid, and Y am maad low, and 
 i7disturblid. Thi wraththis passiden on me; and thei dredis 
 i3 disturbliden me. Thei cumpassiden me as watir al dai; 
 19 thei cumpassiden me togidere. Thou madist fer fro me a 
 
 frend and nei^bore ; and my knowun fro wretchidnesse. 
 
 Psalm LXXXVIII (LXXXIX). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the ev^te and eii^tetithe salm. The lernyng of 
 
 Ethan, Ezraite. 
 
 2 I SCHAL synge with-outen ende ; the mercies of the Lord. 
 In generacioun and in to generacioun ; Y schal telle thi 
 
 3 treuthe with my mouth. For thou seidist, With-outen ende 
 merci schal be bildid in heuenes ; thi treuthe schal be maad 
 
 4 redi in tho. I disposide a testament to my chosun men ; Y 
 
 5 swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt. Til in to with-outen ende 
 I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete ; 
 
 6 in generacioun, and in to generacioun. Lord, heuenes 
 
PSALMS, LXXXVIII (LXXXIX). I45 
 
 schulen knouleche thi merueilis ; and thi treuthe in the 
 7 chirche of seyntis. For who in the cloudis schal be maad 
 
 euene to the Lord ; schal be lijk God among the sones of 
 S God ? God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis ; 
 
 is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. 
 
 9 Lord God of vertues, who zs lijk thee ? Lord, thou art 
 
 10 mi5ti, and thi treuthe ts in thi cumpas. Thou art Lord 
 
 of the power of the see ; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng 
 ! I of the wawis therof. Thou madist lowe the proude, as 
 
 woundid ; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin 
 i2enemyes. Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast 
 lafoundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; thou madist of 
 
 nou^t the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen 
 
 14 make ful out ioye in thi name ; thin arm with power. Thin 
 
 15 bond be maad stidefast, and thi ri^thond be enhaunsid ; ri3t- 
 fulnesse and doom ts the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci 
 
 16 and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face ; blessid is the puple 
 that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the li^t of 
 
 17 thi cheer ; and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al 
 
 18 dai ; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi ri5tfulnesse. For 
 thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good 
 
 i9plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid. For oure takyng 
 vp is of the Lord; and of the hooli of Israel oure kyng. 
 
 20 Thanne thou spakist in reuelacioun to thi seyntis, and seidist, 
 Y haue set help in the my3ti ; and Y haue enhaunsid the 
 
 2 1 chosun man of my puple. I foond Dauid, my seruaunt ; \ 
 2 2 anoyntide hym with myn hooli oile. For myn bond schal 
 23helpe him; and myn arm schal conferme hym. The ene- 
 
 mye schal no thing profite in him ; and the sone of wickid- 
 
 24 nesse schal not ley to, for to anoye him. And Y schal sic 
 hise enemyes fro his face ; and Y schal turne in to fli^t hem 
 
 25 that haten hym. And my treuthe and mercy sc/ial be with 
 
 26 him ; and his horn schal be enhaunsid in my name. And \ 
 
 L 
 
145 PSALMS, LXXXVIII {lXXXIX). 
 
 schal sette his bond in the see ; and his ri^t hoond in flodis. 
 
 27 He schal inwardli clepe me, Thou art my fadir ; my God, and 
 
 28 the vptaker of myn heelthe. And Y schal sette him the 
 
 29 firste gendrid sone ; hi5er than the kyngis of erthe. With- 
 outen ende Y schal kepe my merci to hym ; and my tes- 
 
 30 tament feithful to him. And Y schal sette his seed in to the 
 
 3 1 world of world : and his trone as the daies of heuene. For- 
 sothe if hise sones forsaken my lawe ; and goen not in my 
 
 32 domes. If thei maken vnhooli my ri5tfulnessis ; and kepen 
 
 33 not my comaundementis. I schal visite in a ^erde the 
 wickidnessis of hem ; and in betyngis the synnes of hem. 
 
 34 But Y schal not scatere my mercy fro hym ; and in my 
 
 35 treuthe Y schal not anoye hym. Nethir Y schal make 
 vnhooli my testament; and Y schal not make voide tho 
 
 36 thingis that comen forth of my lippis. Onys Y swoor in myn 
 37hooli; Y schal not lie to Dauid, his seed schal dwelle with- 
 
 38 outen ende. And his trone as sunne in my si^t, and as 
 a perfit mone with-outen ende ; and a feithful witnesse in 
 
 39 heuene. But thou hast put awei, and hast dispisid ; and 
 
 40 hast dilaied thi crist. Thou hast turned awei the testament 
 of thi seruaunt ; thou madist vnhooli his seyntuarie in erthe. 
 
 41 Thou distriedist alle the heggis therof ; thou hast set the 
 
 42 stidefastnesse therof drede. Alle men passynge bi the weie 
 rauyschiden him ; he is maad schenschipe to hise nei5boris. 
 
 43 Thou hast enhaunsid the ri^thond of men oppressinge him ; 
 
 44 thou hast gladid alle hise enemyes. Thou hast turned awei 
 the help of his swerd ; and thou helpidist not hym in batel. 
 
 45 Thou destriedist him fro clensing ; and thou hast hurtlid 
 
 46 doun his seete in erthe. Thou hast maad lesse the daies of 
 
 47 his time ; thou hast bisched him with schenschip. Lord, hou 
 longe turnest thou awei in to the ende ; schal thin ire brenne 
 
 48 out as fier ? Bithenke thou what 2s my substaunce ; for 
 whether thou hast ordeyned veynli alle the sones of men.' 
 
PSALMS, LXXXIX (XC). I47 
 
 49 Who is a man, that schal lyue, and schal not se deth ; schal 
 
 50 delyuere his soule fro the hond of helle ? Lord, where ben 
 thin elde mercies ; as thou hast swore to Dauid in thi 
 
 5 1 treuthe ? Lord, be thou myndeful of the schenschipe of thi 
 seruauntis, of many hethene men ; whiche Y helde togidere 
 
 52 in my bosum. Whiche thin enemyes. Lord, diden schen- 
 schipfuli ; for thei dispisiden the chaungyng of thi crist. 
 
 53 Blessid de the Lord with outen ende ; be it don, be it 
 don. 
 
 Psalm LXXXIX (XC). 
 
 1 The title of the nyne and e^tetithe sahn. The preier of 
 
 Aloises, the man of God. 
 
 Lord, thou art maad help to vs ; fro generacioun in to 
 
 2 generacioun. Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe 
 and the world was formed ; fro the world and in to the world 
 
 3 thou art God, Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse ; 
 
 4 and thou seidist, 3^ sones of men, be conuertid. For a 
 thousynde 5eer ben bifore thin i^en ; as 5istirdai, which is 
 
 5 passid, and as keping in the ni5t. The 5eeris of hem schulen 
 
 6 be ; that ben had for nou5t. EerH passe he, as an eerbe, 
 eerli florische he, and passe ; in the euentid falle he doun, be 
 
 7 he hard, and wexe drie. For we han failid in thin ire ; and 
 S we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce. Thou hast set 
 
 oure wickidnessis in thi si3t ; oure world in the li5tning of thi 
 
 o cheer. For alle oure daies han failid ; and we han failid 
 
 10 in thin ire. Oure 5eris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn ; the 
 
 daies of oure 5eeris ben in tho seuenti 5eeris. Forsothe, if 
 
 fourescoor 5eer ben in my^ti men ; and the more tyme of 
 
 hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue ; 
 
 1 T and we schulen be chastisid. Who knew the power of thin 
 
 1 2 ire ; and diirsfe noumbre thin ire for thi drede ? Make thi 
 
 ri3thond so knowun ; and 7}iake men lerncd in herte bi wis- 
 
 L 2 
 
148 PSALMS, XC (XCl). 
 
 1 3 dom. Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel ; and be thou able 
 
 14 to be preied on thi seruauntis. We weren fillid eerli with thi 
 merci ; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure 
 
 15 daies. We weren glad for the dales in whiche thou madist 
 
 16 vs meke; for the 5eeris in whiche we si5en yuels. Lord, 
 biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis ; and 
 
 17 dresse thou the sones of hem. And the schynyng of oure 
 Lord God be on vs ; and dresse thou the werkis of oure 
 hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis. 
 
 Psalm XC (XCI), 
 T/2e nyniithe salm. 
 
 1 He that dwellith in the help of the hi5este God; schal 
 
 2 dwelle in the proteccioun of God of heuene. He schal 
 seie to the Lord, Thou art myn vptaker, and my refuit ; my 
 
 3 God, Y schal hope in him. For he delyuered me fro the 
 
 4 snare of hunteris ; and fro a scharp word. With hise schul- 
 dris he schal make schadowe to thee ; and thou schalt haue 
 
 5 hope vnder hise fetheris. His treuthe schal cumpasse thee 
 
 6 with a scheld ; thou schalt not drede of ny^tis drede. Of an 
 arowe fliynge in the dai, of a gobelyn goynge in derknessis ; 
 
 7 of asailing, and a myddai feend. A thousynde schulen falle 
 doun fro thi side, and ten thousynde fro thi ri5tside ; forsothe 
 
 8 it schal not nei^e to thee. Netheles thou schalt biholde with 
 
 9 thin i^en ; and thou schalt se the 5elding of synneris. For 
 thou, Lord, art myn hope ; thou hast set thin help alther- 
 
 10 hi^este. Yuel schal not come to thee ; and a scourge schal 
 
 1 1 not nei5e to thi tabernacle. For God hath comaundid to 
 hise aungels of thee ; that thei kepe thee in alle thi weies. 
 
 i2Thei schulen beere thee in the hondis; leste perauenture 
 
 13 thou hirte thi foot at a stoon. Thou schalt go on a snake, 
 
 and a cocatrice ; and thou schalt defoule a lioun and a dra- 
 
PSALMS, XCI (XCIl). 149 
 
 i4goun. For he hopide in me, Y schal delyuere hym ; Y 
 
 15 schal defende him, for he knew my name. He criede to me, 
 and Y schal here him, Y am with him in tribulacioun ; Y 
 
 16 schal delyuere him, and Y schal glorifie hym. I schal tille 
 hym with the lengthe of daies ; and Y schal schewe myn 
 helthe to hym. 
 
 Psalm XCI (XCII). 
 
 1 T^e title of the oon and nyntithe salm. The salm of 
 
 song, in the dai of sahath. 
 
 2 It is good to knouleche to the Lord ; and to synge to thi 
 
 3 name, thou hi3este. To schewe eerli thi merci ; and thi 
 
 4 treuthe bi ny^t. In a sautrie of ten cordis ; with song 
 
 5 in harpe. For thou, Lord, hast delitid me in thi makyng ; 
 and Y schal make ful out ioye in the werkis of thin hondis. 
 
 6 Lord, thi werkis ben magnefied greetli ; thi thou5tis ben 
 
 7 maad ful depe. An vnwise man schal not knowe ; and a 
 
 8 fool schal not vndirstonde these thingis. Whanne synneris 
 comen forth, as hey; and alle thei apperen, that w^orchen 
 
 9 wickidnesse. That thei perische in to the world of world ; 
 loforsothe thou, Lord, art the hi5est, with-outen ende. For 
 
 lo ! Lord, thin enemyes, for lo ! thin enemyes schulen 
 perische ; and alle schulen be scaterid that worchen wickid- 
 
 1 1 nesse. And myn horn schal be reisid as an vnicorn ; and 
 
 1 2 myn eelde in plenteuouse merci. And myn i5e dispiside myn 
 enemyes ; and whanne wickid men rysen ajens me, myn eere 
 
 1 3 schal here. A iust man schal floure as a palm tree; he 
 
 14 schal be multiplied as a cedre of Liban. Men plauntid in 
 the hous of the Lord ; schulen floure in the porchis of the 
 
 i.^hous of oure God. 5^^ thei schulen be multiplied in plen- 
 teuouse elde ; and thei schulen be suffryng wel. That thei 
 telle, that oure Lord God is ri3tful ; and no wickidnesse is in 
 hym. 
 
150 PSALMS, XCII, XCIII (XCTIL XCIV). 
 
 Psalm XCII (XCIII). 
 
 The two a?2d nyntiihe salm. 
 
 1 The Lord hath regned, he is clothid with fairnesse; the 
 
 2 Lord is clothid with strengthe, and hath gird hym siif. For 
 5 he made stidefast the world ; that schal not be moued, God, 
 
 thi seete was maad redi fro that tyme ; thou art fro the 
 world. Lord, the flodi^ han reisid ; the flodis han reisid her 
 vois. Flodis reisiden her wawis; of the voicis of many 
 4watris. The reisyngis of the see befi wondurful; the Lord 
 5 is wondurful in hi^e thingis. Thi witnessingis ben maad 
 able to be bileued greetli ; Lord, holynesse bicometh thin 
 house, in to the lengthe of daies. 
 
 Psalm XCIII (XCIV). 
 The thre and nyntiihe salm. 
 
 1 God is Lord of veniauncis ; God of veniauncis dide freli. 
 
 2 Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe ; 3elde thou ^eld- 
 
 3 inge to proude men. Lord, hou longe synneris ; hou longe 
 
 4 schulen synneris haue glorie ? Thei schulen telle out, and 
 schulen speke wickidnesse ; alle men schulen speke that 
 
 5 worchen vnri3tfulnesse. Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple ; 
 
 6 and thei han disesid thin eritage. Thei killiden a widowe and 
 a comelyng ; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modir- 
 
 7 les. And thei seiden. The Lord schal not se ; and God of 
 S Jacob schal not vndurstonde. 3^ vnwise men in the puple, 
 9 vndirstonde ; and, 56 foolis, lerne sum tyme. Schal not he 
 
 here, that plauntide the eere ; ethere biholdith not he, that 
 
 10 made the i^e ? Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis ; 
 
 1 1 which techith man kunnyng .? The Lord knowith the 
 i2thou3tis of men; that tho ben veyne. Blessid is the man, 
 
 whom thou, Lord, hast lerned ; and hast tau3t him of thi 
 
PSALMS J XCIV (XCV). 151 
 
 i3lawe. That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies ; til a diche be 
 i4diggid to the synner. For the Lord schal not putte awei his 
 
 15 puple ; and he schal not forsake his eritage. Til ri3tfulnesse 
 be turned in to dom ; and who ben nij it, alle that ben 
 
 16 of rijtful herte. Who schal rise with me a5ens mysdoeris ; 
 ether who schal stonde with me ajens hem that worchen 
 
 1 7 wickidnesse ? No but for the Lord helpide me ; almost my 
 1 S soule hadde dwellid in helle. If Y seide, My foot was stirid ; 
 19 Lord, thi merci helpide me. Aftir the multitude of my 
 
 sorewis in myn herte ; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule. 
 20 Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that 
 2imakist trauel in comaundement ? Thei schulen take a3ens 
 
 the soule of a iust man ; and thei schulen condempne inno- 
 
 22 cent blood. And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt ; and 
 
 23 my God was maad in to the help of myn hope. And he 
 schal 3elde to hem the wickidnesse of hem ; and in the malice 
 of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem. 
 
 Psalm XCIV (XCV). 
 The four e and nyniithe sabn. 
 
 1 Come ^e, make we ful out ioie to the Lord; hertli synge 
 
 2 we to God, oure heelthe. Bifore ocupie we his face in 
 
 3 knowleching ; and hertli synge we to him in salmes. For 
 God is a greet Lord, and a greet king aboue alle goddis; 
 
 4 for the Lord schal not putte awei his puple. For alle the 
 endis of erthe ben in his bond; and the bignesses of hillis 
 
 5 ben hise. For the see is his, and he made it ; and hise 
 
 6 hondis formeden the drie lond. Come 30, herie we, and 
 falle we doun bifore God, wepe we bifore the Lord that 
 
 7 made vs ; for he is oure Lord God. And we ben the puple 
 
 8 of his lesewe ; and the scheep of his bond. If 30 ban herd 
 
 9 his vois to dai ; nyle je make hard 30ure hertis. As in the 
 
152 Psalms, xcv {xcvi). 
 
 terryng to wraththe j bi the dai of temptacioun in desert. 
 Where 50ure fadris temptiden me ; thei preueden and sien 
 
 10 my werkis. Fourti 5eer I was ofFendid to this generacionn ; 
 
 1 1 and Y seide, Euere thei erren in herte. And these men 
 knewen not my weies; to whiche Y swoor in myn ire, thei 
 schulen not entre in to my reste. 
 
 Psalm XCV (XCVI), 
 Thefyue and nyniithe salm hath no title. 
 
 1 Singe 56 a newe song to the Lord; al erthe, synge ^e 
 
 2 to the Lord. Synge ^e to the Lord, and blesse je his 
 
 3 name ; telle 5e his heelthe fro dai in to dai. Telle 3e his 
 glorie among hethene men ; hise merueilis among alle 
 
 4puplis. For the Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid 
 
 5 ful myche ; he is ferdful aboue alle goddis. For alle the 
 
 goddis of hethene men hen feendis ; but the Lord made 
 
 6heuenes. Knouleching and fairnesse is in his si^t; hooly- 
 
 7 nesse and worthi doyng is in his halewing. 3^ cuntrees of 
 hethene men, brynge to the Lord, bringe 5e glorye and 
 
 8 onour to the Lord ; bringe 56 to the Lord glorie to hys , 
 name. Take ^e sacrificis, and entre ^e in to the hallis of 
 
 9hym; herie 3e the Lord in his hooli halle. Al erthe be 
 
 lomoued of his face; seie ^e among hethene men, that the 
 
 Lord hath regned. And he hath amendid the world, that 
 
 schal not be moued ; he schal deme puplis in equite. 
 
 1 1 Heuenes be glad, and the erthe make ful out ioye, the 
 
 12 see and the fulnesse therof be moued togidere; feeldis 
 schulen make ioye, and alle thingis that ben in tho. Thanne 
 alle the trees of wodis schulen make ful out ioye, for the 
 
 1 3 face of the Lord, for he cometh ; for he cometh to deme 
 the erthe. He schal deme the world in equite ; and puplis 
 in his treuthe. 
 
PSALMS, XCVI, XCVII {XCVII, XCVIIl). 153 
 
 Psalm XCVI (XCVII). 
 
 The sixe and nyntithe salm. 
 
 I The Lord hath regned, the erthe make ful out ioye ; 
 3 many ilis be glad. Cloude and derknesse in his cumpas ; 
 3 ri3tfulnesse and doom is amending of his seete. Fier schal 
 
 go bifore him ; and schal enflawme hise enemyes in cumpas. 
 4Hise leitis schyneden to the world; the erthe si^, and was 
 5moued. Hillis as wax fletiden doun fro the face of the 
 6 Lord; al erthe fro the face of the Lord. Heuenes telden 
 7 his ri5tfulnesse ; and alle puplis sien his glorie. Alle that 
 
 worschipen sculptilis be schent, and thei that han glorie 
 
 in her symelacris; alle 5e aungels of the Lord, worschipe 
 Shim. Sion herde, and was glad, and the dou3tris of Juda 
 9 maden ful out ioye ; for thi domes, Lord. For thou, Lord, 
 
 art the hi3este on al erthe ; thou art greetli enhaunsid ouere 
 10 alle goddis. 3e that louen the Lord, hate yuel ; the Lord 
 
 kepith the soulis of hise seyntis ; he schal delyuer hem fro 
 lithe hond of the synner. Li3t is risun to the ri5tful man; 
 1 2 and gladnesse to ri3tful men of herte. Juste men, be 5e 
 
 glad in the Lord; and knouleclie 5e to the mynde of his 
 
 halewyng. 
 
 Psalm XCVII (XCVIIl). 
 The seuen and nyntithe salm hath no title. 
 
 1 Singe 3e a newe song to the Lord; for he hath do 
 merueils. His ri3t hond and his hooli arm; hath maad 
 
 2 h'eelthe to hym. The Lord hath maad knowun his heelthe ; 
 in the si5t of hethene m^en he hath schewid his ri3tfulnesse. 
 
 3 He bithou3te on his merci ; and on his treuthe, to the hous 
 of Israel. Alle the endis of erthe ; sien the heelthe of oure 
 
 4 God. Al erthe, make 3e hertli ioye to God ; synge 3e, and 
 
154 PSALMS^ XCVIII (xcix), 
 
 5 make ^e ful out ioye, and seie ^e salm. Singe 56 to the 
 
 6 Lord in an harpe, in harpe and vois of salm ; in tmmpis 
 betun out with hamer, and in vois of a trumpe of horn. 
 
 7 Hertli synge 3e in the si3t of the Lord, the king ; the see 
 and the fulnesse therof be moued; the world, and thei 
 
 S that dwellen therynne. Flodis schulen make ioie with hond, 
 togidere hillis schulen make ful out ioye, for si^t of the 
 
 9 Lord; for he cometh to deme the erthe. He schal deme 
 the world in ri3tfulnesse ; and puplis in equite. 
 
 Psalm XCVIII (XCIX). 
 
 The ei-s,ie and nyniiihe salm. 
 
 1 The Lord hath regned, puplis ben wrooth ; thou that 
 
 2 sittist on cherubyn, the erthe be moued. The Lord is 
 
 3 greet in Sion ; and hi3 aboue alle puplis. Knouleche thei 
 
 4 to thi greet name, for it is ferdful and hooli; and the 
 onour of the king loueth doom. Thou hast maad redi 
 dressyngis ; thou hast maad doom and ri3tfulnesse in Jacob. 
 
 5 Enhaunse 3e oure Lord God ; and worschipe 3e the stool of 
 6hise feet, for it is hooli. Moises and Aaron weren among 
 
 hise preestis ; and Samuel was among hem that inwardli 
 clepen his name. Thei inwardli clepiden the Lord, and 
 
 7 he herde hem ; in a piler of cloude he spak to hem. Thei 
 kepten hise witnessyngis ; and the comaundement which 
 
 she 3af to hem. Oure Lord God, thou herdist hem; God, 
 thou were merciful to hem, and thou tokist veniaunce on 
 
 9 al her fyndyngis. Enhaunse 36 oure Lord God, and wor- 
 schipe 3e in his hooli hil ; for oure Lord God is hooli. 
 
PSALMS, XCIX, C (C, Cl). 1 55 
 
 Psalm XCIX (C). 
 
 I The titil of the nyne and nyniithe salm. A salm to knouleche ; 
 in Ebrew thus, A salm for knozdeching. 
 
 3 Al erthe, singe 36 hertli to God; serue 56 the Lord in 
 
 3 gladnesse. Entre 36 in his si3t ; in ful out ioiyng. Wite 
 3e, that the Lord hym silf is God ; he made vs, and not 
 we maden vs. His puple, and the scheep of his lesewe, 
 
 4 entre 3e in to hise 3atis in knoulechyng ; cnire y iti io hise 
 
 5 porchis, knouleche 36 to him in ympnes. Herye ^e his 
 name, for the Lord is swete, his merci is with-outen ende ; 
 and his treuthe is in generacioun and in to generacioun. 
 
 Psalm C (CI). 
 
 1 The titil of the hiindrid salm. The salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 Lord, Y schal synge to thee ; merci and doom. I schal 
 synge, and Y schal vndurstonde in a weie with out wem ; 
 whanne thou schalt come to me. I ^ede perfitli in the 
 innocence of myn herte ; in the myddil of myn hous. 
 
 3 1 settide not forth bifore myn i3en an vniust thing ; Y 
 4hatide hem that maden trespassyngis. A schrewide herte 
 
 cleuede not to me ; Y knewe not a wickid man bowynge 
 5 awei fro me. I pursuede hym ; that bacbitide priueli his 
 
 nei5bore. With the proude i5e and an herte vnable to be 
 6fillid; Y eet not with this. IMyn ijen weren to the feithful 
 
 men of erthe, that thei sitte with me ; he that 3ede in a weie 
 
 7 with out wem, mynystride to me. He that doith pride, 
 schal not dwelle in the myddil of myn hous ; he that spekilh 
 
 8 wickid thingis, seruede not in the si5t of myn i^en. In 
 the morutid Y killide alle the synners of erthe ; that Y 
 schulde leese fro the citee of the Lord alle men worchynge 
 wickidnesse. 
 
1^6 PSALMS, CI (CTl). 
 
 Psalm CI (CII). 
 
 1 21^e title of the hundrid and o salm. The preier of a pore 
 
 man, whanne he was angwishid, and schedde out his speche 
 hifore the Lord. 
 
 2 Lord, here thou my preier; and my crie come to thee. 
 
 3 Turne not awei thi face fro me \ in what euere dai Y am 
 trobhd, bowe doun thin eere to me. In what euere day 
 
 4 Y schal inwardh clepe thee ; here thou me swifdi. For my 
 dales han faiUd as smoke ; and my boonus han dried vp as 
 
 5 critouns. I am smytun as hei, and myn herte dried vp ; for 
 
 6 Y haue for3ete to eete my breed. Of the vois of my weilyng ; 
 
 7 my boon cleuede to my fleische. I am maad Hjk a pelHcan 
 S of wildirnesse ; Y am maad as a ni5t-crowe in an hous. I 
 
 wakide ; and Y am maad as a sohtarie sparowe in the roof. 
 
 9 Al dai myn enemyes dispisiden me ; and thei that preisiden 
 
 10 me sworen a5ens me. For Y eet aschis as breed; and Y 
 
 1 1 meddlide my drinke with weping. Fro the face of the ire 
 of thin indignacioun ; for thou reisinge me hast hurthd me 
 
 12 doun. Mi dales boweden awei as a schadewe ; and Y 
 
 13 wexede drie as hei. But, Lord, thou dweUist with-outen 
 ende ; and thi memorial in generacioun and in to genera- 
 
 14 cioun. Lord, thou risinge vp schalt haue merci on Sion ; 
 for the tyme to haue merci therof cometh, for the tyme 
 
 15 cometh. For the stones therof pleslden thi seruauntis ; and 
 
 16 thei schulen haue merci on the lond therof. And, Lord, 
 hethen men schulen drede thi name ; and alle klngis of 
 
 17 erthe schulen drede thi glori. For the Lord hath bildid Sion ; 
 
 18 and he schal be seen in his glorle. He bihelde on the 
 preier of meke men ; and he displside not the preier of hem. 
 
 19 Be these thingis writun in an othere generacioun ; and the 
 2opuple that schal be maad schal preise the Lord. For he 
 
PSALMS, CI I {cm). 157 
 
 bihelde fro his hi5e hooli place ; the Lord lokide fro heuene 
 
 2 1 in to erthe. For to here the weilingis of feterid men ; and 
 
 22 for to vnbynde the sones of slayn men. That thei telle in 
 Sion the name of the Lord; and his preising in Jerusalem. 
 
 23 In gaderinge togidere puplis in to oon ; and kingis, that thei 
 24serue the Lord. It answeride to hym in the weie of his 
 
 25 vertu ; Telle thou to me the fewnesse of my daies. A^enclepe 
 thou not me in the myddil of my daies ; thi 5eris ben in 
 
 26 generacioun and in to generacioun. Lord, thou foundidist 
 the erthe in the bigynnyng; and heuenes ben the werkis 
 
 27 of thin hondis. Tho schulen perische, but thou dwellist 
 perfitli ; and alle schulen wexe eelde as a clooth. And thou 
 schalt chaunge hem as an hiling, and tho schulen be chaungid ; 
 
 2 8 but thou art the same thi silf, and thi 5eeris schulen not faile. 
 29 The sones of thi seruaunlis schulen dwelle ; and the seed 
 of hem schal be dressid in to the world. 
 
 Psalm CII (CIII). 
 
 1 The title of the hundred and secoiinde sahn. Of Dauid. 
 
 Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord ; and alle thingis that ben 
 
 2 wiih-ynne me, blesse his hooli name. I\li soule, blesse thou 
 the Lord ; and nyle thou for5ete alle the 5eldyngis of him, 
 
 3 Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis ; which heelith 
 
 4 alle thi sijknessis. Which a5enbieth thilijffro deth ; which 
 
 5 corowneth thee in merci and merciful doyngis. Which fillith 
 thi desijr in goodis ; thi 5ongthe schal be renulid as the 
 
 6 yngthe of an egle. The Lord doynge mercies ; and doom 
 
 7 to alle men suffringe wrong. He made hise weies knowun 
 
 8 to INIoises ; hise willis to the sones of Israel. The Lord is 
 a merciful doer, and merciful in wille ; longe abidinge, and 
 
 9 myche merciful. He schal not be wrooth with-outen ende ; 
 10 and he schal not thretne with-outen ende. He dide not to 
 
158 PSALMS^ cm [civ). 
 
 vs aftir oure synnes : nether he 5eldide to vs aftir oure 
 
 1 1 wickidnessis. For bi the hi5nesse of heuene fro erthe ; he 
 
 1 2 made strong his merci on men dredynge hym. As myche 
 as the eest is fer fro the west ; he made fer oure wickidnessis 
 
 13 fro vs. As a fadir hath merci on sones, the Lord hadde 
 
 14 merci on men dredynge him; for he knewe om-e makyng. 
 
 15 He bithou^te that we ben dust, a man is as hey; his dai 
 i6schal flowre out so as a flour of the feeld. For the spirit 
 
 schal passe in hym, and schal not abide ; and schal no more 
 lyknowe his place. But the merci of the Lord is fro with out 
 
 bigynnyng, and til in to with outen ende ; on men dredinge 
 iShym. And his ri3tfulnesse is in to the sones of sones; to 
 
 hem that kepen his testament. And ben myndeful of hise 
 
 19 comaundementis ; to do tho. The Lord hath maad redi his 
 seete in heuene ; and his rewme schal be lord of alle. 
 
 20 Aungels of the Lord, blesse 5e the Lord ; ^e my^ti in vertu, 
 
 21 doynge his word, to here the vois of hise wordis. Alle 
 vertues of the Lord, blesse 56 the Lord ; 5e mynystris of 
 
 22 hym that doen his wille. Alle werkis of the Lord, blesse 56 
 the Lord, in ech place of his lordschipe ; my soule, blesse 
 thou the Lord. 
 
 Psalm CIII (CIV). 
 The hundrid and thridde salm. 
 
 1 Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art 
 magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fair- 
 
 2 nesse ; and thou art clothid with li5t, as with a cloth. And 
 
 3 thou stretchist forth heuene as a skyn ; and thou hilist with 
 watris the hi3er partis therof. Which settist a cloude thi 
 
 4Stiyng; which goest on the fetheris of wyndis. Which 
 makist spiritis thin aungels ; and thi mynystris brennynge 
 
 5 fier. Which hast foundid the erthe on his stablenesse ; it 
 
 6 schal not be bowid in to the world of world. The depthe 
 
PSALMS, cm {civ). 159 
 
 of watris as a cloth is the clothing therof ; watris schulen 
 
 7 stonde on hillis. Tho schulen fle fro thi blamyng ; men 
 
 8 schulen be aferd of the vois of thi thundur. Hillis stien vp, 
 and feeldis goen doun ; in to the place which thou hast 
 
 9 foundid to tho. Thou hast set a terme, which tho schulen 
 not passe ; nether tho schulen be turned, for to hile the erthe. 
 
 TO And thou sendist out wellis in grete valeis ; watris schulen 
 
 J I passe bitwix the myddil of hillis. Alle the beestis of the feeld 
 
 schulen drynke ; wielde assis schulen abide in her thirst. 
 
 1 2 Briddis of the eir schulen dwelle on tho ; fro the myddis 
 
 1 3 of stoonys thei schulen ^yue voices. And thou moistist hillis 
 of her hi5er thingis ; the erthe schal be fiUid of the fruyt of 
 
 14 thi werkis. And thou bringist forth hei to beestis; and 
 eerbe to the seruyce of men. That thou bringe forth breed 
 
 15 of the erthe; and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. 
 That he make glad the face with oile ; and that breed make 
 
 16 stidefast the herte of man. The trees of the feeld schulen be 
 fillid, and the cedris of the Liban, whiche he plauntide ; 
 
 1 7 sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the ger- 
 iSfaukun is the leeder of tho ; hi^e hillis ben refute to hertis ; 
 19 a stoon is refutt to irchouns. He made the moone in to 
 2otymes; the sunne knewe his goyng doun. Thou hast set 
 
 derknessis, and ny5t is maad ; alle beestis of the wode 
 2 1 schulen go ther ynne. Liouns whelpis rorynge for to 
 2 2rauysche; and to seke of God meete to hem silf. The 
 
 sunne is risun, and tho ben gaderid togidere ; and tho 
 2,:? schulen be set in her couchis. A man schal go out to his 
 2 4werk; and to his worching, til to the euentid. Lord, thi 
 
 werkis ben magnefiede ful myche, thou hast maad alle thingis 
 25 in wisdom ; the erthe is fillid with thi possessioun. This see 
 
 is greet and large to hondis; there hen crepinge beestis, of 
 rf; which is noon noumbre. Litil beestis with grete; schippis 
 
 schulen passe there. This dragoun which thou hast formyd; 
 
l6o PSALMS, CIV (CF). 
 
 27 for to scorne hym. Alle thingis abiden of thee ; that thou 
 
 28 5yue to hem meete in tyme. Whanne thou schalt ^yue to 
 hem, thei schulen gadere ; whanne thou schalt opene thin 
 
 29 hond, alle thingis schulen be fillid with goodnesse. But 
 whanne thou schalt turne awey the face, thei schulen be 
 disturblid ; thou schalt take awei the spirit of them, and thei 
 schulen faile ; and thei schulen turne a5en in to her dust. 
 
 30 Sende out thi spirit, and thei schulen be formed of the newe ; 
 
 31 and thou schalt renule the face of the erthe. The glorie 
 of the Lord be in to the world ; the Lord schal be glad in 
 
 32 hise werkis. Which biholdith the erthe, and makith it to 
 ^^ tremble ; which touchith hillis, and tho smoken. I schal 
 
 singe to the Lord in my lijf ; Y schal seie salm to my God, 
 
 34 as longe as Y am. Mi speche be myrie to him ; forsothe 
 
 35 Y schal delite in the Lord. Synneris faile fro the erthe, and 
 wickid men /ai'k, so that thei be not ; my soule, blesse thou 
 the Lord. 
 
 Psalm CIV (CV). 
 
 The iiile of the himdrid and four the salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Knouleche 5e to the Lord, and inwardli clepe ^e his 
 
 2 name ; telle 56 hise werkis among hethen men. Synge ^e 
 to hym, and seie 56 salm to him, and telle ^e alle hise 
 
 3 merueylis ; be 5e preisid in his hooli name. The herte of 
 
 4 men sekynge the Lord be glad ; seke 5e the Lord, and be 
 
 5 5e confermed ; seke 5e euere his face. Haue ^e mynde 
 on hise merueilis, whiche he dide ; on his grete wondris, 
 
 6 and domes of his mouth. The seed of Abraham, his ser- 
 
 7 uaunt ; the sones of Jacob, his chosun man. He is oure 
 
 8 Lord God ; hise domes ben in al the erthe. He w^as 
 myndeful of his testament in to the world; of the word 
 which he comaundide in to a thousynde generaciouns. 
 
 9 Which he disposide to Abraham ; and of his 00th to 
 
PSALMS, CIV {CV). l6l 
 
 10 Isaac. And he ordeynede it to Jacob in to a comaunde- 
 
 1 1 ment ; and to Israel in to euerlastinge testament. And he 
 seide, I shal ^iue to thee the lond of Canaan ; the cord 
 
 12 of 50ure eritage. Whanne thei weren in a Htil noumbre; 
 i.^and the comeHngis of hem weren ful fewe. And thei 
 
 passiden fro folk in to folk ; and fro a rewme in to ano- 
 J4ther puple. He lefte not a man to anoye hem; and he 
 1 5 chastiside kyngis for hem. Nile ^e touche my cristis ; and 
 i6nyle ^e do wickidli among my prophetis. And God clepide 
 
 hungir on erthe; and he wastide al the stidefastnesse of 
 1 7 breed. He sente a man bifore hem ; Joseph was seeld in 
 i8to a seruaunt. Thei maden lowe hise feet in stockis, irun 
 
 1 9 passide by his soule ; til the word of him cam. The speche 
 
 20 of the Lord enflawmede him ; the king sente and vnbond 
 2ihym; the prince of puplis senfe and delyuerede him. He 
 
 ordeynede him the lord of his hous; and the prince of al 
 
 2 2 his possessioun. That he schulde lerne hise princis as him 
 
 silf; and that he schulde teche hise elde men prudence. 
 
 23 And Israel entride in to Egipt; and Jacob was a comeling 
 
 24 in the lond of Cham. And God encreesside his puple 
 
 25 greetli ; and made hym stidefast on hise enemyes. He 
 turnede the herte of hem, that thei hatiden his puple ; and 
 
 2 6diden gile a^ens hise seruauntis. He sent Moises, his ser- 
 
 2 7 uaunt ; thilke Aaron, whom he chees. He puttide in hem 
 
 the wordis of hise myraclis ; and of hise grete wondris in 
 
 jSthe lond of Cham. He sente derknessis, and made derk ; 
 
 29 and he made not bitter hise wordis. He turnede the watris 
 of hem in to blood ; and he killide the fischis of hem. 
 
 30 And the lond of hem 3af paddoks ; in the priue places of 
 
 31 the kyngis of hem. God seide, and a fleische flie cam ; and 
 
 32 gnattis in alle the coostis of hem. He settide her reynes 
 
 33 hail ; fier brennynge in the lond of hem. And he smoot 
 the vynes of hem, and the fige-trees of hem; and al to- 
 
 M 
 
1 62 PSALMS, CV (CVl). 
 
 34 brak the tree of the coostis of hem. He seide, and a 
 locuste cam; and a bruk of which was noon noumbre. 
 
 35 And it eet al the hey in the lond of hem ; and it eet al 
 
 36 the fmyt of the lond of hem. And he killide ech the 
 firste gendrid thing in the lond of hem ; the firste fruitis 
 
 37 of alle the trauel of hem. And he ledde out hem with 
 siluer and gold ; and noon was sijk in the lynagis of hem. 
 
 38 Egipt was glad in the goyng forth of hem ; for the drede 
 
 39 of hem lai on Egipcians. He spredde abrood a cloude, 
 in to the hiling of hem ; and fier, that it schynede to hem 
 
 40 bi ny^t. Thei axiden, and a curlew cam; and he fillide 
 
 41 hem with the breed of heuene. He brak a stoon, and 
 
 42 watris flowiden ; floodis 5eden forth in the drye place. For 
 he was myndeful of his hooli word; which he hadde to 
 
 ^ 3 Abraham, his child. And he ledde out his puple in ful 
 
 44 out ioiyng ; and hise chosun men in gladnesse. And he 
 5af to hem the cuntreis of hethen men ; and thei hadden 
 
 45 in possessioun the trauels of pupiis. That thei kepe hise 
 iustifiyngis ; and seke his lawe. 
 
 Psalm CV (CVI). 
 T/ie Utle of the himdrid and fifthe salni. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Knouleche ^e to the Lord, for he is good ; for his mercy 
 
 2 is with-outen ende. Who schal speke the powers of the 
 
 3 Lord ; schal make knowun alle hise preisyngis 1 Blessid 
 hen thei that kepen dom ; and doon ri^tfulnesse in al tyme. 
 
 4 Lord, haue thou mynde on vs in the good plesaunce of 
 
 5 thi puple ; visite thou vs in thin heelthe. To se in the 
 goodnesse of thi chosun men, to be glad in the gladnes 
 
 6 of thi folk ; that thou be heried with thin eritage. We han 
 .synned with oure fadris ; we han do vniustli, we han do 
 
PSALMS^ CV {CVl). 163 
 
 7 wickidnesse. Oure fadris in Egipt vndirstoden not thi mer- 
 ueils ; thei weren not myndeful of the multitude of thi merci. 
 And thei stiynge in to the see, in to the reed see, terreden 
 
 8 to wraththe ; and he sauede hem for his name, that he 
 
 9 schulde make knowun his power. And he departide the 
 reed see, and it was dried; and he lede forth hem in the 
 
 10 depthis of watris as in deseert. And he sauede hem fro 
 the hond of hateris ; and he a5en-bou3te hem fro the hond 
 
 1 1 of the enemye. And the watir hilide men troublynge hem ; 
 
 1 2 oon of hem abood not. And thei bileueden to hise wordis ; 
 
 13 and thei preisiden the heriynge of hym. Thei hadden soone 
 do, thei for5aten hise werkis ; and thei abididen not his 
 
 i4C0uncel. And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; and 
 
 15 temptiden God in a place wilh-out watir. And he ^af to 
 
 hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the 
 
 i6soulis of hem. And thei wraththiden Moyses in the cas- 
 
 17 tels ; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord. The erthe was opened, 
 and swolewid Datan ; and hilide on the congregacioun of 
 
 18 Abiron. And fier brente an hi^e in the synagoge of hem ; 
 
 1 9 fiawme brente synneris. And thei maden a calf in Oreb ; 
 
 20 and worschipiden a ^otun ymage. And thei chaungiden 
 
 2 1 her glorie ; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei. Thei 
 2 2for3aten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in 
 
 Egipt, merueils in the lond of Cham ; feerdful thingis in 
 23 the reed see. And God seide, that he wolde leese hem ; 
 
 if ]\Ioises, his chosun man, hadde not stonde in the brekyng 
 
 of his si5t. That he schulde turne awei his ire ; lest he 
 24loste hem. And thei hadden the desirable lond for nou5t, 
 25 thei bileueden not to his word, and thei grutchiden in her 
 2 6tabernaclis; thei herden not the vois of the Lord. And 
 
 he reiside his hond on hem; to caste doun hem in desert. 
 
 27 And to caste awei her seed in naciouns ; and to leese hem 
 
 28 in cuntreis. And thei maden sacrifice to Belfagor; and 
 
 ji 2 
 
164 PSALMS, CV (CVl), 
 
 29thei eeten the sacrificis of deed beestis. And thei wrath- 
 thiden God in her fyndyngis ; and fallyng was multiplied 
 
 30 in hem. And Fynees stood, and pleeside God; and the 
 
 31 veniaunce ceesside. And it was arrettid to hym to rijt- 
 fulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to 
 
 32 with-outen ende. And thei wrath thiden God at the watris 
 of a^enseiyng; and Moises was trauelid for hem, for thei 
 
 33 maden bittere his spirit, and he departide in his lippis, 
 
 34 Thei losten not hethen men ; whiche the Lord seide to 
 
 35 hem. And thei weren meddlid among hethene men, and 
 
 36 lerneden the werkis of hem, and serueden the grauen ymagis- 
 of hem; and it was maad to hem in to sclaundre. And 
 
 37 thei offriden her sones; and her dou^tris to feendiSo And 
 ^S thei schedden out innocent blood, the blood of her sones 
 
 and of her dou^tris ; whiche thei sacrificiden to the grauun 
 
 39ymagis of Chanaan. And the erthe was slayn in bloodiSj. 
 
 and was defoulid in the , werkis of hem ; and thei diden 
 
 40 fornicacioun in her fyndyngis. And the Lord was wrooth 
 bi Strong veniaunce ajens his puple ; and hadde abhomin- 
 
 41 acioun of his eritage. And he bitook hem in to the 
 hondis of hethene men ; and thei that hatiden hem, weren 
 
 42 lordis of hem. And her enemyes diden tribulacioun to 
 hem, and thei weren mekid vndir the hondis of enemyes; 
 
 43 ofte he delyuerede hem. But thei wraththiden hym in her 
 counsel; and thei weren maad low in her wickidnessis, 
 
 44 And he si3e, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun ; and 
 
 45 he herde the preyer of hem. And he was myndeful of 
 his testament; and it repentide hym bi the multitude of 
 
 46 his merci. And he 5af hem in to mercies; in the si3t of 
 
 47 alle men, that hadden take hem. Oure Lord God, make 
 thou vs saaf; and gadere togidere vs fro naciouns. That 
 we knouleche to thin hooli name ; and haue glorie in thi 
 
 48 preisyng. Blessid be the Lord God of Israel fro the world 
 
PSALMS, CVI {CVIl). 165 
 
 and til in to the world; and al the puple schal seye, Be 
 it don, be it don. 
 
 Psalm CVI (CVII). 
 T^e title- of the hundrid and sixte salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Knouleche 50 to the Lord, for he is good ; for his merci 
 
 2 is in to the world. Sei thei, that ben a5en-bou3t of the Lord ; 
 whiche he a5en-bou3te fro the bond of the enemye, fro 
 
 3cuntreis he gaderide hem togidere. Fro the risyng of the 
 sunne, and fro the goyng doun ; fro the north, and fro the 
 
 4 see. Thei erriden in wildirnesse, in a place with-out watir ; 
 
 5 thei founden not weie of the citee of dwellyng place. Thei 
 6were?i hungri and thirsti ; her soule failide in hem. And 
 
 thei crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribula- 
 
 7 cioun; and he delyuerede hem fro her nedynesses. And he 
 ledde forth hem in to the ri3t weie ; that thei schulden go in 
 
 8 to the citee of dwelling. The mercies of the Lord knouleche 
 to hym ; and hise merueilis knouleche to the sones of men. 
 
 9 For he fillide a voide man ; and he fillide with goodis an 
 
 10 hungry man. God delyuerede men sittynge in derknessis, 
 and in the schadowe of deth ; and men prisoned in bcggerye 
 
 11 and in yrun. For thei maden bitter the spechis of God; 
 
 1 2 and wraththiden the councel of the hi3este. And the herte 
 of hem was maad meke in trauelis ; and thei weren sijk, and 
 
 13 noon was that helpide. And thei crieden to the Lord, 
 whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun ; and he delyuerede 
 
 14 hem from her nedynessis. And he ledde hem out of derk- 
 nessis, and schadowe of deth; and brak the boondis 
 
 1 5 of hem. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to hym ; and 
 
 1 6 hise merueils knouleche to the sones of men. For he al 
 
 1 7 to-brak brasun 5atis ; and he brak yrun barris. He vp-took 
 hem fro the weie of her wickidnesse ; for thei weren maad 
 
l66 PSALMS, CVI (cvii), 
 
 iSlowe for her vnri^tfulnesses. The soule of hem wlatide al 
 19 mete; and thei nei^eden til to the 5atis of deth. And thei 
 
 crieden to the Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun ; 
 20 and he delyuerede hem fro her nedynessis. He sente his 
 
 word, and heelide hem ; and delyuerede hem fro the per- 
 2iischingis of hem. The mercies of the Lord knouleche to 
 2 2hym; and hise merueils to the sones of men. And offre 
 
 thei the sacrifice of heriyng ; and telle thei hise werkis in ful 
 
 23 out ioiyng. Thei that gon doun in to the see in schippis ; 
 
 24 and maken worching in many watris. Thei sien the werkis 
 
 25 of the Lord; and hise merueilis in the depthe. He seide, 
 and the spirit of tempest stood ; and the wawis therof weren 
 
 26arerid. Thei stien til to heuenes, and goen doun til to the 
 
 2 7depthis; the soule of hem failide in yuelis. Thei weren 
 
 troblid, and thei weren moued as a drunkun man : and al 
 
 28 the wisdom of hem was deuourid. And thei crieden to the 
 Lord, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun ; and he ledde 
 
 29 hem out of her nedynessis. And he ordeynede the tempest 
 therof in to a soft wynde; and the wawis therof weren 
 
 30 stille. And thei weren glad, for tho weren stille ; and he 
 
 31 ladde hem forth in to the hauene of her wille. The mercies 
 of the Lord knouleche to hym ; and hise merueilis to the 
 
 32 sones of men. And enhaunse thei him in the chirche of the 
 
 33 puple ; and preise thei him in the chaier of eldre men. He 
 hath set floodis in to deseert ; and the out-goingis of watris 
 
 r 34 in to thirst. He hath set fruytful lond in to saltnesse ; for the 
 
 35 malice of men dwellyng ther-ynne. He hath set deseert in 
 to pondis of watriT;''*and""''^r!Ee with-out v/atir in to out- 
 
 36 goyngis of watris. And he settide there hungri men ; and 
 
 37 thei maden a citee of dwelling. And thei sowiden feeldis, 
 3S and plauntiden vynes ; and maden fruyt of birthe. And 
 
 he blesside hem, and thei weren multiplied greetli ; and he 
 39 made not lesse her werk-beestis. And thei weren maad 
 
PSALMS, CVII (CVIIl). 167 
 
 fewe ; and thei weren trauelid of tribulacioun of yuelis and 
 
 40 of sorewis. Strijf was sched out on princes; and he 
 
 made hem for to erre without the weie, and not in the weie. 
 
