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| [1]The `title of the hundrid and oon and fourtithe salm. The lernyng of Dauid; `his preier, `whanne he was in the denne. |
[1]LORD, I cry to thee; make haste to answer me; give ear to my words and accept them. |
| [2]With my vois Y criede to the Lord; with my vois Y preiede hertli to the Lord. |
[2]Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the gift of my hands as the evening sacrifice. |
| [3]I schede out my preier in his siyt; and Y pronounce my tribulacioun bifor him. |
[3]Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips, |
| [4]While my spirit failith of me; and thou hast knowe my pathis. In this weie in which Y yede; proude men hidden a snare to me. |
[4]So that my heart may not incline to evil things, and practise wicked works with men who work iniquity; let me not eat salt with them. |
| [5]I bihelde to the riyt side, and Y siy; and noon was that knew me. Fliyt perischide fro me; and noon is that sekith my soule. |
[5]Let the righteous teach me and reprove me; let the oil of the wicked not anoint my head since my prayer has been against their evils. |
| [6]Lord, Y criede to thee, Y seide, Thou art myn hope; my part in the lond of lyueris. |
[6]When their judges are stopped by a strong hand, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
| [7]Yyue thou tent to my biseching; for Y am maad low ful greetli. Delyuere thou me fro hem that pursuen me; for thei ben coumfortid on me. |
[7]Like the ploughshare that scatters the earth, let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave. |
| [8]Lede my soule out of keping to knouleche to thi name; iust men abiden me, til thou yelde to me. |
[8]I have lifted up mine eyes to thee, O LORD; I have trusted in thee; do not reject my soul. |
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[9]Keep me from the hand of the proud, for they have set traps for me. |
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[10]Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, whilst I shall pass over. |