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| [1]The hundrid and thridde salm. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; my Lord God, thou art magnyfied greetli. Thou hast clothid knouleching and fairnesse; and thou art clothid with liyt, |
[1]Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. |
| [2]as with a cloth. And thou stretchist forth heuene as a skyn; |
[2]Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: |
| [3]and thou hilist with watris the hiyer partis therof. Which settist a cloude thi stiyng; which goest on the fetheris of wyndis. |
[3]who forgives all thy transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; |
| [4]Which makist spiritis thin aungels; and thi mynystris brennynge fier. |
[4]who redeems thy life from corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; |
| [5]Which hast foundid the erthe on his stablenesse; it schal not be bowid in to the world of world. |
[5]who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle. |
| [6]The depthe of watris as a cloth is the clothing therof; watris schulen stonde on hillis. |
[6]The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. |
| [7]Tho schulen fle fro thi blamyng; men schulen be aferd of the vois of thi thundur. |
[7]He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. |
| [8]Hillis stien vp, and feeldis goen doun; in to the place which thou hast foundid to tho. |
[8]The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy. |
| [9]Thou hast set a terme, which tho schulen not passe; nether tho schulen be turned, for to hile the erthe. |
[9]He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. |
| [10]And thou sendist out wellis in grete valeis; watris schulen passe bitwix the myddil of hillis. |
[10]He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. |
| [11]Alle the beestis of the feeld schulen drynke; wielde assis schulen abide in her thirst. |
[11]For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. |
| [12]Briddis of the eir schulen dwelle on tho; fro the myddis of stoonys thei schulen yyue voices. |
[12]As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
| [13]And thou moistist hillis of her hiyer thingis; the erthe schal be fillid of the fruyt of thi werkis. |
[13]As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him. |
| [14]And thou bringist forth hei to beestis; and eerbe to the seruyce of men. That thou bringe forth breed of the erthe; |
[14]For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust. |
| [15]and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. That he make glad the face with oile; and that breed make stidefast the herte of man. |
[15]As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. |
| [16]The trees of the feeld schulen be fillid, and the cedris of the Liban, whiche he plauntide; |
[16]For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. |
| [17]sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho; |
[17]But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children; |
| [18]hiye hillis ben refute to hertis; a stoon is refutt to irchouns. |
[18]to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them. |
| [19]He made the moone in to tymes; the sunne knewe his goyng doun. |
[19]The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. |
| [20]Thou hast set derknessis, and nyyt is maad; alle beestis of the wode schulen go ther ynne. |
[20]Bless the Lord, all ye his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, ready to hearken to the voice of his words. |
| [21]Liouns whelpis rorynge for to rauysche; and to seke of God meete to hem silf. |
[21]Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. |
| [22]The sunne is risun, and tho ben gaderid togidere; and tho schulen be set in her couchis. |
[22]Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. |