 41 And he helpide the pore man fro pouert ; and settide 
 
 42 meynees as a scheep hringynge forth lambren. Ri3cful men 
 schulen se, and schulen be glad; and al wickidnesse schal 
 
 43 stoppe his mouth. Who is wijs, and schal kepe these 
 thingis; and schal vndirstonde the mercies of the Lord? 
 
 Psalm CVII (CVIII). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and seiienthe salvi. The song of 
 
 the salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 MiN herte is redi, God, myn herte is redi ; Y schal singe, 
 
 3 and Y schal seie salm in my glorie. IMy glorie, ryse thou vp, 
 
 4 sautrie and harp, rise thou vp ; Y schal rise vp eerli. Lord, 
 Y schal knouleche to thee among puplis ; and Y schal 
 
 5 seie salm to thee among naciouns. For whi, God, thi 
 merci is greet on heuenes; and thi treuthe is til to the 
 
 6 cloudis. God, be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes ; and thi 
 
 7 glorie ouer al erthe. That thi derlingis be delyuerid, make 
 thou saaf with thi ri5thond, and here me ; God spak in his 
 
 8 hooli. I schal make ful out ioye, and Y schal departe 
 Siccimam; and Y schal mete the grete valei of tabernaclis. 
 
 9 Galaad is myn, and Manasses is myn ; and Effraym is the 
 vptaking of myn heed. Juda is my king; I\Ioab is the 
 
 locaudron of myn hope. In to Ydume Y schal stretche forth 
 
 1 1 my scho ; ahens ben maad frendis to me. Who schal lede 
 me forth in to a stronge citee ; who schal lede me forth til in 
 
 1 2 to Idume .'* Whether not thou, God, that hast put vs awei ; 
 i;, and, God, schalt thou not go out in oure vertues ? 37^^ 
 
 thou help to vs of tribulacioun ; for the hcelthe of man is 
 
1 68 PSALMS, CVIII (cix). 
 
 i4veyn. We schulen make vertu in God; and he schal bringe 
 oure enemyes to nou3t. 
 
 Psalm CVIII (CIX). 
 
 1 TAe title of the hundrid and ei^tthe salm. To victorye, the 
 
 salm of Dauid. 
 
 2 God, holde thou not stille my preisyng ; for the mouth of 
 the synner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on 
 
 3 me. Thei spaken a5ens me with a gileful tunge, and thai 
 cumpassiden me with wordis of hatrede ; and foujten a5ens 
 
 4 me with-out cause. For that thing that thei schulden loue 
 
 5 me, thei bacbitiden me ; but Y preiede. And thei settiden 
 a5ens mie yuelis for goodis ; and hatrede for my loue. 
 
 6 Ordeyne thou a synner on him ; and the deuel stonde on 
 
 7 his ri3t half Whanne he is demed, go he out condempned ; 
 
 8 and his preier be maad in to synne. Hise dales be maad 
 
 9 fewe ; and another take his bischopriche. Hise sones be ■ 
 
 10 maad faderles ; and his wijf a wide we. Hise sones trem- 
 blinge be born ouer, and begge ; and be cast out of her 
 
 1 1 habitaciouns. An vsurere seke al his catel ; and aliens 
 J 2 rauysche hise trauelis. Noon helpere be to him ; nether 
 i3ony be that haue mercy on hise modirles children. Hise 
 
 sones be maad in to perisching ; the name of him be don 
 i4awei in oon generacioun. The wickidnesse of hise fadris 
 
 come a^en in to mynde in the si5t of the Lord; and the 
 15 synne of his modir be not don awei. Be thei maad euere 
 
 a5ens the Lord ; and the mynde of hem perische fro erthe. 
 16, 17 For that thing that he thoujte not to do merci, and he 
 
 pursuede a pore man and beggere ; and to slee a man com- 
 i<Spunct in herte. And he louede cursing, and it schal come 
 
 10 hym ; and he nolde blessing, and it schal be maad fer fro 
 
 him. And he clothide cursing as a cloth, and it entride as 
 
PSALMS^ CIX (CX). 169 
 
 water in to hise ynnere thingis; and as oile in hise boonus. 
 
 19 Be it maad to him as a cloth, with which he is hilyd; and as 
 
 20 a girdil, with which he is euere gird. This is the werk of 
 hem that bacbiten me anentis the Lord ; and that speke 
 
 2iyuels a5ens my lijf. And thou, Lord, Lord, do with me for 
 
 2 2thi name; for thi merci is swete. Delyuere thou me, for Y 
 
 am nedi and pore; and myn herte is disturbUd with ynne me. 
 
 23 1 am takun awei as a schadowe, whanne it bo with awei : and 
 
 24 Y am schakun awei as locustis. Mi knees ben maad feble 
 
 25 of fasting ; and my fleische was chaungid for oile. And 
 Y am maad schenschipe to hem ; thei sien me, and moueden 
 
 26 her heedis. Mi Lord God, helpe thou me; make thou me 
 2 7saaf bi thi merci. And thei schulen wite, that this is thin 
 
 28 bond ; and thou, Lord, hast do it. Thei schulen curse, and 
 thou schalt bles'^e, thei that risen a^ens me, be schent ; but 
 
 29 thi seruaunt schal be glad. Thei that bacbiten me, be 
 clothid with schame ; and be thei hilid with her schenschipe 
 
 30 as with a double cloth. I schal knouleche to the Lord greetli 
 with my mouth ; and Y schal herie hym in the myddil of 
 
 31 many men. Which stood ny^ on the ri3t half of a pore man; 
 to make saaf my soule fro pursueris. 
 
 Psalm CIX (CX). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundrid and nymthe sabn. The salni 
 
 of Dauith. 
 
 The Lord seide to my Lord ; Sitte thou on my ri3t side. 
 
 2 Til Y putte thin enemyes ; a stool of thi feet. The Lord 
 schal sende out fro Syon the ^erde of thi vertu ; be thou 
 
 3 lord in the myddis of thin enemyes. The bigynnyng is with 
 thee in the dai of thi vertu, in the bri5tnessis of seyntis ; 
 
 4 Y gendride thee of the wombe before the dai-sterre. The 
 Lord swoor, and it schal not repcnte him ; Thou art a prcest 
 
170 PSALMS, CX, CXI [CXI, CXIl). 
 
 5 with-outen ende, bi the ordre of Melchisedech. The Lord 
 on thi ri^t side ; hath broke kyngis in the dai of his ven- 
 
 6iaunce. He schal deme among naciouns, he schal fille 
 fallyngis ; he schal schake heedis in the lond of many men. 
 
 7 He dranke of the stronde in the weie ; therfor he enhaunside 
 the heed. 
 
 Psalm CX (CXI). 
 
 The title of the hundrid and tent he salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte ; in the 
 
 2 counsel and congregacioun of iust men. The werkis of the 
 
 3 Lord ben greete ; sou3t out in to alle hise willis. His werk 
 is knoulechyng and grete doyng ; and his ri5tfulnesse dwellith 
 
 4 in to the world of world. The Lord merciful in wille, and 
 
 5 a merciful doere, hath maad a mynde of hise merueilis ; he 
 hath 50ue meete to men dredynge hym. He schal be 
 
 6 myndeful of his testament in to the world ; he schal telle to 
 
 7 his puple the vertu of hise werkis. That he 3yue to hem the 
 eritasre of folkis ; the werkis of hise hondis he7i treuthe and 
 
 8 doom. Alle hise comaundementis ben feithful, confermed in 
 
 9 to the world of world ; maad in treuthe and equite. The 
 Lord sente redempcioun to hys puple ; he comaundide his 
 testament with outen ende. His name is hooli and dreedful ; 
 
 10 the bigynnyng of wisdom is the drede of the Lord. Good 
 vndirstondyng is to alle that doen it ; his preising dwellith in 
 to the world of world. 
 
 Psalm CXI (CXII). 
 The title of the hundrid and enleuenthe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Blissid is the man that dredith the Lord ; he schal wilne 
 
 2 ful myche in hise comaundementis. His seed schal be my5ti 
 in erthe ; the generacioun of ri5tful men schal be blessid. 
 
 3 Glorie and richessis ben in his hous ; and his ri3tfulnesse 
 
PSALMS, CXII, CXIII {CXIII, CXIV). 171 
 
 4 dwellith in to the world of world. Li3t is risun vp in 
 derknessis to ri^tful men ; //zf Lord is merciful in wille, and 
 
 5 a merciful doere, and ri3tful. The man u merye, that doith 
 
 6 merci, and leeneth ; he disposith hise wordis in dom ; for he 
 
 7 schal not be moued with-outen ende. A iust man schal be 
 in euerlastinge mynde ; he schal not drede of an yuel heryng. 
 
 >; His herte z's redi for to hope in the Lord ; his herte is 
 
 confermed, he schal not be moued, til he dispise hise enemyes. 
 9 He spredde abrood, he 3af to pore men ; his ri3twisnesse 
 
 dwellith in to the world of world ; his horn schal be reisid in 
 loglorie. A synner schal se, and schal be wrooth ; he schal 
 
 gnaste with hise teeth, and schal faile ; the desijr of synneris 
 
 schal perische. 
 
 Psalm CXII (CXIII). 
 
 T/ie Utle of the hundrid and iwelfihe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Children, preise 5e the Lord ; preise 5e the name of the 
 
 2 Lord. The name of the Lord be blessid ; fro this tyme now 
 
 3 and til in to the world. Fro the risyng of the sunne til to 
 the goyng doun ; the name of the Lord is worthi to be 
 
 4 preisid. The Lord is hi3 aboue alle folkis ; and his glorie is 
 
 5 aboue heuenes. Who is as oure Lord God, that dwellith in 
 
 6 hi3e thingis ; and biholdith meke thingis in heuene and in 
 
 7 erthe .? Reisynge a nedi man fro the erthe ; and enhaunsinge 
 
 8 a pore man fro drit. That he sette hym with princes ; with 
 
 9 the princes of his puple. Which makith a bareyn womman 
 dwelle in the hous ; a glad modir of sones. 
 
 Psalm CXIII (CXIV). 
 The mil of the hundrid and ihrittcnihe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 In the goyng out of Israel fro Egipt ; of the hous of Jacob 
 
 2 fro the hethene puple. Judee was maad the halewyng of 
 
17^ PSALMS, CXIII {CXIV, CXV). 
 
 3 hym ; Israel the power of hym. The see si5, and fledde ; 
 
 4 Jordan was turned abac. Munteyns ful out ioyeden as 
 
 5 rammes ; and litle hilKs as the lambren of scheep. Thou 
 see, what was to thee, for thou fleddist ; and thou, Jordan, 
 
 6 for thou were turned abak? Munteyns, 5e maden ful out 
 ioye as rammes ; and Htle hiUis, as the lambren of scheep. 
 
 7 The erthe was moued fro the face of the Lord ; fro the face of 
 
 8 God of Jacob. Which turnede a stoon in to pondis of watris ; 
 1 and an hard rooch in to wellis of watris. (CXV.) Lord, not 
 3 to vs, not to vs ; but ^yue thou glorie to thi name. On thi 
 
 merci and thi treuthe ; lest ony tyme hethene men seien, 
 3 Where is the God of hem ? Forsothe oure God in heuene ; 
 4dide alle thingis, whiche euere he wolde. The symulacris 
 
 of hethene men den siluer and gold ; the werkis of mennus 
 5 hondis. Tho han mouth, and schulen not speke ; tho han 
 6i5en, and schulen not se. Tho han eeris, and schulen not 
 
 7 here ; tho han nose-thurls, and schulen not smelle. Tho 
 han hondis, and schulen not grope ; tho han feet, and 
 
 8 schulen not go ; tho schulen not crye in her throte. Thei 
 that maken tho ben maad lijk tho; and alle that triste in 
 
 9 tho. The hous of Israel hopide in the Lord ; he is the 
 
 10 helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem. The hous of 
 Aaron hopide in the Lord ; he is the helpere of hem, and the 
 
 1 1 defendere of hem. Thei that dreden the Lord, hopiden in 
 the Lord ; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of 
 
 12 hem. The Lord was myndeful of vs; and blesside vs. He 
 blesside the hous of Israel ; he blesside the hous of Aaron. 
 
 13 He blesside alle men that dreden the Lord; he blesside litle 
 
 14 men with the grettere. The Lord encreesse on 30U ; on 50U 
 J 5 and on 50ure sones. Blessid be ^e of the Lord ; that made 
 1 6 heuene and erthe. Heuene of heuene is to the Lord; but 
 1 7 he 5af erthe to the sones of men. Lord, not deed men 
 
 schulen herie thee; nether alle men that goen doun in to 
 
PSALMS^ CXIVy CXV {cXVl). Ij^ 
 
 iShelle. But we that lyuen, blessen the Lord; fro this tyme 
 now and til in to the world. 
 
 Psalm CXIV (CXVI). 
 The iitil of the htmdrid and four tenthe salm. Alleluia. 
 
 1 I LOUEDE the Lord ; for the Lord schal here the vois of 
 
 2 my preier. For he bowide doun his eere to me ; and Y 
 
 3 schal inwardli clepe in my daies. The sorewis of deth 
 
 4 cumpassiden me ; and the perehs of helle founden me. I 
 foond tribulacioun and sorewe ; and Y clepide inwardli the 
 
 5 name of the Lord. Thou, Lord, delyuere my soule ; the 
 
 6 Lord is merciful, and iust ; and oure God doith merci. And 
 the Lord kepith litle children ; Y was mekid, and he de- 
 
 7 lyuerede me. Mi soule, turne thou in to thi reste ; for the 
 
 8 Lord hath do wel to thee. For he hath delyuered my soule 
 fro deth ; myn i^en fro wepingis, my feet fro fallyng doun. 
 
 9 I schal plese the Lord ; in the cuntrei of hem that lyuen. 
 
 Psalm CXV (CXVI, cotttinued). 
 
 The iitil of the hundrid and fif tenthe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 lo I BiLEUEDE, for which thing Y spak ; forsoth Y was maad 
 J 1 low ful myche. I seide in my passing ; Ech man is a lier. 
 1 2 What schal Y ^elde to the Lord ; for alle thingis which he 
 i3 3eldide to me? I schal take the cuppe of heelthe; and 
 
 14 Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord. I schal 3elde 
 
 1 5 my vowis to the Lord bifor al his puple ; the deth of seyntis 
 j6of the Lord is precious in his si3t. O! Lord, for Y am thi 
 
 seruant ; Y am thi seruaunt, and the sone of thi handmaide. 
 17 Thou hast broke my bondys, to thee Y schal offre a sacrifice 
 
 of heriyng ; and Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the 
 iSLord. I schal ^elde my vowis to the Lord, in the 5151 of al 
 
3 74 PSALMS, CXVI, CXVIl (CXVII, CXVIIl). 
 
 19 his puple; in the porchis of the hous of the Lord, in the 
 myddil of thee, Jerusalem. 
 
 Psalm CXVI (CXVII). 
 The title of the hundrid and sixienthe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 1 Alle hethen men, herie 5e the Lord ; alle puplis, herie 56 
 
 2 hym. For his merci is confermyd on vs ; and the treuthe 
 of the Lord dwellith with-outen ende. 
 
 Psalm CXVII (CXVIIl). 
 
 The titil of the hundrid and seuejitenthe salm. Alleluia. 
 
 1 Knouleche 5e to the Lord, for he is good ; for his merci 
 
 2 is with-outen ende. Israel seie now, for he is good ; for his 
 
 3 merci is with-outen ende. The hous of Aaron seie now ; 
 
 4 for his merci is with-outen ende. Thei that dreden the 
 
 5 Lord, seie now ; for his merci is with-outen ende. Of 
 tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord; and the Lord 
 
 6herde me in largenesse. The Lord is an helpere to me; 
 
 7 Y schal not drede what a man schal do to me. The Lord 
 
 S is an helpere to me ; and Y schal dispise myn enemyes. It 
 
 is betere for to trist in the Lord ; than for to triste in man. 
 
 9 It is betere for to hope in the Lord ; than for to hope in 
 
 10 princes. Alle folkis cumpassiden me; and in the name of 
 
 lithe Lord it bifelde, for Y am auengide on hem. Thei 
 
 cumpassinge cumpassiden me ; and in the name of the Lord, 
 
 12 for Y am auengid on hem. Thei cumpassiden me as been, 
 and thei brenten out as fier doith among thornes ; and in the 
 
 13 name of the Lord, for Y am avengid on hem. I was hurhd, 
 and turnede vpsedoun, that Y schulde falle doun ; and the 
 
 14 Lord took me vp. The Lord is my strengthe, and my 
 i5heryyng; and he is maad to me in to heelthe. The vois 
 
PSALMS, CXVIII (cxix). I 75 
 
 of ful out ioiyng and of heelthe ; de in the tabernaclis of iust 
 
 1 6 men. The ri3t hond of the Lord hath do vertu. the ri3t 
 hond of the Lord enhaunside me ; the ri^t hond of the Lord 
 
 1 7 hath do vertu, I schal not die, but Y schal lyue ; and Y 
 iSschal telle the werkis of the Lord. The Lord chastisinge 
 
 19 hath chastisid me ; and he 5af not me to deth. Opene ^e 
 to me the 3atis of ri^tfulnesse, and Y schal entre bi tho, and 
 
 20 Y schal knouleche to the Lord ; this ^ate zs of the Lord, and 
 
 2 1 iust men schulen entre bi it. I schal knouleche to thee, for 
 
 22 thou herdist me ; and art maad to me in to heelthe. The 
 stoon which the bilderis repreueden ; this is maad in to the 
 
 23 heed of the corner. This thing is maad of the Lord ; and it 
 
 24 is wonderful bifore oure i^en. This is the dai which the 
 Lord made; make we ful out ioye, and be we glad ther 
 
 25 ynne. O ! Lord, make thou me saaf, O ! Lord, make thou 
 
 26 wel prosperite ; blessid is he that cometh in the name of the 
 
 27 Lord. We blesseden 50U of the hous of the Lord ; God is 
 Lord, and hath ^oue li3t to vs. Ordeyne 5e a solempne dai 
 
 28 in thicke piiplis ; til to the horn of the auter. Thou art my 
 God, and Y schal knouleche to thee ; thou art my God, and 
 Y schal enhaunse thee. I scl^al knouleche to thee, for thou 
 
 29 herdist me ; and thou art maad to me in to heelthe. Knou- 
 leche 36 to the Lord, for he is good ; for his merci is wiih 
 outen ende. 
 
 Psalm CXVIII (CXIX). 
 The tiiil of the hundrid and ei^tenthe salm. Alleluia. 
 
 Aleph. 
 
 1 Blessid hen men with-out wem in the weic ; that goii 
 
 2 in the lawe of the Lord. Blessid ben thei, that seken hise 
 
 3 vvitnessingis ; seken him in al the herte. For thei that 
 
 4 worchen wickidnesse ; 3eden not in hise weies. Thou hast 
 
I'/6 PSALMS, CXVIII [CXIX). 
 
 5 comaundid ; that thin heestis be kept greetly. I wolde that 
 
 6 my weies be dressid ; to kepe thi iustifiyngis. Thanne Y 
 schal not be schent ; whanne Y schal biholde perfitU in alle 
 
 7 thin heestis. I schal knouleche to thee in the dressing of 
 herte; in that that Y lernyde the domes of thi ri5tfulnesse. 
 
 8 1 schal kepe thi iustifiyngis ; forsake thou not me on ech 
 side. 
 
 Befh. 
 
 9 In what thing amendith a 5ong waxinge man his weie ? 
 loin keping thi wordis. In al myn herte Y sou^te thee; putte 
 1 1 thou me not awei fro thin heestis. In myn herte Y hidde thi 
 i2spechis; that Y do not synne a^ens thee. Lord, thou art 
 i3blessid; teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. In my lippis Y haue 
 i4pronounsid; alle the domes of thi mouth. I delitide in the 
 15 weie of thi witnessingis ; as in alle richessis. I schal be 
 ] Occupied in thin heestis; and Y schal biholde thi weies. I 
 
 schal bithenke in thi iustifiyngis ; Y schal not for5ete thi 
 
 wordis. 
 
 Gi'mel. 
 
 17 ^eldQ to thi seruaunt ; quiken thou me, and Y schal 
 
 18 kepe thi wordis. Li3tne thou myn i5en ; and Y schal 
 
 19 biholde the merueils of thi lawe. I am a comeling in 
 
 20 erthe ; hide thou not thin heestis fro me. Mi soule coueitide 
 
 21 to desire thi iustifiyngis; in al tyme. Thou blamedist the 
 proude ; thei ben cursid, that bowen awei fro thin heestis. 
 
 22 Do thou awei fro me schenschipe and dispising ; for Y 
 
 23 sou5te thi witnessingis. For whi princis saten, and spaken 
 a3ens me ; but thi seruaunt was exercisid in thi iustifiyngis. 
 
 24 For whi and thi witnessyngis is my thenkyng; and my 
 counsel is thi iustifiyngis. 
 
 Deleth, 
 
 25 Mi soule cleuede to the pawment; quykine thou me bi 
 
PSA LMS, CX VIII ( CXIX ) . 1 7 7 
 
 26 thi word. I telde out my weies, and thou herdist me ; 
 
 2 7teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. Lerne thou me the weie 
 
 of thi iustifiyngis ; and Y schal be exercisid in thi merueils. 
 
 28 Mi soule nappide for anoye; conferme thou me in thi 
 
 29 wordis. Remoue thou fro me the weie of wickidnesse ; and 
 
 30 in thi lawe haue thou merci on me. I chees the weie of 
 3itreuthe; Y format not thi domes. Lord, Y cleuede to thi 
 
 32 witnessyngis ; nyle thou schende me. I ran the weie of 
 thi comaundementis ; whanne thou alargidist myn herte. 
 
 He. 
 
 33 Lord, sette thou to me a lawe, the weie of thi iustifiyngis ; 
 
 34 and Y schal seke it euere. 3yue thou vndurstonding to me, 
 and Y schal seke thi lawe; and Y schal kepe it in al myn 
 
 35 herte. Lede me forth in the path of thin heestis ; for Y 
 
 36 wolde it. Bowe thou myn herte in to thi witnessingus ; 
 
 37 and not in to aueryce. Turne thou awei myn i3en, that 
 
 38 tho seen not vanyte ; quykene thou me in thi weie. Or- 
 
 39 deyne thi speche to thi seruaunt ; in thi drede. Kitte awey 
 my schenschip, which Y supposide ; for thi domes ben myrie. 
 
 40 Lo ! Y coueitide thi comaundementis ; quikene thou me in 
 
 thin equite. 
 
 Vau. 
 
 41 And, Lord, thi merci come on me; thin heelthe come 
 
 42 bi thi speche. And Y schal answere a word to men seiynge 
 
 43 schenschipe to me ; for Y hopide in thi wordis. And take 
 thou not awei fro my mouth the word of treuthe outerli ; for 
 
 44 Y hopide aboue in thi domes. And Y schal kepe thi lawe 
 
 45 euere ; in to the world, and in to the world of world. And Y 
 
 46 ^ede in largenesse ; for Y sou3te thi comaundementis. And 
 Y spak of thi witnessyngis in the si3t of kingis ; and Y was 
 
 47 not schent. And Y bithou^te in thin heestis ; whiche Y 
 4S louede. And Y reiside myn hondis to thi comaundementis, 
 
 N 
 
178 PSA IMS, CX VIII ( CXIX), 
 
 whiche Y louede; and Y schal be excercisid in thi iusti- 
 
 fiyngis. 
 
 Zai. 
 
 49 Lord, haiie thou mynde on thi word to thi seruaunt ; in 
 
 50 which word thou hast 50ue hope to me. This coumfortide 
 
 51 me in my lownesse; for thi word quikenede me. Proude 
 men diden wickidU bi alle thingis ; but Y bowide not awei 
 
 52 fro thi lawe. Lord, Y was myndeful on thi domes fro the 
 53 world; and Y was coumfortid. Failing helde me; for 
 54synneris forsakinge thi lawe. Thi iustifiyngis weren delit- 
 
 able to me to be sungun; in the place of my pilgrimage. 
 
 55 Lord, Y hadde mynde of thi name bi ni3t; and Y kepte thi 
 
 56 lawe. This thing was maad to me ; for Y sou^te thi iusti- 
 fiyngis. 
 
 57,58 Lord, my part; Y seide to kepe thi lawe. I bisou^te 
 thi face in al myn herte ; haue thou merci on me bi thi 
 
 59 speche. I bithou^te my weies ; and Y turnede my feet in to 
 
 60 thi witnessyngis. I am redi, and Y am not disturblid ; to 
 
 61 kepe thi comaundementis. The coordis of synneris han 
 
 62 biclippid me ; and Y haue not for^ete thi lawe. At mydny5t 
 Y roos to knouleche to thee ; on the domes of thi iusti- 
 
 63 fiyngis. I am parcener of alle that dreden thee ; and kepen 
 
 64 thin heestis. Lord, the erthe is ful of thi merci ; teche thou 
 me thi iustifiyngis. 
 
 65 Lord, thou hast do goodnesse with thi seruaunt ; bi thi 
 
 66 word. Teche thou me goodnesse, and loore, and kunnyng ; 
 
 67 for Y bileuede to thin heestis. Bifor that Y was maad meke, 
 
 68 Y trespasside ; therfor Y kepte thi speche. Thou art good ; 
 
 69 and in thi goodnesse teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. The 
 wickidnesse of hem that ben proude, is multiplied on me ; 
 
 70 but in al myn herte Y schal seke thin heestis. The herte of 
 
PSALMS, CXVIII [CXIX). I 79 
 
 71 iT^m is cruddid as mylk; but Y bithou^te thi lawe. It is 
 good to me, that thou hast maad me make ; that Y lerne thi 
 
 72 iustifiyngis. The lawe of thi mouth is betere to me; than 
 thousyndis of gold and of siluer. 
 
 Joth. 
 
 73 Thin hondis maden me, and fourmeden me ; 3yue thou 
 
 74 vndurstondyng to me, that Y lerne thin heestis. Thei that 
 dreden thee schulen se me, and schulen be glad ; for Y 
 
 75 hopide more on thi wordis. Lord, Y knewe, that thi domes 
 '■,6 ben equite; and in thi treuth thou hast maad me meke. Thi 
 
 merci be maad, that it coumforte me ; bi thi speche to thi 
 
 77 seruaunt. Thi merciful doyngis come to me, and Y schal 
 
 78 lyue ; for thi lawe is my thenkyng. Thei that ben proude be 
 schent, for vniustli thei diden wickidnesse a5ens me ; but Y 
 
 79 schal be exercisid in thin heestis, Thei that dreden thee be 
 
 80 turned to me ; and thei that knowen thi witnessyngis. INIyn 
 
 herte be maad vnwemmed in thi iustifiyngis ; that Y be not 
 
 schent. 
 
 Caf. 
 
 8 1 Mi soule failide in to thin helthe ; and Y hopide more on 
 
 82 thi word. INIyn i^en failiden in to thi speche; seiynge, 
 
 83 Whanne schalt thou coumforte me .? For Y am maad as 
 S4 a bowge in frost ; Y haue not for^ete thi iustifiyngis. Hou 
 
 many ben the dales of thi seruaunt ; whanne thou schalt 
 
 85 make doom of hem that pursuen me .? Wickid men telden 
 
 86 to me ianglyngis ; but not as thi lawe. Alle thi comaunde- 
 mentis beji treuthe ; wickid men han pursued me, helpe thou 
 
 87 me. Almeest thei endiden me in erthe ; but I forsook not 
 
 88 thi comaundementis. Bi thi mersi quikene thou me ; and Y 
 schal kepe the witnessingis of thi mouth. 
 
 N 2 
 
1 8o PSALMS, C XVII I [CXIX). 
 
 Lameth. 
 
 89 Lord, thi word dwellith in heuene ; with-outen ende. 
 
 90 Thi treuthe divellith in generacioun, and in to generacioun ; 
 
 91 tliou hast foundid the erthe, and it dwellith. The dai lastith 
 contynueli bi thi ordynaunce ; for alle thingis seruen to thee. 
 
 92 No but that thi lawe was my thenking ; thanne perauenture 
 
 93 Y hadde perischid in my lownesse. With-outen ende Y 
 schal not for3ete thi iustifiyngis ; for in tho thou hast 
 
 94quikened me. I am thin, make thou me saaf; for Y haue 
 
 95 sou^t thi iustifiyngis. Synneris aboden me, for to leese me ; 
 
 96 Y vndurstood thi witnessingis. I si3 the ende of al ende ; thi 
 comaundement is ful large. 
 
 Men. 
 
 iyi Lord, hou louede Y thi lawe; al dai it is my thenking. 
 
 98 Aboue myn enemyes thou madist me prudent bi thi co- 
 
 99 maundement ; for it is to me with-outen ende. I vndur- 
 stood aboue alle men techinge me ; for thi witnessingis is 
 
 100 my thenking. I vndirstood aboue eelde men ; for Y sou^te 
 loi thi comaundementis. I forbeed my feet fro al euel weie; 
 IC2 that Y kepe thi wordis. I bowide not fro thi domes ; for 
 
 103 thou hast set lawe to me. Thi spechis ben ful swete to 
 
 104 my cheekis; aboue hony to my mouth. I vnderstood of 
 thin heestis ; therfor Y hatide al the weie of wickidnesse. 
 
 Nun. 
 
 105 Thi word is a lanterne to my feet; and li^t to my pathis. 
 106 1 swoor, and purposide stidefastli; to kepe the domes of 
 
 107 thi ri3tfulnesse, I am maad low bi alle thingis; Lord, 
 
 108 quykene thou me bi thi word. Lord, make thou wel 
 plesinge the wilful thingis of my mouth; and teche thou 
 
 109 me thi domes. Mi soule is euere in myn hondis ; and 
 iioY format not thi lawe. Synneris settiden a snare to me; 
 
PSALMS, CX VI 11 ( CXIX). 1 8 1 
 
 rii^nd Y erride not fro thi comaundementis. I purchasside 
 thi witnessyngis bi eritage with-outen ende ; for tho ben 
 
 1 1 2 the ful ioiyng of myn herte. I bowide myn herte to do 
 thi iustifiyngis with-outen ende; for reward. 
 
 Samefk. 
 
 113,114 I hatide wickid men; and Y loue de thi lawe. Thou 
 
 art myn helpere, and my taker vp ; and Y hopide more 
 1 15 on thi word. 3^ wickide men, bowe awei fro me; and 
 ii6Y schal seke the comaundementis of my God. Vp-take 
 
 thou me bi thi word, and Y schal lyue ; and schende thou 
 E 1 7 not me fro myn abydyng. Helpe thou me, and Y schal 
 
 be saaf; and Y schal bithenke euere in thi iustifiyngis. 
 1 18 Thou hast forsake alle men goynge awey fro thi domes; 
 J 19 for the thou^t of hem is vniust. I arettide alle the syn- 
 
 neris of erthe brekeris of the lawe ; therfor Y louede thi 
 
 1 20 witnessyngis. Naile thou my fleischis with thi drede ; for 
 Y dredde of thi domes. 
 
 Ayn. 
 
 121 I dide doom and ri^twisnesse; bitake thou not me to 
 
 1 22 hem that falsli chalengen me. Take vp thi seruaunt in 
 
 1 23 to goodnesse; thei that ben proude chalenge not me. IMyn 
 i^en failiden in to thin helthe ; and in to the speche of thi 
 
 i24ri3tfulnesse. Do thou with thi seruaunt bi thi merci; and 
 
 i25teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. I am thi seruaunt, 5yue 
 thou vndurstondyng to me; that Y kunne thi witnessingis. 
 
 126, 127 Lord, // IS tyme to do ; thei han distried thi lawe. Ther- 
 for Y louede thi comaundementis; more than gold and 
 
 jiStopazion. Therfor Y was dressid to alle thin heestis; Y 
 hatide al wickid weie. 
 
 F/iee. 
 
 129 Lord, thi witnessingis l^en wondirful; therfor my soule 
 
1 8 2 PSA LMS, CX VIII (CXIX). 
 
 i3osou5te tho. Declaring of thi wordis li5tneth; and 3yueth 
 
 131 vnderstonding to meke men. I openede my mouth, and 
 
 132 drou3 the spirit ; for Y desiride thi comaundementis. Bi- 
 holde thou on me, and haue merci on me ; bi the dom 
 
 133 of hem that louen thi name. Dresse thou my goyingis 
 bi thi speche; that al vnri^tfulnesse haue not lordschip on 
 
 134 me. A3eyn-bie thou me fro the false chalengis of men; 
 
 135 that Y kepe thin heestis. Li^tne thi face on thi seruaunt; 
 
 1 36 and teche thou me thi iustifiyngis. Myn i3en ledden forth 
 the outgoynges of watris ; for thei kepten not thi lawe. 
 
 Sade, 
 
 137,138 Lord, thou art iust; and thi dom is n3tfuL Thou hast 
 
 comaundid ri3tfulnesse, thi witnessingis ; and thi treuthe 
 
 i39greetli /o be kept. Mi feruent loue made me to be mellid; 
 
 140 for myn enemy s for5aten thi wordis. Thi speche is greetli 
 
 141 enflawmed ; and thi seruaunt louede it. I am 3ong, and 
 
 142 dispisid ; Y for3at not thi iustifiyngis. Lord, thi ri3tfulnesse 
 is ri3tfulnesse with-outen ende ; and thi lawe is treuthe. 
 
 143 Tribulacioun and angwische founden me; thin heestis is 
 
 144 my thenking. Thi witnessyngis is equite with-outen ende ; 
 3yue thou vndirstondyng to me, and Y schal lyue. 
 
 Cof, 
 
 145 I criede in al myn herte, Lord, here thou me; and Y 
 
 146 schal seke thi iustifiyngis. I criede to thee, make thou 
 
 147 me saaf; that Y kepe thi comaundementis. I bifor cam 
 in ripenesse, and Y criede ; Y hopide aboue on thi wordis. 
 
 148 Myn i3en bifor camen to thee ful eerli; that Y schulde 
 i49bithenke thi speches. Lord, here thou my vois bi thi 
 150 merci; and quykene thou me bi thi doom. Thei that 
 
 pursuen me nei3den to wickidnesse ; forsothe thei ben maad 
 151 fer fro thi lawe. Lord, thou art nyj; and alle thi weies 
 
PSALMS, CXVIII (CXIX). 1 83 
 
 x^iben treuthe. In the bigynnyng Y knewe of thi witnessingis ; 
 for thou hast foundid tho with-outen ende. 
 
 Res. 
 
 153 Se thou my mekenesse, and delyuere thou me ; for Y 
 
 1 54 format not thi lawe. Deme thou my dom, and a^enbie thou 
 155 me; quikene thou me for thi speche. Heelthe is fer fro 
 
 156 synners ; for thei sou^ten not thi iustifiyngis. Lord, thi 
 
 157 mercies hen manye ; quykene thou me bi thi dom. Thei 
 hen manye that pursuen me, and doen tribulacioun to me ; 
 
 158 Y bowide not awei fro thi witnessingis. I si^ brekers of 
 the lawe, and Y was meltid ; for thei kepten not thi spechis. 
 
 T 59 Lord, se thou, for Y louede thi comaundementis ; quikene 
 j6othou me in thi merci. The bigynnyng of thi wordis is 
 
 treuthe; alle the domes of thi rijtwisnesse ben with-outen 
 
 ende. 
 
 Sin, 
 
 161 Princes pursueden me with-outen cause; and my herte 
 ]62dredde of thi wordis. I schal be glad on thi spechis; as 
 163 he that fyndith many spuyHs. I hatide and wlatide wickid- 
 i64nesse; forsothe Y louede thi lawe. I seide heriyngis to 
 thee seuene sithis in the dai; on the domes of thi ri3tful- 
 i65nesse. Miche pees is to hem that louen thi lawe; and 
 166 no sclaundir is to hem. Lord, Y abood thin heelthe; and 
 
 167 Y louede thin heestis. Mi soule kepte thi witnessyngis ; 
 
 168 and louede tho greetli. I kepte thi comaundementis, and 
 thi witnessingis ; for alle my weies hen in thi sijt. 
 
 Tail. 
 
 169 Lord, my biseching come ni^ in thi si^t ; bi thi speche 
 i70 5yue thou vndurstonding to me. jNIyn axing entre in thi 
 i7isi5t; bi thi speche delyuere thou me. Mi lippis schulen 
 
 telle out an ympne; whanne thou hast taii3te me thi iusti- 
 
184 PSALMS, CXIX, CXX [CXX, CXXl). 
 
 i72fiyngis. Mi tunge schal pronounce thi speche; for whi 
 i73alle thi comaundementis ben equite. Thin hond be maad, 
 174 that it saue me; for Y haue chose thin heestis. Lord, Y 
 1 75 coueitide thin heelthe ; and thi lawe is my thenking. Mi 
 soule schal lyue, and schal herie thee ; and thi domes 
 i76schulen helpe me. I erride as a scheep that perischide ; 
 Lord, seke thi seruaunt, for Y for5at not thi comaunde- 
 mentis. 
 
 Psalm CXIX (CXX.) 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and nyntenthe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Whanne Y was set in tribulacioun, Y criede to the Lord ; 
 
 2 and he herde me. Lord, delyuere thou my soule fro wickid 
 
 3 lippis ; and fro a gileful tunge. What schal be 50uun to 
 thee, ether what schal be leid to thee; to a gileful tunge? 
 
 4 Scharpe arowis of the my^ti ; with colis that maken de- 
 
 5 solat. Alias to me ! for my dwelling in an alien lond is 
 6 maad long, Y dweUide with men dwellinge in Cedar; my 
 7 soule was myche a comelyng. I was pesible with hem 
 
 that hatiden pees ; whanne Y spak to hem, thei a^enseiden 
 me with-outen cause. 
 
 Psalm CXX (CXXI). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and twentithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 I REisiDE myn i5en to the hillis ; fro whannus help schal 
 
 2 come to me. Myn help is of the Lord ; that made heuene 
 
 3 and erthe. The Lord 5yue not thi foot in to mouyng ; 
 
 4 nether he nappe, that kepith thee. Lo ! he schal not nappe, 
 
 5 nether slepe ; that kepith Israel. The Lord kepith thee ; 
 
PSALMS, CXXI, CXXII [CXII, CXXIIl). 185 
 
 6 tfie Lord is thi proteccioun aboue thi ri3thond. The sunne 
 schal not brenne thee bi dai ; nether the moone bi m^t. 
 
 7 The Lord kepe thee fro al yuel ; the Lord kepe thi soule. 
 
 8 The Lord kepe thi goyng in and thi goyng out ; fro thi? 
 tyme now and in to the world. 
 
 Psalm CXXI (CXXII). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and oon and iwentithe salm. 
 
 The song 0/ the greets of Dauid. 
 
 I AM glad in these thingis^ that ben seid to me ; We 
 
 2 schulen go in to the hous of the Lord. Oure feet weren 
 
 3 stondynge ; in thi hallis, thou Jerusalem. Jerusalem, which 
 is bildid as a citee; whos part taking therof is in to the 
 
 ^ same thing. For the lynagis, the jynagis of the Lord stieden 
 
 thidir, the witnessing of Israel ; to knouleche to the name 
 
 5 of the Lord. For thei saten there on seetis in doom ; seetis 
 
 (lon the hous of Dauid. Preie 5e tho thingis, that ben to 
 
 the pees of Jerusalem; and abundaunce be to hem that 
 
 7 louen thee. Pees be maad in thi vertu ; and abundaunce 
 
 8 in thi touris. For my britheren and my nei3boris ; Y spak 
 
 9 pees of thee. For the hous of oure Lord God ; Y sou3te 
 goodis to thee. 
 
 Psalm CXXII (CXXIIl). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and two and twentithe salm. The 
 
 song of greets. 
 
 To thee Y haue reisid myn i3en ; that dwellist in heuenes. 
 
 2 Lo ! as the i5en of seruauntis ; beyi in the hondis of her lordis. 
 As the i^en of the handmaide hen in the hondis of her ladi ; 
 so oure i3en ben to oure Lord God, til he haue mercy on vs. 
 
 3 Lord, haue thou merci on vs, haue thou merci on vs ; for we 
 
1 86 PSALMS, CXXTTI, CXXIV (CXXIV, CXXV). 
 
 4 ben myche fillid with dispisyng. For oure soule is myche 
 fiUid ; we hen schenschipe to hem that ben abundaunte with 
 richessis, and dispising to proude men. 
 
 Psalm CXXIII (CXXIV). 
 
 1 The title of the hundi'id and thre and iwentithe salm. 
 
 The song of grecis of Dauith, 
 
 2 Israel seie now, No but for the Lord was in vs ; no but 
 for the Lord was in vs. Whanne men risiden vp a^ens vs ; 
 
 3 in hap thei hadden swalewid vs quike. Whanne the wood- 
 
 4 nesse of hem was wrooth a5ens vs ; in hap w^atir hadde sope 
 
 5 vs vp. Oure soule passide thoru^ a stronde ; in hap oure 
 
 6 soule hadde passide thoru^ a watir vnsuffrable. Blessid be 
 
 7 the Lord ; that 5af not vs in taking to the teeth of hem. Oure 
 soule, as a sparowe, is delyuered ; fro the snare of hunters. 
 
 8 The snare is al to-brokun ; and we ben delyuered. Oure 
 helpe is in the name of the Lord; that made heuene and 
 erthe. 
 
 Psalm CXXIV (CXXV). 
 
 1 The title of the himdrid and f oure and twe7itithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Thei that tristen in the Lord ben as the hil of Syon ; 
 
 2 he schal not be moued with-outen ende, that dwellith in 
 Jerusalem. Hillis ben in the cumpas of it, and the Lord 
 is in the cumpas of his puple; fro this tyme now and in 
 
 3 to the world. For the Lord schal not leeue the ^erde of 
 synneris on the part of iust men; that iust men holde not 
 
 4 forth her hondis to wickidnesse. Lord, do thou wel; to 
 
 5 good men, and of ri^tful herte. But the Lord schal lede 
 them that bowen in to obligaciouns, with hem that worcheu 
 wickidnesse; pees he on Israel. 
 
PSALMS, CXXV, CXXVI (CXXVI, CXXVIl). 1 87 
 
 * 
 
 Psalm CXXV (CXXVI). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundrid andfyue and twentithe salm. 
 
 The song of grecis. 
 
 Whanne the Lord turnede the caitifte of Sion ; we weren 
 
 2 maad as coumfortid. Thanne oure mouth was fillid with 
 ioye; and oure tunge with ful out ioiyng. Thanne thei 
 schulen seie among hethene men; The Lord magnefiede 
 
 3 to do with hem. The Lord magnefiede to do with vs ; we 
 
 4 ben maad glad. Lord, turne thou oure caitifte ; as a stronde 
 
 5 in the south. Thei that sowen in teeris ; schulen repe in ful 
 
 6 out ioiyng. Thei goynge 3eden, and wepten ; sendynge her 
 seedis. But thei comynge schulen come with ful out ioiyng ; 
 berynge her handfullis. 
 
 Psalm CXXVI (CXXVIl). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and sixe and tiventithe salm. 
 
 The so7ig of greces of Salomon. 
 
 No but the Lord bilde the hous ; thei that bilden it han 
 trauelid in veyn. No but the Lord kepith the citee ; he 
 
 2 wakith in veyn that kepith it. It is veyn to 50U to rise 
 bifore the li5t ; rise je after that 3e han sete, that eten the 
 breed of sorewe. Whanne he schal ^yue sleep to his loued ; 
 
 I lo 1 the eritage of the Lord is sones, the mede is the fruyt of 
 4 wombe. As arowis hen in the hond of the mi3ti ; so the 
 s, sones of hem that ben schakun out. Blessid is the man, that 
 
 hath fillid his desier of tho ; he schal not be schent, whanne 
 
 he schal speke to hise enemyes in the 5ate. 
 
1 88 PSALMS, CXXVII, CXXVIII (CXXVIII, cxxix). 
 
 Psalm CXXVII (CXXVIII). 
 
 1 The iUle of the hundrid and seuene and iweniithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Blessid ben alle men, that dreden the Lord ; that gon in 
 
 2 hise weies. For thou schalt ete the trauels of thin hondis ; 
 
 3 thou art blessid, and it schal be wel to thee. Thi wijf as a 
 plenteous vyne ; in the sidis of thin hous. Thi sones as the 
 newe sprenges of olyue-trees ; in the cumpas of thi bord. 
 
 4L0! so a man schal be blessid; that dredith the Lord. 
 
 5 The Lord blesse thee fro Syon ; and se thou the goodis of 
 
 6 Jerusalem in alle the dales of thi lijf. And se thou the sones 
 of thi sones ; se thou pees on Israel. 
 
 Psalm CXXVIII (CXXIX). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and ei'^te and iwentithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Israel seie now ; Ofte thei fou^ten a^ens me fro my 
 
 2 5ongth. Ofte thei fou5ten a^ens me fro my 5ongthe ; and 
 
 3 sotheli thei mi3ten not to me. Synneris forgeden on my 
 4bak; thei maden long her wickidnesse. The iust Lord 
 
 5 schal beete the nollis of synneris ; alle that haten Sion be 
 
 6 schent, and turned abak. Be thei maad as the hey of hous- 
 
 7 coppis ; that driede vp, bifore that it be drawun vp. Of 
 which hei he that schal repe, schal not fille his hond ; and he 
 
 8 that schal gadere hondfullis, schal not fille his bosum. And 
 thei that passiden forth seiden not, The blessing of the Lord 
 he on 50U ; we blessiden 50U in the name of the Lord. 
 
PSALMS, CXXIX, CXXXj CXXXI [CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXIl). 1 89 
 
 Psalm CXXIX (CXXX). 
 
 1 T/ze title of the hiindrid and nyne and tweniithe salm. 
 
 The so?ig of greces. 
 
 Lord, Y criede to thee fro depthes ; Lord, here thou mi 
 
 2 vols. Thin eeris be maad ententif ; in to the vois of my 
 
 3 biseching. Lord, if thou kepist wickidnessis ; Lord, who 
 
 4 schal susteyne ? For merci is at thee ; and, Lord, for thi 
 
 5 lawe Y abood thee. ]\Ii soule susteynede in his word ; my 
 
 6 soule hopide in the Lord. Fro the morewtid keping til to 
 
 7 ni3t ; Israel hope in the Lord. For whi merci is at the Lord ; 
 
 8 and plenteous redempcioun is at hym. And he schal a5en- 
 bie Israel; fro alle the wickidnessis therof. 
 
 Psalm CXXX (CXXXI). 
 
 1 The title of the huiidrid and thrittithe salm. The sojig of 
 
 greces, to Datiith himself 
 
 Lord, myn herte is not enhaunsid; nether myn i^en ben 
 reisid. Nether Y 3ede in the grete thingis ; nether in mer- 
 
 2 ueilis aboue me. If Y feelide not mekely ; but enhaunside 
 my soule. As a childe wenyde on his modir ; so gelding be 
 
 3 in my soule. Israel hope in the Lord ; fro this tyme now 
 and in to the world. 
 
 Psalm CXXXI (CXXXIl). 
 
