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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
Wyc
The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]The `title of the hundrid and two and fourtithe salm. The salm of Dauid. Lord, here thou my preier, with eeris perseyue thou my biseching; in thi treuthe here thou me, in thi riytwisnesse. [No book]
[2]And entre thou not in to dom with thi seruaunt; for ech man lyuynge schal not be maad iust in thi siyt. [No book]
[3]For the enemy pursuede my soule; he made lowe my lijf in erthe. He hath set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world, [No book]
[4]and my spirit was angwischid on me; myn herte was disturblid in me. [No book]
[5]I was myndeful of elde daies, Y bithouyte in alle thi werkis; Y bithouyte in the dedis of thin hondis. [No book]
[6]I helde forth myn hondis to thee; my soule as erthe with out water to thee. [No book]
[7]Lord, here thou me swiftli; my spirit failide. Turne thou not a wei thi face fro me; and Y schal be lijk to hem that gon doun in to the lake. [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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