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| [1]I bileuede, for which thing Y spak; forsoth Y was maad low ful myche. |
[1]Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth. |
| [2]I seide in my passing; Ech man is a lier. |
[2]Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, [is] their God. |
| [3]What schal Y yelde to the Lord; for alle thingis which he yeldide to me? |
[3]And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done. |
| [4]I schal take the cuppe of heelthe; and Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord. |
[4]Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man's hands, |
| [5]I schal yelde my vowis to the Lord bifor al his puple; |
[5]A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, |
| [6]the deth of seyntis of the Lord is precious in his siyt. |
[6]Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, |
| [7]O! Lord, for Y am thi seruant; Y am thi seruaunt, and the sone of thi handmaide. Thou hast broke my bondys, |
[7]Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; |
| [8]to thee Y schal offre a sacrifice of heriyng; and Y schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord. |
[8]Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them. |
| [9]I schal yelde my vowis to the Lord, in the siyt of al his puple; |
[9]O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.' |
| [10]in the porchis of the hous of the Lord, in the myddil of thee, Jerusalem. |
[10]O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.' |
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[11]Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.' |
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[12]Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron, |
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[13]He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great. |
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[14]Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons. |
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[15]Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth, |
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[16]The heavens -- the heavens [are] Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men, |
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[17]The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence. |
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[18]And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah! |