 1 The title of the liundrid and oo?i and thrittithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Lord, haue thou mynde on Dauid ; and of al his mylde- 
 
 2 nesse. As he swoor to the Lord ; he made a vowe to God 
 
 3 of Jacob. I schal not entre in to the tabernacle of myn hous ; 
 
190 PSALMS, CXXXII (CXXXIII). 
 
 4 Y schal not stie in to the bed of mi restyng. I schal not 
 5yue sleep to myn i^en ; and napping to myn i^e-liddis. 
 
 5 And rest to my templis, til Y fynde a place to the Lord ; 
 
 6 a tabernacle to God of Jacob. Lo ! we herden that arke of 
 testament in Effrata, that is, i7t Silo; we founden it in the 
 
 7 feeldis of the wode. We schulen entre in to the tabernacle 
 of hym ; we schulen worschipe in the place, where hise feet 
 
 8 stoden. Lord, rise thou in to thi reste ; thou and the ark of 
 
 9 thin halewing. Thi prestis be clothid with ri3tfulnesse ; and 
 
 10 thi seyntis make ful out ioye. For Dauid, thi seruaunt; 
 
 1 1 turne thou not awei the face of thi crist. The Lord swoor 
 treuthe to Dauid, and he schal not make hym veyn ; of the 
 
 1 2 fruyt of thi wombe Y schal sette on thi seete. If thi sones 
 schulen kepe my testament ; and my witnessingis, these 
 whiche Y schal teche hem. And the sones of hem til in to 
 
 I •. the world ; thei schulen sette on thi seete. For the Lord 
 
 14 chees Sion ; he chees it in to dwelling to hym silf. This is 
 my reste in to the world of world ; Y schal dwelle here, for Y 
 
 15 chees it. I blessynge schal blesse the widewe of it ; Y schal 
 i6fille with looues the pore men of it. I schal clothe with 
 
 heelthe the preestis therof ; and the hooli men therof schulen 
 
 17 make ful out ioye in ful reioisinge. Thidir Y schal bringe 
 forth the horn of Dauid ; Y made redi a lanterne to my crist. 
 
 1 8 I schal clothe hise enemyes with schame ; but myn halewing 
 schal floure out on hym. . 
 
 Psalm CXXXII (CXXXIII). 
 
 1 The title 0/ the hundrid and two and thrittithe salm. 
 
 The song of grecis. 
 
 Lo ! hou good and hou myrie it is; that britheren dwelle 
 
 2 togidere. As oynement in the heed ; that goith doun in to 
 the beerd, in to the beerd of Aaron. That goith doun in to 
 
PSALMS, CXXXIII, CXXXIV (CXXXIV, CXXXV). 191 
 
 .\the coler of his cloth ; as the dew of Ermon, that goith doun 
 in to the hil of Sion. For there the Lord sente blessine: ; 
 and lijf til in to the world. 
 
 Psalm CXXXIII (CXXXIV). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and thre and ihrittithe salm. 
 
 The song of greces. 
 
 Lo ! now blesse ^e the Lord ; alle the seruauntis of the 
 Lord. 3^ that stonden in the hous of the Lord; in the 
 
 2 hallis of the hous of oure God. In ny5tis reise ^oure hondis 
 
 3 in to hooli thingis ; and blesse 5e the Lord. The Lord 
 blesse thee fro Syon ; which Lord made heuene and erthe. 
 
 Psalm CXXXIV (CXXXV). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and four e and thrittithe salm. 
 
 Allchiya. 
 
 Herie 5e the name of the Lord ; 3e seruauntis of the 
 
 2 Lord, herie ^e. 3^ that stonden in the hous of the Lord ; 
 
 3 in the hallis of the hous of oure God. Herie ^e the Lord, for 
 
 4 (he Lord is good ; singe ^e to his name, for it is swete. For 
 the Lord chees Jacob to him silf ; Israel in to possessioun to 
 
 5 him silf. For Y haue knowe, that the Lord is greet ; and 
 
 6 oure God bifore alle goddis. The Lord made alle thingis, 
 what euere thingis he wolde, in heuene and in erthe ; in the 
 
 7 see, and in alle depthis of watris. He ledde out cloudis fro the 
 ferthest part of erthe ; and made leitis in to reyn. Which 
 
 8 bringith forth wyndis fro hise tresours ; which killide the 
 
 9 firste gendrid thingis of Egipt, fro man til to beeste. He 
 sente out signcs and greete wondris, in the myddil of thee, 
 
 10 thou Egipt ; in to Farao and in to alle hise seruauntis. Which 
 
 1 1 smoot many folkis ; and killide stronge kingis. Seon, the 
 
ig2, PSALMS, CXXXV [CXXXVl). 
 
 king of Ammorreis, and Og, the king of Basan ; and alle 
 12 the rewmes of Chanaan. And he 5af the lond of hem 
 i3eritage; eritage to Israel, his puple. Lord, thi name is with 
 
 outen ende ; Lord, thi memorial de in generacioun and in to 
 i4generacioun. For the Lord schal deme his puple; and he 
 
 15 schal be preied in hise seruauntis. The symulacris of hethene 
 men de?t siluer and gold ; the werkis of the hondis of men. 
 
 16 Tho han a mouth, and schulen not speke ; tho han i3en, and 
 lyschulen not se. Tho han eeris, and schulen not here; for 
 
 1 8 nether spirit is in the mouth of tho. Thei that maken tho, 
 
 19 be maad lijk tho ; and alle that tristen in tho. The hous of 
 Israel, blesse ^e the Lord ; the house of Aaron, blesse 56 the 
 
 20 Lord. The hous of Leuy, blesse ^e the Lord ; 5e that dreden 
 
 21 the Lord, blesse 5e the Lord. Blessid be the Lord of Syon; 
 that dwellith in Jerusalem. 
 
 Psalm CXXXV (CXXXVI). 
 
 The title of the hundrid and fy lie Mid thrittiihe salm. 
 AUeluya. 
 
 1 Knouleche 5e to the Lord, for he is good, for his merci 
 
 2 is withouten ende. Knouleche 5e to the God of goddis. 
 3, 4 Knouleche ^e to the Lord of lordis. Which aloone makith 
 5 grete merueils. Which made heuenes bi vndurstondyng. 
 6, 7 Which made stidefast erthe on watris. Which made grete 
 8, 9 li^tis. The sunne in to the power of the dai. The moone 
 
 10 and sterris in to the power of the ni^t. Which smoot Egipt 
 
 11 with the firste gendrid thingis of hem. Which ledde out 
 
 12 Israel fro the myddil of hem. In a mi^ti hond and in an 
 i3hi3 arm. Whiche departide the reed see in to departyngis. 
 14, 15 And ledde out Israel . thoru^ the myddil therof. And 
 
 he caste a-down Farao and his pouer in the reed see. 
 16, 17 Which ledde ouer his puple thoiU3 desert. Which 
 
PSALMS, CXXXVI [CXXXVIl). 193 
 
 i}^i9smoot grete kingis. And killide strong kingis. Seon, 
 30 the king of Amorreis. And Og, the king of Baasan. 
 ij,2 2And he 3af the lond of hem eritage. Eritage to Israel, 
 .'3 his seruaunt. For in oure lownesse he hadde mynde on 
 -'4, J 5 vs. And he a3enbou3te vs fro oure enemyes. Which 
 26 5yueth mete to ech fleisch. Knouleche ^e to God of heuene. 
 
 Knouleche 3e to the Lord of lordis ; for his merci is with- 
 
 outen ende. 
 
 Psalm CXXXVI (CXXXVIl). 
 T/ie hundrid and sixe and thritiithe sahn. 
 
 1 On the floodis of Babiloyne there we saten, and wepten ; 
 
 2 while we bithou^ten on Syon. In salewis in the myddil 
 }, therof ; we hangiden vp oure orguns. For thei that ledden 
 
 vs prisoners ; axiden vs there the wordis of songis. And 
 thei that ledden awei vs seideii ; Synge 36 to vs an ympne 
 
 4 of the songis of Syon. Hou schulen we singe a songe 
 
 5 of the Lord ; in an alien lond ? If Y for3ete thee, Jeru- 
 
 6 salem ; my ri3t bond be 30uun to for3eting. Mi tunge 
 cleue to my chekis ; if Y bithenke not on thee. If Y pur- 
 poside not of thee, Jerusalem ; in the bigynnyng of my 
 
 7 gladnesse. Lord, haue thou mynde on the sones of Edom ; 
 for the dai of Jerusalem. Whiche seien, Anyntische 3e, 
 
 8 anyntische 5e ; til to the foundement ther-ynne. Thou 
 wretchid dou3ter of Babiloyne ; he is blessid, that schal 
 
 9 3elde to thee thi 5elding, which thou 3eldidist to vs. He 
 is blessid, that schal holde; and hurtle doun hisc litle 
 children at a stoon. 
 
194 PSALMS, CXXXVTI, CXXXVIII [CXXXVIII, CXXXIX). 
 
 Psalm CXXXVII (CXXXVIII). 
 
 ■The title of the hundrid and seuene and thrittithe salm. 
 To DatiitJi him silf. 
 
 1 Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; for 
 thou herdist the wordis of my mouth. Mi God, Y schal 
 
 2 singe to thee in the si5t of aungels ; Y schal worschipe to 
 thin hooli temple, and Y schal knouleche to thi name. On 
 thi merci and thi treuthe ; for thou hast magnefied thin 
 
 3 hooli name aboue al thing. In what euere dai Y schal 
 inwardli clepe thee, here thou me; thou schalt multipli 
 
 4 vertu in my soule. Lord, alle the kingis of erthe knou- 
 leche to thee ; for thei herden alle the wordis of thi mouth. 
 
 5 And singe thei in the weies of the Lord ; for the glorie 
 
 6 of the Lord is greet. For the Lord is hij, and biholdith 
 
 7 meke thingis ; and knowith afer hij thingis. If Y schal 
 go in the myddil of tribulacioun, thou schalt quikene me; 
 and thou stretchidist forth thin hond on the ire of myn 
 
 8 enemyes, and thi ri3t hond made me saaf. The Lord 
 schal 3elde for me, Lord, thi merci is with-outen ende; 
 dispise thou not the werkis of thin hondis. 
 
 Psalm CXXXVIII (CXXXIX). 
 
 The title of the hundrid and ei-i^te and thrittithe salm. 
 To victor ie^ the salm of Dauith, 
 
 1,2 Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me; thou 
 
 3 hast knowe my sitting, and my rising a^en. Thou hast 
 vndirstonde my thou5tis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my 
 
 4 path and my corde. And thou hast bifor seien alle my 
 
 5 weies ; for no word is in my tunge. Lo ! Lord, thou hast 
 knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast 
 
PSALMS, CXXXVIII (CXXXIX). 1 95 
 
 6 formed me, and hast set thin hond on me. Thi kunnyng 
 is maad wondirful of me ; it is comnfortid, and Y schal 
 
 7 not mowe to it. Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit ; and 
 s whider schal Y fle fro thi face ? If Y schal stie in to 
 
 heuene, thou art there ; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou 
 9 art present. If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli ; and 
 
 10 schal dwelle in the last partis of the see. And sotheli thider 
 thin hond schal leede me forth ; and thi ri^t hond schal 
 
 1 1 holde me. And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule 
 
 1 2 me ; and the ny5t is my li^tnyng in my delicis. For whi 
 derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, and the ni3t 
 schal be l^tned as the dai ; as the derknessis therof, so 
 
 1.:; and the li5t therof. For thou haddist in possessioun my 
 reines ; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir. 
 
 14 I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli ; 
 thi werkis befi wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful 
 
 i5miche. Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd 
 fro thee ; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe. 
 
 16 Thin i5en sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen 
 be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no 
 
 1 7 man is in tho. Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onour- 
 able ful myche to me ; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid 
 
 18 ful myche. I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be mul- 
 tiplied aboue grauel ; Y roos vp, and 5it Y am with thee 
 
 19 For thou, God, schalt slee synneris ; ^q menquelleris, bowe 
 2oawei fro me. For 30 seien in thou3t; Take thei her citees 
 2 1 in vanite. Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden 
 2 J thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes.? Bi perfite haterede 
 2:s Y hatide hem ; thei weren maad enemyes to me. God, 
 
 preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte ; axe thou me, 
 -'4 and knowe thou my patliis. And se thou, if weie of wickid- 
 nesse is in me ; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei. 
 
 o 2 
 
196 PSALMS, CXXXIX, CXL [CXL, CXLl). 
 
 Psalm CXXXIX (CXL). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundrid and nyne and thrittithe sahn. 
 
 To victor ie, the salm of Dauith. 
 
 2 Lord, delyuere thou me fro an yuel man ; delyuere thou 
 
 3 me fro a wickid man. Whiche thou3ten wickidnesses in 
 
 4 ihe herte ; al dai thei ordeyneden batels. Thei scharpiden 
 her tungis as serpentis ; the venym of snakis vndir the Hppis 
 
 f of hem. Lord, kepe thou me fro the hond of the synnere ; 
 and delyuere thou me fro wickid men. Which thou3ten 
 to disseyue my goyngis ; proude men hidden a snare to 
 
 6 me. And thei leiden forth cordis in to a snare ; thei set- 
 
 7 tiden sclaundir to me bisidis the weie. I seide to the Lord, 
 Thou art mi God ; Lord, here thou the vois of my bisech- 
 
 sing. Lord, Lord, the vertu of myn heelthe; thou madist 
 
 y schadovve on myn heed in the dai of batei. Lord, bitake 
 
 thou not me fro my desire to the synnere ; thei thou3ten 
 
 a3ens me, forsake thou not me, lest perauenture thei ben 
 
 icenhaunsid. The heed of the cumpas of hem; the trauel 
 
 1 1 of her lippis schal hile hem. Colis schulen falle on hem, 
 thou schalt caste hem doun in to fier; in wretchidnessis 
 
 12 thei schulen not stonde. A man a greet ianglere schal not 
 be dressid in erthe; yuels schulen take an vniust man in 
 
 13 perisching. I haue knowe, that the Lord schal make dom 
 14 of a nedi man; and the veniaunce of pore men. Netheles 
 
 iust men schulen knouleche to thi name ; and ri3tful men 
 schulen dwelle with thi cheer. 
 
 Psalm CXL (CXLI). 
 
 1 The title of the himdrid and four tithe salm. 
 
 The salm of Dauith. 
 
 Lord, Y criede to thee, here thou me ; 3yue thou tent 
 
 2 to my vois, whanne Y schal crye to thee. Mi preier be 
 
PSA LMS, CXLI ( CXLIl) . 1 9 7 
 
 V 
 
 dressid as encense in thi si5t ; the reisyng of myn hondis 
 
 3 be as the euentid sacrifice. Lord, sette thou a keping to 
 my mouth ; and a dore of stonding aboute to my Hppis. 
 
 4 Bowe thou not myn herte in to \vordis of malice ; to excuse 
 excusingis in synne. With men worchinge wickidnesse ; and 
 
 5 Y schal not comyne with the chosun men of hem. A iust 
 man schal repreue me in mersi, and schal blame me ; but 
 the oile of a synner make not fat myn heed. For whi and 
 
 6 5it my preier is in the wel plesaunt thingis of hem; for the 
 domesmen of hem ioyned to the stoon weren sopun vp. 
 
 7 Here thei my wordis, for tho weren my5ti. As fatnesse is 
 brokun out on the erthe ; oure bonys ben scatered ni^ helle. 
 
 8 Lord, Lord, for myn i3en ben to thee, Y hopide in thee ; 
 
 9 take thou not awei my soule. Kepe thou me fro the snare 
 which thei ordeyneden to me ; and fro the sclaundris of 
 hem that worchen wickidnesse. Synneris schulen falle in 
 
 10 the nett therof; Y am aloone til Y passe. 
 
 PsAOi CXLI (CXLII). 
 
 1 The title of the hundj'id and oon arid four tithe satm. The Icrnyng 
 
 of Daiiid ; his preier, ivhamte he was in the denne. 
 
 2 With my vois Y cricde to the Lord ; with my vois Y 
 
 3 prciede hertli to the Lord. I schede out my preier in his 
 
 4 si3t : and Y pronounce my tribulacioun bifor him. While 
 my spirit failith of me ; and thou hast knowe my pathis. \w 
 this weie in which Y 5ede ; proude men hidden a snare 
 
 5 to me. I bihelde to the ri^t side, and Y si3 ; and noon 
 was that knew me. Fli5t perischide fro me ; and noon is 
 
 6 that sekith my soule. Lord, Y criede to thee, Y seide, 
 
 7 Thou art myn hope ; my part in the lond of lyuoris. 3y^i^ 
 thou tent to my biseching ; for Y am mnad low ful greetli. 
 Delyuere thou mc fro hem that pursuen me ; for thei ben 
 
198 PSA LMS, CXLII ( CXLIIl), 
 
 S coumfortid on me. Lede my soule out of keping to knou- 
 leche to thi name ; iust men abiden me, til thou 5elde 
 to me. 
 
 Psalm CXLII (CXLIIl). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and two and four tithe salm. 
 
 The salm of Dauid. 
 
 Lord, here thou my preier, with eeris perseyue thou my 
 biseching; in thi treuthe here thou me, in thi ri3twisnesse. 
 
 2 And entre thou not in to dom with thi seruaunt ; for ech 
 
 3 man lyuynge schal not be maad iust in thi sijt. For the 
 enemy pursuede my soule ; he made lowe my lijf in erthe. 
 
 4 He hath set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world, 
 and my spirit was angwischid on me ; myn herte was disturbHd 
 
 5 in me. I was myndeful of elde dales, Y bithou^te in alle thi 
 
 6 werkis ; Y bithou^te in the dedis of thin hondis. I helde 
 forth myn hondis to thee ; my soule as erthe with-out water 
 
 7 to thee. Lord, here thou me swiftli ; my spirit failide. 
 Turne thou not a-wei thi face fro me ; and Y schal be lijk 
 
 8 to hem that gon doun in to the lake. I\Iake thou erH thi 
 merci herd to me ; for Y' hopide in thee. Make thou 
 knowun to me the weie in which Y schal go ; for Y reiside my 
 
 9 soule to thee. Delyuere thou me fro myn enemyes, Lord, 
 
 10 Y fledde to thee ; teche thou me to do thi wille, for thou art 
 my God. Thi good spirit schal lede me forth in to a ri^tful 
 
 1 1 lond ; Lord, for thi name thou schalt quikene me in thin 
 
 1 2 equite. Thou schalt lede my soule out of tribulacioun ; and 
 in thi merci thou schalt scatere alle myn enemyes. And 
 thou schalt leese alle them, that troublen my soule; for 
 Y am thi seruaunt. 
 
PSALMS, CXLIII (CXLIV). 199 
 
 » 
 
 Psalm CXLIII (CXLIV). 
 
 1 The title 0/ the hundrid and thre and /our tithe salm. A salm. 
 
 Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to 
 
 2 werre ; and my fyngris to batel. Mi merci, and my refuyt ; 
 my takere vp, and my delyuerer. Mi defender, and Y 
 hopide in him ; and thou makist suget my puple vnder me. 
 
 3 Lord, what is a man, for thou hast maad knowufi to him ; 
 ether the sone of man, for thou arettist him of sum valu? 
 
 4 A man is maad lijk vanyte; hise daies passen as schadow. 
 
 5 Lord, bowe doun thin heuenes, and come thou doun ; touche 
 
 6 thou niilis, and thei schulen make smoke. Leite thou schyn- 
 yng, and thou schalt scatere hem ; sende thou out thin 
 
 7 arowis, and thou schalt disturble hem. Sende out thin bond 
 fro an hi5, rauysche thou me out, and delyuere thou me fro 
 
 8 many watris ; and fro the bond of alien sones. The mouth 
 of which spak vanite ; and the ri5thond of hem ^ the ri5t 
 
 9 bond of wickidnesse. God, Y schal synge to thee a new 
 songj I schal seie salm to thee in a sautre of ten stringis. 
 
 10 Which 5yuest heelthe to kingis ; which ajen-bou^tist Dauid, 
 tbi seruaunt, fro the wickid swerd rauische thou out me. 
 
 1 1 And delyuere thou me fro the bond of alien sones ; the 
 mouth of whiche spak vanyte, and the ri3thond of hem is the 
 
 1 2 ri^t bond of wickidnesse. Whose sones ben ; as new plaunt- 
 ingis in her ^onglbe. The doujtris of hem b€7t arayed ; 
 
 13 ourned about as the licnesse of the temple. The selers of 
 hem befi fulle ; bringinge out fro this vessel in to that. The 
 scheep of hem ben with lambre, plenteuouse in her goingis 
 
 14 out; her kien ben fatte. No falling of wal is, nether passing 
 i5 0uere; nether cry is in the stretis of hem. Thei seiden, 
 
 The puple is blessid, that bath these tbingis ; blessid is the 
 
 puple, whos Lord is the God of it. 
 
200 PSALMS, CXLIV (CXLV). 
 
 Psalm CXLIV (CXLV). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundrid andfoiire and four tithe salm. 
 
 Theympne of Dauith. 
 
 Mi God king, Y schal enhaunse thee ; and Y schal blesse 
 
 2 thi name in to the world, and in to the world of world. Bi 
 alle dales Y schal blesse thee; and Y schal herie thi name 
 
 3 in to the world, and in to the world of the world. The Lord 
 is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche ; and noon ende 
 
 4 is of his greetnesse. Generacioun and generacioun schal 
 preise thi werkis ; and thei schulen pronounse thi power. 
 
 5 Thei schulen speke the greet doyng of the glorie of thin 
 
 6 holjnesse ; and thei schulen telle thi merueils. And thei 
 schulen seye the vertu of thi ferdful thingis ; and thei schulen 
 
 7 telle thi greetnesse. Thei schulen bringe forth the mynde 
 of the abundaunce of thi swetnesse ; and thei schulen telle 
 
 8 with ful out ioiyng thi ri5tfulnesse. The Lord is a merciful 
 doere, and merciful in wille ; paciente, and myche merciful. 
 
 9 The Lord is swete in alle thingis ; and hise merciful doyngis 
 \ohen on alle hise werkis. Lord, alle thi werkis knouleche to 
 
 11 thee; and thi seyntis blesse thee. Thei schulen seie the 
 
 1 2 glorie of thi rewme ; and thei schulen speke thi power. 
 That thei make thi power knowun to the sones of men ; and 
 
 1 3 the glorie of the greetnesse of thi rewme. Thi rewme is the 
 rewme of alle worldis ; and thi lordschipe is in al generacioun 
 and in to generacioun. The Lord is feithful in alle hise 
 
 i4Wordis; and hooli in alle hise werkis. The Lord liftith vp 
 alle that fallen doun ; and reisith alle men hurtlid doun. 
 
 15 Lord, the i5en of alle beestis hopen in thee ; and thou ^yuest 
 
 1 6 the mete of hem in couenable tyme. Thou openest thin 
 
 1 7 bond ; and thou fillist ech beeste with blessing. The Lord 
 
 18 is iust in alle hise weies ; and hooli In alle hise werkis. The 
 
PSALMS, CXLV (CXLVl). 2C I 
 
 Lord is ni^ to alle that inwardli clepen him ; to alle that 
 
 Kjinwardli clepen him in treuthe. He schal do the wille of 
 
 hem, that dreden him, and he schal here the biseching of 
 
 20 hem ; and he schal make hem saaf. The Lord kepith alle 
 
 21 men louynge him; and he schal leese alle synners. Mi 
 mouth schal speke the heriyng of the Lord ; and ech man 
 blesse his hooli name in to the ^vorld, and in to the world 
 of world. 
 
 Psalm CXLV (CXLVl). 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundred and fyue and four tWie salm. 
 
 Alteluya. 
 
 2 ]\Ii soule, herie thou the Lord ; Y schal herie the Lord in 
 my lijf, Y schal synge to my God as longe as Y schal be. 
 
 3 Nile :e triste in princis ; nether in the sones of men, in 
 
 4 whiche is noon helthe. The spirit of hym schal go out, and 
 he schal turne a5en in to his erthe ; in that dai alle the 
 
 5 thou5tis of hem schulen perische. He is blessid, of whom 
 the God of Jacob is his helpere, his hope is in his Lord God, 
 
 6 that made heuene and erthe ; the see, and alle thingis that 
 
 7 ben in tho. Which kepith treuthe in to the world, makith 
 dom to hem that suffren wrong; 3yueth mete to hem that 
 
 s ben hungri. The Lord vnbyndith feterid men ; the Lord 
 
 li5tneth blynde men. The Lord reisith men hurtlid doun ; 
 9 the Lord loueth iust men. The Lord kepith comelyngis, he 
 
 schal take vp a modirles child, and widewe ; and he schal 
 jodistrie the weies of synners. The Lord schal regno in to the 
 
 worldis ; Syon, thi God schal regne in generacioun and in to 
 
 ereneracioun. 
 
202 PSA LMS, CXL VI ( CXL VIl), CXL VII. 
 
 Psalm CXL VI (CXLVII). 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and si'xe and /our tithe salm. 
 
 Alleluya. 
 
 Herie 36 the Lord, for the salm is good ; heriyng be 
 
 2 myrie, and fair to oure God. The Lord schal bilde Jeru- 
 salem ; and schal gadere togidere the scateryngis of Israel. 
 
 3 Which Lord makith hool men contrit in herte ; and byndith 
 
 4 togidere the sorewes of hem. Which noumbrith the multi- 
 
 5 tude of sterris ; and clepith names to alle tho. Oure Lord 
 is greet, and his vertu is greet ; and of his wisdom is no 
 
 6 noumbre. The Lord takith vp mylde men ; forsothe he 
 
 7 makith low synneris til to the erthe. Bifore synge je to the 
 Lord in knoulechyng; seye ^e salm to oure God in an 
 
 8 harpe. Which hilith heuene with cloudis ; and makith redi 
 reyn to the erthe. Which bryngith forth hei in hillis ; and 
 
 9 eerbe to the seruice of men. Which 5yueth mete to her 
 werk beestis ; and to the briddys of crowis clepinge hym. 
 
 10 He schal not haue wille in the strengthe of an hors ; nether 
 it schal be wel plesaunt to hym in the leggis of a man. It is 
 
 11 wel plesaunt to the Lord on men that dreden hym; and in 
 hem that hopen on his mercy. 
 
 Psalm CXLVII (CXLVII, continued). 
 The hundrid and seimie and four lithe salm. 
 
 12 Jerusalem, herie thou the Lord; Syon, herie thou thi 
 
 13 God. For he hath coumfortid the lockis of thi 5atis ; he 
 
 14 hath blessid thi sones in thee. Which hath set thi coostis 
 
 15 pees; and fiUith thee with the fatnesse of wheete. Which 
 sendith out his speche to the erthe ; his word renneth swiftli. 
 
 16 Which 3yueth snow as wolle; spredith abrood a cloude as 
 
PSALMS, CXLVIII. 203 
 
 1 7 aische. He sendith his cristal as mussels ; who schal suffre 
 iSbifore the face of his cooldnesse ? He schal sende out his 
 
 word, and schal melte tho ; his spirit schal bio we, and watris 
 19 schulen flowe. Which tellith his word to Jacob ; and hise 
 2c rijtfulnessis and domes to Israel. He dide not so to ech 
 
 nacioun ; and he schewide not hise domes to hem. 
 
 PSALJI CXLVIII. 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and e^te and fourtithe salm. 
 
 Alleliiya. 
 
 3e of heuenes, herie the Lord ; herie 5e hym in hi3e 
 
 2 thingis. AUe hise aungels, herie 5e hym ; alle hise vertues, 
 
 3 her}-e 5e hym. Sunne and moone, herie je hym ; alle sterris 
 
 4 and li5t, herie 5e hym. Heuenes of heuenes, herie ^e hym ; 
 
 5 and the watris that ben aboue heuenes, herie 56 the name 
 
 6 of the Lord. For he seide, and thingis weren maad ; he 
 comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nou5t. He ordeyn- 
 ede tho thingis in to the world, and in to the world of 
 world ; he settide a comaundement, and it schal not passe. 
 
 7 3e of erthe, herie 5e the Lord ; dragouns, and alle depthis 
 
 8 of watris. Fier, hail, snow, iys, spiritis of tempestis ; that 
 
 9 don his word. Mounteyns, and alle litle hillis ; trees berynge 
 lofruyt, and alle cedris. Wielde beestis, and alle tame beestis ; 
 
 1 1 serpentis, and fetherid briddis. The kingis of erthe, and alle 
 
 1 2 puplis ; the princis, and alle iugis of erthe. ^ovi%^ men, and 
 virgyns, elde men with ^ongere, herie 5e the name of the 
 
 13, 14 Lord; for the name of hym aloone is enhaunsid. His 
 knouleching he on heuene and erthe ; and he hath enhaunsid 
 the horn of his puple. An ympne he to alle hise seyntis; to 
 the children of Israel, to a puple nci3ynge to hym. 
 
204 PSALMS, CXLTX, CL. 
 
 Psalm CXLIX. 
 
 1 T/ie title of the hundrid and nyne and fourtithe silm. 
 
 Alleluya. 
 
 Synge 58 to the Lord a newe song ; hise heriyng Ic in the 
 
 2 chirche of seyntis. Israel be glad in hym that made hym ; 
 and the doujtris of Syon make ful out ioye in her king. 
 
 3 Herie thei his name in a queer ; seie thei salm to hym in 
 
 4 a tympan, and sautre. For the Lord is wel plesid in his 
 
 5 puple ; and he hath reisid mylde men in to heelthe. Seyntis 
 schulen make ful out ioye in glorie ; thei schulen be glad in 
 
 6 her beddis. The ful out ioiyngis of God in the throte of 
 hem; and svverdis scharp on ech side in the hondis of hem. 
 
 7, 8 To do veniaunce in naciouns ; blamyngis in puplis. To 
 bynde the kyngis of hem in stockis; and the noble men 
 
 9 of hem in yrun manaclis. That thei make in hem doom 
 writun ; this is glorye to alle hise seyntis. 
 
 Psalm CL. 
 
 1 The title of the hundrid and fif tithe salm. Alleluya. 
 
 Herie ^e the Lord in hise seyntis ; herie 3e hym in the 
 
 2 firmament of his vertu. Herie ^e hym in hise vertues ; herie 
 
 3 5e hym bi the multitude of his greetnesse. Herie 56 hym in 
 the soun of trumpe ; herie 5e hym in a sautre and harpe. 
 
 4 Herie ^e hym in a tympane and queer ; herie ^e hym in 
 
 5 strengis and orgun. Herie 3e hym in cymbalis sownynge 
 
 6 wel, herye 5e hym in cymbalis of iubilacioun ; ech spirit, 
 herye the Lord. 
 
PROVERBS, I. 20 i^ 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 Cap. I. 
 
 I The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of 
 
 2, p, Israel ; to kunne wisdom and kunnyng ; to vndurstonde 
 
 the wordis of prudence ; and to take the lernyng of teching ; 
 
 4 /() take ri3tfulnesse, and dom, and equyte ; that felnesse be 
 30uun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to 
 
 5 a 3ong wexynge man. A wise man heringe schal be wisere ; 
 
 6 and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails. He schal 
 perseyue a parable, and expownyng ; the wordis of wise 
 
 7 men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem. The drede of 
 the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom ; foolis dispisen wisdom 
 
 8 and teching. My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, 
 y and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir ; that grace be 
 
 addid, ethir eficreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke. 
 loMi sone, if synneris flateren thee, .assente thou not to hem. 
 II If thei seien. Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, 
 
 hide we snaris of disseitis a5ens an innocent without cause ; 
 i2S\volowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge ; and 
 i.^al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al 
 
 preciouse catel, we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis ; 
 14, 15 sende thou lot with vs, o purs be of vs alle; my sone, go 
 
 ihou not with hem ; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem. 
 
 16 For the feet of hem rennen to yuel ; and ihci hasten to 
 
 1 7 schede out blood. But a net is leid in veyn bifore the i5en 
 
 18 of briddis, that han wengis. Also thilke wickid disseyiuris 
 setten aspies a^ens her owne blood ; and maken redi fraudis 
 
 i^n^ens her soulis. So the pathis of ech auerouse man 
 JO rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden. Wisdom prechilh 
 
2o6 PROVERBS, II. 
 
 2 1 with-outforth ; in stretis it 5yueth his vols. It crieth ofte in 
 the heed of cumpenyes ; in the leeues of ^atis of the citee it 
 
 2 2bringith forth hise wordis, and seith, Hon long, 36 litle men 
 in wit, louen 3ong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho 
 thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men 
 
 23 schulen hate kunnyng ? Be 3e conuertid at my repreuyng ; 
 lo, Y schal profre forth to 50U my spirit, and Y schal schewe 
 
 24 my wordis. For Y clepide, and ^e forsoken ; Y helde forth 
 2;-, myn hond, and noon was that bihelde. 3^ dispisiden al my 
 2 6councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis. And Y schal 
 
 lei^e in ^oure perisching ; and Y schal scorne 30U, whanne 
 
 27 that, that 56 dreden, cometh to 30U. Whanne sodeyne 
 wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest ; 
 
 28 whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on 50U. Thanne 
 thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here ; thei schulen 
 
 29 rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me. For thei hatiden 
 
 30 teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord, nether 
 assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng. 
 
 3 1 Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie ; and thei 
 
 32 schulen be fillid with her counseils. The turnyng awei of 
 litle men in wit schal sle hem ; and the prosperite of foolis 
 
 33 schal leese hem. But he that herith me, schal reste with- 
 outen drede ; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the 
 drede of yuels is takun awei. 
 
 Cap. II. 
 
 1 Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, and hidist myn 
 
 2 heestis anentis thee ; that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin 
 
 3 herte to knowe prudence. For if thou inwardli clepist wis- 
 
 4 dom, and bowist thin herte to prudence ; if thou sekist it as 
 
 5 money, and diggist it out as tresours ; thanne thou schalt 
 vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the 
 
PROVE RBS^, III, 207 
 
 6 kuiyiyng of God. For the Lord 5yueth wisdom ; and pru- 
 
 7 dence and kunnyng t's of his mouth. He schal kepe the 
 heelthe of ri^tful men, and he schal defende hem that goen 
 
 8 sympli. And he schal kepe the pathis of ri3tfulnesse, and he 
 
 9 schal kepe the weies of hooli men. Thanne thou schalt 
 vndirstonde ri3tfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good 
 
 10 path. If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng 
 
 1 1 plesith thi soule, good councel schal kepe thee, and pru- 
 
 1 2 dence schal kepe thee ; that thou be delyuered fro an 3-uel 
 i3weie, and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis. Whiche 
 1 4 forsaken a ri3tful weie, and goen bi derk weies; whiche ben 
 
 glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in 
 
 15 worste thingis; whose weies den weywerd, and her goyingis 
 
 16 den of yuel fame. That thou be delyuered fro an alien 
 womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir 
 
 1 7 wordis ; and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage, and 
 
 18 hath for3ete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir 
 
 19 is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle. Alle that entren 
 to hir, schulen not turne ajen, nether schulen catche the 
 
 20 pathis of lijf. That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the 
 
 21 pathis of iust men. Forsothe thei that ben ri3tful, schulen 
 dwelle in the lond ; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle 
 
 22ther-ynne. But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the 
 loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey 
 fro it. 
 
 Cap. hi. 
 
 1 Mi sone, for3ete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe 
 
 2 my comaundementis. For tho schulen sctte to thee the 
 
 3 lengthe of dales, and the ^eeris of lijf, and pees. IMerci and 
 treuthe forsake thee not ; bynde thou tho to thi tlirote, and 
 
 4 write in the tablis of thin herte. And thou schalt fynde 
 
 5 grace, arid good teching bifore God and men. Haue thou 
 
208 PROVERBS, III. 
 
 trist in the Lord, of al thin herte ; and triste thou not to thi 
 
 6 prudence. In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he 
 
 7 schal dresse thi goyngis. Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; 
 
 8 drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel. For-whi helthe 
 
 9 schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys. Onoure 
 thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis 
 
 10 3yue thou to pore men ; and thi bernes schulen be fillid with 
 I ] abundaunce, and pressours schulen fiowe with wiyn. My 
 
 sone^ caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord, and faile 
 12 thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him. For the Lord 
 
 chastisith hym, whom he loueth ; and as a fadir in the sone he 
 i3plesith hym. Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and 
 
 14 which flowith with prudence. The geting therof is betere 
 than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer ; the fruytis 
 
 15 therof be7i the firste and clenneste. It is preciousere than 
 alle richessis ; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be 
 
 16 comparisound to this. Lengthe of dales is in the ri3thalf therof, 
 
 17 and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof. The weies 
 therof be7i feire weies, and alle the pathis therof be7i pesible. 
 
 18 It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it ; and he that holdith it, 
 19 is blessid. The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he 
 
 20 stablischide heuenes bi prudence. The depthis of watris 
 braken out bi his wisdom ; and cloudis wexen togidere bi 
 
 2 1 dewe. My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin i3en ; 
 
 22 kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel ; and lijf schal be to thi 
 2,^soule, and grace schal be to thi chekis. Thanne thou schalt 
 
 24 go tristili in thi weie ; and thi foot schal not snapere. If 
 thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede ; thou schalt reste, 
 
 25 and thi sleep schal be soft. Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, 
 
 26 and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee. For the 
 Lord schal be at thi side ; and he schal kepe thi foot, that 
 
 27 thou be not takun. Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai ; 
 
 28 if thou maist, and do thou wel. Seie thou not to thi ffend, Go, 
 
PROVERBS, IV. 209 
 
 and turne thou a^en, and to morewe Y schal ^yue to thee ; 
 29 whanne thou maist jyue anoon. Ymagyne thou not yuel to 
 3othi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee. Stryue ihou not 
 
 a^ens a man with-out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to 
 
 31 thee. Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies. 
 
 32 For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his 
 ^T, speking is with simple men. Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in 
 
 the hous of a wickid man ; but the dwelling places of iust 
 
 34 men schulen be blessid. He schal scorne scorneris ; and he 
 
 35 schal 3yue grace to mylde men. Wise men schulen haue 
 glorie ; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe. 
 
 Cap. IV. 
 
 1 SoNES, here ^e the teching of the fadir; and perseiue ^e, 
 
 2 that 3e kunne prudence. Y schal ^yue to 30U a good 3ifte ; 
 
 3 forsake je not my lawe. For-whi and Y was the sone of my 
 fadir, a tendir sone, and oon gendride bifore my modir. 
 
 4 And my fadir taujte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my 
 wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue. 
 
 5 Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence ; for^ete thou not, 
 
 6 nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth. Forsake 
 thou not it, and it schal kepe thee ; loue thou it, and it schal 
 
 7 kepe thee. The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom ; 
 
 8 and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence. Take thou it, 
 and it schal enhaunse thee ; thou schalt be glorified of it, 
 
 9 whanne thou hast biclippid it. It schal ^yue encresyngis of 
 graces to thin heed ; and a noble coroun schal defende thee. 
 
 10 Mi sone, here thou, and take my wordis ; that the 3eris of lijf 
 
 1 1 be multiplied to thee. Y schal schewe to thee the weie of 
 
 12 wisdom ; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte. In 
 to whiche whanne thou hast entrid, thi goyngis schulen not 
 be maad streit ; and thou schalt rennen, and schalt not haue 
 
2IO PROVERBS, V. 
 
 13 hirtyng. Holde thou teching, and forsake it not ; kepe thou 
 
 14 it, for it is thi lijf. Delite thou not in the pathis of wyckid 
 
 15 men ; and the weie of yuele men plese not thee. Fie thou 
 fro it, and passe thou not therbi; bowe thou awei, and for- 
 
 i 6 sake it. For thei slepen not, no-but thei han do yuele; and 
 J 7 sleep is rauyschid fro hem, no-but thei han disseyued. Thei 
 eten the breed of vnpite, and drinken the wyn of wickidnesse. 
 18 But the path of iust men goith forth as li^t schynynge, and 
 J 9 encreessith til to perfit dai. The weie of wickid men u derk ; 
 
 20 thei witen not where thei schulen falle. Mi sone, herkene thou 
 
 2 1 my wordis ; and bowe doun thin eeris to my spechis. Go 
 not tho awei fro thyn i^en ; kepe thou hem in the myddil of 
 
 22 thin herte. For tho ben lijf to men fyndynge thoo, and 
 23heelthe of al fleisch. With al keping kepe thin herte, for lijf 
 24Cometh forth of it. Remoue thou a schrewid mouth fro 
 25 thee ; and backbitynge lippis be fer fro thee. Thin i3en 
 
 se ri^tful thingis ; and thin i^eliddis go bifore thi steppis. 
 26Dresse thou pathis to thi feet, and alle thi weies schulen be 
 27 stablischid. Bowe thou not to the rijtside, nether to the 
 leftside ; turne awei thi foot fro yuel. For the Lord knowith 
 the weies that ben at the ri^tside ; but the weies ben weiward, 
 that ben at the leftside. Forsothe he schal make thi goyngis 
 rijtful ; and thi weies schulen be brou5t forth in pees. 
 
 Cap. V. 
 
 1 Mi sone, perseyue thou my wisdom, and bowe doun thin 
 
 2 eere to my prudence ; that thou kepe thi thou3tis, and thi 
 lippis kepe teching. 3yue thou not tent to the falsnesse 
 
 3 of a womman; for the lippis of an hoore den an hony- 
 
 4 coomb droppinge, and hir throte zs clerere than oile; but 
 the last thingis den bittir as wormod, and hir tunge is scharp 
 
 5 as a swerd keruynge on ech side. Hir feet gon doun in 
 
PROVERBS, VI. 211 
 
 (. to deeth ; and hir steppis persen to hellis. Tho goon not 
 bi thfc path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun 
 
 7 not be sou5t out. Now therfor, my sone, here thou me, 
 
 8 and go not awei fro the wordis of my mouth. IMake fer 
 thi weie fro hir, and nei3e thou not to the doris of hir 
 
 9hous. 5y^^ ^hou not thin onour to aUens, and thi ^eeris 
 loto the cruel; lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi 
 
 1 1 strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous; and 
 thou biweile in the laste daies, whanne thou hast wastid 
 
 1 2 thi fleschis, and thi bodi ; and thou seie, Whi wlatide Y 
 i3teching, and myn herte assentide not to blamyngis; nether 
 
 Y herde the voys of men techinge me, and Y bowide not 
 i4doun myn eere to maistris? Almest Y was in al yuel, in 
 
 1 5 the myddis of the chirche, and of the synagoge. Drinke 
 
 1 6 thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit. Thi 
 wellis be stremed forth ; and departe thi watris in stretis. 
 
 1 7 Haue thou aloone tho watris ; and aliens be not thi par- 
 iSceneris. Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the 
 
 19 womman of thi 5ong wexynge age. An hynde moost dere- 
 worthe ; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille 
 thee in al tyme ; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir. 
 
 20 I\Ii sone, whi art thou disseyued of an alien womman ; and 
 
 2 1 art fostrid in the bosum of an othere '^ The Lord seeth 
 
 22 the weie of a man; and biholdith alle hise steppis. The 
 wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym ; and he is boundun 
 
 23 with the roopis of hise synnes. He schal die, for he hadde 
 not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse 
 of his fooli. 
 
 Cap. VI. 
 
 1 Mi sone, if thou hast bihi^t for thi freend; thou hast 
 
 2 fastned thin hoond at a straunger. Thou art boundun bi 
 the wordis of thi mouth ; and Ihou art takun with thin owne 
 
 p 2 
 
212 PROVERBS, VI, 
 
 3 wordis. Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and 
 delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of 
 thi nei3bore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi 
 
 4 freend ; 5yue thou not sleep to thin i^en, nether thin i3eliddis 
 
 5 nappe. Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond ; and as 
 
 6 a bridde fro aspiyngis of the foulere. O ! thou slowe man, 
 go to the amte, ether pissemyre ; and biholde thou hise weies, 
 
 7 and lerne thou wisdom. Which whanne he hath no duyk, 
 
 8 nethir comaundour, nether prince ; makith redi in somer mete 
 to hym silf, and gaderith togidere in heruest that, that he 
 
 9 schal ete. Hou long schalt thou, slow man, slepe ? whanne 
 
 10 schalt thou rise fro thi sleep ? A litil thou schalt slepe, 
 a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere 
 
 1 1 thin hondis, that thou slepe. And nedynesse, as a weigoere, 
 schal come to thee ; and pouert, as an armed man. For- 
 sothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a 
 
 i2welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee. A man apos- 
 tata, a man vnprofitable, he goith with a weiward mouth; 
 
 13 he bekeneth with i5en, he trampith with the foot, he spekith 
 
 1 4 with the fyngur, bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and 
 
 15 in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns. His perdicioun schal 
 come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli ; and 
 
 16 he schal no more haue medecyn. Sixe thingis ben, whyche 
 the Lord hatith ; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing. 
 
 17 Hi5e i3en, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent 
 
 18 blood, an herte ymagynynge worste thou^tis, feet swifte to 
 
 19 renne in to yuel, a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals 
 witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren. 
 
 20 Mi sone, kepe the comaundementis of thi fadir; and for- 
 
 21 sake not the lawe of thi modir. Bynde thou tho continueli 
 
 22 in thin herte ; and cumpasse to thi throte. Whanne thou 
 goist, go tho with thee; whanne thou slepist, kepe tho 
 
 23 thee ; and thou wakynge speke with tho. For the comaunde- 
 
PROVERBS^ VII. 213 
 
 ment 0/ God is a lanterne, and the lawe is li5t, and the 
 
 34blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf; that the comaunde- 
 
 mentis kepe thee fro an yuel womman, and fro a flaterynge 
 
 25 tunge of a straunge womman. Thin herte coueite not the 
 fairnesse of hir ; nether be thou takun bi the signes of hir. 
 
 26 For the prijs of an hoore is vnnethe of o loof; bat a 
 
 27 womman takith the preciouse soule of a man. Whether 
 a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne 
 
 28 not ; ethir go on colis, and hise feet be not brent .? So 
 
 29 he that entrith to the wijf of his nei3bore ; schal not be 
 
 30 cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir. It is not greet synne, 
 whanne a man stelith ; for he steHth to fille an hungri soule. 
 
 31 And he takun schal 5elde the seuenthe fold; and he schal 
 5yue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf. 
 
 32 But he that is avouter ; schal leese his soule, for the pou ert 
 
 33 of herte. He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; 
 
 34 and his schenschip schal not be don awei. For the feruent 
 loue and strong veniaunce of the man schal not spare in 
 
 35 the dai of veniaunce, nether schal assente to the preieris 
 of ony ; nether schal take ful many ^iftis for raunsum. 
 
 Cap. VII. 
 
 1 Mi sone, kepe thou my M'ordis ; and kepe myn heestis to 
 thee. Sone, onoure thou the Lord, and thou schalt be 
 
 2 myjti ; but outakun hym drede thou not an alien. Kepe 
 thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue ; and my lawe as the 
 
 3 appil of thin i5en. Bynde thou it in thi fyngris ; write thou 
 
 4 it in the tablis of thin herte. Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art 
 
 5 my sistir ; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse. That it 
 kepe thee fro a straunge womman ; and fro an alien wom- 
 
 6 man, that makith hir wordis swete. For-whi fro the wyndow 
 of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihclde ; and Y se litle children. 
 
214 PROVERBS, VII. 
 
 7, 8 I biholde a ^ong man coward, that passith bi the stretis, 
 
 9 bisidis the corner ; and he goith ni5 the weie of hir hous in 
 
 derk tyme, whanne the dai drawith to ni3t, in the derknessis 
 
 10 and my St of the ny5t. And lo ! a womman, maad redi with 
 ournement of an hoore to disseyue soulis, meetith hym, and 
 
 11 sche is a ianglere, and goynge about, and vnpacient of reste, 
 
 12 and mai not stonde in the hous with hir feet; and now 
 without-forth, now in stretis, now bisidis corneris sche 
 
 13 aspieth. And sche takith, and kissith the 5ong man ; and 
 i4flaterith with wowynge cheer, and seith, Y ou^te sacrifices for 
 
 15 heelthe ; to-dai Y haue 5olde m.y vowis. Therfor Y 5ede 
 out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee ; and Y 
 
 16 haue founde thee. Y haue maad my bed with coordis, Y haue 
 
 1 7 arayed with tapetis peyntid of Egipt ; Y haue bispreynt my 
 
 18 bed with myrre, and aloes, and canel. Come thou, be we 
 fillid with tetis, and vse we collyngis thai ben coueitid ; til the 
 
 19 dai bigynne to be cleer. For myit hosebonde is not in his 
 
 20 hows ; he is goon a ful long weie. He took with hym 
 a bagge of money ; he schal turne a3en in to his hous in 
 
 21 the dai of ful moone. Sche boonde hym with many wordis; 
 
 22 and sche drow forth hym with flateryngis of lippis. Anoon he 
 as an oxe led to slayn sacrifice sueth hir, and as a ioli lomb 
 and vnkunnynge ; and the fool woot not, that he is drawun 
 
 23 to bondys, til an arowe perse his mawe. As if a brid hastith 
 to the snare ; and woot not, that it is don of the perel of his 
 
 24lijf. Now therfor, my sone, here thou me; and perseyue 
 25 the wordis of my mouth. Lest thi soule be drawun awei in 
 
 the weies of hir ; nether be thou disseyued in the pathis of 
 26 hir. For sche castide doun many woundid men; and alle 
 27 strongeste men weren slayn of hir. The weies of helle is hir 
 
 hous; and persen in to ynnere thingis of deeth. 
 
PROVERBS, VIII. 215 
 
 Cap. VIII. 
 
 1 Whether wisdom crieth not ofte ; and prudence ^yueth 
 
 2 his vois ? In souereyneste and hi^ coppis, aboue the weie, in 
 
 3 the myddis of pathis, and it stondith bisidis the ^ate of the 
 
 4 citee, in thilke closyngis, and spekith, and seith, A ! ^e men, 
 Y crie ofte to 3011 ; and my vois is to the sones of men. 
 
 5 Litle children, vndirstonde 5e wisdom ; and ^e vnwise men, 
 6perseyue wisdom. Here ^e, for Y schal speke of grete 
 
 thingis; and my lippis schulen be openyd, to preche ri^tful 
 
 7 thingis. My throte schal bithenke treuthe ; and my lippis 
 
 8 schulen curse a wickid man. ]\Iy wordis ben iust ; no 
 9schrewid thing, nether weiward is in tho. 3fy wordis ben 
 
 ri5tful to hem that vndurstonden ; and ben euene to hem that 
 
 10 fynden kunnyng. Take ^e my chastisyng, and not money ; 
 
 11 chese 5e teching more than tresour. For wisdom is betere 
 than alle richessis moost preciouse; and al desirable thing 
 
 12 mai not be comparisound therto. Y, wisdom, dwelle in 
 13 counsel; and Y am among lernyd thou3tis. The drede of 
 
 the Lord hatith yuel; Y curse boost, and pride, and a 
 
 i4schrewid weie, and a double tungid mouth. Counseil is 
 
 myn, and equyte is myn ; prudence is myn, and strengthe 
 
 15 is myn. Kyngis regnen bi me ; and the makeris of lawis 
 
 16 demen iust thingis bi me. Princis comaunden bi me ; and 
 i7my5ti men demen ri^tfulnesse bi me. I loue hem that louen 
 
 me; and thei that waken eerli to me, schulen fynde me. 
 
 18 With me ben rychessis, and glorie ; souereyn richessis, and 
 
 19 ri^tfulnesse. My fruyt is betere than gold, and precyouse 
 
 20 stoon ; and my seedis ben betere than chosun siluer. Y go in 
 the weies of ri^tfulnesse, in the myddis of pathis of doom ; 
 
 21 that Y make riche hem that louen me, and that Y fille her 
 
 22 tresouris. The Lord weklide me in the bigynnyng of hise 
 weies ; bifore that he made ony thing, at the bigynnyng. 
 
2l6 PROVERBS, IX. 
 
 23 Fro with-out bigynnyng Y was ordeined ; and fro elde tymes, 
 
 24 bifor that the erthe was maad. Depthis of watris weren not 
 jit ; and Y was conseyued thanne. The wellis of watris 
 
 25 hadden not brokun out jit, and hillis stoden not togidere 
 
 26 jit bi sad heuynesse ; bifor litil hillis Y was born. 3^^; he 
 hadde not maad erthe ; and floodis, and the herris of the 
 
 27 world. Whanne he made redi heuenes, Y was present; 
 whanne he cumpasside the depthis of watris bi certeyn 
 
 28 lawe and cumpas. Whanne he made stidfast the eir aboue ; 
 
 29 and weiede the wellis of watris. Whanne he cumpasside to 
 the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho 
 schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the 
 
 30 foundementis of erthe ; Y was making alle thingis with 
 him. And Y delitide bi alle daies, and pleiede bifore hym 
 
 31 in al tyme, and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben 
 
 32 to be with the sones of men. Now therfor, sones, here je 
 
 33 me ; blessid ben thei that kepen my weies. Here je teching, 
 
 34 and be je wise men ; and nile je caste it awei. Blessid 
 is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my jatis al 
 
 35 dai ; and kepith at the postis of my dore. He that fyndith 
 me, schal fynde lijf; and schal drawe helthe of the Lord. 
 
 36 But he that synneth ajens me, schal hurte his soule ; alle 
 that haten me, louen deeth. 
 
 Cap. IX. 
 
 1 Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf ; he hewide out seuene 
 
 2 pileris, he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and 
 
 3 settide forth his table. He sente hise handmaides, that thei 
 
 4 schulden clepe to the tour ; and to the wallis of the citee. If 
 ony man is litil ; come he to me. And wisdom spak to 
 
 5 vnwise men, Come je, ete je my breed ; and drynke je the 
 6wiyn, which Y haue medlid to jou. Forsake je jong 
 
PROVERBS, X. 217 
 
 childbed, and lyue ^e ; and go ^e bi the weyes of prudence. 
 
 7 He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he 
 that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him 
 
 8 silf. Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere ; lest he hate thee. 
 
 9 Vndirnyme thou a wise man ; and he schal loue thee. 37"^ 
 thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be en- 
 creessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man ; and he schal 
 
 I o haste to take. The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of 
 
 I I the Lord ; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis. For 
 thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and ^eeris of lijf 
 
 12 schulen be encreessid to thee. If thou art wijs ; thou schalt 
 be to thi silf, and to thi neijboris. Forsothe if f/iou art 
 
 13 a scornere; thou aloone schalt here yuel. A fonned wom- 
 man, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan 
 
 14 no thing outirli, sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in 
 
 15 an hi3 place of the cite ; to clepe men passinge bi the weie, 
 
 1 6 and men goynge in her iournei. Who is a litil man of wit ; 
 lybowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward, Watris of 
 iSthefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere. And wiste 
 
 not that giauntis ben there ; and the gestis of hir ben in the 
 depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether 
 fasined, to hir ; schal go doun to hellis. For-whi he that 
 goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. 
 
 Cap. X. 
 
 1 The parahlis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad the 
 
 2 fadir ; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir. Tre- 
 souris of wickidnesse schulen not profile ; but ri^tfulnesse 
 
 3 schal delyuere fro deth. The Lord schal not turmente 
 the soule of a iust man with hungur; and he schal distrie 
 
 4 the tresouns of vnpitouse men. A slow hond hath wrou^t 
 nedynesse; but the hond of stronge men makith redi rich- 
 
2l8 PROVERBS, X. 
 
 essis. Forsothe he that enforsith fo gete ony thing bi 
 
 leesyngis, fedith the wyndis; sotheli the same man sueth 
 5 briddis fleynge. He that gaderith togidere in heruest, is 
 
 a wijs sone ; hut he that slepith in sommer, is a sone of 
 6confusioun. The blessing of God is ouer the heed of a 
 
 iust man ; but wickidnesse hilith the mouth of wickid men. 
 
 7 The mynde of a iust man schal he with preisingis ; and the 
 
 8 name of wickid men schal wexe rotun. A wijs man 
 schal resseyue comaundementis with herte ; a fool is betun 
 
 9 with lippis. He that goith simpli, goith tristili ; hut he that 
 lomakith schrewid hise weies, schal be opyn. He that bek- 
 
 eneth with the i5e, schal jyue sorewe; a fool schal be 
 II betun with lippis. The veyne of lijf is the mouth of a 
 
 iust man ; but the mouth of wickid men hilith wickidnesse. 
 i2Hatrede reisith chidingis ; and charite hilith alle synnes. 
 
 13 Wisdom is foundun in the lippis of a wise man ; and a ^erd 
 
 14 in the bak of him that is nedi of herte. Wise men hiden 
 kunnyng ; but the mouth of a fool is nexte to confusioun. 
 
 15 The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe ; the 
 i6drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem. The werk 
 
 of a iust man is to lijf; but the fruyt of a wickid man is 
 
 17 to synne. The weie of lijf is to him that kepith chastising ; 
 
 18 but he that forsakith blamyngis, errith.. False lippis hiden 
 
 19 hatrede ; he that bringith forth dispisinge is vnwijs. Synne 
 schal not faile in myche spekyng ; but he that mesurith hise 
 
 20 lippis, is moost prudent. Chosun siluer is the tunge of a 
 
 21 iust man ; the herte of wickid men is for nou^t. The lippis 
 of a iust man techen ful manye men ; but thei that ben 
 
 22vnlerned, schulen die in nedinesse of herte. The blessing 
 of the Lord makith riche men; and turment schal not be 
 
 23 felowschipid to hem. A fool worchith wickidnesse as bi lei5- 
 
 24 yng ; but wisdom is prudence to a man. That that a wickid 
 man dredith, schal come on hym; the desire of iust men 
 
PROVERBS, XI. 219 
 
 25 schalbe 50uun to hem. As a tempeste passynge, a wickid 
 man schal not be ; but a iust man schal be as an euerlastynge 
 
 26 foundement. As vynegre noi'eth the teeth, and smoke noielh the 
 i5en ; so a slow man noiefh hem that senten hym in the weie, 
 
 27 The drede of the Lord encreesith dales; and the 3eeris of 
 
 28 wickid men schulen be maad schort. Abiding of iust men is 
 
 29 gladnesse ; but the hope of wickid men schal perische. The 
 strengthe of a symple man is the weie of the Lord ; and 
 
 30 drede to hem that worchen yuel. A iust man schal not 
 be moued with-outen ende ; but wickid men schulen not 
 
 31 dwelle on the erthe. The mouth of a iust man schal bringe 
 
 32 forth wisdom ; the tunge of schrewis schal perische. The 
 Hppis of a iust man biholden pleasaunt thingis ; and the 
 mouth of wickid men byholdith weiward thingis. 
 
 Cap. XL 
 
 1 A GiLEFUL balaunce is abhominacioun anentis God; and 
 
 2 an euene wei^te is his wille. Where pride is, there also 
 dispising schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is 
 
 3 wisdom. The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem ; 
 and the disseyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem. 
 
 4 Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce ; but 
 
 5 ri^tfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. The ri3tfulnesse of a 
 simple man schal dresse his weie ; and a wickid man schal 
 
 6falle in his wickidnesse. The ri5tfulnesse of ri5tful men 
 schal delyuere hem ; and wickid men schulen be takun in 
 
 7 her aspiyngis. Whanne a wickid man is deed, noon hope 
 schal be ferther ; and abidyng of bisy men schal perische. 
 
 8 A iust man is delyuered from angwisch ; and a wickid man 
 
 9 schal be 30uun for hym. A feynere bi mouth disseyueth his 
 lofreend; but iust men schulen be deliuered bi kunnyng. A 
 
 citee schal be enhaunsid in the goodis of iust men ; and 
 
220 PROVERBS, XI. 
 
 1 1 preysyng schal be in the perdicioun of wickid men. A citee 
 schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men ; and it schal be 
 
 12 distried bi the mouth of wickid men. He that dispisith his 
 freend, is nedi in herte ; but a prudent man schal be stille. 
 
 13 He that goith gilefuli, schewith priuetees ; but he that is 
 i4feithful, helith the priuetee of a freend. Where a gouernour 
 
 is not, the puple schal falle ; but helthe 0/ the puple is, where 
 
 15 ben many counsels. He that makith feith for a straunger, 
 schal be turmentid with yuel ; but he that eschewith snaris, 
 
 16 schal be sikur. A graciouse womman schal fynde glorie; 
 
 17 and stronge men schulen haue richessis. A merciful man 
 doith wel to his soule ; but he that is cruel, castith awei, ^he, 
 
 iSkynnesmen. A wickid man makith vnstable werk ; but 
 
 19 feithful mede is to hym, that sowith ri5tfulnesse. Merci 
 schal make redi lijf ; and the suyng of yuels schal make redi 
 
 20 deth. A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord ; and 
 
 21 his wille is in hem, that goen symply. Thon^ hond he in the 
 bond, an yuel man schal not be innocent ; but the seed of 
 
 22 iust men schal be sauyd. A goldun sercle, ether ryng, in the 
 
 23 nose-thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool. The desir 
 of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse. 
 
 24 Sum men departen her owne thingis, and ben maad richere ; 
 other men rauyschen thingis, that ben not hern, and ben 
 
 25 euere in nedynesse. A soule that blessith, schal be maad 
 
 26 fat ; and he that fillith, schal be fillid also. He that hidith 
 wheete in tyme, schal be cursid among the puplis ; but 
 
 2 7blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris. Wel he risith 
 eerli, that sekith good thingis ; but he that is a serchere 
 
 28 of yuels, schal be oppressid of tho. He that tristith in hise 
 richessis, schal falle ; but iust men schulen buriowne as a 
 
 29 greene leef. He that disturblith his hows, schal haue wyndis 
 in possessioun ; and he that is a fool, schal serue a wijs man. 
 
 30 The fruyt of a ri5tful man is the tre of lijf; and he that 
 
PROVERBS, XII, 221 
 
 I takith soulis, is a wijs man. If a iust man receyueth in 
 erthe, how miche more an vnfeithful man, and synnere. 
 
 Cap. XII. 
 
 1 He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng ; but he that 
 
 2 hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs. He that is good, schal drawe to 
 hym silf grace of the Lord ; but he that tristith in hise 
 
 3 thou5tis, doith wickidli. A man schal not be maad strong by 
 wyckidnesse ; and the root of iust men schal not be moued. 
 
 4 A dihgent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond ; and rot is 
 in the boonys of that wojnnian^ that doith thingis worthi of 
 
 5 confusioun. The thou5tis of iust men ben domes ; and the 
 
 6 counselis of wickid men be7i gileful. The wordis of wickid 
 men setten tresoun to blood ; the mouth of iust men schal 
 
 7 delyuere hem. Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen 
 not be ; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli. 
 
 8 A man schal be knowun bi his teching ; but he that is veyn 
 
 9 and hertles, schal be open to dispising. Betere is a pore man, 
 and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi 
 
 10 of breed. A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk 
 
 1 1 beestis ; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel. He that 
 worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that 
 sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in 
 temperaunces ; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dis- 
 
 12 pisyngis. The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of 
 worste thingis ; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse. 
 
 13 For the synnes of lippis falling doun nei5eth to an yuel 
 14 man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch. Of the 
 
 fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fiUid with goodis ; and 
 
 bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be ^oldun to him. 
 
 15 The weie of a fool is ri^tful in hise i3en ; but he that is wijs, 
 
 iGherith counsels. A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that 
 
22% PROVERBS, XIII. 
 
 1 7 dissymelith wrongis, is wijs. He that spekith that, that he 
 knowith, is a iuge of ri^tfulnesse ; but he that heth, is a 
 
 18 ofileful witnesse. A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as 
 with the swerd of conscience ; but the tunge of wise men is 
 
 ighelthe. The Hppe of treuthe schal be stidfast with-outen. 
 ende ; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the 
 
 20 tunge of leesyng. Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken 
 yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees. 
 
 21 What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym 
 2 2Sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel. False 
 
 Hppis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don 
 
 23 feithfuli, plesen him. A fel man hilith kunnyng ; and the 
 
 24 herte of vnwise men stirith foH. The hond of stronge men 
 schal haue lordschip ; but the hond that is slow, schal serue 
 
 25 to tributis. IMorenynge in the herte of a iust man schal 
 make hym meke ; and he schal be maad glad bi a good 
 
 26 word. He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man ; 
 
 27 but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem. A gileful 
 man schal not fynde wynnyng ; and the substaunce of man 
 
 28 schal be the prijs of gold. Lijf u in the path of ri5tfulnesse ; 
 but the wronof weie leedith to deeth. 
 
 Cap. XIII. 
 
 1 A WIJS sone t's the teching of the fadir; but he that is 
 
 2 a scornere, herith not, whanne he is repreuyd. A man schal 
 be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth ; but the soule 
 
 3 of vnpitouse men is wickid. He that kepith his mouth, 
 kepith his soule ; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel 
 
 4 yuels. A slow man wole, and wole not; but the soule of 
 
 £; hem that worchen schal be maad fat. A iust man schal 
 
 wlate a fals M-ord ; but a wickid man schendith, and schal be 
 
 6 schent. Ri5tfulnesse kepith the weie of an innocent man ; 
 
PROVERBS, XIII. 223 
 
 7 but wickidnesse disseyueth a synnere. A man is as riche, 
 whanne he hath no thing ; and a man is as pore, whanne he 
 
 8 is in many richessis. Redempcioun of the soule of man u 
 hise richessis ; but he that is pore, suffrith not blamyng. 
 
 9 The li^t of iust men makith glad ; but the lanterne of wickid 
 10 men schal be quenchid. Stryues ben euere a-mong proude 
 
 men ; but thei that don alle thingis with counsel, ben 
 
 iigouerned bi wisdom. Hastid catel schal be maad lesse ; 
 
 but that that is gaderid litil and litil with bond, schal be 
 
 12 multiplied. Hope which is dilaied, turmentith the soule; 
 
 13 a tre of lijf IS desir comyng. He that bacbitith ony thing, 
 byndith hym silf in to tyme to comynge ; but he that dredith 
 
 14 the comaundement, schal lyue in pees. The lawe of a wise 
 man zs a welle of lijf; that he bowe awei fro the falling of 
 
 i5deth. Good teching schal jyue grace; a swolowe zs in the 
 
 1 6 weie of dispiseris. A fel man doith alle thingis with counsel ; 
 
 1 7 but he that is a fool, schal opene foli. The messanger of 
 a wickid man schal falle in to yuel ; a feithful messanger is 
 
 ishelthe. Nedynesse and schenschip zs to him that forsakith 
 
 techyng ; but he " that assentith to a blamere, schal be 
 
 1 9 glorified. Desir, if it is fiUid, delitith the soule; foolis 
 
 20 wlaten hem that fleen yuels. He that goith with wijs men, 
 schal be wijs ; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem. 
 
 21 Yuel pursueth synneris ; and goodis schulen be 5oldun to 
 
 22 iust men. A good man schal leeue a/7i'r hivi eiris, sones, 
 and the sones of sones ; and the catel of a synnere is kept to 
 
 21 a iust man. ]\Iany meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of 
 
 24 fadris ; and ben gaderid to othere men with-out doom. He 
 that sparith the ^erde, hatith his sone; but he that loueth 
 
 25 him, techith bisili. A iust man etith, and fillith his soule ; 
 but the wombe of wickid men is vnable to be fillid. 
 
224 PROVERBS, XIV. 
 
 Cap. XIV. 
 
 1 A wijs womman bildith hir hous ; and an unwijs womman 
 
 2 schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid. A man goynge in 
 ri^tful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith 
 
 3 in a weie of yuel fame. The 3erde of pride is in the mouth 
 
 4 of a fool ; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem. Where oxis 
 ben not, the cratche is void ; but where ful many cornes 
 
 5 apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn, A feithful 
 witnesse schal not lie ; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a 
 
 6 leesing. A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not ; the 
 
 7 teching of prudent men is esy. Go thou a5ens a man a 
 
 8 fool ; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence. The 
 wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie ; and the 
 
 9 vnwarnesse of foolis errith. A fool scorneth synne ; grace 
 10 schal dwelle among iust men. The herte that knowith the 
 
 bittirnesse of his soule ; a straunger schal not be meddlid in 
 lithe ioie therof. The hous of wickid men schal be don 
 
 12 awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne. Sotheli 
 a weie is, that semeth iust to a man ; but the laste thingis 
 
 13 therof leden forth to deth. Lei5yng schal be medlid with 
 sorewe ; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye. 
 
 14 A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal 
 
 15 be aboue hym. An innocent man bileueth to eche word; 
 
 16 a felle man biholdith hise goyngis. A wijs man dredith, and 
 bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith. 
 
 17 A man vnpacient schal worche foli ; and a gileful man is 
 
 18 odiouse. Litle men of wit schulen holde foli ; and felle men 
 
 19 schulen abide kunnyng. Yuel men schulen ligge bifor 
 goode men ; and vnpitouse men bifor the 3atis of iust men. 
 
 20 A pore man schal be hateful, 5he, to his nei3bore ; but many 
 
 21 men hen frendis of riche men. He that dispisith his nei3bore, 
 doith synne ; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal 
 
PROVERBS, XV, 225 
 
 22 be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci; thei 
 erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi 
 
 23 goodis ; abundaunce schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli 
 
 24 where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte. The 
 coroun of wise men h the richessis of hem; the fooli of 
 
 25 foolis is vnwarnesse. A feithful witnesse delyuereth souHs ; 
 
 26 and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis. In the drede of the 
 Lord ts triste of strengthe ; and hope schal be to the sones 
 
 27 of it. The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf ; that it bowe 
 
 28 awei fro the fallyng of deth. The dignite of the king is in 
 the multitude of puple ; and the schenschipe of a prince is in 
 
 29 the fewnesse of puple. He that is pacient, is gouerned bi 
 myche wisdom ; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli. 
 
 30 Helthe of herte z's the lijf of fleischis ; enuye is rot of 
 
 31 boonys. He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his 
 maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that 
 
 32 makere. A wickid man is put out for his malice ; but a iust 
 ^^ man hopith in his deth. Wisdom restith in the herte of a 
 
 34 wijs man ; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men. Ri^tful- 
 
 35 nesse reisith a folc ; synne makith puplis wTetchis. A 
 mynystre vndurstondynge is acceptable to a kyng ; a mjynysire 
 vnprofitable schal suffre the wrathfulnesse of him. 
 
 Cap. XV. 
 
 1 A SOFT answere brekith ire ; an hard word reisith wood- 
 
 2 nesse. The tunge of wise men ourneth kunnyng ; the 
 
 3 mouth of foolis buylilh out foli. In ech place the i5en of 
 
 4 the Lord biholden good men, and yuel men. A plesaunt 
 tunge IS the tre of lijf; but the tunge which is vnmesurable, 
 
 5 schal defoule the spirit. A fool scorneth the techyng of 
 his fadir; but he that kepith blamyngis, schal be maad 
 wisere. Moost vertu schal be in plenteuouse ri3tfulnesse ; 
 
 Q 
 
226 PROVERBS, XV. 
 
 but the thou5tis of wickid men schulen be drawun vp bi 
 
 6 the roote. The hous of a iust man z's moost strengthe ; 
 
 7 and disturbling is in the fruitis of a wickid man. The 
 Hppis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kunnyng; the 
 
 8 herte of foolis schal be vnhjc. The sacrifices of wickyd 
 men de?z abhomynable to the Lord ; avowis of iust men 
 
 gden plesaunt. The lijf of the vnpitouse man is abhomy- 
 
 nacioun to the Lord; he that sueth ri3tfuhiessej schal be 
 
 loloued of the Lord. Yuel teching is of men forsakinge the 
 
 iiweie of lijf; he that hatith blamyngis, schal die, Helie 
 
 and perdicioun den open bifor the Lord ; hou myche more 
 
 12 the hertis of sones of men. A man ful of pestilence loueth 
 not hym that repreueth him ; and he goith not to wyse 
 
 13 men. A ioiful herte makith glad the face ; the spirit is 
 
 14 cast doun in the morenyng of soule. The herte of a wijs 
 man sekith techyng ; and the mouth of foolis is fed with 
 
 15 vnkunnyng. AUe the dales of a pore man hen yuele; a sikir 
 
 16 soule is a contynuel feeste. Betere is a litil with the drede 
 
 17 of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillable. It is betere 
 to be clepid to wortis with charite, than with hatrede to 
 
 iS a calf maad fat. A wrathful man reisith chidyngis ; he that 
 
 19 is pacient, swagith chidyngis reisid. The weie of slow men 
 is an hegge of thornes ; the weie of iust men is with-out 
 
 20 hirtyng. A wise sone makith glad the fadir ; and a fonned 
 
 21 man dispiseth his modir. Foli is ioye to a fool; and a 
 
 22 prudent man schal dresse hise steppis. Thou^tis ben dis- 
 tried, where no counsel is ; but where many counseleris ben, 
 
 23tho ben confermyd. A man is glad in the sentence of his 
 
 24 mouth; and a couenable word is best. The path of lijf 
 
 is on a lernyd man ; that he bo we awei fro the laste helle. 
 
 25 The Lord schal distrie the hows of proude men ; and he 
 
 26 schal make stidefast the coostis of a widewe. luele thou3tis 
 is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word moost 
 
PROVERBS, XVI. 227 
 
 27 fair schal be maad stidfast of hym. He that sueth aueryce, 
 disturblith his hous ; but he that hatith 5iftis schal lyue. 
 Synnes ben purgid bi merci and feith ; ech man bowith 
 
 2S awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord, The soule of a iust 
 man bithenkith obedience ; the mouth of wickid men is ful 
 
 -Hj of yueHs. The Lord is fer fro wickid men ; and he schal 
 
 30 here the preyers of iust men. The h5t of i3en makith glad 
 
 3 1 the soule; good fame makith fat the boonys. The eere 
 that herith the blamyngis of lijf, schal dwelle in the myddis 
 
 3 : of wise men. He that castith awei chastisyng, dispisith his 
 soule ; but he that assentith to blamyngis, is pesible holdere 
 
 33 of the herte. The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom ; 
 and mekenesse goith bifore glorie. 
 
 Cap. XVL 
 
 1 It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule ; and zV per- 
 
 2 iiyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge. Alle the weies 
 of men ben opyn to the i5en of God ; the Lord is a weiere 
 
 3 of spiritis. Schewe thi werkys to the Lord ; and thi thou5tis 
 
 4 schulen be dressid. The Lord wrou^te alle thingis for hym 
 
 5 silf ; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai. Abho- 
 mynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man ; 5he, thou^ the 
 bond is to the bond, he schal not be innocent. The bigyn- 
 nyng of good weie is to do ri3twisnesse ; forsothe it is more 
 
 () acceptable at God, than to offre sacrifices. Wickidnesse is 
 a5en-bou5t bi merci and treuthe; and me bowith awei fro 
 
 7 yuel bi the drede of the Lord. Whanne the weyes of man 
 plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, 5he, hise enemyes to 
 
 8 pees. Betere is a litil with ri^tfulnesse, than many fruytis 
 
 9 with wickidnesse. The herte of a man schal dispose his 
 weie ; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis. 
 
 10 Dyuynyng is in llie lippis of a king ; his mouth schal not 
 
 Q 2 
 
228 PROVERBS, XVI. 
 
 iierre in doom. The domes of the Lord ben wei3te and a 
 balaunce ; and hise werkis Sen alle the stoonys of the world. 
 
 1 2 Thei that don wickidli de?i abhomynable to the king ; for 
 
 13 the trone o/^ke reivme is maad stidfast bi ri^tfulnesse. The 
 wille of kyngis is iust lippis ; he that spekith n3tful thingis, 
 
 i4schal be dressid. Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris 
 
 15 of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him. Lijf is in the 
 gladnesse of the cheer of the king; and his merci is as 
 
 16 a reyn comynge late. Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere 
 than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere 
 
 17 than siluer. The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the 
 
 18 kepere of his soule kepith his weie. Pride goith bifore 
 sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng. 
 
 19 It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to 
 
 20 departe spuylis with proude men. A lerned man in word 
 schal fynde goodis ; and he that hopith in the Lord is 
 
 2iblessid. He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; 
 and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis. 
 
 22 The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weldith; the 
 
 23 techy ng of foolis is foli. The herte of a wijs man schal 
 teche his mouth ; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis. 
 
 24 Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony ; helthe of 
 
 25 boonys is the swetnesse of soule. A weye is that semeth 
 ri3tful to a man ; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth. 
 
 26 The soule of a man traueUnge trauelith to hym silf; for 
 
 27 his mouth compellide hym. An vnwijs man diggith yuel; 
 
 28 and tier brenneth in hise lippis. A weiward man reisith 
 
 29 stryues ; and a man ful of wordis departith princis. A 
 wickid man flaterith his friend; and ledith hym bi a weie 
 
 30 not good. He that thenkith schrewid thingis with i^en 
 
 31 astonyed, bitith hise Hppis, and parformeth yuel. A coroun 
 of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of 
 
 32 ri5lfulnesse. A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; 
 
PROVERBS, XVII. 11(^ 
 
 and he that is lord of his soule, is hdcre than an ouer- 
 33 comere of citees. Lottis ben sent into the bosum ; but tho 
 ben temperid of the Lord. 
 
 Cap. XVIL 
 
 1 Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of 
 
 2 sacrifices with chidyng. A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of 
 fonned sones ; and he schal departe eritage among bri- 
 
 3 theren. As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi 
 
 4 a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis. An yuel man 
 obeieth to a wickid tunge ; and a fals man obeieth to false 
 
 5 lippis. He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker ; 
 and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal 
 
 6 not be vnpunyschid. The coroun of elde men is the sones 
 of sones ; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem. 
 
 7 Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool ; and a liynge 
 Slippe hicometh not a prince. A preciouse stoon moost ac- 
 ceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith ; whidur euere 
 
 9 he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli. He that 
 helith trespas, sekith frenschipis ; he that rehersith bi an 
 hi^ word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees. 
 
 10 A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an 
 
 1 1 hundryd woundis at a fool. Euere an yuel man sekith 
 
 1 2 stryues ; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent a5ens hym. It 
 spedith more to meete a femal here, whanne the whelpis ben 
 
 13 rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli. Yuel 
 schal not go a-wei fro the hous of hym, that 5eldith yuels 
 
 1 4 for goodis. He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and 
 isbifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom. Bothe he 
 
 that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust 
 
 1 6 man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God. What profitith 
 
 it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom ? 
 
230 PROVERBS, XVIII, 
 
 He that makith his hous hi3, sekith falling ; and he that 
 i7eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels. He that is a 
 
 frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in ang- 
 iS wischis. A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne 
 
 19 he hath bihi3t for his frend. He that bithenkith discordis, 
 loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith 
 
 20 fallyng. He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good ; 
 
 21 and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel. A fool 
 is borun in his schenschipe ; but nether the fadir schal be 
 
 22 glad in a fool. A ioiful soule makith likinge age ; a sorew- 
 
 23 ful spirit makith drie boonys. A wickid man takith 5iftis 
 
 24 fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom. Wisdom 
 schyneth in the face of a prudent man ; the i3en of foolis 
 
 25 den in the endis of erthe. A fonned sone is the ire of the 
 
 26 fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym. It 
 is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man ; nether to 
 
 2 7smyte the prince that demeth ri^tfuli. He that mesurith 
 his wordis, is wijs and prudent ; and a lerud man is of 
 
 28 preciouse spirit. Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid 
 a wijs man ; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, /le schal 
 be gessid an vndurstondynge man. 
 
 Cap. XVIII. 
 
 1 He that wole go a-wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns ; 
 
 2 in al tyme he schal be dispisable. A fool resseyueth not 
 the wordis of prudence ; no-but thou seie tho thingis, that 
 
 3 ben turned in his herte. A wickid man, whanne he cometh 
 in to depthe of synnes, dispisith; but sclaundre and schen- 
 
 4schipe sueth hym. Deep watir is the wordis of the mouth 
 of a man ; and a stronde fletinge ouer is the welle of wis- 
 
 5 dom. It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man 
 
 6 in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom. The 
 
PROVERBS, XVIII. 231 
 
 lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his 
 
 7 mouth excitith stryues. The mouth of a fool is defoulyng 
 
 8 of hym ; and hise lippis deu the fallynge of his soule. The 
 wordis of a double tungid man den as symple; and tho 
 comen til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede 
 castith doun a slowe man ; forsothe the soulis of men turned 
 
 9 in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur. He thai 
 is neisch, and vnstidfast in his werk, is the brother of a man 
 
 10 distriynge hise werkis. A strongeste tour is the name of 
 the Lord ; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be en- 
 
 1 1 haunsid. The catel of a riche man is the citee of his 
 i2Strengthe; and as a stronge wal cumpassinge hym. The 
 
 herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun ; and 
 
 13 it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified. He that an- 
 swerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool ; 
 
 14 and worthi of schenschipe. The spirit of a man susteyneth 
 his feblenesse ; but who may susteyne a spirit li3t to be 
 
 ijwrooth? The herte of a prudent man schal holde stid- 
 fastli kunnyng ; and the eere of wise men sekith techyng. 
 
 16 The ^ift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to 
 
 1 7 hym bifore princes. A iust man is the first accusere of 
 
 18 hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hym. Lot 
 ceessith a3enseiyngis ; and demeth also among mi5ti men. 
 
 19 A brother that is helpid of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee ; 
 
 20 and domes den as the barris of citees. A mannus wombe 
 schal be fillid of the fruit of his mouth ; and the seedis of 
 
 2 1 hise lippis schulen fille hym. Deth and \i]( 5cn in the werkis 
 of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof. 
 
 22 He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; 
 and of the Lord he schal drawc vp myrthe. He that puttith 
 a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing ; but he 
 
 2.', that holdith auowtressc, is a fool and vnwijs. A pore man 
 schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke 
 
232 PROVERBS, XIX. 
 
 24 sterneli. A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a 
 frend, than a brothir. 
 
 Cap. XIX. 
 
 1 Betere is a pore man, that goith in his simplenesse, than 
 
 2 a riche man bitynge hise lippis, and vnwijs. Where is not 
 kunnyng of the soule, is not good; and he that is hasti, 
 
 3 in feet hirtith. The foli of a man disseyueth hise steppis ; 
 
 4 and he brenneth in his soule a^ens God. Richessis en- 
 creessen ful many freendis ; forsothe also thei ben departid 
 
 5 fro a pore man, whiche he hadde. A fals witnesse schal 
 not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal 
 
 6 not ascape. Many men onouren the persoone of a my^ti 
 
 7 man ; and ben frendis of hym that deelith ^iftis. The 
 britheren of a pore man haten hym ; ferthermore and the 
 freendis ^eden awei fer fro hym. He that sueth wordis 
 
 8 oonli, schal haue no thing ; but he that holdith stabli the 
 mynde, loueth his soule, and the kepere of prudence schal 
 
 9 fynde goodis. A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid ; 
 
 10 and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische. Delices bi- 
 comen not a fool; nether it bicometh a seruaunt to be lord 
 
 11 of princes. The teching of a man is knowun bi pacience ; 
 
 12 and his glorie is to passe ouere wickid thingis. As the 
 gnasting of a lioun, so and the ire of the king; and as 
 
 i3deewe on eerbe, so and the gladnesse of the kyng. The 
 sorewe of the fadir is a fonned sone ; and roofes droppynge 
 
 i4Contynueli is a womman ful of chiding. Housis and riches- 
 sis ben 50uun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is 
 
 ic^'^ouufi propirli of the Lord. Slouth bringith in sleep; and 
 
 16 a negligent soule schal haue hungur. He that kepith the 
 comaundement of God, kepith his soule ; but he that chargith 
 
 1 7 not his weie, schal be slayn. He that hath mercy on a pore 
 man, leeneth to the Lord; and he schal 5elde his while to 
 
PROVERBS, XX. 233 
 
 iSliym. Teche thi sone, and dispeire thou not; but sette thou 
 
 19 not thi soule to the sleyng of hym. Forsothe he that is 
 vnpacient, schal suffre harm ; and whanne he hath rauyschid, 
 
 20 he schal leie to anothir thing. Here thou counsel, and take 
 
 21 thou doctryn; that thou be \vijs in thi laste thingis. Many 
 thou^tis den in the herte of a man ; but the wille of the 
 
 22 Lord schal dwelle. A nedi man is merciful; and betere 
 
 23 z's a pore iust man, than a man Here. The drede of the 
 Lord ledif/i to lijf of blis; and he /Aa/ dredith God schal 
 
 24 dwelle in plentee, with-outen visityng of the worste. A slow 
 man hidith his bond vndur the armpit ; and putteth it not 
 
 25 to his mouth. Whanne a man ful of pestilence is betun, 
 a fool schal be wisere. If thou blamist a wijs man, he schal 
 
 26 vndurstonde techyng. He that turmentith the fadir, and 
 fleeth fro the modir, schal be ful of yuel fame, and schal 
 
 2-] be cursid. Sone, ceesse thou not to here techyng; and 
 
 28 knowe thou the wordis of kunnyng. A wickid witnesse 
 scorneth doom ; and the mouth of vnpitouse men deuourith 
 
 29 wickidnesse. Domes ben maad redi to scorneris ; and 
 hameris smytynge beti maad redi to the bodies of foolis. 
 
 Cap. XX. 
 
 T WiYN is a letcherouse thing, and drunkenesse is ful of 
 
 2 noise ; who euere delitith in these, schal not be wijs. As 
 the roryng of a lioun, so and the drede of the kyng ; he that 
 
 3 territh hym to ire, synneth a^ens his owne lijf. It is onour 
 to a man that departith hym silf fro stryuyngis ; but fonncd 
 
 4 men ben medlid with dispisyngis. A slow man nolde ere for 
 coold ; therfor he schal begge in somer, and me schal not 
 
 5 5yue to hym. As deep watir, so counsel is in the hcrte of 
 
 6 a man ; but a wijs man schal drawe it out. INIany men ben 
 
 7 clepid merciful ; but who schal f)nde a feithful man ? For- 
 
234 PROVERBS, XX. 
 
 sothe a iust man that goith in his simplenesse, schal leeue 
 
 8 blessid sones aftir hym. A king that sittith in the seete of 
 
 9 doom, distrieth al yuel bi his lokyng. Who may seie, Myn 
 
 10 herte is clene ; Y am clene of synne ? A wei^te and a 
 wei^te, a mesure and a mesure, euer eithir is abhomynable at 
 
 1 1 God. A child is vndurstondun bi hise studies, yf his werkis 
 
 12 ben ri^tful and cleene. An eere heringe, and an i5e seynge, 
 
 13 God made euere eithir. Nyle thou loue sleep, lest nedynesse 
 oppresse thee ; opene thin i3en, and be thou fillid with 
 
 i4looues. Ech biere seith. It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne 
 15 he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie. Gold, and 
 
 the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, den the 
 i6lippis of kunnyng. Take thou awei the cloth of hym, that 
 
 was borewe of an othere man ; and for straungeris take 
 
 17 thou awei a wed fro hym. The breed of a leesing is sweet 
 to a man ; and aftirward his mouth schal be fillid with 
 
 18 rikenyng. Thou^tis ben maad strong bi counselis ; and 
 
 19 bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals. Be thou not medlid 
 with him that schewith pryuetees, and goith gylefulli, and 
 
 20 alargith hise lippis. The li3t of hym that cursith his fadir 
 and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis. 
 
 21 Eritage to which me haastith in the bigynnyng, schal wante 
 
 22 blessing in the laste /j'?7ie. Seie thou not, I schal ^elde yuel 
 for yuel ; abide thou the Lord, and he schal delyuere thee. 
 
 23 Abhomynacioun at God is wei5te and wei5te; a gileful 
 
 24 balaunce is not good. The steppis of man ben dressid of 
 the Lord ; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie ? 
 
 25 Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to 
 26withdrawe the vowis. A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; 
 27 and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem. The lanterne 
 
 of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the 
 28priuetees of the wombe. Merci and treuthe kepen a kyng; 
 29 and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse. The ful out 
 
PROVERBS, XXI. 235 
 
 ioiyng of 5onge men is the strengthe of hem ; and the 
 30 dignyte of elde men is hoornesse. The wannesse of wounde 
 schal wipe aweie yuels, and woundis in the priuyere thingis 
 of the wombe. 
 
 Cap. XXI. 
 
 1 As departyngis of watris, so the hertc of the kyng is in tlie 
 power of the Lord ; whidur euer he wole, he schal bowe it. 
 
 2 Ech weye of a man semeth ri5tful to hym silf; but the Lord 
 
 3 peisith the hertis. To do merci and doom, plesith more the 
 
 4 Lord, than sacrifices doen. Enhaunsyng of i^en is alargyng 
 
 5 of the herte ; the lanterne of wickid men is synne. The 
 thou^tis of a stronge man den euere in abundaunce ; but ech 
 
 6 slow man is euere in nedynesse. He that gaderith tresours 
 bi the tunge of a leesing, is veyne, and with-outen herte ; 
 
 7 and he schal be hurtlid to the snaris of deth. The raueyns 
 of vnpitouse men schulen drawe hem doun ; for thei nolden 
 
 8 do doom. The weiward weie of a man is alien fro God ; 
 
 9 but the werk of hym that is cleene, is ri3tful. It is betere to 
 sitte in the corner of an hous with-oute roof, than with a 
 
 lowomman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous. The soule 
 of an vnpitouse man desirith yuel ; he schal not haue merci 
 
 11 on his nei3bore. Whanne a man ful of pestilence is 
 punyschid, a litil man of ivit schal be the v.isere ; and if he 
 
 12 sueth a wijs man, he schal take kunnyng. A iust man of 
 the hous of a wickid man thenkith, to withdrawe wickid men 
 
 13 fro yuel. He that stoppith his eere at the cry of a pore 
 
 14 man, schal crye also, and schal not be herd. A ^ift hid 
 quenchith chidyngis ; and a ^ift in bosum quenchith the 
 
 15 moost indignacioun. It is ioye to a iust man to make 
 doom ; and it is drede to hem that worchcn wickidnesse. 
 
 16 A man that errilh fro the weie of doctryn, schal dwelle in the 
 i7cumpany of giauntis. He that loueth metis, schal be in 
 
236 PROVERBS, XXII, 
 
 nedynesse ; he that loueth wiyn and fatte thingis, schal not 
 
 18 be maad riche. An unpitouse man schal be ^ouun for a iust 
 
 19 man ; and a wickid man schal be ^omm for a ri^tful man. It 
 is betere to dwelle in a desert lond, than with a womman ful 
 
 20 of chidyng, and wrathful. Desirable tresoure and oile is in 
 the dwelling places of a iust man ; and an vnprudent man 
 
 21 schal distrie it. He that sueth ri5tfulnesse and mercy, schal 
 
 22 fynde lijf and glorie. A wijs man stiede in to the citee of 
 2 3Stronge men, and distriede the strengthe of trist therof. He 
 
 that kepith his mouth and his tunge, kepith his soule from 
 
 24 angwischis. A proude man and boosteere is clepid a fool, 
 
 25 that worchith pride in ire. Desiris sleen a slow man ; for 
 
 26 hise hondis nolden worche ony thing. Al dai he coueitith 
 and desirith ; but he that is a iust man, schal 5yue, and schal 
 
 27 not ceesse. The offringis of wickid men, that ben offrid of 
 
 28 greet trespas, hen abhomynable. A fals witnesse schal 
 
 29 perische ; a man obedient schal speke victorie. A wickid 
 man makith sad his cheer vnschamefastli ; but he that is 
 
 ^ori^tful, amendith his weie. No wisdom is, no prudence is, 
 31 no counsel is a^ens the Lord. An hors is maad redi to the 
 dai of batel ; but the Lord schal ^yue helthe. 
 
 Cap. XXII. 
 
 1 Betere is a good name, than many richessis ; for good 
 
 2 grace is aboue siluer and gold. A riche man and a 
 pore man metten hem silf; the Lord is worchere of euer 
 
 3 eithir. A felle man seeth yuel, and hidith him silf ; and an 
 
 4 innocent man passid, and he was turmentid bi harm. The 
 ende of temperaunce is the drede of the Lord ; richessis, and 
 
 5 glorye, and lijf. Armuris and swerdis heji in the weie of 
 a weiward man ; but the kepere of his soule goith awei fer 
 
 6 fro tho. It is a prouerbe, A 50ng wexynge man bisidis his 
 
PROVERBS, XXII. 237 
 
 weie, and whanne he hath wexe elde, he schal not go awei 
 7 fro it. A riche man comaundith to pore men; and he that 
 Stakith borewyng, is the seruaunt of the leenere. He that 
 
 sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels ; and the jerde of his yre 
 9 schal be endid. He that is redi to merci, schal be blessid ; 
 
 for of his looues he ^af to a pore man. He that ^yueth 
 
 ^iftis, schal gete victorie and onour ; forsothe he takith awei 
 TO the soule of the takeris. Caste thou out a scornere, and 
 
 strijf schal go out with hym ; and causis and dispisyngis 
 1 1 schulen ceesse. He that loueth the clennesse of herte, schal 
 i2haue the kyng a freend, for the grace of hise lippis. The 
 
 i5en of the Lord kepen kunnyng ; and the wordis of a 
 13 wickid man ben disseyued. A slow man schal seie, A lioun 
 
 is withoutforth ; Y schal be slayn in the myddis of the 
 i4Stretis. The mouth of an alien womman is a deep diche; he 
 15 to whom the Lord is wrooth, schal falle in to it. Foli is 
 
 boundun togidere in the herte of a child ; and a 5erde of 
 i6chastisyng schal dryue it awey. He that falsli chalengith 
 
 a pore man, to encreesse hise owne richessis, schal ^yue to 
 
 17 a richere man, and schal be nedi. My sone, bo we doun thin 
 eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men ; but sette thou 
 
 18 the herte to my techy ng. That schal be fair to thee, whanne 
 thou hast kept it in thin herte, and it schal flowe a^en in thi 
 
 19 lippis. That thi trist be in the Lord ; wherfor and Y haue 
 
 20 schewid it to thee to-dai. Lo ! Y haue discryued it in thre 
 
 21 maneres, in thoujtis and kunnyng, that Y schulde schewe to 
 thee the sadnesse and spechis of trewthe ; to answere of 
 
 22 these thingis to hem, that senten thee. Do thou not violence 
 to a pore man, for he is pore ; nethir defoule thou a nedi 
 
 23 man in the 3ate. For the Lord schal deme his cause, and 
 
 24 he schal turmente hem, that turmcntiden his soule. Nyle 
 thou be freend to a wrathful man, nether go thou with a 
 
 25 wood man; lest perauenturc thou Icrne hise weies, and take 
 
238 PROVERBS, XXIII. 
 
 26 sclaundir to thi soule. Nyle thou be with hem that oblischen 
 
 27 her hondis, and that proferen hem silf borewis for dettis ; for 
 if he hath not wherof he schal restore, what of cause is, that 
 
 28 thou take awei hilyng fro thi bed ? Go thou not ouer the 
 
 29 elde markis, whiche thi faders han set. Thou hast seyn a 
 man smert in his werk ; he schal stonde bifore kyngis, and 
 he schal not be bifor vnnoble men. 
 
 Cap. XXIII. 
 
 1 Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou 
 
 2 diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face, and sette thou 
 a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou -hast power on, 
 
 3 thi soule, desire thou not of his metis, in whom is the breed 
 
 4 of a leesing. Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette 
 
 5 thou mesure to thi prudence. Reise not thin i3en to richessis, 
 whiche thou maist not haue ; for tho schulen make to hem 
 silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene. 
 
 6 Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise 
 
 7 metis ; for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a 
 coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal 
 seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke ; and his soule is not with 
 
 8 thee. Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast 
 
 9 ete ; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis. Speke thou not 
 in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the 
 
 loteching of thi speche. Touche thou not the termes of litle 
 
 children ; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and 
 
 iimodirles children. For the nei3bore of hem is strong, and 
 
 12 he schal deme her cause a^ens thee. Thin herte entre to 
 techyng, and thin eeris 5e redi to the wordis of kunnyng. 
 
 13 Nile thou withdrawe chastisyng fro a child; for thou^ thou 
 i4smyte hym with a ^erde, he schal not die. Thou schalt 
 
 smyte hym with a 3erde, and thou schalt delyuere his soule 
 
PJHO VERBS, XXIII. 239 
 
 15 fro helle. Mi sone, if tbi soule is wijs, myn herte schal haue 
 i6ioye with thee; and my reynes schulen make ful out ioye, 
 ijwhanne thi lippis speken ri^tful thing. Thin herle sue not 
 
 18 synneris ; but be thou in the drede of the Lord al dai. For 
 thou schalt haue hope at the laste, and thin abidyng schal 
 
 19 not be don awei. IMi sone, here thou, and be thou wijs, and 
 
 20 dresse thi soule in the weie. Nyle thou be in the feestis of 
 drinkeris, nether in the ofte etyngis of hem, that bryngen 
 
 21 togidere fleischis to ete. For men 5yuynge tent to drinkis, 
 and 5yuyng mussels togidere, schulen be waastid, and napp- 
 
 22 ing schal be clothid with clothis. Here thi fadir, that 
 gendride thee ; and dispise not thi modir, whanne sche is 
 
 23 eld. Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and 
 
 24 doctryn, and vndurstonding. The fadir of a iust man ioieth 
 ful out with ioie ; he that gendride a wijs man, schal be glad 
 
 25 in hym. Thi fadir and thi modir haue ioye, and he that 
 
 26 gendride thee, make ful out ioye. I\Iy sone, ^yue thin herte 
 
 27 to me, and thin i3en kepe my weyes. For an hoore is a 
 
 28 deep diche, and an alien ivoinman is a streit pit. Sche settith 
 aspie in the weie, as a theef ; and sche schal sle hem, whiche 
 
 29 sche schal se vnwar. To whom is wo .'' to whos fadir is 
 wo ? to whom hen chidingis ,? to whom hen dichis .'' to 
 whom ben woundis wilh-out cause ? to whom is puttyng out 
 
 30 of i5en .^ Whether not to hem, that dwellen in wyn, and 
 .sistudien to drynke al of cuppis ? Biholde thou not wyn, 
 
 whanne it sparclith, whanne the colour therof schyneth in 
 12 a ver. It entrith swetli, but at the laste it schal bite as an 
 
 eddre doith, and as a cocatrice it schal schcde abrood venyms. 
 3.^ Thin i^en schulen se straunge wymmen, and thi herte schal 
 34 speke weiwerd thingis. And thou schalt be as a man 
 
 slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, 
 .:?5 whanne the steere is lost. And thou schalt scie, Thei beeten 
 
 me, but Y hadde not sorewe ; thei drowcn me, and Y feelide 
 
240 PROVERBS, XXIV. 
 
 not ; whanne schal Y wake out, and Y schal fynde wynes 
 eft? 
 
 Cap. XXIV. 
 
 1 Sue thou not yuele men, desire thou not to be with hem. 
 
 2 For the soule of hem bithenkith raueyns, and her lippis speken 
 
 3 fraudis. An hous schal be bildid bi wisdom, and schal be 
 
 4 maad strong bi prudence. Celeris schulen be fillid in teching, 
 
 5 al riches preciouse and ful fair. A wijs man is strong, and a 
 
 6 lerned man is stalworth and mi^ti. For-whi batel is bigunnun 
 with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels 
 
 7 ben. Wisdom is h^ to a fool ; in the 3ate he schal not opene 
 
 8 his mouth. He that thenkith to do yuels, schal be clepid a 
 
 9 fool. The thou5te of a fool is synne ; and a bacbitere is 
 
 10 abhomynacioun of men. If thou that hast slide, dispeirist in 
 
 11 the dai of angwisch, thi strengthe schal be maad lesse. Dely- 
 uere thou hem, that ben led to deth ; and ceesse thou not 
 
 1 2 to delyuere hem, that ben drawun to deth. If thou seist, 
 Strengthis suffisen not ; he that is biholdere of the herte, vn- 
 dirstondith, and no thing disseyueth the kepere of thi soule, 
 
 13 and he schal jelde to a man bi hise werkis. Mi sone, ete thou 
 hony, for ii is good ; and an honycomb ful swete to thi throte. 
 
 14 So and the techyng of wisdom is good to thi soule ; and 
 whanne thou hast founde it, thou schalt haue hope in the 
 
 15 laste thingis, and t-hin hope schal not perische. Aspie thou 
 not, and seke not wickidnesse in the hous of a iust man, 
 
 16 nether waste thou his reste. For a iust man schal falle seuene 
 sithis ift the dai, and schal rise a5en ; but wickid men schulen 
 
 17 falle in to yuele. Whanne thin enemye fallith, haue thou not 
 iSioye; and thin herte haue not ful out ioiyng in his fal; lest 
 
 perauenture the Lord se, and it displese hym, and he take 
 
 19 awei his ire fro hym. Stryue thou not with the worste men, 
 
 20 nether sue thou wickid men. For whi yuele men han not 
 
PROVERBS, XXV. 24 1 
 
 hope of thingis to comynge, and the lanterne of wickid men 
 
 2 1 schal be quenchid. My sone, drede thou God, and the kyng ; 
 
 22 and be thou not medlid with bacbiteris. For her perdicioun 
 schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer 
 
 23 either ? Also these thingis /ha^ sueii ben to wise men. It is 
 
 24 not good to knowe a persoone in doom. Puplis schulen curse 
 hem, that seien to a wickid man, Thou art iust ; and lynagis 
 
 25 schulen holde hem abhomynable. Thei that repreuen mslli 
 synners, schulen be preisid ; and blessing schal come on hem. 
 
 2(), 27 He that answerith ri^tful wordis, schal kisse lippis. Make 
 redi thi werk with-outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, 
 
 2S that thou bilde thin hous aftirward. Be thou not a witnesse 
 with-out resonable cause a^ens thi nei^bore ; nether flatere 
 
 29 thou ony man with thi lippis. Seie thou not, As he dide to 
 me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal ^elde to ech man aftir 
 
 30 his werk. I passide bi the feeld of a slow man, and bi the 
 3ivyner of a fonned man; and, lo ! nettlis hadden fiUid al, 
 
 thornes hadden hilid the hi3ere part therof, and the wal of 
 
 32 stoonys with-out morter was distried. And whanne Y hadde 
 seyn this thing, Y settide in myn herte, and bi ensaumple Y 
 
 33 lernyde techyng. Hou longe slepist thou, slow man ? whanne 
 schalt thou ryse fro sleep } Sotheli thou schalt slepe a litil, 
 thou schalt nappe a Htil, thou schalt ioyne togidere the hondis 
 
 34 a litil, to take reste ; and thi nedynesse as a currour schal come 
 to thee, and thi beggerie as an armed man. 
 
 Cap. XXV. 
 
 1 Also these hen the Parablis of Salomon, whiche the men of 
 
 2 Ezechie, kyng of Juda, translatiden. The glorie of God is to 
 hele a word ; and the glorie of kyngis is to seke out a word. 
 
 3 Heuene aboue, and the erthe bynethe, and the herte of kyngis 
 
 4 is vnserchable. Do thou a-wei rust fro siluer, and a ful cleene 
 
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242 PROVERBS, XXV. 
 
 5 vessel schal go out. Do thou awei vnpite fro the cheer of the 
 kyng, and his trone schal be maad stidfast bi ri5tfulnesse. 
 
 6 Appere thou not gloriouse bifore the kyng, and stonde thou 
 
 7 not in the place of grete men. For it is betere, that it be seid 
 to thee, Stie thou hidur, than that thou be maad low bifore 
 
 8 the prince. Brynge thou not forth soone tho thingis in strijf, 
 whiche thin i3en sien ; lest aftiAvard thou maist not amende, 
 
 9 whanne thou hast maad thi frend vnhonest. Trete thi cause 
 with thi frend, and schewe thou not priuyte to a straunge 
 
 ic man ; lest perauenture he haue ioye of thi fal, whanne he hath 
 herde, and ceesse not to do schenschipe to thee. Grace and 
 frenschip delyueren, whiche kepe thou to thee, that thou be 
 
 1 1 not maad repreuable. A goldun pomel in beddis of siluer is 
 
 12 ke, that spekith a word in his time. A goldun eere-ryng, and 
 a schinynge peerle is /le, that repreueth a wijs man, and an 
 
 13 eere obeiynge. As the coold of snow in the dai of heruest, so 
 a feithful messanger to hym that sente thilke ?7iessa7iger, lusMih 
 
 14 his soule to haue reste. A cloude and wind, and reyn not- 
 
 15 suynge, zs a gloriouse man, and not fillynge biheestis. A 
 prince schal be maad soft bi pacience ; and a soft tunge schal 
 
 16 breke hardnesse. Thou hast founde hony, ete thou that that 
 suffisith to thee ; lest perauenture thou be fillid, and brake it 
 
 17 out. Withdrawe thi foot fro the hous of thi nei5bore ; lest 
 
 18 sum tyme he be fillid, and hate thee. A dart, and a swerd, 
 and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing a5ens 
 
 19 his nei3bore. A rotun tooth, and a feynt foot zs he, that hopith 
 
 20 on an vnfeithful man in the dai of angwisch, and leesith his 
 mentil in the dai of coold. Vynegre in a vessel of salt zs he, 
 that singith Bongis to the worste herte. As a mou^te Jtoz'e//i a 
 cloth, and a worm noieth a tree, so the sorewe of a man noieth 
 
 21 the herte. If thin enemy hungrith, feede thou him; if he 
 
 22 thirstith, 5yue thou watir to hym to drinke ; for thou schalt 
 gadere togidere coolis on his heed ; and the Lord schal ^elde 
 
PROVERBS, XXVI. 243 
 
 23 to thee. The north wind scatereth reynes ; and a sorewful 
 
 ;rf face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge. It is betere to sitte in the 
 
 corner of an hous without roof, than with a womman ful of 
 
 if chidyng, and in a comyn lions. Coold watir to a thirsti man ; 
 
 26 and a good messanger fro a fer lond. A welle disturblid with 
 foot, and a veyne brokun, a iust man fallinge bifore a wickid 
 
 27 man. As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony ; so 
 he that is a serchere of maieste, schal be put doun fro glorie. 
 
 2S As a citee opyn, and with-out cumpas of wallis; so is a man 
 that mai not refreyne his spirit in speking. 
 
 Cap. XXVI. 
 
 1 As snow in somer, and reyn in heruest ; so glorie is vn- 
 
 2 semeli to a fool. For-whi as a brid fliynge ouer to hi^ thingis, 
 and a sparowe goynge in to vncerteyn ; so cursing brou5t 
 forth with-out resonable cause schal come aboue in to sum 
 
 3 man. Beting to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse ; and a 
 
 4 ^erde in the bak of vnprudent men. Answere thou not to a 
 
 5 fool hi his foli, lest thou be maad lijk hym. Answere thou 
 
 6 a fool bi his fooli, lest he seme to him silf to be wijs. An 
 haltinge man in feet, and drinkinge wickidnesse, he that sendith 
 
 7 wordis by a fonned messanger. As an haldnge man hath faire 
 leggis in veyn ; so a parable is vnsemeli in the mouth of foolis. 
 
 8 As he that casteth a stoon in to an heep of mercuric ; so he 
 
 9 that 5yueth onour to an vnwijs man. As if a thorn growith in 
 the hond of a drunkun man ; so a parable in the mouth of 
 
 JO foolis. Doom determyneth causis ; and he that settith silence 
 i 1 to a fool, swagith iris. As a dogge that turneth a5en to his 
 spuyng ; so is an vnprudent man, that rehcrsilh his fooli. 
 12 Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnknnnyng 
 i.;;man schal haue hope more than he. A slow man seilh, A 
 j4lioun is in the wcic, a liounnesse is in the foot-pathis. As a 
 
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244 PROVERBS, XXVII. 
 
 15 dore is turned in his hengis; so a slow man in his bed. A 
 slow man hidith hise hondis vndur his armpit; and he trauel- 
 
 16 ith, if he tm-neth tho to his mouth. A slow man semeth wysere 
 
 1 7 to hym silf, than seuene men spekynge sentensis™ As he that 
 takith a dogge bi the eeris ; so he that passith, and is vn- 
 
 18 pacient, and is meddlid with the chiding of anothir man. 
 
 19 As he is gilti, that sendith speris and arowis in to deth ; so a 
 man that anoieth gilefuli his frend, and whanne he is takun, 
 
 20 he schal seie, Y dide pleiynge. Whanne trees fallen, the fier 
 schal be quenchid; and whanne a priuy bacbitere is with- 
 
 2idrawun, stryues resten. As deed coolis at quia coolis, and 
 
 22 trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis. The 
 wordis of a pryuei bacbitere ben as symple ; and tho comen 
 
 23 til to the ynneste thingis of the herte. As if thou wolt ourne 
 a vessel of erthe with foul siluer ; so ben bolnynge lippis felous- 
 
 24 chipid with the werste herte. An enemy is vndirstondun bi 
 
 25 hise lippis, whanne he tretith giles in the herte. Whanne he 
 makith low his vois, bileue thou not to hym; for seuene 
 
 26 wickidnessis ben in his herte. The malice of hym that hilith 
 2 7hatrede gilefuli, schal be schewid in a counsel. He that 
 
 delueth a diche, schal falle in to it ; and if a man walewith a 
 28 stoon, it schal turne a3en to hym. A fals tunge loueth not 
 treuth ; and a slidir mouth worchith fallyngis. 
 
 Cap. XXVII. 
 
 1 Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, not knowynge what 
 
 2 thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth. Another man, 
 and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi 
 
 3 lippis preise thee. A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse ; 
 
 4 but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir. Ire hath no 
 merci, and woodnesse brekynge out hath no ifierd; and who 
 
 5 mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid ? Betere is opyn 
 
PROVERBS, XXVII. 245 
 
 6 repreuyng, than loue hid. Betere ben the woundis of hym 
 
 7 that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith. A 
 man fiUid schal dispise an hony-coomb ; but an hungri man 
 
 8 schal take, ^he, bittir thing for swete. As a brid passinge 
 
 9 Quer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place. The 
 herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours ; and a soule 
 
 10 is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend. Forsake 
 thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir ; and entre thou 
 not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. 
 
 1 1 Betere is a nei5bore ny^, than a brothir afer. Mi sone, studie 
 thou a-boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte ; that 
 
 12 thou maist answere a word to a dispisere. A fel man seynge 
 yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden 
 
 13 harmes. Take thou awei his clooth, that bihi3te for a 
 straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien 
 
 14 man. He that blessith his nei3bore with greet vois; and 
 I-: risith bi ni3t, schal be lijk hym that cursith. Roouys drop- 
 
 pynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben 
 i^ comparisond. He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith 
 lywynd; and auoidith the oile of his ri5t hond. Yrun is 
 
 whettid bi irun ; and a man whettith the face of his frend. 
 
 18 He that kepith a fige-tre, schal ete the fruyts therof; and he 
 
 19 that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified. As the cheris 
 of men biholdinge schynen in watris ; so the hertis of men 
 
 20 ben opyn to prudent men. Helle and perdicioun schulen 
 
 21 not be fillid ; so and the i3en of men moun not be fillid. As 
 siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold is preticd in 
 a furneys ; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. 
 The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a ri^tful 
 
 22 herte sekith out kunnyng. Thou^ thou beetist a fool in a 
 morter, as with a. pestel smytynge aboue dried barli ; his foli 
 
 23 schal not be don awei fro him. Knowe thou diligentli the 
 2 4cheere of thi beeste ; and biholde thou thi flockis. For thou 
 
246 PROVERBS, XXVIII. 
 
 schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be 
 25 50uun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun. Medew- 
 
 is ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden ; and hey is 
 2 6gaderid fro hillis. Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be 
 27 to the prijs of feeld. The mylke of geete suffice to thee for 
 
 thi meetis ; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to 
 
 hjflode to thin handmaidis. 
 
 Cap. XXVIII. 
 
 1 A wiCKiD man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth ; but 
 a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with-out ferd- 
 
 2 fulnesse. For the synnes of the lond be7i many princis 
 therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng 
 of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal 
 
 3 be lengere. A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, 
 
 4 is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi. Thei 
 that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man ; thei that kepen 
 
 5 the lawe, ben kyndhd a^ens hym. Wickid men thenken not 
 doom ; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis. 
 
 6 Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche 
 
 7 man in schrewid weies. He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs 
 
 8 sone ; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir. He 
 that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, 
 
 9 gaderith tho togidere a^ens pore men. His preyer schal be 
 maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere ; that he here not 
 
 10 the lawe. He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, 
 schal falle in his perisching ; and iuste men schulen welde 
 
 iihise goodis. A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but 
 
 T2apore man prudent schal serche him. In enhaunsing of 
 iust men is miche glorie ; whanne wickid men regnen, fall- 
 
 i3yngis of men ben. He that hidith hise .grete trespassis, 
 schal not be maad ri5tful ; but he that knoulechith and 
 
 14 forsakith tho, schal gete merci. Blessid is the man, which is 
 
PROVERBS, XXIX. 247 
 
 euere dredeful ; but he that is harde of soule, schal falle in to 
 15 yuel. A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid 
 i6 prince on a pore puple. A duyk nedi of prudence schal 
 
 oppresse many men bi fals chalenge ; but the daies of hym 
 17 that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe. No man sus- 
 
 teyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he 
 iSfleeth til to the lake. He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; 
 
 19 he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys. He 
 that worchith his lond, schal be fillid ^vith looues ; he that 
 
 20 sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse. A feithful 
 man schal be preisid myche ; but he that hastith to be maad 
 
 21 riche, schal not be innocent. He ihat knowith a face in 
 doom, doith not wel ; this man forsakith treuthe, ^he, for 
 
 22 a mussel of breed. A man that hastith to be maad riche, 
 and hath enuye to othere men ; woot not that nedinesse 
 
 23 schal come on hym. He that repreueth a man, schal fynde 
 grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi 
 
 24 flateryngis of tunge. He that withdrawith ony thing fro his 
 fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, 
 
 25 is parcener of a manquellere. He that auauntith hym silf, 
 and alargith, reisith stryues ; but he that hopith in the Lord, 
 
 26 schal be sauyd. He that tristith in his herte, is a fool ; 
 
 27 but he that goith wiseli, schal be preysid. He that ^yueth to 
 a pore man, schal not be nedi ; he that dispisith a pore maji 
 
 28 bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse. Whanne vnpitouse men 
 risen, men schulen be hid ; whanne tho vnpitouse men han 
 perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied. 
 
 Cap. XXIX. 
 
 1 SoDEYN perischyng schal come on that man, that with hard 
 
 2 nol dispisith a blamere ; and helth schal not sue hym. The 
 comynalte schal be glad in the multipliyng of iust men ; 
 
248 PROVERBS, XXIX, 
 
 whanne wickid men han take prinshod, the puple schal 
 3weyle. A man that loueth wisdom, makith glad his fadir ; 
 
 4 but he that nurschith an hoore, schal leese catel. A iust 
 kins: reisith the lond: an auerouse man schal destrie it. 
 
 5 A man that spekith bi flaterynge and feyned wordis to his 
 
 6 frend ; spredith abrood a net to hise steppis. A snare schal 
 wlappe a wickid man doynge synne ; and a iust man schal 
 
 7 preise, and schal make ioye. A iust man knowith the cause 
 
 8 of pore men ; an vnpitouse man knowith not kunnyng. Men 
 ful of pestilence distryen a citee ; but wise men turnen awei 
 
 9 woodnesse. If a wijs man stryueth with a fool ; whether he 
 
 10 be wrooth, ether he lei^ith, he schal not fynde reste. Men- 
 quelleris haten a simple man; but iust men seken his soule. 
 
 1 1 A fool bringith forth al his spirit ; a wise man dilaieth, and 
 
 1 2 reserueth in to tyme comynge afterward. A prince that 
 herith wilfuli the wordis of a leesyng; schal haue alle 
 
 i3mynystris vnfeithful. A pore man and a leenere metten 
 
 14 hem silf; the Lord is li^tnere of euer ethir. If a kyng 
 demeth pore men in treuthe; his trone schal be maad stid- 
 
 15 fast with-outen ende. A 5erde and chastisyng schal ^yue 
 wisdom ; but a child, which is left to his wille, schendith his 
 
 i6modir. Grete trespassis schulen be multiplied in the mul- 
 tipliyng of wickid men ; and iust men schulen se the fallyngis 
 
 1 7 of hem. Teche thi sone, and he schal coumforte thee; and 
 
 18 he schal ^yue delicis to thi soule. Whanne prophesie faylith, 
 the puple schal be distried ; but he that kepith the lawe, is 
 
 igblessid. A seruaunt may not be tau^t bi wordis; for he 
 vndirstondith that that thou seist, and dispisith for to an- 
 
 20 swere. Thou hast seyn a man swift to speke ; foli schal be 
 
 2 1 hopid more than his amendyng. He that nurschith his ser- 
 uaunt delicatli fro childhod ; schal fynde hym rebel afdr- 
 
 22 ward. A wrathful man territh chidingis ; and he that is li3t 
 to haue indignacioun, schal be more enclynaunt to synnes. 
 
PRO VERBS J XXX, 249 
 
 23 Lownesse sueth a proude man ; and glorie schal vp take 
 
 24 a meke man of spirit. He that takith part with a theef, 
 hatith his soule ; he herith a man chargynge greetli, and 
 
 25 schewith not. He that dredith a man, schal falle soon ; he 
 
 26 that hopith in the Lord, shal be reisid. Many men seken the 
 face of the prince ; and the doom of alle men schal go forth 
 
 27 of the Lord. lust men han abhomynacioun of a wickid man ; 
 and wickid men han abhomynacioun of hem, that ben in a 
 ri5tful weye. A sone kepynge a word, schal be out of per- 
 dicioun. 
 
 Cap. XXX. 
 
 1 The wordis of hym that gaderith, of the sone spuynge. 
 The prophesie which a man spak, with whom God was, and 
 which man was coumfortid bi God dwellyng with hym, and 
 
 2 seide, Y am the moost fool of men ; and the wisdom of men 
 sis not with me. Y lernede not wisdom; and Y knew not 
 
 4 the kunnyng of hooli men. Who stiede in to heuene, and 
 cam doun ? Who helde togidere the spirit in hise hondis ? 
 who bonde togidere watris as in a cloth .'* Who reiside alle 
 the endis of erthe ? What is name of hym ? and what is the 
 
 5 name of his sone, if thou knowist .'* Ech word of God js 
 
 6 a scheld set afiere, to alle that hopen in hym. Adde thou 
 not ony thing to the wordis of hym, and thou be repreued, 
 
 7 and be foundun a here. I preiede thee twei thingis ; denye 
 
 8 not thou to me, bifor that Y die. INIake thou fer fro me 
 vanyte and wordis of leesyng ; jyue thou not to me beggery 
 and richessis ; 5yue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode ; 
 
 9 lest perauenture Y be fillid, and be drawun to denye, and 
 seie, Who is the Lord .'' and lest Y compellid bi nedynesse, 
 
 10 stele, and forswere the name of my God. Accuse thou not 
 
 a seruaunt to his lord, lest perauenture he curse thee, and 
 
 ] 1 thou falle doun. A generacioun that cursith his fadir, and 
 
.250 PROVERBS, XXX. 
 
 12 that blessith not his modir. A generacioun that semeth 
 
 cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise 
 
 i3filthis. A generacioun whose i5en ben hi^, and the i5e- 
 
 i4liddis therof ben reisid in to hi^ thingis. A generacioun 
 
 that hath swerdis for teeth, and etith with hise wank-teeth ; 
 
 15 that it ete nedi men of erthe, and the porails of men. The 
 watir-leche hath twei dou^tris, seiynge, Brynge, bringe. 
 Thre thingis ben vnable to be fillid, and the fourthe, that 
 
 16 seith neuere, It suffisith ; helle, and the mouth of the 
 wombe, and the erthe which is neuere fillid with watir ; but 
 
 17 fier seith neuere, It suffisith. Crowis of the stronde picke 
 out thilke i^e, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the 
 child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete 
 
 18 that i^e. Thre thingis ben hard to me, and outirli Y knowe 
 
 19 not the fourthe thing ; the weye of an egle in heuene, the 
 weie of a serpent on a stoon, the weie of a schip in the 
 myddil of the see, and the weie of a man in 5ong wexynge 
 
 20 age. Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, w-hich 
 etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrou5te not yuel. 
 
 21 The erthe is moued bi thre thingis, and the fourthe thing, 
 
 22 whicli it may not susteyne ; bi a seruaunt, whanne he regneth ; 
 
 23 bi a fool, whanne he is fillid with mete; bi an hateful wom- 
 man, whanne sche is takun in matrymonye; and by an 
 
 24handmaide, whanne sche is eir of hir ladi. Foure ben the 
 
 leeste thingis of erthe, and tho ben wisere than wise men ; 
 
 25 amtis, a feble puple, that maken redi mete in heruest to hem 
 
 26silf; a hare, a puple vnmy5ti, that settith his bed in a stoon ; 
 
 27 a locust hath no kyng, and al goith out bi cumpanyes ; 
 
 28 an euete enforsith with hondis, and dwellith in the housis 
 
 29 of Idngis. Thre thingis ben, that goon wel, and the fourthe 
 ^ 30 thing, that goith richeli. A Houn, strongeste of beestis, schal 
 
 31 not drede at the meetyng of ony man ; a cok gird the leendis, 
 
 32 and a ram, and noon is that schal a^enstonde him. He that 
 
PROVERBS, XXXI. 25 1 
 
 apperith a fool, aftir that he is reisid an h\^ ; for if he hadcle 
 33 vndurstonde, he hadde sett hond on his mouth. Forsothe 
 he that thristith strongli teetis, to drawe out mylk, thristith 
 out botere; and he that smytith greetH, drawith out blood; 
 and he that stirith iris, bringith forth discordis. 
 
 Cap. XXXI. 
 
 1 The wordis of Lamuel, the king ; the visioun bi which 
 
 2 his modir tau3te hym. What my derlyng ? what the derl- 
 
 3 yng of my wombe ? what the derlyng of my desiris ? 3}'^^ 
 thou not thi catel to wymmen, and thi richessis to do awei 
 
 4kyngis. A! Lamuel, nyle thou 3iue wyn to kingis ; for no 
 
 5 pryuete is, where drunkenesse regneth. Lest perauenture 
 thei drynke, and for^ete domes, and chaunge the cause of 
 
 6 the sones of a pore man. 5yue ^e sidur to hem that 
 
 7 morenen, and w^yn to hem that ben of bitter soule. Drinke 
 thei, and for^ete thei her nedinesse ; and thenke thei no 
 
 8 more on her sorewe. Opene thi mouth for a doumb man, and 
 
 9 opene thi mouth for the causes of alle sones that passen 
 forth. Deme thou that that is iust, and deme thou a nedi 
 
 loman and a pore man. Who schal fynde a stronge wom- 
 
 1 1 man ? the prijs of her is fer, and fro the laste endis. The 
 herte of hir hosebond tristith in hir; and sche schal not 
 
 1 2 haue nede to spuylis. Sche schal ^elde to hym good, and 
 
 13 not yuel, in alle the dales of hir lijf. Sche sou3te wolle 
 14 and flex; and wrou3te bi the counsel of hir hondis. Sche 
 
 is maad as the schip of a marchaunt, that berith his breed 
 15 fro fer. And sche roos bi ny3t, and 3af prey to hir mcy- 
 i6neals, and metis to hir handmaidis. Sche bihelde a feeld, 
 
 ancl bou3te it; of the fruyt of hir hondis sche plauntide 
 
 17 a vyner. Sche girde hir leendis with strengthe, and made 
 
 18 strong hir arm. Sche taastide, and si3, that hir marchaundie 
 
2^2 ECCLESIASTES, I. 
 
 was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the ni^t. 
 
 19 Sche putte hir hondis to stronge thingis, and hir fyngris 
 
 20 token the spyndil. Sche openyde hir hond to a nedi man, 
 
 2 1 and stretchide forth hir hondis to a pore man. Sche schal 
 not drede for hir hous of the cooldis of snow; for alle hir 
 
 22 meyneals ben clothid with double clothis, Sche made to 
 
 23 hir a ray cloth; bijs and purpur is the cloth of hir. Hir 
 hosebonde is noble in the 5atis, whanne he sittith with the 
 
 24 senatours of erthe. Sche made lynnun cloth, and selde ; 
 
 25 and 5af a girdil to a Chananei. Strengthe and fairnesse 
 is the clothing of hir; and sche schal lei^e in the laste dai. 
 
 id Sche openyde hir mouth to wisdom ; and the lawe of merci 
 21 is in hir tunge. Sche bihelde the pathis of hir hous; and 
 
 28 sche eet not breed idili. Hir sones risiden, and prechiden 
 
 29 hir moost blessid ; hir hosebonde roos^ and preiside hir. Many 
 
 30 dou^tris gaderiden richessis ; thou passidist alle. Fair- 
 nesse is disseiuable grace, and veyn; thilke womman, that 
 
 31 dredith the Lord, schal be preisid. 37^^ 3^ ^0 ^i^ ^^ ^^^ 
 fruyt of hir hondis ; and hir werkis preise hir in the ^atis. 
 
 ECCLESIASTES. 
 
 Cap. I. 
 
 1 The wordis of Ecclesiastes, sone of Dauid, the kyng of 
 
 2 Jerusalem. The vanyte of vanytees, seide Ecclesiastes; the 
 
 3 vanyte of vanytees, and alle thingis hen vanite. What hath 
 a man more of alle his trauel, bi which he traueilith vndur 
 
 4 the sunne .? Generacioun passith awei, and generacioun 
 
 5 cometh ; but the erthe stondith with-outen ende. The 
 
ECCLESIASTES, I. 253 
 
 sunne risith, and goith doun, and turneth a5en to his place ; 
 
 6 and there it risith a^en, and cumpassith bi the south, and 
 turneth a3en to the north. The spirit cumpassynge alle 
 thingis goith in cumpas, and turneth a^en in to hise cerclis. 
 
 7 Alle floodis entren in to the see, and the see fletith not 
 ouer //le markis set of God ; the floodis turnen a^en to the 
 
 8 place fro whennus tho comen forth, that tho flowe eft. Alle 
 thingis ben hard ; a man may not declare tho thingis bi 
 word ; the i3e is not fillid bi si5t, nether the eere is fillid 
 
 9 bi hering. What is that thing that was, that that schal 
 come? What is that thing that is maad, that that schal 
 
 10 be maad? No thing vndir the sunne is newe, nether ony 
 man may seie, Lo ! this thing is newe ; for now it ^ede 
 
 1 1 bifore in worldis, that weren bifore vs. Mynde of the for- 
 mere thingis is not, but sotheli nether thenkyng of tho 
 thingis, that schulen come afterward, schal be at hem that 
 
 1 2 schulen come in the last tyme. I Ecclesiastes was king 
 
 13 of Israel in Jerusalem; and Y purposide in my soule to 
 seke and enserche wiseli of alle thingis, that ben maad 
 vndur the sunne. God 5af this werste ocupacioun to the 
 sones of men, that thei schulden be ocupied therynne. 
 
 14 I si3 alle thingis that ben maad vndur the sunne, and lo ! 
 
 15 alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of spirit. Weiward 
 men ben amendid of hard ; and the noumbre of foolis is 
 
 16 greet with-outen ende. I spak in myn herte, and Y seide, 
 Lo ! Y am made greet, and Y passide in wisdom alle men, 
 that weren bifore me in Jerusalem ; and my soule si3 many 
 
 1 7 thingis wiseli, and Y lernede. And Y 3af myn herte, that 
 Y schulde knowe prudence and doctryn, and errours and 
 foli. And Y knew that in these thingis also was trauel and 
 
 iSiurment of spirit; for in myche wisdom is myche indig- 
 nacioun, and he that encressith kunnyng, encreessith also 
 trauel. 
 
254 ECCLESIASTES, II. 
 
 Cap. II. 
 
 1 Therfor Y seide in myn herte, Y schal go, and Y schal 
 flowe in delicis, and Y schal vse goodis ; and Y si5 also 
 
 2 that this was vanyte. And lei3yng Y arrettide errour, and 
 
 3 Y seide to ioye, What art thou disseyued in veyn ? I thou5te 
 in myn herte to withdrawe my fleisch fro wyn, that Y schulde 
 lede ouer my soule to wisdom, and that Y schulde eschewe 
 foli, til Y schulde se, what were profitable to the sones of 
 men ; in which dede the noumbre of daies of her lijf vndur 
 
 4 the sunne is nedeful. Y magnefiede my werkis, Y bildide 
 
 5 housis to me, and Y plauntide vynes ; Y made ^erdis and 
 orcherdis, and Y settide tho with the trees of al kynde ; 
 
 6 and Y made cisternes of watris, for to watre the wode of 
 
 7 trees growynge. I hadde in possessioun seruauntis and 
 handmaidis ; and Y hadde myche meynee, and drones of 
 grete beestis, and grete flockis of scheep, ouer alle men 
 
 8 that weren bifore me in Jerusalem. Y gaderide togidere 
 to me siluer and gold, and the castels of kingis and of 
 prouyncis ; Y made to me syngeris and syngeressis, and 
 delicis of the sones of men, and cuppis and vessels in 
 
 9 seruyce, to helde out wynes ; and Y passide in richessis 
 alle men, that weren bifor me in Jerusalem. Also wisdom 
 
 lodwellide stabli with me, and alle thingis whiche myn i3en 
 desiriden, Y denyede not to hem; nether Y refreynede 
 myn herte, that ne it vside al lust, and delitide it silf in 
 these thingis whiche I hadde maad redi ; and Y demyde 
 
 1 1 this my part, if Y vside my trauel. And whanne Y hadde 
 turned me to alle werkis whiche myn hondys hadden maad, 
 and to the trauels in whiche Y hadde swet in veyn, Y si^ 
 in alle thingis vanyte and turment of the soule, and that 
 
 1 2 no thing vndir sunne dwellith stabli. I passide to biholde 
 wisdom, errours, and foli ; F seide, What is a man, that he 
 
ECCLESIASTES, II. 255 
 
 13 may sue the king, his maker? And Y si3, that wisdom 
 jede so mych bifor foli, as miche as li3t is dyuerse fro 
 
 i4derknessis. The i3en of a wijs man den in his heed, a fool 
 goith in derknessis ; and Y lernede, that o perisching was 
 
 15 of euer either. And Y seide in myn herte, If o deth schal 
 be bothe of the fool and of me, what profitith it to me, 
 that Y 5af more bisynesse to wisdom? And Y spak with 
 
 1 6 my soule, and perseyuede, that this also was vanyte. For 
 mynde of a wijs man schal not be, in lijk maner as nether 
 of a fool with-outen ende, and tymes to comynge schulen 
 hile alle thingis togidere with for5etyng ; a lerned man dieth 
 
 1 7 in lijk maner and an vnlerned man. And therfor it anoiede 
 me of my lijf, seynge that alle thingis vndur sunne ben 
 yuele, and that alle thingis dc'7i vanyte and turment of 
 
 1 S the spirit. Eft Y curside al my bisynesse, bi which Y 
 
 ]9trauelide moost studiousli vndur sunne, and Y schal haue 
 
 an eir after me, whom Y knowe not, whether he schal be 
 
 wijs ether a fool ; and he schal be lord in my trauels, for 
 
 whiche Y swatte greeth, and was bisi ; and is ony thing 
 
 20 so veyn ? Wherfor Y ceesside, and myn herte forsook for 
 
 J J to trauele ferthere vnder sunne. For-whi whanne another 
 
 man trauelith in wisdom, and techyng, and bisynesse, he 
 
 leeueth thingis getun to an idel man ; and therfor this is 
 
 22 vanyte, and greet yuel. For-whi what schal it profite to 
 a man of al his trauel, and turment of spirit, bi which he 
 
 23 was turmentid vndur sunne? Alle hise dales ben ful of 
 sorewis and meschefs, and bi n}'3t he restith not in soule ; 
 
 24 and whether this is not vanyte. Whether it is not belere 
 to ete and drynke, and to schewe to hise soule goodis of 
 
 25 hise trauels ? and this //u).'^ is of the hond of God. Who 
 schal deuoure so, and schal Howe in delicis, as Y di<k? 
 
 26 God $af wisdom, and kunnyng, and gladnesse to a good 
 man in his si5t ; but he 3af turment, and superflu bisynesse 
 
25^ ECCLESIASTES, III, 
 
 to a synnere, that he encreesse, and gadere togidere, and 
 5yue to hym that plesith God ; but also this is vanyte, and 
 veyn bisynesse of soule. 
 
 Cap. hi. 
 
 1 Alle thingis han tyme, and alle thingis vndur sunne 
 
 2 passen bi her spaces. Tyme of birthe, and time of diyng : 
 tyme to plaunte, and tyme to drawe vp that that is plauntid. 
 
 3 Tyme to sle, and tyme to make hool ; tyme to distrie, and 
 
 4 tyme to bilde. Tyme to wepe, and tyme to lei^e ; tyme to 
 
 5 biweile, and tyme to daunse. Tyme to scatere stoonys, and 
 tyme to gadere togidere; tyme to colle, and tyme to be fer 
 
 6 fro collyngis. Tyme to wynne, and tyme to leese ; tyme to 
 
 7 kepe, and tyme to caste awei. Tyme to kitte, and tyme to 
 
 8 sewe togidere ; tyme to be stille, and tyme to speke. Tyme 
 of loue, and tyme of hatrede ; tyme of batel, and tyme of 
 
 9, 10 pees. What hath a man more of his trauel.? I si3 the 
 turment, which God ^af to the sones of men, that thei be 
 
 1 1 occupied therynne. God made alle thingis good in her 
 tyme, and 3af the world to disputyng of hem, that a man 
 fynde not the werk which God hath wrou^t fro the bigynnyng 
 
 12 til in to the ende. And Y knew that no thing was betere /o 
 a man, no-but to be glad, and to do good tverkis in his lijf. 
 
 i3For-whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of 
 
 14 his trauel ; this is the 5ifte of God. I haue lerned that alle 
 werkis, whiche God maad, lasten stidfastli til in to with-outen 
 ende ; we moun not adde ony thing to tho, nether take awei 
 
 15 fro tho thingis, whiche God made, that he be dred. That 
 thing that is maad, dwellith perfiUi ; tho thingis that schulen 
 come, weren bifore; and God restorith that, that is goon. 
 
 16 1 si3 vndur sunne vnfeithfulnesse in the place of doom; and 
 
 17 wickidnesse in the place of ri3tfulnesse. And Y seide in 
 
 myn herte, The Lord schal deme a iust man, and an vnfeithful 
 
ECCLESIASTES, IV. 257 
 
 i8 man ; and the tyme of ech thing schal be thanne. I seide in 
 myn herte of the sones of men, that God schulde preue hem, 
 
 19 and schevve that thei ben lijk vnrcsonahh beestis. Therfor 
 oon is the perisching of man and of beestis, and euene con- 
 dicioun is of euer eithir; as a man dieth, so and tho beestis 
 dien; alle beestis brethen in lijk maner, and a man hath no 
 
 20 thing more than a beeste. Alle thingis ben suget to vanyte, 
 and alle thingis goen to o place ; tho ben maad of erthe, and 
 
 2 1 tho turnen a^en togidere in to erthe. Who knowith, if the 
 spirit of the sones of Adam stieth vpward, and if the spirit of 
 
 22 beestis goith dounward? And Y perseyuede that no thing is 
 betere, than that a man be glad in his werk, and that this be 
 his part ; for who schal brynge hym, that he knowe thingis 
 that schulen come after hym? 
 
 Cap. IV. 
 
 1 I TURNEDE me to othere thingis, and Y si3 fals chalengis, 
 that ben don vndur the sunne, and the teeris of innocentis, 
 and no man coumfortour ; and that thei forsakun of the help 
 
 2 of alle men, moun not a^enstonde the violence of hem. And 
 
 3 Y preiside more deed men than lyuynge men ; and Y demyde 
 hym, that was not borun ^it, and si3 not the yuels that ben 
 
 4 don vndur the sunne, to be blisfulere than euer eithir. Eft Y 
 bihelde alle the trauelis of men, and bisynesses ; and Y per- 
 seyuede that tho ben opyn to the enuye of nei^bore ; and 
 
 5 therfor in this is vanyte, and superflu bisynesse. A fool 
 foldith togidere hise hondis, and etith hise fleischis, and seith, 
 
 6 Betere is an handful with reste, than euer either hondful with 
 
 7 trauel and turment of soule. I bihelde and foond also 
 
 8 another vanytee vndir the sunne ; oon is, and he hath not 
 a secounde ; not a sone, not a brother ; and nethclcs he 
 ceesith not for to trauele, nether hise i3cn ben fillid wiih 
 
 s 
 
258 ECCLESIASTES, IV. 
 
 richessis ; nether he bithenkith, and seith, To whom trauele 
 
 Y, and disseyue my soule in goodis ? In this also is vanjte, 
 
 9 and the worste turment. Therfor it is betere, that tweyne 
 
 be togidere than con ; for thei han profite of her felouschipe. 
 
 10 If oon fallith doun, he schal be vndurset of the tothere ; wo 
 to hym that is aloone, for whanne he fallith, he hath noon 
 
 1 1 reisynge him. And if tweyne slepen, thei schuleji be nurschid 
 
 1 2 togidere ; hou schal oon be maad hoot } And if ony man 
 hath maistri a5ens oon, tweyne a3en-stonden hym ; a thre- 
 
 13 folde corde is brokun of hard. A pore man and wijs is 
 betere than an eld kyng and fool, that kan not bifore-se in to 
 
 i4tyme to comynge. For sum tyme a man goith out bothe fro 
 prysoun and chaynes to a rewme ; and anothir borun in to a 
 
 15 rewme is wastid bi nedynesse. I si^ alle men lyuynge that 
 goen vndur the sunne, with the secounde 5ong wexynge man, 
 
 16 that schal rise for hym. The noumbre of puple, of alle that 
 weren bifore hym, is greet with-outen mesure, and thei that 
 schulen come aftirward, schulen not be glad in hym; but 
 
 17 also this is vanyte and turment of the spirit. (V). Thou that 
 entrist in to the hous of God, kepe thi foot, and nei5e thou 
 for to here ; for-whi myche betere is obedience than the 
 
 1 sacrifices of foolis, that witen not what yuel thei don. Speke 
 thou not ony thing folily, nether thin herte be swift to brynge 
 forth a word bifore God ; for God is in heuene, and thou art 
 
 2 on erthe, therfor thi wordis be fewe. Dremes suen many 
 
 3 bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis. If 
 thou hast avowid ony thing to God, tarie thou not to ^elde ; 
 for an vnfeithful and fonned biheest displesith hym ; but 
 
 4 3elde thou what euer thing thou hast avowid ; and it is myche 
 betere to make not a vowe, than aftir a vowe to 5elde not 
 
 5 biheestis. 3yue thou not thi mouth, that thou make thi 
 fleisch to do synne ; nether seie thou bifor an aungel, No 
 puruyaunce is; lest perauenture the Lord be wrooth on thi 
 
ECCLESIASTES, V. 259 
 
 6 M^ordis, and distruye alle the werkis of thin hondis. Where 
 ben many dremes, den ful many vanytees, and wordis with- 
 
 7 out noumbre ; but drede thou God. If thou seest false 
 chalengis of nedi men, and violent domes, and that ri3tful- 
 nesse is distried in the prouynce, wondre thou not on this 
 doyng ; for another is hi3ere than an hi3 man, and also 
 
 8 othere men ben more hi3e aboue these men ; and ferlher- 
 more the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt. 
 
 Cap. V (V, con/i'nued). 
 
 9 An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei ; and he 
 that loueth richessis schal not take fruvtis of tho ; and ther- 
 
 10 for this zs vanyte. Where ben many richessis, also many 
 men den, that eten tho ; and what profitith it to the haldere, 
 
 1 1 no-but that he seeth richessis with hise i3en ? Slepe is 
 swete to hym that worchith, whether he etith litil ether 
 myche; but the fulnesse of a ryche man suffriih not hym 
 
 1 : to slepe. Also anothir sijknesse is ful yuel, which Y si3 
 
 vndur the sunne; richessis de?i kept in to the yuel of her 
 
 i-ilord. For thei perischen in the worste turment ; he gen- 
 
 i4dride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse. As he 
 
 3ede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne a3en ; 
 
 and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel. 
 
 15 Outirli z'/ IS a wretchid sijknesse; as he cam, so he schal 
 turne a3en. What therfor profitith it to hym, that he tra- 
 
 16 uelide in to the wynde .? In alle the dales of his lijf he eet 
 in derknessis, and in many bisinessis, and in nedynesse, and 
 
 1 7 sorewe. Therfor this semyde good to me, that a man ete, 
 and drynke, and vse gladnesse of his trauel, in which he 
 trauelide vndir the sunne, in the noumbre of dales of his 
 
 •s lijf, which God 3af to hym ; and this is his part. And to ech 
 man, to whom God 3af richessis, and catel, and 5 if power to 
 
 s 2 
 
■26o ECCLESIASTES, VI, 
 
 hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his 
 19 trauel ; this is the 5ifte of God. For he schal not bithenke 
 miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with 
 dehcis. 
 
 Cap. VL 
 
 1 Also another yuel is, which Y sij vndur the sunne; and 
 
 2 certis H is oft vsid anentis men. A man z>, to whom God 
 5af richessis, and catel, and onour ; and no thing failith to his 
 soule of alle thingis which he desirith ; and God ^yueth not 
 power to hym, that he ete therof, but a straunge man shal 
 
 3 deuoure it. This is vanyte, and a greet wretchidnesse. If 
 a man gendrith an hundrid fre sones, and lyueth many jeris, 
 and hath many daies of age, and his soule vsith not the 
 goodis of his catel, and wantith biriyng ; Y pronounce of 
 
 4 this man, that a deed borun child is betere than he. For he 
 comelh in veyn, and goith to derknessis ; and his name schal 
 
 5 be don awei bi for^etyng. He si^ not the sunne, nether 
 
 6 knew dyuersyte of good and of yuel ; also thou^ he lyueth 
 twei thousynde ^eeris, and vsith not goodis ; whether alle 
 
 7 thingis hasten not to o place ? Al the trauel of a man is 
 in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with 
 
 8 goodis. What hath a wijs man more than a fool .'' and what 
 
 9 hath a pore 7}ian, no but that he go thidur, where is lijf.? It 
 is betere to se that, that thou coueitist, than to desire that, 
 that thou knowist not ; but also this is vanyte, and presump- 
 
 ic cioun of spirit. The name of hym that schal come, is clepid 
 now, and it is knowun, that he is a man, and he mai not 
 
 1 1 stryue in doom a^ens a strongere than hym silf. Wordis 
 
 I ben ful manye, and han myche vanyte in dispuytinge. What 
 
 nede is it to a man to seke grettere thingis than hym silf; 
 
 sithen he knowith not, what schal bifalle to hym in his lijf, in 
 
 the noumbre of daies of his pilgrimage, and in the tyme that 
 
ECCLESIASTES, VII, 26 1 
 
 passith as schadowe? ether who may schewe to hym, what 
 thing vndur sunne schal come aftir hym ? 
 
 Cap. VII. 
 
 2 A GOOD name is betere than preciouse oynementis ; and 
 
 3 the dai of deth is beiere than the dai of birthe. It is betere 
 to go to the hous of morenyng, than to the hous of a feeste ; 
 for in that hous of moreiiyng the ende of alle men is monestid, 
 
 4 and a man lyuynge thenkith, what is to comynge. Yre is 
 betere than lei^yng ; for the soule of a trespassour is amendid 
 
 5 bi the heuynesse of cheer. The herte of w^ise men is where 
 
 6 sorewe is ; and the herte of fooHs is where gladnesse is. It 
 is betere to be repreued of a wijs man, than to be disseyued 
 
 7 bi the flateryng of foolis ; for as the sown of thornes 
 
 8 brennynge vndur a pot, so is the lei3yng of a fool. But also 
 this is vanyte. Fals chalenge disturblith a wijs man, and it 
 
 9 schal leese the strengthe of his herte. Forsothe the ende 
 of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is 
 
 10 betere than a proud man. Be thou not swift to be wrooth ; 
 
 1 1 for ire restith in the bosum of a fool. Seie thou not, What 
 gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere 
 
 I J than ben now? for-whi siche axyng is fonned. Forsothe 
 wisdom with richessis is more profitable, and profitith more 
 
 i.i to men seynge the sunne. For as wisdom defendlth, so 
 money defejidith ? but lernyng and w^isdom hath this more, 
 
 1 4 that tho 3yuen lijf to her weldere. Biholde thou the werkis 
 of God, that no man may amende hym, whom God hath 
 
 15 dispisid. In a good day vse thou goodis, and bifore eschewe 
 thou an yuel day ; for God made so this dai as that dai, that 
 
 16 a man fynde not iust playnyngis ajens hym. Also Y sij 
 these thingis in the dales of my natyuytc ; a iust man 
 perischith in his ri3tfulnesse, and a wickid man lyueth myche 
 
262 ECCLESIASTES, VI IT, 
 
 ijtyme in bis malice. Nyle thou be iust myche, nether vndur- 
 
 stonde thou more than is nedeful ; lest thou be astonyed. 
 
 iSDo thou not wickidli myche, and nyle thou be a fool; lest 
 
 19 thou die in a tyme not thin. It is good, that thou susteyne 
 a iust man; but also withdrawe thou not thin hond from 
 hym ; for he that dredith God, is not necligent of ony thing. 
 
 20 Wisdom hath coumfortid a wise man, ouer ten pryncis of 
 
 21 a citee. Forsothe no iust man is in erthe, that doith good, 
 
 22 and synneth not. But also 3yue thou not thin herte to alle 
 wordis, that ben seid ; lest perauenture thou here thi seruaunt 
 
 23 cursynge thee ; for thi conscience woot, that also thou hast 
 
 24 cursid ofte othere men. I asayede alle thingis in wisdom ; 
 Y seide, I schal be maad wijs, and it 5ede awei ferthere fro 
 
 25 me, myche more than it was ; and the depthe is hi^, who 
 
 26 schal fynde it .? I cumpasside alle thingis in my soule, to 
 kunne, and biholde, and seke wisdom and resoun, and to 
 knowe the wickidnesse of a fool, and the errour of vnprudent 
 
 27 men. And Y foond a womman bitterere than deth, which is 
 the snare of hunteris, and hir herte is a net, and hir hondis 
 ben boondis ; he that plesith God sch^l ascape hir, but he 
 
 28 that is a synnere, schal be takun of hir. Lo ! Y foond this, 
 seide Ecclesiastes, oon and other, that Y schulde fynde 
 
 29 resoun, which my soule sekith ^it; and Y foond not. I 
 foond o man of a thousynde ; Y foond not a womman of 
 
 30 alle. I foond this oonli, that God made a man ri5tful ; and 
 he medlide hym silf with questiouns with-out noumbre. 
 
 1 (VIII). Who is siche as a wijs man ? and who knovv^ith the 
 expownyng of a v/ord ? The wisdom of a man schyneth 
 in his cheer ; and the my^tieste schal chaunge his face. 
 
 Cap. VIII (VIII, continued). 
 
 2 I KEPE the mouth of the kyng, and the comaundementis 
 
 3 and sweryngis of God. Haste thou not to go awei fro his 
 
ECCLESIASTES, VIII. 263 
 
 face, and dwelle thou not in yuel werk. For he schal do al 
 
 4 thing, that he wole ; and his word is ful of power, and no 
 
 5 man mai seie to hym, Whi doist thou so I He that kepith 
 the comaundement 0/ God in this Iij/, schal not feele ony 
 thing of yuel ; the herte of a wijs man vndurstondith tyme 
 
 6 and answer. Tyme and cesoun is to ech werk ; and myche 
 
 7 turment is of a man, for he knowilh not thingis passid, and 
 S he mai not knowe bi ony messanger thingis to comynge. It 
 
 is not in the power of man to forbede the spirit, nethir he 
 hath power in the dai of deth, nethir he is suffrid to haue 
 reste, whanne the batel nei5eth ; nethir wickidnesse schal 
 9 saue a wickid man. I bihelde alle thes thingis, and Y 5af 
 myn herte in alle werkis, that ben don vndur the sunne. 
 
 10 Sum tyme a man is lord of a man, to his yuel. Y si^ wickid 
 men biryed, which, whanne thei lyueden 5it, weren in hooli 
 place ; and thei weren preisid in the citee, as mtm of iust 
 
 1 1 werkis ; but also this is vanyte. Forsothe for the sentence 
 is not brou^t forth soone a3ens yuele men, the sones of men 
 
 1 2 doon yuels with-outen ony drede. Netheles of that, that 
 a synnere doith yuel an hundrid sithis, and is suffrid bi 
 pacience, Y knew that good schal be to men dredynge God, 
 
 13 that reuerensen his face. Good be not to the wickid man, 
 nethir hise daies be maad longe ; but passe thei as schadewe, 
 
 14 that dreden not the face of the Lord. Also another vanyte 
 is, which is don on erthe. lust men ben, to whiche yuels 
 comen, as if thei diden the werkis of wickid men ; and 
 wickid men ben, that ben so sikur, as if thei han the dedis 
 
 15 of iust men; but Y dome also this moost veyn. Therfor 
 Y preysid gladnesse, that no good was to a man vndur the 
 sunne, no-but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful ; and that 
 he schulde here awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in 
 the daies of his lijf, whiche God 5af to hym vndur the sunne. 
 
 16 And Y settide myn herte to knowe wisdom, and to vndur- 
 
2,64 ECCLESIASTES, IX. 
 
 stonde the departing, which is turned in erthe. A man is, 
 1 7 that bi daies and ni5tis takith not sleep with i5en. And Y 
 vndurstood, that of alle the werkis of God, a man may fynde 
 no resoun of tho thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne ; and 
 in as myche as he traueilith more to seke, bi so myche he 
 schal fynde lesse ; 5he, thou5 ^ ^^ij^ ^^^^ seith that he 
 knowith, he schal not mow fynde. 
 
 Cap. IX. 
 
 1 I TRETiDE alle these thingis in myn herte, to vndirstonde 
 diligenth. lust men, and wise men ben, and her werkis ben 
 in the hond of God ; and netheles a man noot, whether he 
 
 2 is worthi of loue or of hatrede. But alle thingis ben kept 
 vncerteyn in to tyme to comynge; for alle thingis bifallen 
 euenli to a iust man and to a wickid man, to a good man 
 and to an yuel man, to a cleene man and to an vnclene man, 
 to a man offrynge offryngis and sacrifices, and to a man 
 dispisynge sacrifices ; as a good man, so and a synnere ; as 
 a forsworun man, so and he that greetli swerith treuthe. 
 
 3 This thing is the worste among alle thingis, that ben don 
 vndur the sunne, that the same thingis bifallen to alle men ; 
 wherfor and the hertis of the sones of men ben fillid with 
 malice and dispisyng in her lijf ; and aftir these thingis thei 
 
 4 schulen be led doun to hellis. No man is, that lyueth euere, 
 and that hath trist of this thing ; betere is a quik dogge than 
 
 5 a deed lioun. For thei that lyuen witen that thei schulen 
 die ; but deed men knowen no thing more, nether han 
 
 6 meede ferthere ; for her mynde is ^ouun to for^etyng. Also 
 the loue, and hatrede, and enuye perischiden togidere ; and 
 thei han no part in this world, and in the werk that is don 
 
 7 vndur the sunne. Therfor go thou, ms/ man, and ete thi 
 breed in gladnesse, and drynke thi wiyn with ioie ; for thi 
 
ECCLESIASTESj X. 265 
 
 8 werkis plesen God. In ech tyme thi clothis be white, and 
 
 9 oile faile not fro thin heed. Vse thou lijf with the wijf which 
 thou louest, in alle the daies of lijf of thin vnstablenesse, that 
 ben 50uun to thee vndur sunne, in al the tyme of thi vanyte ; 
 for this is thi part in thi hjf and trauel, bi which thou 
 
 lotrauelist vndur the sunne. Worche thou bisiH, what euer 
 thing thin bond mai do ; for nether werk, nether resoun, 
 nethir kunnyng, nether wisdom schulen be at helHs, whidir 
 
 1 1 thou haastist. I turnede me to another thing, and Y si^ 
 vndur sunne, that rennyng is not of swift men, nethir batel is 
 of stronge men, nether breed t's of wise men, nether richessis 
 den of techeris, ne grace is of crafd men ; but tyme and hap 
 
 12 2s in alle thingis. A man knowith not his ende ; but as 
 fischis ben takun with an hook, and as briddis ben takun 
 with a snare, so men ben takun in yuel tyme, whanne it 
 
 i3Cometh sudeynli on hem. Also Y si5 this wisdom vndur the 
 
 14 sunne, and Y preuede zV the mooste. A litil citee, and a 
 fewe men ther-ynne ; a greet kyng cam a^ens it, and 
 cumpasside it with palis, and he bildide strengthis bi cumpas ; 
 
 15 and bisegyng was maad perfit. And a pore man and a wijs 
 was foundun ther-ynne ; and he delyuerede the citee bi his 
 wisdom, and no man bithou5te aftirward on that pore man. 
 
 16 And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe ; hou 
 therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis 
 
 1 7 ben not herd ? The wordis of wise men ben herd in silence, 
 more than the cry of a prince among foolis. 
 
 Cap. X. 
 
 18 Betere is wisdom than armuris of batcl ; and he that 
 
 1 synneth in o thing, schal leese many goodis. (X). Flies that 
 dien, leesen the swetnesse of oynement. Litil foli at a tyme 
 
 2 is preciousere than wisdom and glorie. The herte of a wijs 
 man is in his ri3t side ; and the hcrte of a fool ts in his left 
 
266 ECCLESIASTES, X. 
 
 3 side. But also a fool goynge in the weie, whanne he is 
 
 4vnwijs, gessith alle men foolis. If the spirit of hym, that 
 
 hath power, stieth on thee, forsake thou not thi place ; for 
 
 5 heeling schal make gretteste synnes to ceesse. An yuel is, 
 which Y si5 vndur the sunne, and goith out as bi errour fro 
 
 6 the face of the prince ; a fool set in hi^ dignyte, and riche 
 
 7 men sitte bynethe. I si^ seruauntis on horsis, and princes 
 
 8 as seruauntis goynge on the erthe. He that diggith a diche, 
 schal falle in to it; and an eddre schal bite hym, that 
 
 9 distrieth an hegge. He that berith ouer stoonys, schal be 
 turmentid in tho ; and he that kittith trees, schal be woundid 
 
 loof tho. If yrun is foldid a5en, and this is not as bifore, but 
 is maad blunt, it schal be maad scharp with myche trauel ; 
 
 1 1 and wisdom schal sue aftir bisynesse. If a serpent bitith, zV 
 di////i in silence ; he that bacbitith priueli, hath no thing lesse 
 
 12 than it. The wordis of the mouth of a wijs man zs grace ; 
 and the lippis of an vnwijs man schulen caste hym doun. 
 
 13 The bigynnyng of hise wordis is foli ; and the laste thing of 
 
 14 his mouth is the worste errour. A fool multiplieth wordis ; 
 a man noot, what was bifore hym, and who mai schewe to 
 
 15 hym that, that schal come aftir hym ? The trauel of fooHs 
 shal turment hem, that kunnen not go in to the citee. 
 
 16 Lond, wo to thee, whos kyng is a child, and whose princes 
 i7eteneerH. Blessid is the lond, whos kyng is noble; and 
 
 whose princis eten in her tyme, to susteyne the kynde, and 
 
 18 not to waste. The hijnesse of housis schal be maad low in 
 
 slouthis ; and the hous schal droppe in the feblenesse of 
 
 iQhondis. In lei^yng thei disposen breed and wyn, that thei 
 
 20 drynkynge etc largeli ; and alle thingis obeien to monei. In 
 
 thi thou3t bacbite thou not the kyng, and in the priuete 
 
 of thi bed, curse thou not a riche man ; for the briddis of 
 
 heuene schulen bere thi vois, and he that hath pennys, schal 
 
 telle the sentence. 
 
ECCLESIASTES, XT, XII. 16"] 
 
 Cap. XI. 
 
 1 Sexde thi breed on watris passynge forth, for aftir many 
 
 2 tymes thou schalt fynde it. 5}'^^ i\io\x partis seuene, and 
 also ei^te ; for thou woost not, what yuel schal come on 
 
 3 erthe. If cloudis ben filled, tho schulen schede out reyn 
 on the erthe ; if a tre fallith doun to the south, ether to 
 the north, in what euer place it fallith doun, there it schal 
 
 4 be. He that aspieth the wynd, sowith not; and he that 
 
 5 biholdith the cloudis, schal neuere repe. As thou knowist 
 not, which is the weye of the spirit, and bi what resoun 
 boonys ben ioyned togidere in the wombe of a womman 
 with childe, so thou knowist not the werkis of God, which 
 
 6 is makere of alle thingis. Eerli sowe thi seed, and thin 
 bond ceesse not in the euentid; for thou woost not, what 
 schal come forth more, this ethir that; and if euer eithir 
 
 7 corneth forth togidere, it schal be the betere. The li3t is 
 
 8 sweet, and delitable to the i^en to se the sunne. If a man 
 lyueth many 5eeris, and is glad in alle these, he owith to 
 haue mynde of derk tyme, and of many dales ; and whanne 
 tho schulen come, thingis passid schulen be repreued of 
 
 9 vanyte. Therfor, thou ^onge man, be glad in thi ^ongthe, 
 and thin herte be in good in the dales of thi 3ongthe, and 
 go thou in the weies of thin herte, and in the biholdyng 
 of thin i5en; and wite thou, that for alle these thingis God 
 
 lo shal brynge thee in to doom. Do thou awei ire fro thin 
 herte, and remoue thou malice fro thi fleisch ; for-whi 
 5ongthe and lust ben veyne thingis. 
 
 Cap. XII. 
 
 I Haue thou mynde on thi creatour in the daies of thi 
 5ongthe, bifore that the tyme of thi turment come, and the 
 5eris of thi dcth nei3e, of whiche thou schalt seie, Tho plcscn 
 
268 ECCLESIASTESj XII. 
 
 2 not me. Haue thou mynde on thi creatoiir, bifor that the 
 sunne be derk, and the li3t, and sterrys, and the mone ; 
 
 3 and cloude turne a3en after reyn. Whanne the keperis of 
 the hous schulen be mouyd, and strongeste men schulen 
 tremble ; and grynderis schulen be idel, whanne the noumbre 
 schal be maad lesse, and seeris bi the hoolis schulen wexe 
 
 4 derk ; and schulen close the doris in the street, in the low- 
 nesse of vois of a gryndere; and thei schulen rise at the 
 vois of a brid, and alle the dou3tris of song schulen wexe 
 
 5 deef. And hi3 thingis schulen drede, and schulen be aferd 
 in the wei€ ; an alemaunde-tre schal floure, a locuste schal 
 be maad fat, and capparis schal be distried ; for a man schal 
 go in to the hous of his euerlastyngnesse, and weileris 
 
 6 schulen go aboute in the street. Haue ihou mynde on thi 
 crealour, byfore that a siluerne roop be brokun, and a 
 goldun lace renne a3en, and a watir pot be al to-brokun 
 on the welle, and a wheele be brokun togidere on the 
 
 7 cisterne ; and dust turne ajen in to his erthe, wherof it 
 
 8 was, and the spirit turne a3en to God, that 3af it. The 
 vanyte of vanytees, seide Ecclesiastes, the vanyte of vanytees, 
 
 9 and alle thingis be7i vanyte. And whanne Ecclesiastes was 
 moost wijs, he tau5te the puple, and he telde out the thingis 
 
 lowhiche he dide, and he sou^te out wisdom, and made many 
 parablis; he sou3te profitable wordis, and he wroot moost 
 
 1 1 ri3tful wordis, and ful of treuthe. The wordis of wise men 
 ben as prickis, and as nailis fastned deepe, whiche ben 50uun 
 
 i2of o scheepherde bi the counsels of maistris. My sone, 
 seke thou no more than these ; noon ende is to make many 
 
 i3bookis, and ofte thenkyng is turment of fleisch. Alle we 
 here togydere the ende of spekyng. Drede thou God, and 
 kepe hise heestis ; that is to seie, ech man. God schal brynge 
 alle thingis in to dom, that ben don ; for ech thing don 
 bi errour, whether it be good, ether yuel. 
 
SONG OF SOLOMON, 7. 269 
 
 SONG OF SOLOMON. 
 
 Cap. I. 
 
 1, 2 KissE he me with the cos of his mouth. For thi tetis 
 ben betere than wyn, and 5yuen odour with beste oyne- 
 mentis. Thi name is oile sched out; therfor ^onge dame- 
 
 3 sels loueden thee. Drawe thou me after thee ; we schulen 
 renne in to the odour of thin oynementis. The kyng ledde 
 me in to hise celeris ; we myndeful of thi teetis aboue wyn, 
 schulen make ful out ioye, and schulen be glad in thee ; 
 
 4ri3tful men louen thee, ^q dou5tris of Jerusalem, Y am 
 blak, but fair, as the tabernaclis of Cedar, as the skynnes 
 
 5 of Salomon. Nyle 56 biholde me, that Y am blak, for 
 the sunne hath discolourid me ; the sones of my modir 
 fou3ten a^ens me, thei settiden me a kepere in vyners; Y 
 
 6 kepte not my vyner. T/iou spouse, whom my soule loueth, 
 schewe to me, where thou lesewist, where thou restist in 
 myddai ; lest Y bigynne to wandre, aftir the flockis of thi 
 
 7 felowis. A ! thou fairest among wymmen, if thou knowist 
 not thi silf, go thou out, and go forth aftir the steppis of 
 thi flockis ; and feede thi kidis, bisidis the tabernaclis of 
 
 8 scheepherdis. Mi frendesse, Y licnede thee to myn oost 
 
 9 of kny^tis in the charis of Farao. Thi chekis ben feire, 
 
 10 as of a turtle ; thi necke is as brochis. We schulen make 
 to thee goldun ournementis, departid and maad dyuerse 
 
 1 1 with silver. Whanne the kyng was in his restyng-place, 
 
 1 2 my narde jaf his odour. I\Iy derlyng is a bundel of myrre 
 
 13 to me; he schal dwelle bitwixe my tetis. My derlyng is 
 to me a cluster of cipre tre, among the vyneres of Engaddi. 
 
270 SONG OF SOLOMON, II. 
 
 14 Lo! my frendesse, thou art fair; lo ! thou art fair, thin i^en 
 
 i^ben the lyji of culueris. Lo, my derling, thou art fair, and 
 
 i6schapli; oure bed is fair as flouris. The trees of oure housis 
 
 I ben of cedre ; oure couplis ben of cipresse. (II). I a7n a flour 
 
 3 of the feeld, and a Hlye of grete valeis. As a UHe among 
 
 3 thornes, so is my frendesse among dou5tris. As an apple-tre 
 
 among the trees of wodis, so my derlyng among sones. 
 
 Cap. II (II, continued). 
 
 1 SAT vndur the shadewe of hym, whom Y desiride ; and 
 
 4 his fruyt was swete to my throte. The king ledde me in 
 
 5 to the wyn celer ; he ordeynede charite in me. Bisette 36 
 me with flouris, cumpasse 56 me with applis ; for Y am 
 
 6 sijk for loue. His left hond is vndur myn heed ; and his 
 
 7 ri^t hond schal bichppe me. 3^ dou^tris of Jerusalem, Y 
 charge 50U greetli, bi capretis, and hertis of feeldis. that 56 
 reise not, nether make to awake the dereworthe spousesse, 
 
 8 til sche wole. The vois of my derlyng ; lo ! this derlyng 
 cometh leepynge in mounteyns, and skippynge ouer litle 
 
 9 hillis. My derlyng is lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis ; 
 lo ! he stondith bihynde oure wal, and biholdith bi the wyn- 
 
 10 dows, and lokith thorou^ the latisis. Lo ! my derlyng 
 spekith to me. My frendesse, my culuer, my faire spousesse, 
 
 1 1 rise thou, haaste thou, and come thou ; for wyntir is passid 
 ] 2 now, reyn is goon, and is departid awei. Flouris apperiden 
 
 in oure lond, the tyme of schridyng is comun ; the vois of 
 
 13 a turtle is herd in oure lond, the fige tre hath brou3t forth 
 hise buddis ; vyneris flourynge han 50ue her odour. My 
 frendesse, my fayre spousesse, rise thou, haaste thou, and 
 
 14 come thou. My culuer is in the hoolis of stoon, in the 
 chyne of a wal with-out morter. Schewe thi face to me, 
 thi vois sowne in myn eeris ; for thi vois is swete, and thi 
 
SONG OF SOLOMON, III. 2/1 
 
 15 face is fair. Catche 50 litle foxis to vs, that destrien the 
 
 i6vyneris; for oure vyner hath flourid. My derlyng is to me, 
 
 1 7 and Y a??i to hym, which is fed among hlies ; til the dai 
 
 sprynge, and schadewis be bowid doun. My derlyng, turne 
 
 thou a^en ; be thou lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis, on the 
 
 hillis of Betel. 
 
 Cap. III. 
 
 1 In my litle bed Y sou5te hym bi ni3tis, whom my soule 
 
 2 louelh ; Y sou3te hym, and Y foond not. I shal rise, and Y 
 schal cumpasse the citee, bi litle stretis and large stretis ; Y 
 schal seke hym, whom my soule loueth ; I sou5te hym, and 
 
 Z Y foond not. Wakeris, that kepen the citee, founden me. 
 
 4 Whether ^e sien hym, whom my soule loueth ? A litil whanne 
 
 Y hadde passid hem, Y foond hym, whom my soule loueth ; 
 
 Y helde hym, and Y schal not leeue /ij'm, til Y brynge him in 
 
 5 to the hous of my modir, and in to the closet of my modir. 3^ 
 dou3tris of Jerusalem, Y charge you greedi, bi the capretis, and 
 hertis of feeldis, that ■^e reise not, nether make to awake the 
 
 6 dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole. Who is this zvommafi, that 
 stieth bi the deseert, as a 5erde of smoke of swete smellynge 
 spices, of mirre, and of encence, and of al poudur of an oyne- 
 
 7 ment-makere .'' Lo ! sixti stronge men of the strongeste men 
 
 8 of Israel cumpassen the bed of Salomon ; and alle thei holden 
 swerdis, and den moost witti to batels ; the swerd of ech man 
 
 Q /s on his hipe, for the drede of ny3tis. Kyng Salomon made to 
 
 10 hym a seete, of the trees of Liban; he made the pilers therof 
 of siluer ; /le made a goldun restyng-place, a stiyng of purpur ; 
 and he arayede the myddil thingis with charite, for the dou5- 
 
 1 1 tris of Jerusalem. 3^ dou5tris of Sion, go out, and se kyng 
 Salomon in the diademe, bi which his modir crownede hym, 
 in the dai of his spousyng, and in the dai of the gladnesse of 
 his herte. 
 
272 SONG OF SOLOMON, IV. 
 
 Cap. IV. 
 
 1 Mi frendesse, thou art ful fair ; thin i3en den of culueris, 
 with-outen that that is hid with-ynne ; thin heeris den as the ' 
 
 2 flockis of geete, that stieden fro the hil of Galaad. Thi teeth 
 den as the flockis of clippid sheep, that stieden fro waischyng ; 
 alle den with double lambren, and no bareyn is among tho. 
 
 3 Thi Hppis den as a reed lace, and thi speche is swete ; as the 
 relif of an appil of Punyk, so de?i thi chekis, with-outen that, 
 
 4 that is hid with-ynne. Thi necke is as the tour of Dauid, 
 which is bildid with strengthis maad bifore for defense ; a 
 thousynde scheldis hangen on it, al armure of stronge men. 
 
 5 Thi twei tetis den as twey kidis, twynnes of a capret, that ben 
 
 6 fed in Hlies, til the dai sprynge, and shadewis ben bowid doun. 
 Y schal go to the mounteyn of myrre, and to the litil hil of 
 
 7 encense. My frendesse, thou art al faire, and no wem is in 
 
 8 thee. My spousesse, come thou fro the Liban ; come thou 
 fro the Liban, come thou ; thou schalt be corowned fro the 
 heed of Amana, fro the cop of Sanyr and Hermon, fro the 
 
 9 dennys of liouns, fro the hillis of pardis. My sister spousesse, 
 thou hast woundid myn herte ; thou hast woundid myn herte, 
 
 10 in oon of thin ijen, and in oon heer of thi necke. My sistir 
 spousesse, thi tetis ben ful faire ; thi tetis ben feirere than 
 wyn, and the odour of thi clothis zs aboue alle swete smel- 
 
 1 1 lynge oynementis. Spousesse, thi lippis den an hony-coomb 
 droppynge ; hony and mylk den vndur thi tunge, and the 
 
 12 odour of thi clothis t's as the odour of encence. Mi sister 
 spousesse, a gardyn closid togidere ; a gardyn closid togidere, 
 
 13 a wTlle aseelid. Thi sendingis out den paradis of applis of 
 
 14 Punyk, with the fruytis of applis, cipre-trees, with narde ; 
 narde, and saffrun, an erde clepid fistula, and canel, with alle 
 trees of the Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the beste oyne- 
 
SONG OF SOLOMON, V. 273 
 
 15 mentis. A welle of gardyns, a pit of wallynge watris, that 
 i6flowen with fersnesse fro the Liban. Rise thou north zvynd, 
 and come thou, south wjmd; blowe thou thorouj my gardyn, 
 and the swete smellynge oynementis therof schulen flete. 
 
 Cap. V. 
 
 1 Mi derlyng, come in to his gardyn, to ete the fruyt of hise 
 applis. Mi sister spousesse, come thou in to my gardyn. Y 
 have rope my myrre, with my swete smellynge spices ; Y 
 haue ete an hony combe, with myn hony; Y haue drunke 
 my wyn, with my mylk. Frendis, ete je, and drynke ; and 
 
 2 derewortheste frendis, be je fillid greetli. Y slepe, and myn 
 herte wakith. The vois of my derlyng knockynge ; my sister, 
 my frendesse, my culuer, my spousesse vnwemmed, opene thou 
 to me ; for myn heed is ful of dew, and myn heeris be7i ful of 
 
 3 dropis of ni5tis. 1 have vnclothid me of my coote ; hou schal 
 
 Y be clothid ther ynne .? I haue waische my feet ; hou schal 
 
 4 Y defoule tho ? Mi derlyng putte his hond bi an hoole ; 
 
 5 and my w^ombe tremblide at the touchyng therof. Y roos, for 
 to opene to my derlyng ; myn hondis droppiden myrre, and 
 
 - 6 my fyngris weren ful of myrre moost preued. Y openede the 
 wiket of my dore to my derlyng ; and he hadde bowid awei, 
 and hadde passid. My soule was meltid, as the derlyng spak ; 
 
 Y sou5te, and Y foond not hym ; Y clepide, and he answerde 
 ; not to me. Keperis that cumpassiden the citee founden me ; 
 
 thei smytiden me, and woundiden me ; the keperis of wallis 
 
 8 token awey my mentil. ^q doujtris of Jerusalem, Y biseche 
 50U bi an hooli thing, if ^e han founde my derlyng, that ^e 
 
 9 telle to hym, that Y am sijk for loue. A ! thou faireste of 
 wymmen, of what manner condicioun is thi derlyng of the 
 louede ? of what manner condicioun is thi derling of a der- 
 
 10 Hng ? for thou hast bisou3t vs bi an hooli thing. My derling 
 
 T 
 
274 SONG OF SOLOMON, VI. 
 
 1 1 is whyt ajid rodi ; chosun of thousyndis. His heed is best 
 
 gold ; hise heeris ben as the bowis of palm trees, a?id ben 
 11 blake as a crowe. Hise i^en ben as culueris on the strondis of 
 
 watris, that ben waischid in mylk, and sitten besidis fulleste 
 13 ryueris. Hise chekis ben as gardyns of swete smellynge spices, 
 
 set of oynement makeris; hise Hppis ben lilies, droppynge 
 ndoun the best myrre. Hise hondis ben able to turne aboute, 
 
 goldun, and ful of iacynctis ; his wombe is of yuer, ourned 
 15 with safiris. Hise lippis ben pilers of marble, that ben foundid 
 
 on foundementis of gold ; his schapplinesse is as of the Liban, 
 iGhe is chosun as cedris. His throte is moost swete, and he is 
 
 al desirable. 3^ dou^tris of Jerusalem, siche is my derlyng, 
 I ; and this is my freend. Thou faireste of wymmen, whidur 
 
 jede thi derlyng ? whidur bowide thi derlyng ? and we schulen 
 
 seke hym with thee. 
 
 Cap. VI. 
 
 1 My derlyng ^ede doun in to his orcherd, to the gardyn of 
 swete smellynge spices, that he be fed there in orcherdis, and 
 
 2 gadere lilyes. Y to my derlyng ; and my derlyng, that is fed 
 
 3 among the lilies, be to me. Mi frendesse, thou art fair, swete 
 and schappli as Jerusalem, thou art ferdful as the scheltrun of 
 
 4 oostis set in good ordre. Turne awei thin i5en fro me, for 
 tho maden me to fle awei; thin heeris ben as the flockis of 
 
 5 geet, that apperiden fro Galaad. Thi teeth as a flok of scheep, 
 that stieden fro waischyng; alle ben with double lambren, 
 
 6 ether twynnes, and no bareyn is among tho. As the rynde of 
 
 7 a pumgranate, so ben thi chekis, without thi priuytees. Sixti 
 ben queenys, and ei^ti ben secundarie wyues ; and of 5ong 
 
 8 damesels is noon noumbre. Oon is my culuer, my perfit 
 spousesse, oon is to hir modir, and is the chosun of hir modir ; 
 the dou^tris of Syon sien hir, and prechiden hir moost blessid ; 
 queenys, and secundarie wyues preisiden hir. Who is this, 
 
SONG OF SOLOMON, VII, 275 
 
 that goith forth, as the moreutid risynge, fair as the moone, 
 chosun as the sunne, ferdful as the scheltrun of oostis set in 
 
 10 good ordre? Y cam doun in to myn orcherd, to se the 
 applis of grete valeis, and to biholde, if vyneris hadden flourid, 
 
 1 1 and if pumgranate trees hadden buriowned. Y knew not ; 
 
 12 my soule disturbhde me, for the charis of Amynadab. Turne 
 a3en, turne a5en, thou Sunamyte ; turne a^en, turne a3en, that 
 we biholde thee. What schalt thou se in the Sunam^-te, no 
 but cumpenyes of oostis ? 
 
 Cap. VII. 
 
 1 D0U3TIR of the prince, thi goyngis ben ful faire in schoon ; 
 the ioyncturis of thi heppis be7i as brochis, that ben maad bi 
 
 2 the hond of a crafti man. Thi nawle is as a round cuppe, 
 and wel formed, that hath neuere nede to drynkis; thi 
 
 3 wombe is as an heep of whete, biset aboute with Hlies. Thi 
 
 4 twei teetis ben as twei kidis, twynnes of a capret. Thi necke 
 is as a tour of yuer ; thin i5en ben as cisternes in Esebon, that 
 ben in the ^ate of the dou3ter of multitude ; thi nose is as the 
 
 5 tour of Liban, that biholdith ajens Damask. Thin heed is 
 as Carmele ; and the heeres of thin heed ben as the kyngis 
 
 6 purpur, ioyned to trow^is. Dereworthe spousesse, thou art ful 
 
 7 fair, and ful schappli in delices. Thi stature is licned to 
 
 8 a palm tree, and thi tetis to clustris of grapis. I seide, Y 
 schal stie in to a palm tree, and Y schal take the fruytis 
 therof. And thi tetis schulen be as the clustris of grapis 
 of a vyner; and the odour of thi mouth as the odour of 
 
 9 pumgranatis ; thi throte schal be as beste wyn. Worthi to 
 my derlyng for to drynke, and to hise lippis and teeth to 
 
 I o chewe. Y scha cleue by loue to my derlyng, and his turnyng 
 
 I I schal be to me. Come thou, my derlyng, go we out in to the 
 1 2 feeld ; dwelle we togidere in townes. Ryse we eerli to the 
 
 T 2 
 
27<5 SONG OF SOLOMON, VIII. 
 
 vyner ; se we, if the vyner hath flourid, if the flouris bryngen 
 forth fruytis, if pumgranatis han flourid ; there I schal ^yue 
 13 to thee my tetis. Mandrogoris han 30ue her odour in oure 
 jatis; my derlyng, Y haue kept to thee alle applis, new and 
 elde. 
 
 Cap. VIII. 
 
 1 Who mai grante to me thee, my brother, soukynge the 
 tetis of my modir, that Y fynde thee aloone without forth, 
 
 2 and that Y kisse thee, and no man dispise me thanne ? Y 
 schal take thee, and Y schal lede ^/lee in to the hous of 
 my modir, and in to the closet of my modir; there 
 thou schalt teche me, and Y schal 5yue to thee drink 
 of wyn maad swete, and of the must of my pumgra- 
 
 3 natis. His lefthond vndur myn heed, and his ri5thond 
 
 4 schal biclippe me. 3^ dou3tris of Jerusalem, Y charge 50U 
 greetli, that ^e reise not, nether make the dereworthe spousesse 
 
 5 to awake, til sche wole. Who is this spousesse, that stieth fro 
 desert, and flowith in delices, and restith on hir derlynge.'* 
 Y reiside thee vndur a pumgranate tre ; there thi modir was 
 
 6 corrupt, there thi modir was defoulid. Set thou me as a 
 signet on thin herte, as a signet on thin arm; for loue is 
 strong as deth, enuy is hard as helle ; the laumpis therof ben 
 
 7laumpis of fier, and of flawmes. Many watris moun not 
 quenche charite, nether floodis schulen oppresse it. Thou^ 
 a man 5yue al the catel of his hous for loue, he schal 
 
 8 dispise that calel as nou5t. Oure sistir is litil, and hath no 
 tetys; what schulen we do to oure sistir, in the dai whanne 
 
 9 sche schal be spokun to ? If it is a wal, bilde we theronne 
 siluerne touris ; if it is a dore, ioyne we it togidere with tablis 
 
 10 of cedre. I am a wal, and my tetis ben as a tour; sithen 
 
 IT Y am maad as fyndynge pees bifore hym. A vyner was to 
 
 the pesible; in that citee, that hath puplis, he bitook it to 
 
SONG OF SOLOMON, VIII. 277 
 
 keperis ; a man bryngith a thousynde platis of siluer for 
 1 2 the fruyt therof. The vyner is bifore me ; a thousynde ben 
 
 of thee pesible, and two hundrid to hem that kepen the 
 i^fruytis therof. Frendis herkene thee, that dwellist in or- 
 i4chertis; make thou me to here thi vois. My derlyng; fle 
 
 thou ; be thou maad hjk a capret, and a calf of hertis, on the 
 
 hillis of swete smellynge spices. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 In the Glossary as printed in the quarto edition, some of the words 
 appear in slightly different forms. In the present reprint, only those forms 
 are retained which occur in the later version. 
 
 The abbreviations will be readily understood. Thus adj. = adjective ; 
 arfz/. = adverb ; /re/). —preposition ; /)r. A = present tense ; /)./.== past tense ; 
 /»r, />. = present participle; p. p. past participle; /»/. = plural; s. = substantive 
 or singular; v, = verb (infinitive mood). 
 
 Abac, adv. back, backwards, Ps. ix, 
 4; xlii. 2; i.e. to flight, Ps, xvii. 
 
 41- 
 Abiden, pr. t. pi. wait on, Ps. ciii. 
 
 27; p.t. Abood, waited, waited 
 
 for. Job XXX. 26; Ps. xxxix. I ; 
 
 liv. 9; cxviii. 166; remained, 
 
 Ps.cv.ii ; /)/. abididen, aboden, 
 
 Ps. cv, 13 ; cxviii. 95. 
 Abiding, s, expectation, Ps.xxxviii. 
 
 8. 
 Afer, adv. afar, Job ii. 12. 
 Aferd, p. p. afraid. Job iv. 14; 
 
 xi. 19. 
 A-fiere, adv. on fire, Prov. xxx. 5. 
 Agreggid, p.p. made heavy, Job 
 
 xxiii. 2. 
 Aisch, aische, s. ashes. Job xiii. 
 
 12; xxx. 19; pi. aschis, Ps. ci. 
 
 10. 
 Alargidist, p. t. 2 p. madest large, 
 
 Ps. xvii, 37 ; p. p. alargid, Ps. 
 
 iv. 2. 
 Alematxnde-tre, s. almond-tree, 
 
 Eccles. xii. 5. 
 Almeest, almest, adv. almost, Ps. 
 
 Ixxii. 2 ; xciii. i 7. 
 Altherhi5este, adj. most high, 
 
 very high, Ps. Ivi. 3; Ixxxvi. 5; 
 
 xc. 9. 
 
 Al to-breke, v. to break in pieces 
 
 entirely, Job ix. 17; imp. Job 
 
 vi, 9 ; p.t. al tobrak, Job xxix. 
 
 17; p. p. al to-broke, al to- 
 
 broktui, Job iv. 10; Ps. iii. 8. 
 Al to-brese, v. to break utt^ly in 
 
 pieces, Ps. xlv. 10. 
 Amendide, p.t. amended, set right, 
 
 Ps. xvii. 36; p.p. amendid, Ps. 
 
 xcv. ID. 
 Arate, s. ant, Prov. vi. 6 ; pi. 
 
 amtis, Prov. xxx. 25. 
 Anefeld, s. an anvil. Job xli. 15. 
 Anentis, prep, with, at, before, 
 
 Job XXV. 2 ; Ps. xxxvi. 23 ; cviii, 
 
 20. 
 Angwisch, s. anguish, Job vi. 7. 
 Anoon, adv. presently, as soon as, 
 
 Job iii. II ; Ps, xxxvi. 10. 
 Anoye, a. annoyance, Ps. cxviii.. 28. 
 Anoye, v. to grieve, trouble, Job 
 
 ix. 21 ; pr. t. pi. anoien, Ps. 
 
 xxxiv. I. 
 Anyntische, imp. pi. bring to 
 
 nought, destroy. Ps. oxxxvi. 7 ; 
 
 p. p. anyntischid, brought to 
 
 nought, i.e. emptied out, Ps. Ixxiv. 
 
 9- 
 Applis, s. pi. apples, Ps. Ixxviii. i 
 
 (Lat. pnviorum). 
 
 Arerid, />./). raised up, Ps. cvi. 25. 
 
 Arette, v. to reckon, charge, Job 
 
28o 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 xli. 18 ; p.t. arrettide, Ps. xxxi. 
 
 2 ; pi. arettiden. Job xxx, 7 ; 
 
 p. p. arettid, arrettid, Job xviii. 
 
 3; Ps. cv, 31. 
 Arewis, arowis, s.pl. arrows, Job 
 
 vi. 4 ; Ps. vii. 14. 
 Armeris, armuris, s. pi. armour, 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 2 ; xlv. 10. 
 As ... so and, as . . . even so, 
 
 Prov. xix. 12. 
 Asaie, imp. try, prove, Ps. xxv. 2. 
 Ascapide, />. /. escaped, Job i. 15, 
 
 16, 17. 
 Asehis, s.pl. ashes, Ps. ci.io. See 
 
 aisch. 
 Aseelid, p.p. sealed, S. Sol. iv. 12. 
 Aslepid, p.p. asleep, Prov. xxiii. 
 
 34- 
 Aspie, V. to lay wait for, watch 
 
 privily, Ps. xxxvi. 12. 
 Aspies, s. pi. spies, ambush. Job 
 
 xxxi. 9 ; Ps. ix (x). 8. 
 Astorid, p. p. made ready. Job 
 
 xxix. 20 (Lat. histaurabitur). 
 Auauntith, pr. t. boasts, Prov. 
 
 xxviii. 25. 
 Auerouse, adj. avaricious, Prov. i. 
 
 19 ; xxix. 4. 
 Avoidid, p. p. made void, done 
 
 away, Job xv. 4. 
 Avouter, s. adulterer. Job xxiv. 15. 
 Auowis, avowJs, s. pi. vows, Ps. 
 
 xlix. 14 ; Iv. 12. 
 AvoAvtreris, s. pi. adulterers, Ps. 
 
 xlix, 18. 
 Auter, s. altar, Ps. xxv. 6 ; xlii. 4. 
 Axe, V. to ask, seek out, Job xxxi. 
 
 14 ; pr. t. pi. axen, Ps. x. 5 ; 
 
 p. t. pi. axiden, Ps. xxxiv. 1 1 ; 
 
 civ. 40 ; imp. ax, Job xii. 7. 
 Axere, s. asker, Job iii. 18; xxxix. 
 
 7- 
 Axyng, s. a petition. Job vi, 8 ; pi. 
 
 axyngis, Ps. xix. 7 5 xxxvi. 4. 
 A5en, adv. again, Job i. 21. 
 A5enbiere, s. redeemer, Job xix. 
 
 25 ; Ps. xviii. 15. 
 Ajenbieth, pr. t. redeems, Ps. vii. 
 
 3 ; imp. asenbie, ajeyn-bie, 
 
 Ps. xxv. 11; cxviii. 134; p.p. 
 
 a5enbou5t, agen-boujt. Job xv. 
 
 31 ; Ps. xxx. 6. 
 Ajenclepe, imp. call again, Ps. ci. 
 
 25. 
 Ajens, ajenus, prep, against, Job 
 
 i. 22; xxxiii. 13; Ps. ii. 2. 
 A5enseie, v. to contradict, Job xi. 
 
 10. 
 Asenseiyngis, s.pl. contradictions, 
 
 Ps. xvii. 44. 
 Ajenstood, p. t. withstood, re- 
 sisted, Job ix. 4 ; pr. p. ajen- 
 
 stondynge, Ps. xvi. 8. 
 
 B. 
 
 Bareyn, adj. childless, Job xxiv. 2 1 . 
 Bedstre, s. bed, couch, Ps. vi. 7 ; 
 
 xl. 4. 
 Been, s.pl. bees, Ps. cxvii. 12. 
 Beete, v. to beat, Ps. cxxviii. 4 ; 
 
 pr. t. betith. Job ix. 23 ; p. t. 
 
 pi. beeten, Prov. xxiii. 35 ; p.p. 
 
 betun, Ps. Ixii. 5. 
 Ben, pr. t. pi. are. Job iii. 8 ; Ps. 
 
 ix. 21 ; xxxvii. 5; Ixxii. i ; p.p- 
 
 be. Job xviii. 3. 
 Bere, pr. t. bear. Job xiii. 14 ; pi. 
 
 beren, Job ix. 13; p. t. bar. 
 
 Job iii. 10; ix. 5; pr./). berynge. 
 
 Job ix, 26 ; p.p. borun. Job i. 2 ; 
 
 xi. 12. 
 Bernacle, s. a bit or snaffle for a 
 
 horse (Lat. catnus), Ps, xxxi. 9 ; 
 
 Prov. xxvi. 3. 
 Bernes, s.pl. barns, Prov. iii. 10. 
 Betyngis, s. pi. stripes, blows, 
 
 plagues. Job xix. 6; xHi. 15; 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 10; xxxvii. 18; Ixxxviii. 
 
 33- 
 Biclippe, imp. pi. embrace, Ps. 
 
 xlvii. 13; pr. t. pi. biclippen. 
 
 Job xxiv. 8. 
 Bie, s. a necklace, Prov. i. 9. 
 Bie, V. to buy, Prov. xvii. 16. 
 Biere, s. a buyer, Prov. xx. 14. 
 Bifelde, p.t. befell, Job iii. 25 ; p.p. 
 
 bifelde. Job ii. 11. 
 Bifor-come, imp. anticipate, Ps. 
 
 xvi. 13; p.p. bifor-come, Ps. 
 
 XX. 4. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 281 
 
 Bifore ocupie, v. to pre-engage, 
 
 Ps. xciv. 2. 
 Bifore-se, v. to foresee, Eccles. iv. 
 
 13; /).^.bifor seien, Ps. cxxxviii. 
 
 4- 
 Bifore synge, v. to lead the chant, 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. 
 Bifore take, imp. take first or 
 
 beforehand, Ps. Ixxviii. 8 ; p. t. 
 
 bifore took, Ps. Ixxvi. 5. 
 Biheest, 5. a promise, command, 
 
 Ps. Iv. 10; Eccles. iv (v). 3. 
 Bihetith, pr. t. promiseth. Job 
 
 xvii. 5 ; Prov. xii. 18; p. p- 
 
 bih.i5t, Prov. vi. I. 
 Biholde, p.p. beheld, Job i, 8. 
 Bihynde, adv. backwards, Ps. xliii. 
 
 II. 
 Bijs, s. silk, Prov. xxxi. 22. 
 Bikenen, pr. t. pi. beckon, make 
 
 signs, Ps. xxxiv. 19. 
 Bilden, p. t. pi, built, Job iii. 14. 
 Bimowe, v. to mock, Ps. ii. 4. 
 Biriels, s. pi. tombs, burying-places, 
 
 Job XV. 28 {Biriels is properly 
 
 a sing, form, but is here used to 
 
 translate Lat. tiitmdos. A. S. bur- 
 gels, a burying-place). 
 Biriede, p.t. buried, Ps. Ixxviii. 3. 
 Birthe, s, increase, Ps. cvi. 37 
 
 (Lat. 7iativitatis). 
 Birthun, s. a burden, Ps. xxxvii. 5. 
 Bisched, /)./). covered, Ps. Ixxxviii. 
 
 46 (Lat. perfiidisti). 
 Bisegiden, /)././)/. besieged, Ps. xxi. 
 
 13. 
 Bisi, adj. careful, Ps. xxxix. 18 
 
 (Lat. solicitus). 
 Bisynesse, s. business, care, Eccles. 
 
 iv. 4 ; pi. bisynesses, Eccles. iv. 4. 
 Bispreynt, p. p. sprinkled, Prov, 
 
 vii. 17. 
 Bltake, v. to deliver, give up, Job 
 
 XXX. 23; p.t. bitook, Ps. Ixxvii. 
 
 48; p.p. bitakuii, Ps. Ixii. 11. 
 Bithenke, v. to meditate, recollect, 
 
 Ps. i. 2 ; xxi. 28 ; xxxiv. 28 ; p. t. 
 
 bithoujte, Ps. xli. 5. 
 Bitternessis, s. pi. bitter sorrows. 
 
 Job xiii. 26. 
 
 Biwlappe, v. to wrap, Job xviii. 11. 
 Blisfulere, adj. comp. happier, 
 
 Eccles. iv. 3. 
 Bloodis, s.pl. bloody deeds, cruel- 
 ties, Ps. XXV. 9 ; cv. 39. 
 Blosme, v. to blossom, Ps. Ixxi. 16. 
 Bolis, s.pl. bulls. Job xlii. 6; Ps. 
 
 xxi. 13. 
 Bolueth, pr.t. becomes puffed up 
 
 or swoln. Job xv. 13; p.t. boln- 
 
 yde, Job xvi. 17; pr.p. boln- 
 
 ynge, Job xxxviii. 11. 
 Boon, s. bone, Ps. ci. 6 ; cxxxviii. 
 
 i^; pi. bonys, boones, boonys, 
 
 Job X. II ; Ps. vi. 3 ; Hi. 6 ; 
 
 cxl. 7. 
 Boor, s. a boar, Ps. Ixxix. 14. 
 Boord, bord, s. a table, Ps. xxii. 
 
 5 ; Ixxvii. 19. 
 Borewe, s. surety, Prov. xx. 16 ; 
 
 pi. borewis, Prov. xxii. 26. 
 Borewe, v. to borrow, Ps. xxxvi. 
 
 21. 
 Botche, s. a boil, Job ii. 7. 
 Botere, s. butter, Job xxix. 6 ; 
 
 Prov. xxx. 33. 
 Bouwe, bowe, s. an arch, a bow, 
 
 Ps. vii. 13 ; Ixiii. 5 ; Prov. xx. 26. 
 Bou"we, V. to bend, turn away, Ps. 
 
 xlviii. 5 ; p.t. bo"wide, poured 
 
 (Lat. inclinavit), Ps, Ixxiv, 9 ; 
 
 pi. bowiden, directed (Lat. de- 
 
 clinaveriint), Ps. xx. 12; bow- 
 
 eden, bo"widen, Ps. xiii. 3 ; Hi. 
 
 4; p. p. bowid, Ps. xxxvii. 7; 
 
 xliii. 19 ; xlv. 7. 
 Bowge, s. a bottle, Ps. cxviii. S3. 
 Bowiden, p.t. pi. directed, Ps. xx. 
 
 12 (Lat. dechnaverunl). See under 
 
 Bouwe. 
 Breed, .s. bread, Ps. xxxvi. 25 ; 
 
 ciii. 14. 
 Breede, s. breadth, Ps, xvii. 20. 
 Breide, v. to draw, pull, Ps. xxiv. 
 
 15- 
 Brekyng, s. breach, gap, Ps. cv. 
 
 23 (Lat. in confractione in con- 
 
 spec/u ejus). 
 Brenneth, pr.t. burns, Ps. ii. 14; 
 
 imp. brenne, Ps. xxv. 2; p.t. 
 
282 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 brente, Ps. cv. i8 ; pi. brenten, 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 7; pr. p. brennynge, 
 brynnynge. Job xxvii. 21 ; Ps. 
 Ixxxii. 15 ; ciii. 4; p.p. brent, 
 Job i. 5 ; Ps. ix (x). 2. 
 
 Brere, s. a briar, Job xxxi. 40. 
 
 Brid, s. a bird, a young bird. Job 
 V. *j; pi- briddis, briddys, 
 bryddis. Job xxxv. 1 1 ; xxxviii. 
 41 ; Ps. Ixxxiii. 4 ; cxivi. 9. 
 
 Brijtnessis, s. pi. splendors, Ps. 
 cix. 3. 
 
 Brochis, s.pl. brooches, S. Sol. i. 9. 
 
 Broddeste, adj. stiperl. broadest, 
 Job xxxvi. 16. 
 
 Bruk, s. a locust, Ps. civ. 34 (Lat. 
 bnichns). 
 
 Brymston, s. brimstone, Job xviii. 
 15 : Ps. x. 7. 
 
 Bnckis of geet, s. pi. he-goats, 
 Ps. Ixv. 15. See under Geet. 
 
 Buriowne, v. to produce, germin- 
 ate, Job xiv. 9. 
 
 Buschis, s.pl. bushes. Job xxx. 7. 
 
 Buylith, pr. t. boileth, Prov. xv. 2 ; 
 p. t.pl. buyliden. Job xxx. 27. 
 
 Bythenke, v. to meditate on, re- 
 collect, Ps. xxxvii. I. See Bi- 
 thenke. 
 
 C. 
 
 Caitifte, s. captivity, Ps. xiii. 7 \ 
 
 Hi. 7 ; Ixvii. 19. 
 Calengynge, pr.p. accusing, Prov, 
 
 xxviii. 3. 
 Canel, s. cinnamon, Prov. vii. 17. 
 Capparis, s. the caper-shrub (Lat. 
 
 capparis), Eccles. xii. 5. 
 Capret, s. a wild goat, S. Sol. ii. 9 ; 
 
 pi. capretis, S. Sol. ii. 7. 
 Careyn, s. a carcase, Job xxxix. 30. 
 Castels, s.pl. tents, camp, Ps. Ixxvii. 
 
 28 ; cv. 16. 
 Castyng afore, s. forethought. Job 
 
 xxxiv. 27. 
 Catel, s. substance, goods, Ps. cviii. 
 
 II ; Prov. i. 13. 
 Caudron, s. cauldron, Ps. cvi. 9. 
 Cautelouse, adj. cautious, crafty, 
 
 Job v. 13. 
 
 Celeris, s.pl. cellars, S. Sol. i. 3. 
 Cesoun, s. season, Eccles. viii. 6. 
 Chaier, s. chair, seat, Ps. cvi. 32. 
 Ch.alenge, s. accusation, Prov. xxviii. 
 
 16; pi. ehaleiigis, Eccles. iv. i. 
 Chalengere, s. accuser, Ps. Ixxi. 4; 
 
 pi. chalengeris. Job xxxv. 9. 
 Chare, s. chariot, Ps. Ixvii. 18; pi. 
 
 charis, Ps. xix. 8. 
 Chargiden, p. t. pi. regarded, Prov. 
 
 i. 25. 
 Chariouse, adj. chargeable, bur- 
 densome, Prov. xxvii. 3. 
 Cbaungyng, s. changing, Ps, 
 
 Ixxxviii. 52 (Lat. commutatio- 
 
 nein) ; pi. chaungyngis, ex- 
 
 changings, Ps. xliii. 13. 
 Cheer, chere, s. countenance, face. 
 
 Job iv. 16; Ps. iv. 7; x. 8; pL 
 
 cheris, looks, Ps. liv. 22. 
 Chees, p. t. chose, Job vii. 15 ; Ps, 
 
 xxiv. 1 2 ; xxxii. 12; pi. cheesi- 
 
 den. Job vii. 15; p.p. chose, 
 
 Ps. Ixiv. 5. 
 Chere, s. face, Job iv. 16. See 
 
 Cheer. 
 Childith, pr. t. bringeth forth chil- 
 dren, Job xxiv. 21; p.t. chil- 
 
 dide, Ps. vii. 15. 
 Chirche, s. assembly, Ps. xxxix. 10 ; 
 
 Ixxxviii. 6 ; cvi. 32 ; pi. chirchis, 
 
 Ps. Ixvii. 27. 
 Chyne, s. an opening, chink, breach 
 
 in a wall, S. Sol. ii. 14. 
 Clees, s. pi. hoofs, lit. claws, Ps. 
 
 Ixviii. 32. 
 Clei, s. clay. Job xiii. 12. 
 Clenner, adj. comp. cleaner, purer, 
 
 Job iv. 17; stiperl. clenneste, 
 
 Prov. iii. I4. 
 Clennesse, s. cleanness, Ps. xvii. 
 
 21. 
 Clepe, V. to call, Job xii. 4 ; p. t.pl. 
 
 clepiden. Job i. 4; pr.p. clep- 
 
 ynge. Job ix. 16. 
 Clere, adj. splendid, bright, Ps. 
 
 XV. 6. 
 Cleuede, p. t. cleaved, Ps. Ixii. 9. 
 Closyngis, s. pi. leaves of a gate, 
 
 Prov. viii. 3. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 283 
 
 Clothide, p. t. put on, Ps. cviii .18. 
 
 Glottis, s. pi. clods, Job xxviii. 6 ; 
 xxxviii. 38 ; xxxix. 10. 
 
 Cocatrice, s. a basilisk, Ps. xc. 13. 
 
 Coflfyn, s. a basket (Lat. cophinus), 
 Ps. Ixxx. 7. 
 
 Colle, V. to embrace, Eccles. iii. 5. 
 
 Collyngis, s, pi. embraces, Prov. 
 vii. 18 ; Eccles. iii. 5. 
 
 Comelyng, s. a stranger, Ps. xxxviii. 
 14 ; xciii. 6 ; pi. comelingis, 
 Ps. civ. 12. 
 
 Compunct, p.p. filled with com- 
 punction, Ps. iv. 5 ; xxix. 13. 
 
 Comun, p.p. come, Job i, 6. 
 
 Comynalte, s. community, state, 
 Prov. xxix. 2. 
 
 Comyne, v. to commune, Ps. cxl. 4. 
 
 Comynte, s. commonalty, com- 
 munity. Job xxiv. 9. 
 
 Coniectere,«. diviner, Prov. xxiii. 7. 
 
 Consuls, s.pl. chief men. Job iii. 
 14. 
 
 Conuenticulis, s.pl. conventicles, 
 
 Ps. XV. 4, 
 Coolis, s. pi. coals, Ps. xvii. 13. 
 Coordis, s.pl. lines, Ps. xv. 6. See 
 
 Corde. 
 Coostis, s.pl. coasts, Ps. vii. 7. 
 Coote, s. coat, Job xxx. 18. 
 Cop, coppe, s. top, Job xxii. 13; 
 
 Ps. Ixvii. 22; pi. coppis, Prov. 
 
 viii. 2. 
 Corde, s. line, Ps. cxxxviii. 3 (Lat. 
 
 fiiniculuin) ; cord of delyng, 
 
 line of separation, Ps. Ixxvii. 54 ; 
 
 pi. coordis, Ps. xv. 6. 
 Corour, j. a courier, runner. Job ix. 
 
 25. See Currour. 
 Cos, s. a kiss, S. Sol. i. I ; pi. cossis, 
 
 Prov. xxvii, 6. 
 Coueitiden, p.t.pl. lusted, Ps. cv. 
 
 14. 
 Couenable, adj. suitable, Ps. ix (x). 
 
 I ; xxxi. 6. 
 Couent, s. assembly, Ps. Ixiii. 3 ; 
 
 pi. couentis, Ps. xv. 4. 
 Coumfortid, p. p. strengthened. Ps. 
 
 cxxxviii. 6, 17; cxli. 7; cxlvii. 
 
 13- 
 
 Coviplis, s. pi. beams, rafters, S. 
 Sol. i. 16. 
 
 Cratche, s. stall, crib. Job vi. 5 ; 
 xxxix. 9. 
 
 Crist, adj. anointed, Ps. xvii. 51 ; 
 xix. 7 ; xxvii. 8 ; pi. cristis, 
 anointed ones, Ps. civ. 15. 
 
 Cristal, s. ice, Ps. cxlvii. 17. 
 
 Critouns, s.pl. refuse of the frying- 
 pan, Ps. ci. 4. ' Cretans, the 
 crispie pieces or mammocks, re- 
 maining of lard, that hath been 
 first shred, then boyled, and then 
 strained through a cloath;' Cot- 
 grave. The Vulgate has cremiutn, 
 firewood. 
 
 Crokid, adj. curved, Job xxvi. 13. 
 
 Crokiden, /). A />/. turned away, Ps. 
 xvii. 46. 
 
 Cruddid, p.p. clotted, lit. curded. 
 Job X. 10 ; Ps. Ixvii. 16, 17 
 (Lat. coagulatos). 
 
 Culuer, s. a dove, Ps. liv. 7 ; Iv. I. 
 
 Cumpas, in his, our, &c. round 
 about him, us, &c., Ps. xvii. 12 ; 
 xliii. 14. 
 
 Cumpas, V. to go about, Ps. Iviii. 7. 
 
 Currour, s. a runner, courier, Prov. 
 xxiv. 34. See Corour. 
 
 Cursidnesse, s. misery, Ps. xiii. 3. 
 
 D. 
 
 Dai sterre, s. the morning-star, 
 
 Job xxxviii. 32. 
 Dameselis, s. damsels, Ps. Ixvii. 26. 
 Dampne, v. to condemn, Job ix. 
 
 20 ; Ps. xxxvi. 33. 
 Dasewide, p. t. grew dim, Job 
 
 xvii. 7. 
 Deboner, adj. mild, meek, Ps. 
 
 xxiv. 9. 
 Deedli, adj. mortal, Job xxxvi. 31. 
 Defautis, s.pl. faults, Ps. xviii. 14. 
 Defoide, v. to tread down, destroy, 
 
 defile, Ps. cxxxviii. 11 ; p.p. de- 
 
 foulid, Job xiv. 2 ; Ps. ix (x). 5. 
 Delices, 5. pi. delights, luxuries. 
 
 Job xxx. 7. 
 Delitable, adj. delightful, Ps. Ixvi. 
 
 I ; Eccles. xi. 7. 
 
,84 
 
 GLOSSARY, 
 
 Delite, v. to delight, Ps. xxxiv. 9. 
 Delitingis, s.pl. delights, Ps. xv. 
 
 10. 
 Delueden, p.t.pl. dug, pierced, Ps. 
 
 xxi. 17 ; Ivi. 7- 
 Deme, v. to judge, Ps. ix (x). 18; 
 
 pr. t.pl. demen, Ps. ii. 10 ; p. t. 
 
 demyde, Eccles. iv. 3 ; p. p. 
 
 demyd, Ps. ix. 20. 
 Departe, v. to divide, Job xxi. 17 ; 
 
 p. t. departide, parted, distin- 
 guished, Ps. cv. 33 (Lat. dis- 
 
 iinxii); pr.p. departynge, Ps. 
 
 xxviii. 7, 
 Departyngis, s. pi. divisions, Ps. 
 
 cxxxv. 13. 
 Depraueden, p. t. pi. turned to evil, 
 
 Prov. i. 30. 
 Dereworth, derewortlie, adj. 
 
 precious, Prov. v. 19 ; S. Sol. ii. 
 
 7 ; superl. derewortheste, S. 
 
 Sol. v. I. 
 Derlyng, s. darling, S. Sol. ii. 9 ; 
 
 pi. derlyngis, Ps. Hx. 6. 
 Destrie, pr.t.subj. mayst destroy, 
 
 Ps. viii. 3 ; p.p. distried, dis- 
 
 tryed, Job iv. 1 1 ; Ps. x. 4. 
 Deuel, s. devil, Ps. cviii. 6. 
 Diseseful, adj. troublesome, Ps. 
 
 xxxiv. 13. 
 Dispisable, adj. vi^orthy to be des- 
 pised, Prov. xviii. i. 
 Disseit, s. deceit, Ps. xl. 10. 
 Disseruyng, s. deserving; bi dis- 
 
 seruyng, deservedly, Ps. vii. 5. 
 Dissymelith, pr. t. dissembles, 
 
 Prov. xii. 16; p.t. dissymilide. 
 
 Job iii. 26. 
 Distried, distryed, p.p. destroyed, 
 
 Job iv. II ; Ps. X. 4. See De- 
 strie. 
 Distriyng, s. destruction. Job v. 21. 
 Disturble, v. to disturb, confound. 
 
 Job xiii. II ; Ps. ii. 5 ; xx. 10; 
 
 p. p. disturblid, Job iv. 5 ; Ps. 
 
 vi. II. 
 Disturblyng, s. a disturbance, Ps. 
 
 XXX. 21. 
 Diyngis, s,.pl, dyes, colours, Job 
 
 xxviii. 19. 
 
 Doen, pr.t.pl. do, Ps. Ixxii. 27 ; 
 
 p. t. pi. diden, Ps. v. 11 ; p.p. do, 
 
 doon, Jobx. 7 ; xx. 18; Ps. xl. 14. 
 Dom, doom, s. judgment, Job xxxvi. 
 
 6 ; Ps. ix. 8 ; pi. domes, Ps. ix. 1 7. 
 Domesmen, s.pl. judges, Ps. cxl. 6. 
 Doo, s. a doe, Prov. vi. 5. 
 Dou5ter, s. daughter, Ps. ix. 15 ; 
 
 pi. dou5tris, Job i. 2. 
 Draft, s. dregs, Ps. xxxix. 3. \Kead 
 
 drast ; draft h a false forni\. 
 Drast, s. dregs, Ps. Ixxiv. 9. 
 Drawith, pr. t. draw^s towards 
 
 him, Ps. ix (x). 9 ; p.t. drouj, 
 
 dro"w, drew. Job xxiv. 22; Ps. 
 
 cxviii. 131 ; Prov. vii. 21 ; 2 p. 
 
 drowist, Ps.xxi. 10; /)/. drowen, 
 
 Ps. xxxvi. 14. 
 Drede, s. disgrace, Ps. Ixxxviii. 41 
 
 (Lat. opprobriiirti). 
 Dresse, v. to direct, guide, prepare, 
 
 Ps. V. 9 ; vii. 10 ; xxiv. 9 ; p.t. 
 
 dresside, Ps. xxxix. 3 ; Iviii. 5 ; 
 
 p.p. dressid, Ps. xxxvi. 23. 
 Dressyngis, s, pi. guidances, Ps. 
 
 xcviii. 4. 
 Drit, s. dirt, Ps. cxii. 7. 
 Droof, p. t. drove, Ps. xxxiii. I ; 
 
 pi. driueden, Job xxiv. 3 ; p.p. 
 
 drynun, Job xiii. 12. 
 Duellen, pr. t. pi. dwell, Ps. Ixxiv. 4. 
 Duyk, s. leader, prince. Job xxix. 
 
 10; Prov. ii. 17; pi. duykis, 
 
 Ps. Ixvii. 28. 
 Dyuerseli, adv. in diverse direc- 
 tions, apart, Ps. xHii. II. 
 Dyuersitee, s. divers colours, Ps. 
 
 xliv. 10 ; pi. dyuersitees, Ps. 
 
 xliv. 14. 
 Dyuynyng, s. a divination, Prov. 
 
 xvi. 10. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eddre, s. an adder, Eccles. x. 8. 
 Eeld, eld, elde, adj. old, Job xiv. 
 
 8 ; Ps. vi. 8 ; xxxi. 3 ; xxxvi. 25 ; 
 
 covip. eldre, Ps. cvi. 32. 
 Eelde, s. age, Ps. xci. 11. 
 Eerbe, s. an herb, Ps. Ixxxix. 6 ; 
 
 pi. eerbis, Ps. xxxvi. 2, 
 
GLOSS A Rr. 
 
 285 
 
 Eere, s, the ear, Ps. xvi. 6; pi. 
 
 eeris, Ps. v. 2. 
 Eere ring, s. earring, Job xlii. 11. 
 Eete, ete, v. to eat, Ps. ci. 5 ; 
 
 cxxvii. 2; p.t. eet, Ps. xl. 10; 
 
 Ixxvii. 45 ; pi. eeten. Job xlii. 
 
 1 1 ; pr. p. etynge, Ps. cv. 20 ; 
 
 p.p. etun, Job vi. 6. 
 Eft, adv. again. Job vii. 4 ; Ps. 
 
 XX vi. 8. 
 Eir, s. air, sky, Job xii. 7 ; xxxv, 5. 
 Eirun, s.pl. eggs. Job xxxix. 14. 
 Eijte, eistlie, eighth, Ps. vi. i 
 
 (Vulg. pi'O octavo) ; xi. i. 
 Eijtetithe, eightieth, Ps. Ixxx. i. 
 Eld, adj. old, Ps. xxxvi. 25. See 
 
 Eeld. 
 Ellis, else, but, Job ii. 5, 
 Enclynaunt, pr. p. disposed, Prov. 
 
 xxix. 22. 
 Enerite, v. to inherit, Ps. xxiv. 13 ; 
 
 xxxvi. 9. 
 Enforsen,/'r.^./»/. endeavour, strive, 
 
 Job vi. 27 ; xiii. 8, 
 Enhaunse, v. to exalt, lift up, Ps. 
 
 xxix. 2 ; p.t. enhaunside, Ps. 
 
 xxvi. 6; pr.p. enhaunsyng, Ps. 
 
 iii. 4; /)./). enhaunsid, Ps. xxxvi. 
 
 35 ; Ixxi. 16. 
 Enquere, v. to inquire into. Job x. 
 
 6; p.p. enquerid, Ps. cxxxviii. 3. 
 Enserche, v. to search into. Job x. 6, 
 Ententif, adj. bent upon, attentive, 
 
 Job xxix. 21 ; Ps. cxxix. 2. 
 Ere, V. to plough. Job xxxix. 10; 
 
 p. t.pl. eriden. Job i. 14. 
 Erthe-tileris, s. pi. tillers of land. 
 
 Job xxxi. 39. 
 Eschewith, pr. t. avoids, Prov. xi. 
 
 15 ; xvii. 16. 
 Etere, s. eater, Ps. xli. 5. 
 Ether, conj. or, Ps. xvii. 40 ; xxxii. 
 
 17- 
 Euel, iuel, iuele, yuel, adj. evil, 
 
 Job i. I, 8 ; Ps. Ixxvii. 49 ; cxviii. 
 
 10 1 ; Prov. XV. 26. 
 Euene, adj. equal, Ps. Ixxxviii. 7 ; 
 
 Ecclcs. iii. 19. 
 Euene sterre, s. evening-star, Job 
 
 xxxviii. 32. 
 
 Euene worth, adj. of like value, 
 
 Job xxviii. 19. 
 Euenli, adv. equitably, Job ix. 32. 
 Euennesse, >. justice, Ps. x. 8. 
 Euer ethir, euer either, euer 
 
 eithir, euere eithir, each, 
 
 either, both alike, Job ix. 33 ; 
 
 Prov. xvii. 15; xx. 12; Eccles. 
 
 ii. 14; iv. 3 ; xi, 6. 
 Euete, s. a hzard, Prov. xxx. 28. 
 
 Failide on, p. t. was weak against, 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 21. 
 Pallinge-ax, s. a felling-axe, Ps. 
 
 Ixxiii. 6. 
 Fallyngis, s.pl. ruins, Ps. cix. 6 
 
 (Lat. ruinas). 
 Palsnessis, s.pl. frauds, Job xiii. 9. 
 Faujte, p. t. fought, Ps. lix. 2. 
 Feeld-asse, s. wild ass. Job vi. 5. 
 Feerdful, ferdful, adj. terrible, 
 
 Job xvi. 10; Ps. xlvi. 3; cv. 22. 
 Feersnesse, fersnesse, s. force, 
 
 assault, fierceness. Job xxii. 11 ; 
 
 Ps. xlv. 5. 
 Fel, felle, adj. subtle, Prov. xii. 
 
 23 ; xiii. 16 ; xiv. 15. 
 Pelde, p. t. fell, Job i. 19 ; xvi. 15 ; 
 
 pi. felden, fellen. Job i. 15; 
 
 Ps. XV. 6; Iviii. 4; p.p. fallun, 
 
 Prov. vi. 3. 
 Felnesse, s. astuteness, Job v. 13 ; 
 
 Prov. i. 4 (Lat. astutia). 
 Felonye, s. great wickedness, Job 
 
 XXXV. 15. 
 Felouschipid, p. p. associated, 
 
 joined, united in, Prov. xxvi. 23, 
 Fendis, s. pi. fiends. Job xx. 25. 
 Fetheris, s.pl. wings, Ps. cxxxviii. 
 
 9- 
 Feynere, s. a feigner, Prov. xi. 9 ; 
 
 pi. feyneris. Job xxxvi. 13. 
 Fille, V. to fulfil, fill, replenish, 
 
 satisfy. Job v. 12; Ps. cix. 6 
 
 (Lat. implehit) ; Prov. v. 19 ; pr. 
 
 p. fiUynge, Prov. xxv. 14. 
 Fischis, 5. pi. fishes, Ps. viii, 9. 
 Fitchid, p.p. fixed, Ps. xxxvii. 3. 
 Flei, fley, p. t. flew, Ps. xvii. 1 1. 
 
2S6 
 
 GLOSSARF. 
 
 Fleischis, s. pi. flesh, Job xiii, 14. 
 Flete, V. to flow, float, melt, S. Sol. 
 
 iv. 16 ; pr. t. fletith, Ps. Ixvii. 3 ; 
 
 p. t.pl. fletiden, Ps. xcvi. 5 ; pr. 
 
 p. fletinge, fletynge, Ps, xxi. 
 
 15 ; Prov. xviii. 4. 
 Flotering, s. violent movement, 
 
 Ps. liv. 23. 
 Floure, flowre, v. to flourish, Ps. 
 
 xci. 13, 14; cii. 15 ; p. t. flour- 
 
 ide, Ps. xxvii. 7, 
 Flowe, V. to abound, Job xxii. 26. 
 Flowing, s. a flood, Job xxi. 17. 
 Folc, s. people, Ps. xlii. I. 
 Fonned, adj. foolish, Job i. 22 ; ii. 
 
 10. 
 Forsake, p.p. forsaken, Ps. ix. 11, 
 Forseid, pp. aforesaid, Ps. xviii. 14. 
 For-wM, forwhi, for-whi and, 
 
 conj . because, for, wherefore. Job 
 
 xiii, 16 ; xxi. 21 ; Ps. ix (x). 3 ; 
 
 xxxix. 3 ; Prov. iv. 3. 
 Forjaten, p. t.pl. forgot, Ps. xliii. 
 
 21 ; p.p. for3ete, Job xix. 14 ; 
 
 Ps. ix (x). II ; xliii. 18. 
 For5oue,/). p. forgiven, Ps. xxxi. 5. 
 Foulere, s. a taker of birds, Prov. 
 
 vi. 5. 
 Frendesse, s. a female friend, Prov. 
 
 vii. 4 ; S. Sol. i. 8. 
 Fresche, adj. strange, new, Ps. 
 
 Ixxx. 10. 
 Fruyt, s. fruit, Ps, xx. 11. 
 Ful, adj. full, great; ful cut 
 
 ioiyng, i. e. ful out - ioiyng, 
 
 great exultation, Ps. xli. 5. 
 Ful, adv. very, Ps. xv. 6. 
 Ful out, adv. completely, Ps. xx. 2. 
 Fulli, adj. extreme (lit. full-like), 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 7> ii« 
 Fyndyngis, s. pi. inventions, Ps. 
 
 xcviii. 8. 
 
 G. 
 
 Gadire, v. to gather, Ps. xv. 4, 
 
 Geet, geete, s. pi. goats, Job 
 
 xxxix. I ; Prov. xxvii. 27; geet- 
 
 buckis, he-goats, Ps. xlix. 9. 
 
 Gendrith,/'^./'. begets, Eccles. vi.3 ; 
 
 p.p. gendrid, Job i. 13 ; Ps.ii. 7. 
 
 Gendrure, s. engendering, Job xl. 
 
 12. 
 Gerfawcun, gerfaukun, s. a kind 
 
 of falcon, Job xxxix. 13 ; Ps. ciii. 
 
 17. 
 
 Gesse, v. to reckon, suppose. Job 
 
 xli. 23 ; pr. t. gessith. Job xi. 
 
 12 ; p.p. gessid, Job xiii. 5. 
 Gestis, s.pl. deeds, Prov. ix, 18. 
 Giaunt, s. a giant, Job xvi. 15. 
 Gileful, adj. deceitful, Ps. v. 7. 
 Gilefuli, gylefuUi, adv. deceit- 
 fully, Ps. V. II; xiii. 3; Prov. 
 
 XX. 19. 
 Gilis, giles, s.pl. guiles. Job xiii. 
 
 7 ; Prov. xxvi. 24. See Gyle. 
 Gilours, s. pi. guileful men, de- 
 ceivers, Ps. liv. 24,. 
 Gird, p.p. girt; Ps. xvii. 33 ; gird 
 
 the leendis, girt round the loins, 
 
 Prov. XXX. 31. 
 Gladith, pr. t. maketh glad, Ps. 
 
 xlii. 4. 
 Glotouns, s. pi. gluttons, Prov. 
 
 xxviii. 7. 
 Gnaste, v. to gnash, Ps. xxxvi. 1 2 ; 
 
 p. t.pl. gnastiden, Ps. xxxiv. 16. 
 Gnawiden, p. t. pi. gnawed, Job 
 
 XXX. 3. 
 Gobelyn, s. a goblin, demon, Ps. 
 
 xc. 6. 
 Goen, goon, pr. t. pi. go, Job xxiv. 
 
 5 ; Ps, xi, 9 ; Ixxxvii, 5 ; p.t. 
 
 jede. Job i. 12 ; Ps, xviii, 5 ; pi. 
 
 5eden, Job i, 4; p.p. go, goon, 
 
 Job ii. 2 ; Ps. xxxvii. 5. 
 Goteris, s.^Z. droppings, drops, Ps. 
 
 Ixiv. II ; Ixxi. 6. 
 Gouernails, gouernals, s.pl. go- 
 vernment, Prov. i. 5 ; xx. 18. 
 Gouernour, s. a steersman, Prov. 
 
 xxiii. 34. 
 Greces, s. pi. steps, degrees, Ps. 
 
 cxix. I. 
 Grettere, adj. comp. greater, Ps. 
 
 cxiii (cxv). 13. 
 Greuousere, adj. comp. more 
 
 grievous. Job vi. 3. 
 Grutclie, v. to grumble, Ps.lviii, 16 ; 
 
 p. t. pi. grutchiden, Ps. cv. 25. 
 
GLOSS A RF. 
 
 287 
 
 Gryndere, s. a grinder, Eccles. xii, 
 4 ; pi. grynderis, Eccles. xii. 3, 
 
 Gyle, s, guile, Ps. ix (x). 7 ; pi. 
 gilis, giles, Job xiii. 7 ; Prov. 
 XX vi. 24. 
 
 H. 
 
 Haburioun, s. a breastplate, Job 
 
 xii. 17. 
 Haldere, s. possessor, Eccles. v. 
 
 10. 
 Halewide, p. t. sanctified, Job i. 5 ; 
 
 p.p. halewid, Ps. xlv, 5. 
 Halewyng, s. sanctifying, Ps. xxix. 
 
 I. 
 Han, pr. t. pi. have, Job xviii. 3 ; 
 
 xxii. 15 ; Ps. V. 11. 
 Hap, s. chance. Job iv. 2. 
 Hardi, adj. bold. Job xxxvii. 24. 
 Heed, s. the head. Job i. 20 ; i. e. 
 
 heading, beginning, Ps. xxxix. 9 
 
 (Lat. capite). 
 Heelthe, s. salvation, Ps. lix. 13. 
 
 See Helthe, 
 Heep, s. a heap, S. Sol. vii. 2. 
 Heer, hair, i.e. foliage (Lat. cotnani). 
 
 Job xiv. 9 ; pi. heeris, heiris, 
 
 hairs. Job iv. 15 ; Ps. xxxix. 13. 
 Heestis, s.pl. commands, Ps. cxviii. 
 
 4,6. 
 Hegge, s. a hedge, Eccles. x. 8 ; pi. 
 
 heggis, Ps. Ixxxviii. 41. 
 Heire, s. sackcloth, Ps. xxxiv. 13; 
 
 Ixviii. 12. 
 Heij, an heije. See Hij. 
 Hele, V. to conceal, cover, Prov. 
 
 XXV. 2 ; pr. t. helith, Job xlii. 3 ; 
 
 Prov. xi. 13; p.p. hilid, Job vi. 
 
 21 ; X. 22, 
 Helpide, p. t. helped, Ps. xciii. 17 ; 
 
 p.p. helpid, Ps. Ixxxv. 17 ; Prov. 
 
 xviii. 19. 
 Helthe, heelthe, s. safety, salva- 
 tion, Ps. xvii, 36; XX. 2; xxxiv. 
 
 3; xxxvi. 39 ; lix. 13. 
 Hem, pron. them. Job i. 4 ; ii. 1 1 ; 
 
 hem silf, themselves, one an- 
 other, Ps. Ixxii. 27 ; Prov. xxii. 1. 
 Hemmes, s.pl. hems, borders, Ps. 
 
 xliv. 14. 
 
 Hengis, s.pl. hinges, Prov. xxvi. 14. 
 Her, adj. pro ft. their. Job xxi. 8; 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 4; ge?i. hern, theirs, of 
 
 them, Job xxiv. 6 ; Prov. xi. 24. 
 Herie, v. to praise, Ps. xxxiv. 18; 
 
 irnp. pi. Ps. xxviii. 2 ; p. t. pi. 
 
 herieden. Job xxxviii. 7. 
 Heriyng, s. praise, Ps. viii. 3 ; 
 
 XXV. 7. 
 Herris, s.pl. hinges, Job xxii. 14; 
 
 Prov. viii. 26. 
 Hert, s. a hart. Job vii. 2 ; pi. 
 
 hertis, Ps. ciii. 18. 
 Hertid, p. p. wise, intelligent, Job 
 
 xxxiv. 10. 
 Hertles, adj. foolish, Prov. xii. 8. 
 Hertli, adj. joyous. Job viii. 21; 
 
 Ps. xlvi. 6. 
 Heuyli, adv. heavily, Job iv. 2. 
 Hey, s. grass, Ps. xxxvi. 2 ; Ixxi. 
 
 16 ; Prov. xxvii. 25. 
 Hiddlis, s. secret, Job xiii. 10. 
 
 {Hiddlis is a sing, form ; A. S. 
 
 hydels.) 
 Hidousnesse, s. horror, Job iv. 
 
 13, 15 ; xxviii. 20. 
 Hilid, p.p. covered, Job x. 22. See 
 
 Hele. 
 Hiling, hilyng, s. a covering, tent. 
 
 Job xxiv. 7 ; Ps. xxxv. 8. 
 THrttp.p. hurt, Job xv. 33. 
 Hirtith, pr. t. stumbles, strikes 
 
 against, Prov. xix. 2. 
 Hirtyng, s. stumbling, Prov. iv. 12. 
 Hise, pi. his, Ps, Ixi. 13. 
 Hi5, hije, hei5, adj. high, exalted, 
 
 Ps. xii. 8 ; Ixxvii. 56 ; Prov. viii. 
 
 2 ; comp. higer, hijere, Job 
 
 xxxi. 21; Ps. ciii. 3; superl. 
 
 hijeste, Ps. ix. 3 ; xlv. 5 ; an 
 
 hi5, an heije, on high. Job v. 
 
 II ; Ps. vii. 9 ; Ixxii. 11. 
 Hool, -s. a whole condition, sound- 
 ness, Job xii. 23. 
 Hool, adj. whole. Job v, 18. 
 Hooli, hooly, adj. holy, Ps. ii. 6 ; 
 
 xix. 7. 
 Hoolis, s.pl. holes, Eccles. xii. 3. 
 Hoond, s. hand, Ps. Ixx. 4. 
 Hoore, s. a whore, Prov. v, 3. 
 
288 
 
 GLOSS A RV. 
 
 Hoornesse, s.hoanness,Prov.xx.29. 
 Hoose, odj. hoarse, Ps. Ixviii. 4. 
 Hoot, hoote, adj. hot, Job vi. 17 ; 
 
 Ps. xxxviii. 4. 
 Hous-coppis, s.pl. house-tops, Ps. 
 
 cxxviii, 6. 
 Hurlid, p. p. dashed down, Ps. 
 
 cxvii. 13. 
 Hurtle, V. to dash down, hurl, Ps. 
 
 cxxxvi. 9 ; p. p. hurtlid, Ps. 
 
 xxxvi. 24; Prov. xxi. 6. 
 Hynd, s. (?) meaning uncertain, Ps. 
 
 xxi. I (Lat. snsceptio7ie). (Two 
 
 MSS. have a gloss : hynd, that is, 
 
 manheed of Crist, that roos a'^en 
 
 in the uioroivtijd-) 
 Hynderere, hyndrere, adj. hin- 
 der, Ps. Ixvii. 14; Ixxvii. 66. 
 Hysnessis, s. pi. heads, tops. Job 
 
 xxiv. 24. 
 
 I. 
 lacynctis, s. pi. hyacinths, S. Sol. 
 
 V. 14. 
 langlere, s. a brawler, wrangler, 
 
 Ps. cxxxix. 12; Prov. vii. 11. 
 Impugnyde, p. t. fought against, 
 
 Ps. Iv. 2. 
 loien, pr. t. pi. rejoice, Job iii. 22. 
 loli, adj. wanton, Prov. vii. 22. 
 Irchouns, s. pi. hedgehogs, Ps. 
 
 ciii. 18. 
 Iris, s. pi. anger, Prov. xxvi. 10 ; 
 
 XXX. 33. 
 Irun, s, iron, Job xxviii. 2 ; Ps, civ. 1 8. 
 lubilacioun, s. a rejoicing, Ps.cl.5. 
 luel, iuele. See Euel. 
 lys, s. ice. Job xxxviii. 29. 
 Ije? y3e» s. eye. Job xiii. i ; xxiv. 
 
 15 ; pi. ijen, Job ii. 12 ; x. 4 ; 
 
 Ps. v. 6. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kau5t, p.p. caught, Ps. ix. 16. 
 Kepith, pr. t. heedeth, Prov. xv. 5. 
 Keping, kepyng, s. a watch, Ps. 
 
 xxxviii. 2 ; Ixxxix. 4 ; cxxix. 6. 
 Kerue, v. to cut, Job xl. 25 ; pr.p. 
 
 keruynge, Prov. v. 4. 
 Keuere, imp. cover, Ps. xvi. 8 ; 
 
 p.p. keuered, Ps. Ix. 5. 
 
 Keueryng, kyueryng, s. cover- 
 ing, Ps. xvii. 36 ; Ixii. 8. 
 
 Kien, s.pl. cows, cattle, Ps. Ixvii. 31. 
 
 Kitte, imp. let him cut, Job vi. 9 ; 
 p. p. kit, Job iv. 20 ; vii. 6. 
 
 Knouleche, knowleche, v. to 
 confess, acknowledge, Ps. vi, 6 ; 
 vii. 18 ; xxvii. 7. 
 
 Knoulechyng, s. confession, ac- 
 knowledgment, Ps. xl. 5. 
 
 Knowe, kiio"wnii, p. p. known, 
 Ps. xix. 7 ; xxxviii. 5 ; i. e. per- 
 sons known, acquaintance, Job 
 xix. 13 ; Ps. XXX. 12. 
 
 Knyjthod, s. warfare. Job vii. I ; 
 X. 17. 
 
 Knyjtis, s.pl. soldiers, Job xxv. 3 ; 
 S.Sol, i. 8. 
 
 Koude. See Kunne. 
 
 Kunne, v. to know, Prov. i. 2 ; 
 Eccles. vii. 26 ; pr. snbj. Job xxiii. 
 5 ; Prov, i. 2 ; pr. t. kan, Job 
 xiii. 2; Ps. Ixxxviii. 16; pi. 
 kunnen. Job viii. 9 ; p.t. koude, 
 Job xix. 4. 
 
 Kunnyng, s. knowledge. Job xiii. 
 2 ; Ps. xviii. 3 ; xciii. 10. 
 
 Kynrede, s. kindred, Ps. Ixxiii. 8. 
 
 Kyueryng. See Keueryng. 
 
 Ladde. See Lede. 
 
 Lambre, lambren. See Lomb. 
 
 Latijs, s. a lattice, Prov. vii. 6 ; pi. 
 
 latisis, S. Sol. ii. 9. 
 Lede, v. to lead, Ps. cvii. ii ; p.t. 
 
 ladde, ledde, lede, Ps. Ixxx. 11 ; 
 
 civ. 37; cv. 9. 
 Leechis, s.pl. physicians, Ps. Ixxxvii. 
 
 II. 
 Leendis, s.pl. loins. Job xxi. 14; 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 18; Prov. xxx. 31. 
 Leeneth, pr. t. lendeth, Ps. xxxvi. 
 
 26 ; cxi. 5. 
 Leep, s. a basket. Job xl. 26. 
 Leese, lese, v. to destroy, lose. 
 
 Job xiv. 19 ; Ps, xx. il ; xciii. 
 
 23 ; pr. t. leesith, Job xii. 23; 
 
 p. t. lost, loste, Ps, xliii. 3; 
 
GLOSSARY, 
 
 289 
 
 Ixxvii. 45 ; pi. losten, Ps. cv. 34 ; 
 
 p.p. lost, Ps. Ixxii. 27. 
 Leesewe, lesewe, s. pasture, Job 
 
 xxxix. 8 ; Ps. Ixxiii. I ; xciv. 7. 
 Leesyng, s. lying, falsehood, Ps. iv. 
 
 3; V. 7; Iviii. 13; pi. lesingis, 
 
 Prov. vi. 19. 
 Leeues, s. pi. leaves of a gate, Prov. 
 
 i. 21. 
 Legatis, s. pi. ambassadors, Ps. 
 
 Ixvii. 32. 
 Leiden, p. t. pi. laid, Ps, cxxxix 6 ; 
 
 p.p. leid, Ps. cxix. 3. 
 Leie to, v. add thereto, Ps. xl. 9 
 
 (Lat. adjiciet) ; Ps. Ixxvi. 8 (Lat. 
 
 apponat)', Prov. xix. 19; ley to, 
 
 continue, Ps. Ixxxviii. 23; p. t.pl. 
 
 leiden to, added thereto, Ps. 
 
 Ixxvii. 17; pr. siibj. leie to, at- 
 
 te'iipt, Ps. ix (x). 18. 
 Lelt, s. lightning. Job xx. 25; pi. 
 
 leitis, leytis. Job xxxviii. 35 ; 
 
 Ps. xvii. 15. 
 Leite, v. to lighten, Job xxxvi. 30 ; 
 
 i:np. Ps. cxliii. 6. 
 Leise, v. to laugh. Job v. 22 ; Prov. 
 
 i. 26 ; xxxi. 25 ; imp. Job ix. 23 ; 
 
 p. t. leiside, Job xxix. 24. 
 Lei^tir, a. laughter. Job viii. 21. 
 Lerne, v. to teach, Ps. civ. 22. 
 Lerud, p.p. learned, Ps. ii. 10; 
 
 Prov. xvii. 27. 
 Lese. See Leeae. 
 Lesewe. See Leesewe. 
 Lesewid, p.p. pastured. Job i. 14. 
 Lesingis. Se • Leesyng. 
 Lettide, p. t. hindered, Ps. Ixxvii. 
 
 Lettrxire, .<;. learning, Ps. Ixx. 15. 
 Ley to. See Leie to. 
 Leytis. See Leit. 
 Lie, V. lie, tell lies, Ps. Ixv. 3 (Lat. 
 
 vientienUir) ; p. t. pi. lieden, Ps. 
 
 xvii. 46 ; Ixxx, 16. 
 Lifthalf, s. left side, Prov. iii. 16. 
 Lijflode, s. livelihood, Prov. xxvii. 
 
 27- 
 Lijk, lyik, adj. like, Job i. 8 ; 
 
 xvi. 4. 
 Likyng, 5. a delight, Ps. xxxv. 9. 
 
 Li5t, adj. quick, ready, Prov. xxix. 
 
 22. 
 Lijtne, imp. enlighten, Ps. xii. 4 ; 
 
 pr.p. lijtnynge, Ps. xviii. 9. 
 Listnere, s. an enlightener, Prov. 
 
 xxix. 13. 
 Lijtnyng, s. ilIumination,Ps.xliii.4. 
 Lokide, p. t. looked, Ps. ci. 20. 
 Lomb, s. a lamb, Prov. vii. 22 ; pi. 
 
 lambre, lambren, Ps. Ixxvii. 70; 
 
 cvi. 41 ; cxliii. 13. 
 Loof, s. loaf, Prov. vi. 26 ; pi. 
 
 looues, Ps. xli. 4. 
 Loore. See Lore. 
 Lordschipe, s. dominion, Ps. cii. 
 
 22 ; cxliv. 13. 
 Lore, loore, s. learning, Ps. ii. 12 ; 
 
 xlix. 17 ; cxviii. 66. 
 Lorun, p.p. lost, i.e. broken, Ps. 
 
 xxx. 13. 
 Loside, p. t. loosed. Job xxxix. 5. 
 Lost, loste, losten. See Leese. 
 Lottis, s.pl. lots, Prov. xvi. 33. 
 Lymes, s.pl. limbs, Job xvi. 8. 
 Lynage, s. tribe, race, kindred, Ps, 
 
 Ixxvii. ^^, 68 ; pi. lynagis, Ps. 
 
 Ixxi. 17; Ixxvii. 55. 
 
 M. 
 
 Mai, />r. t. can, Prov. iii. 27; 2 p. 
 
 maist, Job xxxiii. 5 ; xlii. 2 ; p. 
 
 t. pi. mijten, myjten, could, 
 
 prevailed, Ps. xx. 12; cxxviii. 2. 
 Maistri, maistrie, maistrye, s. 
 
 mastery, Ps. xii. 5 ; Ii. 9 ; Ixiv. 4. 
 Maistris, s. pi. masters, Prov. v. 
 
 13- 
 
 Manaasside, /). /. threatened, Job 
 
 xvi. 10. 
 Mandrogoris, s. pi. mandrakes, 
 
 S. Sol. vii. 13. 
 Mannus. gen. man's, Prov. xviii. 
 
 20 ; gen. pi. mennus, Ps. cxiii 
 
 (cxv). 4. 
 Manquellere, s. a murderer, Ps. 
 
 V. 7 ; pL menquelleris, Ps. liv. 
 
 24. 
 Mansleere, s. a murderer. Job 
 
 x.xiv. 14. 
 
 U 
 
290 
 
 GLOSSARY, 
 
 Margarite, s. pearl, Prov. xxv. 
 
 12. 
 Mawe, s. stomach, Prov. vii. ?2. 
 Me, man {used impenonally), Job 
 
 xxxix. 28; Ps. Ixxi. 15; Prov. 
 
 xvi. 6. 
 Meddling, s. mixture, Ps. Ixxiv. 9. 
 Mede, s. reward, Prov. xi. 18. 
 Medlen, pr. t. pi. mix, Prov. xviii. 
 
 6 ; p. t. meddlide, medlide, 
 
 Ps. ci. 10 ; Prov. ix. 2 ; p. p. 
 
 ineddlid, Ps. cv. 35, 
 Meete, v. to measure, Ps. Hx. 8. 
 Mekith, pr. t. humbleth, Ps. Ixxiv. 
 
 9; p. t. mekide, Ps. xxxiv. 13 ; 
 
 p. p. mekid, Ps. xxxviii. 3 ; cv. 
 
 42. 
 Mentil, 5. mantle, Prov. xxv. 20. 
 Merow5, s. marrow, Ps. Ixv. 1 5 ; 
 
 pi, raerowis, Job xxi. 24. 
 Merueilis, merueiylis, mer- 
 
 ueylis, s. pi. marvels, Ps. Ixxi. 
 
 18; Ixxiv. 3; civ. 2, 5. 
 Merye, myrie, adj. merry, happy, 
 
 Job xxi. 23 ; Ps. Ixxx. 3 ; cxi. 5. 
 Mete, s. meat, Ps. lii. 5 ; pi. 
 
 raeetis, Ps. xliii. 12 [of meetis 
 
 = for meat]. 
 Meyneal, adj. of one's household, 
 
 Job vi. 13 ; pi. meyneals, they 
 
 of the household, Prov. xxxi. 15. 
 Meynee, s. household, family. Job 
 
 i. 3 ; pi. meynees, Ps. xxi. 28 ; 
 
 cvi. 41. 
 Miclie. See Myclie. 
 Modirles, adj. motherless, Ps. ix 
 
 (X). 18. 
 Monestid, p. p. tat-ght, Eccles. 
 
 vii. 3. 
 Monestyngis, s. pi. admonitions, 
 
 Prov. xii. II. 
 Moore trees, s. pi. mulberry-trees, 
 
 Ps. Ixxvii. 47 (Lat. moros). 
 More. adj. c0711p.gre2.ieT, Ps. Ixxxix. 
 
 10 ; superl. mooste, Ps. xviii.14. 
 More, adv. very much, thoroughly, 
 
 Ps. 1. 4. 
 Morenen, pr. t. pi. mourn, Job v. 
 
 11 ; p. t. pi. morenyden, Job 
 xxix. 25. 
 
 Moutli, s. face, countenance, Ps. 
 
 xxxiii. I (Lat. vultiivi). 
 Moreutid, morewtid, morutid, 
 
 raorwetid, s. morrow, morning. 
 
 Job iii. 9 ; xxiv. 17 ; Ps. xxi. i ; 
 
 Ixxiii. 16 ; c. 8 ; pi. morewtidis, 
 
 morutidis, Ps. Ixii. 7 ; Ixxii. 14. 
 Mouwyng, mowyng, s. mockery, 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 16 ; xliii. 14. 
 Mou5te, s. a moth. Job iv. 19; 
 
 xiii. 28. 
 Mow, mo"we, v. to be able, Job 
 
 xi. 15; Ps. xvii. 39 ; Eccles. viii. 
 
 17 ; />?*. t. pi. moiin, Job v. 12 ; 
 
 ix. 10. 
 Mussel, 5. a morsel, Job xxxi. I 7 ; 
 
 pi. mussels, Ps. cxlvii. 17. 
 Must, s. new wine, Job xxxii. 19. 
 Myclie, miclie, adj. much, great, 
 
 Ps. XXXV. 7; Ixvii. 12; cxviii. 
 
 165. 
 Myche, adv. much, greatly, very, 
 
 Ps. xlvii. 2 ; cii. 8. 
 Mycliilnesse, s. greatness, Ps. 
 
 xxxii. 16 ; xlix. 3. 
 Myddis, mydis, s. middle, Ps. 
 
 Ixxiii. II, 12. 
 Myist, s. mist, Job iii. 5. 
 Mynde, s. remembrance, memory, 
 
 memorial, Ps. ix. 13 ; xxiv. 7 ; 
 
 xxix. 5 ; xxxiii. 17- 
 Mynen, poss. pron. pi. my, Ps. 
 
 XXX. 16. 
 Mynen, pr. t. pi. dig through, 
 
 undermine, Job xxiv. 16. 
 Myrie, See Merye. 
 Myseiste, s. poverty, need. Job v. 
 
 21. 
 Mys turne, v. to pervert, Prov. 
 
 xvii. 23. 
 
 Waile, imp. transfix, fasten, Ps. 
 
 cxviii. 120 (Lat. coiifige). 
 Nappe, V. to sleep, Ps. cxx. 4 ; p. 
 
 t. nappide, Ps. cxviii. 28. 
 Napping, s. slumber, Ps. cxxxi. 4. 
 Nawle, s. the navel, Job xl. 11; 
 
 Prov. iii. 8. 
 Ne, nor, Eccles,. jx. ii. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 291 
 
 Neisch, neisclie, adj. soft, deli- 
 cate, Job xxiii. 16 ; Prov. xviii. 9. 
 Neiyng, i. a neighing, Job xxxix. 19. 
 Weije, V. to approach, Job xxxiii. 
 
 2 2 ; Ps. xxxi. 6 ; pr. t, pi. 
 
 neijen, Ps. xxvi. 2; p. t. nei- 
 
 5ed3, Ps. liv. 22; pi. neijden, 
 
 neiseden, nsijiden, Ps. xxxvii. 
 
 12; cvi. 18; cxviii. 150; zw/>. 
 
 neijhe, Ps. Ixiii. 8; pr.p. nei3- 
 
 ynge, Job xxiii. 17. 
 Nile. See Wyle. 
 Ni5, /';•£'/>. near, Ps. Ixxxiv, IC. 
 'No but, no-but, cojij. except, Ps. 
 
 xciii. I 7 : cxviii. 92; Prov.iv. ]6, 
 Noiful, adj. hurtful, injurious, Ps. 
 
 xxvi. 2. 
 Nol, s. head, neck. Job xv. 26 ; 
 
 xvi. 13 ; pi. nollis. Job xiii. 12 ; 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 4. 
 Nolde. See Nyle. 
 Noon, no, Ps. iii. 3, 
 Noot, pr. t. knows not. Job xxviii. 
 
 13 ; Ps. xxxuiii. 7. 
 Nosethirlis, nose-th.urls, s. pi. 
 
 nostrils. Job xxvii. 3 ; xxxix. 20 ; 
 
 Ps. cxiii (cxv). 6. 
 Noumbriden, p. t. pi. counted, 
 
 Ps. xxi. 18. 
 Noujt, nothing. Job vii. 16; xvi. 
 
 8 ; Fs. xxxii. 9. 
 Nurische, v. to nourish, Ps. xxx, 
 
 4; p.t. nurschide, Ps. xxii. 2. 
 Nyle, pr. t. will not, am unwilling, 
 
 Job xxiii. 6 ; pi. nylen, Job xxi. 
 
 14; p.t. nolde, Job vi. 7; Ps. 
 
 XXXV. 4 ; 2 p. noldist, Ps. xxxix. 
 
 7; pi. iioldsn. Job xxxiv. 27; 
 
 Ps. Ixxvii. 10 ; imp. nile, nyle. 
 
 Job X. 2 ; Ps. xxxi. 9; xxxvi. i, 
 
 8. 
 ]M'y3, adj. near, Ps. xxxiii. 1 9. 
 Nyj, adv. near, nearly, Job xiv. 8 ; 
 
 Ps. XXXV. 5 ; xliv. 10. 
 Nyjtis, s. pi. nights, Job ii. 13. 
 
 O, oon, one, Job ix. 22; xi. lo; 
 Ps. xiii, I ; xxi. 21. 
 
 OblLschen, pr. t. pi. bind, Prov. 
 
 xxii. 26. 
 Occian, s. ocean. Job xxxviii. 30. 
 Of hard, adv. with dilficulty, 
 
 Eccles. i. 15 ; iv. 12. 
 Oldli, adj. old, Job xli. 23. 
 Onourid, p.p. honoured, Ps. xxxvi. 
 
 20. 
 Ony, any, Ps. xii. 4. 
 Onys, adv. once. Job ix. 23 ; Ps. 
 
 Ixi. 12. 
 Oon. See O. 
 Oost, s. army, force, host, Job 
 
 xxix. 25; S. Sol. i 8; pi. oosiis, 
 
 S. Sol. vi. 3. 
 Orguns, s. pi. harps, Ps cxxxvi. 2. 
 Orrour, 5. fear, horror, Job vii. 14. 
 Ostrigis, s. pi. ostriches, Job xxx. 
 
 29. 
 Ouercomynge, pr. p. surpassing, 
 
 Job xxxvi. 26. 
 Ouerer, adj. comp. upper, Job 
 
 xxxviii. 30. 
 Ourne, v. to adorn, Prov. xxvi, 23 ; 
 
 p. t. ournede. Job xxvi, 13; 
 
 p. p. ourned, Ps. cxliii. 12. 
 Ournement, a. ornament, Prov. 
 
 vii. 10. 
 Out-takun, outakun, prep, ex- 
 cept, I's. xvii, 32 ; Prov. vii. 1, 
 Out ioiyng, i.e. out-ioiyng, .->. 
 
 extreme joy, exultation, Ps. xlvi. 
 
 2. 
 Oupte, j!). t. owed, Prov, vii. 14. 
 
 P. 
 
 Paddok, s. a frog, Ps. Ixwii. 45 ; 
 
 pi. paddoks, Ps. civ. 30. 
 Parcener, s. partner, Ps. cxviii. 63 ; 
 
 //. parceneris, Prov, v. 17. 
 Parfit, perfite, adj. perfect, Ps. 
 
 lix. 2; ixvii. 10; Ixxvii. 2. 
 Partie, a. p.irt, portion, Job xxvi. 
 
 14; /'/. partis, Ps. Ixii. 11, 
 Passyng, s, surpassing feeling, 
 
 overpowering agony, Ps. x.xx. 23 
 
 (Lat. exce!,s,xi). 
 Pees, s. peace. Job v. 24 ; Ps. 
 
 xi:i. 3. 
 
 U 2 
 
292 
 
 GLOSSARY, 
 
 Peesid, p. p. appeased, Ps. Ixxxii. 
 
 2. 
 
 Peiside, p. t. weighed, Prov. viii. 
 
 29; p.p. peisid, Job vi. 2. 
 Pennes, pennys, s. pi. wings. Ps, 
 
 xvii. 12 ; Prov. xxiii. 5 ; Eccles. 
 
 X. 20. 
 Perse, v. to pierce, penetrate, Job 
 
 xl. 19; p.p. persid. Job xxx. 
 
 17- 
 Pesible, adj. peaceful, appeasable, 
 
 Job V. 23 ; viii. 6. 
 Pissemyre, s. ant, Prov. vi. 6, 
 Plauntidist, p. t. 2 p. didst plant, 
 
 Ps. xliii. 3. 
 Pleiede, p. t. played, delighted, 
 
 Prov. viii. 30. 
 Pollid, p. p. cropped, clipped, Job 
 
 i. 20. 
 Pomel, s. a head, hilt, or capital 
 
 like an apple, Prov. xxv. il. 
 Porails, s. pi. the common people, 
 
 Prov. xxx. 14. 
 Pouert, s, poverty. Job xxxvi. 8 ; 
 
 Ps. xxx. II. 
 Poyntil, s. a style to write with, 
 
 Job xix. 24. 
 Pressours, s. pi. winepresses, Ps. 
 
 viii. I ; Ixxx. I ; Prov. iii. 10. 
 Preye, imp. pray, Ps. xxxvi. 7. 
 Priue, priuy, adj. secret, Job iv. 
 
 12 ; Ps. civ. 30. 
 Priued, p.p. deprived, Job xxi. 10. 
 Priuetees, pi-iuytees, pryuy- 
 
 tees, s. pi, secrecy, mysteries, Ps. 
 
 ix. I : ix (x). 8 ; Ixiii. 5. 
 Pryuyli, adv. secretly, Ps. xl. 8. 
 Puple, s. people. Job xii. 24 ; pi. 
 
 puplis, Ps. ii. I. 
 Purueide, p. t. provided, Ps. xv. 8. 
 
 (Lat. providebam, saw before). 
 Puruyaunce, s. foresight, a pro- 
 viding, Eccles. iv (v). 5. 
 
 Q. 
 
 Queer, s. choir, Ps. cxlix. 3 ; cl. 
 
 4; quere, Iii. i. 
 Quemeful, ac?/. placable. Job xxxiii. 
 
 26. 
 
 Q,ueneh.id, p. p. overpowered by 
 
 sleep, Ps. iii. 6. 
 Querels, s. pi. complaints, Job 
 
 xxxiii. 10. 
 Quik, quyk, adj. living, Ps. xli. 3 ; 
 
 liv. 16 ; Ixxxiii. 3. 
 Q,uikene, quykene, v. to make 
 
 alive, Ps. Ixxix. 19 ; cxxxvii. 7 ; 
 
 i7np. quikene, quykene, quy- 
 
 kine, Ps. cxviii. 25, 38, 40; p.p. 
 
 quykenyd, Ps. Ixx. 20. 
 Quytere, s. filth, corruption. Job 
 
 ii. 8. 
 
 B. 
 
 Ramne, s. a bramble, Ps. Ivii. 10. 
 Raueische, imp. pi. snatch, Ps. 
 
 Ixxxi. 4 ; p. t. pi. rauyschiden, 
 
 took the spoil, Ps. xliii. 11. 
 Raueyns, s.pl. robbery, Ps. Ixi. 1 1, 
 Eauynour, s. a robber, Job v. 15. 
 Ray-cloth, s. a striped cloth, Prov. 
 
 xxxi. 22. 
 Reed, adj. red, Ps. cv. 7, 9. 
 Rehed, reheed, s. a reed, rush, 
 
 Job xl. 16; Ps. Ixvii. 31. 
 Refuit, refute, refutt, refuyt, 
 
 s. refuge, Ps. ix. 10; Ixx. 3; ciii.18. 
 Reise, v. to raise, Job iii. 8 ; p. p. 
 
 reisid. Job ii. 12 ; Ps. xix. 9. 
 Relifs, relifis, s. pi. fragments, 
 
 remains, remnants. Job xviii. 19 ; 
 
 Ps. xvi. 14. 
 Relikis, s. pi. remains, Ps. xxxvi. 
 
 37- 
 Renne, rennen, v. to run, Ps. 
 
 xviii. 6; Prov. iv. 12; pr. t. 
 
 renneth. Job xxxiv. 9. 
 Rennyngis, s.pl. runnings, streams, 
 
 Ps. i. 3. 
 Renule, v. to renew, Ps, ciii. 30 ; 
 
 p.p. renulid, Job xxix. 20; Ps. 
 
 xxx viii. 3. 
 Repen, pr. t. pi. reap, Job iv. 8 ; 
 
 p. p. rope, S. Sol. v. i. 
 Repreue, imp. reprove. Job v. 17. 
 Repreuyngis, s. pi. reproofs, Ps. 
 
 xxxvii. 15. 
 Repugne, v. to fight against. Job 
 
 xxi. 34. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 293 
 
 Rewme, s. kingdom, Ps. xxi. 29 ; 
 
 xliv. 7. 
 Reyn, s. rain, Ps. Ixvii. 10. 
 Rikynyd, p. p. reckoned, Job iii. 
 
 6. 
 Rijthalf, s. right hand, Ps. xv. S, 
 
 10. 
 Rijtwisnesse, s. righteousness, Ps. 
 
 cxviii. 160. 
 Rooch., rooche, s. rock, Job xiv. 
 
 18 ; Ps, cxiii (cxv). I. 
 Roose, s. praise (?), Ps. lix. I 
 
 [sense quite uncertain] ; pi. 
 
 roosis, Ps. Ixviii. i. 
 Roouys, s. pi. roofs, Prov. xxvii. 
 
 15- 
 Rope. See Repen. 
 Rote, s. root, Job v. 3. 
 Rotun, p. p. rotten, Ps, xxxvii. 6, 
 Ruschyngli, adv. violently, Job 
 
 vi. i:;. 
 Ryuelyngis, s. pi. wrinkles, Job 
 
 xvi. 9. 
 
 S. 
 
 Sad, adj. ^rm, fixed, Ps. Ixxiii. 13, 
 Sadnesse, s, solidity, firmness, 
 
 Prov. xxii. 21. 
 Sak, s. sackcloth, Ps. xxix. 12. 
 Salewis, s. pi. sallows, willows. 
 
 Job xl. 17; Ps, cxxxvi, 2. 
 Saample, s. example, pattern, copy, 
 
 Job xvii. 6. 
 Sautere, sautre, sautree, sau- 
 
 trie, s. psaltery, Ps. xxxii. 2 ; 
 
 xlvii. 5 ; Ivi. 9 ; Ixxx. 3. 
 Schamede, /'. (. was ashamed of, 
 
 Job iii. 25 ; i7}ip. pi. schame, 
 
 shame, Ps. xxxiv, 26 ; Ixix. 3, 4, 
 Scliap, s. shape, Ps. xlix. 3. 
 Schaplynesse, 5. beauty, Ps. xliv. 
 
 ~\. 
 Schauyde, p. t. shaved. Job ii. S. 
 Schedith, pr. t. poureth, Job xii. 
 
 21 ; imp. schede, draw, Ps. 
 
 xxxiv. 3. 
 Scheld, s. a shield, Ps. xc. 5. 
 Scheltrun, .s. array, squadron, S. 
 
 Sol. vi. 3, 9. 
 Schende, v. to reprove, confound, 
 
 put to shame, Ps. cxviii. 31 ; 
 p. p. schent. Job vi. 20 ; Ps. 
 xiii. 6. 
 
 Schendschipe, schenschip, 
 
 schenschipe, s. reproach, dis- 
 grace, Job viii. 22; Ps. xliii. 14, 
 16; Ixviii. 21; pi. schen- 
 schipis, Ps. Ixviii. 10. 
 
 Schete, v. to shoot, Ps. x. 3 ; 
 Ixiii. 5. 
 
 Schittith, pr. t. shutteth, Job xii. 
 14. 
 
 Scho, 5. shoe, Ps. lix. 10 ; cvii. 10. 
 
 Schrewe, s. a depraved person, 
 Job ix. 20 ; pi. schrewis. Job 
 V. 13. 
 
 Schrewid, adj. deceitful, Ps. Ixxvii. 
 
 8, .57. 
 Schrewidnesse, s. depravity, 
 
 wickedness, Job iv. iS. 
 Schridyng, 5. a cutting of herbs, 
 
 S. Sol. ii. 12. 
 Schuldris, s. pi. shoulders, Ps. 
 
 xc. 4. 
 Schulen, pr. t. pi. shall, Ps. xviii. 
 
 15- 
 Schynyng, s. lightning, Ps. cxliii. 
 
 6. 
 Sculptilis, s. pi. idols, Ps. xcvi. 7. 
 Se, V. to see, Job x. 4 ; p. t. si;, 
 
 si3e. Job iv. 8 ; v. 3 ; Ps. cv. 44; 
 
 2 p. siest, sijest. Job xxxviii. 
 
 18 ; Ps. xlix. 18 ; pi. sien, sijen, 
 
 Job ii. 13; Ps. Ivii, 9; pr. p. 
 
 seynge, Ps. xlvii. 6; p.p. seyn, 
 
 sien, Ps. xxxiv. 21 ; Ixxiii. 9. 
 Seeld, p. p. sold, Ps. xliii. 13; 
 
 civ, 17, 
 Seeling, s. sealing, Job xxxviii. 14 
 
 (Lat. s^ignaciilnm). 
 Seie, V. to say, Ps. xlix. 12; pr. 
 
 t. pi. seien. Job xix. 2'^; Ps. 
 
 iii. 3. 
 Seke, V. to search out, seek, Ps. 
 
 xliii, 2 2 ; Ixxxii. 17 ; p.t. sou;te, 
 
 Ps. xxvi. 8 ; pr. p. sekyng, Ps. 
 
 vii. 10; p. p. soust, Job ix. 
 
 ID. 19 ; Ps. Ixxxv. 14. 
 Selers, .■j. pi. cellars, Ps. cxliii. 13. 
 Semeli, adj. seemly, Ps. Ivi. 1. 
 
294 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Sercle, s. riiij^, Prov. xi. 22. 
 Sete, p. p. sat down, Ps. cxxvi. 2. 
 Sewide, p. t. stitched, sewed. Job 
 
 xvi. t6. 
 Seyntis, 5, pi. saints, Ps. xxxvi. 28. 
 Sidur, s. cider, Piov. xxxi. 6. 
 Sien, siest. See Se. 
 Sikir, sikur, adj. secure, Prov. 
 
 xi. 15 ; XV. 15. 
 Sikvirli, adv. securely, Job xi. 18. 
 Silleris, s. pi. sellers, Prov. xi. 27. 
 Singuler, adj. dwelling alone, wild, 
 
 Ps. Ixxix. 14 (Lat. sifigidaris). 
 Siouns, s.pl. branches, Ps. Ixxix. 
 
 12. 
 Sithen, since, Job xxxiv. 29. 
 Sithis, 5. pi. times, Job xix. 3 ; Ps. 
 
 cxviii. 164. 
 Si5, si5e, si3en, sijest. See Se. 
 Sijt, s. sight, Job ii. i ; iv. 3. 
 Sishe, pr. t. sigh. Job iii. 24. 
 Skilfuli, adv. rightfully, Job xxi. 4 
 Sle, slee. v. to slay, Ps. ix (x). 8 
 
 xxxvi. 32 ; Iviii. i. 
 Sleyng, s. slaying, slaughter, Ps 
 
 xliii. 22. 
 Slide, /)./>. slipped, Prov. xxiv. 10 
 Slidir, adj. slippery, Prov. xxvi. 28 
 Slow, adj. slo'chful, Prov. xix. 24. 
 Slydirnesse, s. sHpperiness, Ps 
 
 xxxiv. 6. 
 Snapere, v. to stumble, trip, Prov 
 
 iii. 23. 
 Soleyn, adj. solitary. Job iii. 14. 
 Sope, sopun vp. See Soupe. 
 Souereyneste, adj. siiperl. highest, 
 
 Prov. viii. 2. 
 Souken, pr. t. pi. suck, suckle, 
 
 Job xxxix. 30 ; pr.p. soukynge, 
 
 Ps. viii. 3. 
 Soun, sown, s. sound. Job xv. 21 ; 
 
 xxi. 12 ; Ps. ix. 7. 
 Soupe, V. to swallow up, sup up. 
 
 Job xl. 18; p.p. sope, sopun 
 
 vp, Ps. cxxiii. 4; cxl. 6. 
 Sou5t, soujte. See Sake. 
 Sowneden, p. t. pi. sounded, Ps. 
 
 xlv. 4. 
 SpafCle, s. a spark, Job xxi. 18; 
 
 XXX. 19, 
 
 Spedith, pr. t. is expedient, profits, 
 
 Job XV. 3. 
 Spete, V. to spit. Job xxx. 10. 
 Spier, s. a reed, rush. Job viii. 11. 
 Spirit, s. wind, breath, Ps. xlvii. 8 ; 
 
 cxviii. 131. 
 Spotele, s. spittle, Job vii. 19. 
 Sprenge, imp. sprinkle, Ps. 1. 9 ; 
 
 p. t.pl. spreynten, Job ii. 12. 
 Sprenges, s. pi. branches, shoots, 
 
 Ps. cxxvii. 3. 
 Spue, V. to vomit, Job xx. 15. 
 Spuylid, p. p. spoiled, J(;b xx. 9 ; 
 
 xxii. 6. 
 Spuylis, s.pl. spoils, Ps. Ixvii. 13. 
 Steef, adj. strong. Ps. xxxv. 9. 
 Steere, s. rudder, Prov. xxiii. 34; 
 Stide, s. place. Job xxxix. 22. 
 Stie, V. to go up, ascend, Ps. xxiii. 
 
 3 ; p.t. stiede, Ps. xvii. 9 ; xivi. 
 
 6; pr. p. stiynge, Ps. cv. 7. 
 Stiriden, p. t. pi. moved, shook, 
 
 Ps. xxi. 8. 
 Stiryng, s. shaking Ps. xliii. 15. 
 Stiyng, s. an ascent, S. Sol. iii. 10 ;■ 
 
 pi. stiyngis, goings, paths, Ps. 
 
 Ixxxiii. 6. 
 Stobil, s. stubble, Job xiii. 25. 
 Stok, s. the stocks. Job xiii. 27; 
 
 xxxiii. II. 
 Stoon, s. a stone, rock, Ps. xviii. 
 
 II ; xxvi. 6. 
 Stoonde, imp. stand, Job xxxiii. 5 ; 
 
 p. t.pl. stoden, Ps. xxxvii. 12, 13. 
 Streijte, p. t. stretched, Ps. Ixxix. 
 
 12. 
 Stremed, p. p. poured out as a 
 
 stream, Prov. v. 16 
 Strengere, adj. corap. stronger, 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 10. 
 Streyne, v. to draw tight, bind, 
 
 Job xxvii. 23; pr. t. streyneth, 
 
 Job xl. 12. 
 Stronde, *\ a torrent, stream, Job 
 
 vi. 15 ; pi. strondis, Ps. xvii. 5. 
 Studyes, s. pi. praises, Ps. ix. 12. 
 Svie, V. to follow, Job xxxvi. 21 ; 
 
 Ps. xxii. 6 ; pr. t. 2 p. suest. 
 
 Job XV. 5 ; p. t. suede, Job 
 
 xxxi. 7; Ps. x.xxvii. 21. 
 
GLOSSARF. 
 
 295 
 
 Suffre, Imp. submit to, endure, 
 
 Ps. xxvi. 14 ; cxlvii. 17. 
 Suget, ac?/. . subject, Ps. viii. S; 
 
 xvii. 48. 
 Sum, adj. a certain, some. Job i. 
 
 6, 13; V. I. 
 Sumdeel, adv. in some degree, 
 
 Ps. Ixxxix. 13. 
 Superfluli, adv. superfluously, Ps. 
 
 xxiii. 4 ; xxx. 7- 
 Suyng, X. following, Prov. xi. 19. 
 Swag'ith, pr. t. assuageth, Prov. 
 
 XV. 18. 
 Swatte, p. t. sweated, Eccles. ii. 19. 
 Sweren, pr. t. pi. swear, Ps. l\ii. 
 
 12; p. t. sv/oor, Ps. xxiii. 4; 
 
 Txxxviii. 4 ; p- p- swore, Ps. 
 
 Ixxxviii. 50. 
 Swettere, adj. comp. sweeter, Ps. 
 
 xviii. II. 
 Swolowe, imp. swallow, Ps. Ixviii. 
 
 \6\ p. t. swole"wid, Ps. cv. 17. 
 Swolowe, s. a gulf, Prov. xiii. 15. 
 Symelacris, syinulaeris, s. pi. 
 
 idols, Ps. xcvi. 7 ; cxiii (cxv). 4. 
 Syngulerli, adv. alone, only, Ps. 
 
 iv. 10; xxxii. 15. 
 
 T. 
 
 Takyng, s. a snare, Ps. xxxiv. 8. 
 Tapetis, s. pi. carpets, Prov. vii. 16. 
 Tarie, imp. delav, tarry, Ps. xxxi.x. 
 
 18. 
 Taujte, p. t. taught, Prov. iv. 4 ; 
 
 p. p. tau5t, Job IV. 3. 
 Teetis, s. pi. teats. Job iii. 12. 
 Telle, imp. pi. number, count, Ps. 
 
 xlvii. 13. 
 Temperid, p. p. directed, ordered, 
 
 Prov. xvi. 33. 
 Tent, tente, .<;. attention, heed, 
 
 Ps. V. 3 ; Ixviii. 19. 
 Termes, s. pi. ends, boundaries, 
 
 Ps. ii. 8; Prov. xxiii. 10. 
 Terren, pr. t. pi. provoke, Job 
 
 xii. 6; p. t. terride, Ps. ix (^x). 
 
 3 ; p'l. terreden, Ps. cv. 7 ; pr. 
 
 p. terrynge, Ps. Ixxvii. S; p. p. 
 
 terrid, Ps. v. 11. 
 
 Terryug, 5. a provokip.g, Ps. xciv. 
 
 9- 
 Than, thanne, adv. then, Ps. 
 
 xviii. 14 ; Ixviii. 5. 
 Thenke, v. to think, medita'e, 
 
 thenke for, to meditate on, Ps. 
 
 xxxvii, 20 ; pr. t. pi. thenken, 
 
 think, Ps. ix (x). 2 ; /. /. //. 
 
 thou5ten, Ps. ii. i. 
 Theueli, af/i/. in a thief-like manner. 
 
 furtively. Job iv. 12. 
 Theues, s. pi. thieves, robbers, 
 
 Job xix. 12. 
 Thicke, adj. crowded, Ps. cxvii. 
 
 27. 
 Thilke, that, Job iii. 14; Ps. civ. 
 
 26; pi. Ps. l.txii. 12; Prov. viii. 
 
 3. 
 Thes, these, Ps. xix. 8. 
 Tho, th-oo, those, they, them. Job 
 
 i. 15; Ps. xviii. 12; Ixxvii. 4; 
 
 Prov. iv. 22. 
 Tlioru5, thurj, prep, through. Job 
 
 ii. 2 ; Ps. cxxiii. 5. 
 TI10U5, conj. though. Job viii. 4; 
 
 Ps. xxii. 4. 
 Thousten. See Thenken. 
 Thretne, inf. to threaten, Ps. 
 
 cii. 9. 
 Threttenthe, thirteenth, Ps. xiii. i . 
 Threttithe, thrittithe, thirtieth, 
 
 Ps. xxx. I ; xxxii. i. 
 Thridde, third, Ps. iii. I. 
 Thur5. See Thoruj. 
 Til in to, prep, until, unto, Ps. 
 
 xvii. 51. 
 Til to. prep, unto, until, Ps. xiii. 
 
 I ; XV. 7. 
 Tilid, p. p. tilled, Prov. xiii. 23. 
 Tiravintrie, s. tyranny, Job xv. 20. 
 Tiyl-stoon, s. brick, Ps. xxi. 16. 
 To comyng, ger. to come, future, 
 
 Ps. xxi. 32. 
 To-fore, /);-£'/>. before, Ps. Ixxvi. 3. 
 Token, p. t. pi. took. Ps. xxxix. 1 2. 
 Toord, s. dung, Ps. Ixxxii. ll. 
 To-rende, pr. t. tear in pieces. 
 
 Job xiii. 14; p. p. to-rent, Ps , 
 
 xxix. 12. 
 Touris, .s. /)/. towers, Ps. xlvii. 13. 
 
296 
 
 GLOSS A RF. 
 
 Translatiden, p. t. pi. copied out, 
 
 Prov. XXV. I (Lat. transiule- 
 
 r?tnt). 
 Trauailous, adj. laborious, trou- 
 blesome, Job vii. 3. 
 Trauel, s. labour, toil, Ps. xxiv. 18 ; 
 
 Ixxii. 5. 
 Trauele, v. to labour, toil, Ps. 
 
 xlviii. 10; p. t. traueilide, tra- 
 
 uelide. Job xxxix. 16 ; Ps. vi. 7 ; 
 
 p. p. trauelid, Job ix. 29 ; Ps. 
 
 cv. 32. 
 Tre, 5. wood, a tree, Job xli. 18 ; 
 
 Ps. i. 3; li. 10. 
 Trewe, adj. true, Ps. xviii. 10. 
 Trist, s. trust. Job xi. 18. 
 Trist, triste, ger. to trust, Ps, 
 
 cxvii. 8 ; pr. t. triste, Ps, x. 2 ; 
 
 pi. tristen, Ps. ii. 14. 
 Tristili, oJt/. trustfully, confidently, 
 
 Ps. xi. 6 ; Prov. iii. 23. 
 Trodun, p. p. trodden. Job xxiv. 
 
 II. 
 Tungis, $. pi tongues, Ps. v. il. 
 T-wei. mint, two, Ps. Ixi. 12. 
 Tympan, s. a timbrel. Job xxi, 12. 
 
 Veer-tyme, s. spring, Ps. Ixxiii, 17, 
 Veniaunce, s. vengeance, Job ix. 
 
 5 ; Ps. xxxvii. 2. 
 Venym-raakere, s. charmer, Ps. 
 
 Ivii. 6. 
 Ver, 5. a glass cup, Prov. xxiii. 31. 
 Vertu, s. power, Ps. xx. 14 ; xxviii. 
 
 4, II; pi. vertues, powers, 
 
 mights, armies, Ps. xxiii. 10; 
 
 xliii. 10. y - 
 
 Vndirnyme. v. to xt\ «v. 
 
 ix. 8. 
 Vndursette, v. to prop up, Job 
 
 viii. 15; pr. t. vndursettith, 
 
 placeth beneath, Ps. xxxvi. 24; 
 
 />./). vndvirset, supported, Eccles, 
 
 iv. 10. 
 Vndurstoden, p. t. pi. stood under, 
 
 Ps. Ivii. 10. 
 Vnknew, p. t. knew not, was 
 , ignorant, Job vi. 24. 
 
 Vnknyt, p. p. loosed, unbound, 
 
 Job vi. 17. 
 Vnkunnynge, pr. p. ignorant, Ps. 
 
 xxxviii. g. 
 Vnkunnyngis, s. pi. ignorances, 
 
 Ps. xxiv. 7. 
 Vnnethe, vnnethis, adv. scarcely. 
 
 Job xxvi. 14; Prov. vi. 26. 
 Vnnoble, adj. ignoble. Job xxx, 8. 
 Vnperflt, adj. imperfect, Ps. 
 
 cxxxviii. 16. 
 Vnpite, s. impiety. Job xxxiv. 10 ; 
 
 Prov. iv. 17. 
 Vnpitouse, adj. merciless, impious, 
 
 Job xxxiv. 18 ; Ps. xvi. 9. 
 Vnri5tfulnesse, s. unrighteous- 
 ness. Job xi, 14. • 
 Vnwemmed, adj. without blemish, 
 
 Ps. xvii. 24; xxxvi. 18; Ixiii. 5. 
 Voide, adj. empty, despoiled, Ps. 
 
 vii. 5. 
 Volatils, volatilis, s. pi. birds. 
 
 Job xii. 7; Ps. xlix. II. 
 Vp, vpe, prep, after, according to, 
 
 on account of, Ps. v. II ; ix (x). 
 
 4; xxvii. 4; Ixxviii. il. 
 Vpsedoun, adv. upside down, Job 
 
 xxx. 12 ; Ps. cxvii. 13. 
 Vttermere, adj. outer, Ps. Ixii. 6. 
 Vynegre, s. vinegar, Ps, Ixviii. 22. 
 Vyiier, s. a vineyard. Job xxiv. 6 ; 
 
 S. Sol. i. 5 ; pi. vyneris. Job 
 
 xxiv. 18. 
 
 ■w. 
 
 "Waische, v. to wash, Ps. xxv. 6 ; 
 
 p. t. waiscliide. Job xxix. 6. 
 "Wank-teeth, s. pi. molar teeth, 
 
 Prov. xxx. 14. 
 "Wannesse, s. lividness, Prov. xx. 
 
 30- 
 "War, adj. wary, prudent, wise, 
 
 aware, Job xxxvi. 20. 
 Wed, s. a pledge. Job xxii. 6 ; 
 
 Prov. XX. 16. 
 "Weeten, pr. t. pi. make wet. Job 
 
 xxiv, 8, 
 "Weilen, pr. t. pi. wail, mourn. 
 
 Job xxv. 5. 
 Weiste, s. weight, Job xxviii. 25, 
 
GLOSSARV. 
 
 297 
 
 "Welde, V. to possess, obtain, Prov. 
 
 xxviii, 10; pr. t. pi. welden, 
 
 Prov. i. 19; imp. welde, Ps. 
 
 Ixxviii. 11; Prov. iv. 3; p. t. 
 
 weldide, established, Prov. viii. 
 
 22; pi. weldiden, obtained, 
 
 Ps. xliii. 4. 
 Weldere, s. possessor, Eccles. vii. 1 3. 
 "Wellid, p. p. welded, Job xxviii. 1. 
 "Wellyng-place, a smelting-place, 
 
 a furnace, Prov. xxvii. 21. 
 ■Wem, s. stain, blernish, Ps. xviii. 
 
 8 ; cxviii. I. 
 "Wengis, wyngis, s. pi. wings, Ps. 
 
 XXXV. 8 ; Ix. 5 ; Ixii. 8. 
 "Weiiyde, p. t. weaned, Ps.cxxx. 2. 
 "Were, p. t. 2 p. wert, Ps. xliii. 4. 
 "Werk-beeste, s. beast of burden, 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 23. 
 "Werst, adj. worst, very bad, Ps. 
 
 xxxiii. 22. 
 Wexe, s. wax, Ps. Ivii. 9. 
 "Wexe, V. to grow. Job viii. 1 1 ; pr. 
 
 t. wexeth, Job viii. 12; p. t. 
 
 wexide, Ps. xxxvi. 25 ; pr. p. 
 
 wexynge, Job xiii. 26. 
 "Whal, s. a whale, Job vii. 12. 
 WhannuSjWliennuSjacfT;. whence. 
 
 Job i. 7 ; Ps. cxx. i. 
 What, wherefore, why, Job xv. 12, 
 
 13 ; xxvii. 12. 
 
 "Whele, s. a wheel, Ps. Ixxxii. 14. 
 
 Whiche, which ; whiche heri- 
 
 yngis, which as praise, Ps. Iv. 12. 
 
 "Wielde, wyelde, adj. wild, Job 
 
 xxiv. 5 ; xxxix. 1 ; Ps. xlix. 10, 
 
 13- 
 "Wilful, adj. willing, gracious, Ps. 
 
 Ixvii. 10. 
 "Wilne, V. to will, desire, Job 
 
 xxxix. 9 ; Ps. xxxvi. 23 ; cxi. i : 
 
 /T. /. "wole, Job ix. 20; xxxvi. 
 
 29 ; Ps. xxi. 9 ; pi. wolen, Ps. 
 
 xxxiv. 27; xxxix. 15; p. t. 
 
 "wolde, Ps. xvii. 20; xxxix. 9; 
 
 2 p. woldist, Ps. xl. 12 ; p. p. 
 
 wold, Ps. 1. 18. 
 "Wite, V. to know. Job v. 24 ; Ps. 
 
 lii. 5 ; pr. t. woot. Job ix. 2 ; 
 
 x.\x. 23 ; Ps. Ixxii. 11 ; 1 p. 
 
 woost, Job xxxvii. 15; p. t. 
 
 wiste, Ps. Ixxii. 22 ; 2 p. wis- 
 
 tist, Job xxxviii. 21 ; Ps. xxxix. 
 
 10; imp. pi. wite, Ps. iv. 4; 
 
 ix. 21. 
 With-out, with-outen, with- 
 
 outen, prep, without, Job iv. 20 ; 
 
 viii. II ; Ps. V. II ; ix. 7 ; xxxvi, 
 
 18. 
 "With-outforth, with-out-forth, 
 
 adv. outwardly, without, Ps. xxx. 
 
 12; xl. 8. 
 "With - ynne, prep, within, Ps. 
 
 xxxiv. 13; xxxviii. 4. 
 "Witti, adj. skilful, S. Sol. iii. 8. 
 "Wlappynge, pr. p. wrapping, Job 
 
 xxxviii. 2 ; p. p. wlappid. Job 
 
 iii. 5. 
 "Wlatide, p. t. hated. Job xix. i 7 ; 
 
 Ps. cvi. 18. 
 "Wold, wolde, woldist, wole, 
 
 wolen. See "Wilne. 
 "Wombe, s. belly. Job xl. 11; Ps. 
 
 xvi. 14. 
 "Wondirli, adv. wonderfully. Job 
 
 X. 16. 
 "Wood, adj. mad, Prov. xxii. 24. 
 "Woost, woot. See "Wite. 
 "World, s. age, everlasting, Ps. xx. 5 ; 
 
 world of world, ever and ever, 
 
 Ps. XX. 5, 7 ; xxi. 27 ; xxxvi. 27 ; 
 
 til in to the world, for ever, 
 
 Ps. xvii. 51 ; in to worldis, for 
 
 ever, Ps. xlvii. 15; fro the 
 
 world, from everlasting, Ps. xxiv. 
 
 ]6 ; xl. 14. 
 "Wortis, s. pi. herbs, Ps. xxxvi. 2 ; 
 
 Prov. XV, 1 7. 
 "Wr 3, pr. p. wooing, Prov. 
 
 "* - nide, p. t. angered, Ps. ix 
 
 (x). 4; pi. wraththiden, Ps. 
 Ixxvii. 41. 
 
 "Wraththis, s. pi. anger, Ps, Ixxxvii. 
 
 17- 
 "Unroot, /'. /. wrote, Eccles. xii. to. 
 "Wrou3te, p. t. worked, made. Job 
 
 xxxi. 15; p. p. Wroujt, Job 
 
 xxxvi. 23. 
 "Wyelde. ' See "Wielde. 
 
^98 
 
 GLOSS A RF. 
 
 Wyndewe, v. to winnow, Ps. 
 
 xliii. 6. 
 Wyngis. See "Wengis, 
 
 Ymage, s. a shadow, vain thing, 
 
 vanity, Ps. xxxviii, 7- 
 Ympnes, s. pi. hymns, Ps, xcix. 4. 
 Ynneste, adj. superl. innermost, 
 
 Prov. xxvi. 22. 
 Yreyne, s. a spider, Ps. xxxviii. 
 
 12 ; Ixxxix. 9 ; pi. yreyns. Job 
 
 viii. 14. 
 Yrun, iron, Job xix. 24 ; Ps, ii. 9. 
 Ysope, s. hyssop, Ps. 1. 9. 
 Yuel. See Euel. 
 Yuer, ivory, Ps. xliv. 9 ; S. Sol. 
 
 vii, 4. 
 Yje. See Ije. 
 
 5. 
 
 5af, sauen, jauest. See "^yMe. 
 5ate, s, a gate, Ps, cxvii. 20 ; pi. 
 
 5atis, Ps. cxvii, 19. 
 5e, you. Job vi. 22. 
 3eer, s, year, Ps. Ixiv. 12; Ixxxix. 
 
 4 ; pi. 5eeris, jeris, Job xxxvi. 
 
 26; Ps. Ixxxix. 10; ci. 25, 28, 
 5elde, V. to yield, render, i^iv, re- 
 pay. Job ix, 19 ; Ps. x:.i. 26 ; 
 
 p. t. jeldide, Job xxix. 11; Ps. 
 
 vii. 5 ; pr. sub/, jelde, Job xli. 
 
 2 ; pr. p. 5eldynge, Ps. vii. 5 ; 
 
 p. p. 5olde, 5olden, joldun, 
 
 Job xxi. 19; Ps. Ixiv. 2; Prov. 
 vii. 14. 
 
 Belding, jeldyng, s. reward, re- 
 tribution, Ps. xviii, 12; cxxxvi. 
 8 ; pi. jeldyngis, Ps. Ixviii, 23. 
 
 5erde, s, rod, staff, Job ix. 34; 
 Ps. ii. 9. 
 
 5eris. See 5eer. 
 
 51ie, yea, Job vi, 7 ; xiii, 15. 
 
 5istirdai, yesterday. Job viii. 9. 
 
 5it, yet. Job i, 16 ; Ps, xxxvi. 1 1. 
 
 5iueth. See ^jne. 
 
 3ok, s. yoke, Ps. ii, 3 ; pi. jockis, 
 ■ Job i. 3 ; xlii. I 2. 
 
 5olde, 5olden, joldun. See 
 5elde. 
 
 5ong, 5onge, adj. young. Job xiii. 
 16; Ps. viii. 3; cojnp. 5ongere, 
 Ps. xxxvi. 25. 
 
 Bongthe, s. youth. Job xxix. 4 ; 
 Ps, xlii, 4; pi. 5ongthis, Ps, 
 xlv, I. 
 
 3otun, p. p. molten, Job xli, 6 ; 
 Ps. cv. 19. 
 
 5oue, 50uun. See ^yvLe. 
 
 3yue, V. to give. Job xxii. 3 ; Ps. 
 XX. 7 ; pr. t. 5iueth, 5y-u.etli, 
 Job vi. 8 ; xiv. 13 ; />, ^ 5af, Job 
 i. 21 ; Ps. xxxix. 2 ; 2 p. jauest. 
 Job xxii. 8 ; pi. jauen, Job xlii, 
 II ; Ps. Ixviii, 22 ; imp. pi. 5iue, 
 Job vi. 22; p. p. 50ue, 5ouun, 
 Job iii, 20, 23; X, 12 ; Ps. xxix. 
 8 ; XXX. 13. 
 
INDEX TO THE PSALMS. 
 
 It is not uncommon in old authors to find the Psalms quoted by their 
 Latin names, such as Bead quorum (Ps. xxxii), and the like ; we still speak 
 of Venite (Ps. xcv). The following index to the Psalms, made for my own 
 use many years ago, has often proved of service ; and it is here printed, in 
 the hope that it may be of service to others. 
 
 The references are to the English numbering of the Psalms, mostly indi- 
 cated, in the present volume, by being placed within marks of parenthesis. 
 The various parts of Psalm cxix are denoted by the usual Hebrew letters; 
 thus Bead immaculad is Psalm cxix, aleph. W. W. S. 
 
 Ad Dominum, 120. 
 Ad te, Domine, 28. 
 Ad te, Domine, levavi, 25. 
 Ad te levavi, 123. 
 Adhaesit, (daleth) 119. 
 Afferte Domino, 29. 
 Appropinquet, {(aii) 119. 
 Attendite, popule, 78. 
 Audite haec, 49. 
 
 Beati immaculati, (aleph) 119. 
 Beati omnes, 128. 
 Beati quorum, 32. 
 Beatus qui intelligit, 41. 
 Beatus vir, 112. 
 Beatus vir, qui non, i. 
 Benedic, anima mea, 103, 104. 
 Benedicam Domino, 34. 
 Benedictus Dominus, 144. 
 Benedixisti, Domine, 85. 
 Bonitatem fecisti, (teih) 119. 
 Bonum est confiteri, 92. 
 
 Cantate Domino, 96, 98, 149. 
 Clamavi in toto, (koph) 119. 
 Coeli enarrant, 19. 
 Confitebiniur tibi, 75. 
 Confitebor tibi, 9, ill, 138. 
 Confitemini, 105, 106, 107, 118, 1 36. 
 Conserva me, 16. 
 Cum invocarem, 4. 
 
 De profundis, 1 30. 
 Defecit aninia, (caph) 119. 
 
 Deus, auribus, 44. 
 Deus deorum, 50. 
 Deus, Deus meus, 22, 63, 
 Deus, in adjutorium, 70. 
 Deus, in nomine, 54. 
 Deus, judicium, 72. 
 Deus laudum, 109. 
 Deus misereatur, 67. 
 Deus noster, 46. 
 Deus, quis similis, 83. 
 Deus, repulisti, 60. 
 Deus stetit, 82. 
 Deus ultionum, 94. 
 Deus, venerunt, 79. 
 Dilexi quoniam, 116. 
 Diligam te, 18. 
 Dixi, custodiam, 39. 
 Dixit Dominus, 1 10. 
 Dixit injustus, 36. 
 Dixit insipiens, 14, 53. 
 Domine, clamavi, 141. 
 Domine Deus, 88. 
 Domine, Deus meus, 7. 
 Domine, Dominus, 8. 
 Domine, exauJi, 102, 143. 
 Domine, in virtute, 21. 
 Domine, ne in furore, 6, 38. 
 Domine, non est, 131. 
 Domine, probasti, 139. 
 Domine, quid, 3. 
 Domine, quis, 15, 
 Domine, refugium, 90. 
 
300 
 
 INDEX TO THE PSALMS. 
 
 Domini est terra, 24. 
 Dominus illuminatio, 27. 
 Dominus regit me, 23. 
 Dominus regnavit, 93, 97, 99. 
 
 Ecce nunc, 134. 
 Ecce, quam bonum, 133, 
 Eripe me de inimicis, 59. 
 Eripe me, Domine, 140. 
 Eructavit cor, 45. 
 Et veniat super me, {van) 119. 
 Exaltabo te, Deus, 145. 
 Exaltabo te, Domine, 30. 
 Exaudi, Deus, 55, 61, 64. 
 Exaudi, Domine, 17. 
 Exaudiat te, 20. 
 Expectans expectavi, 40. 
 Exsurgat Deus, 68. 
 Exultate Deo, Si. 
 Exultate, justi, 33. 
 
 Feci judicium, (am) 119. 
 Fundamenta ejus, 87. 
 
 In seternum, (lamed) 119. 
 In convertendo, 126. 
 In Domino confido, li. 
 In exitu Israel, 114. 
 In quo corriget, (betK) 119. 
 In te, Domine, 31, 71. 
 Inclina, Domine, 86. 
 Iniquos odio, {samecK) 119. 
 
 Jubilate Deo, 66, 100. 
 Judica, Domine, 35. 
 Judica me, Deus, 43. 
 Judica me, Domine, 26. 
 Justus es, {tsaddi) 119. 
 
 Laetatus sum, 122. 
 
 Lauda, anima mea, 146. 
 
 Laudate Dominum, 117, 147, 148, 
 
 150. 
 Laudate nomen, 135. 
 Laudate, pueri, 113. 
 Legem pone, {he) 119. 
 Levavi oculos, 121. 
 Lucerna pedibus, (;??/«) 119. 
 Magnus Dominus, 48. 
 
 Manus tuae, iyod) 119. 
 Memento, Domine, 132, 
 Memor esto, {zaiti) 119. 
 Mirabilia, {pe) 119. 
 Miserere mei, 51, 56, 57. 
 Misericordiam, loi. 
 Misericordias, 89. 
 
 Nisi Dominus, 127. 
 Nisi quia Dominus, 124. 
 Noli semulari, 37. 
 Non nobis, Domine, 115. 
 Nonne Deo, 62. 
 Notus in Judsea, 76. 
 
 Omnes gentes, plaudite, 47. 
 
 Paratum cor, 108. 
 Portio mea, (cheth) 119. 
 Principes persecuti, {shin) 119. 
 
 Quam bonus Israel, 73- 
 Quam dilecta, 84. 
 Quare fremuerunt, 2. 
 Quemadmodum, 42. 
 Qui confidunt, 125. 
 Qui habitat, 91. 
 Qui regis Israel, 80. 
 Quid gloriaris, 52. 
 Quomodo dilexi, (mem) 119. 
 
 Retribue servo, (gimel) 119. 
 
 Saepe expugnaverunt, 129. 
 Salvum me fac, 12, 69. 
 Si vere utique, 58. 
 Super flumina, 137. 
 
 Te decet hymnus, 65. 
 
 Usque quo, Domine, 1 3. 
 Ut quid, Deus, 74. 
 Ut quid, Domine, 10. 
 
 Venite, exultemus, 95. 
 Verba mea auribus, 5. 
 Vide humilitatem, (resh) 119, 
 Voce mea, 77, 142. 
 
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