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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
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The Gospel of Nicodemus
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[1]The title of the thre and thrittithe salm. To Dauid, whanne he chaungide his mouth bifor Abymalech, and he `droof out Dauid, `and he yede forth. [No book]
[2]I schal blesse the Lord in al tyme; euere his heriyng is in my mouth. [No book]
[3]Mi soule schal be preisid in the Lord; mylde men here, and be glad. [No book]
[4]Magnyfie ye the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf. [No book]
[5]I souyte the Lord, and he herde me; and he delyueride me fro alle my tribulaciouns. [No book]
[6]Neiye ye to him, and be ye liytned; and youre faces schulen not be schent. [No book]
[7]This pore man criede, and the Lord herde hym; and sauyde hym fro alle hise tribulaciouns. [No book]
[8]The aungel of the Lord sendith in the cumpas of men dredynge hym; and he schal delyuere hem. [No book]
[9]Taaste ye, and se, for the Lord is swete; blessid is the man, that hopith in hym. [No book]
[10]Alle ye hooli men of the Lord, drede hym; for no nedynesse is to men dredynge hym. [No book]
[11]Riche men weren nedi, and weren hungri; but men that seken the Lord schulen not faile of al good. [No book]
[12]Come, ye sones, here ye me; Y schal teche you the drede of the Lord. [No book]
[13]Who is a man, that wole lijf; loueth to se good daies? [No book]
[14]Forbede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile. [No book]
[15]Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it. [No book]
[16]The iyen of the Lord ben on iust men; and hise eeren ben to her preiers. [No book]
[17]But the cheer of the Lord is on men doynge yuels; that he leese the mynde of hem fro erthe. [No book]
[18]Just men cryeden, and the Lord herde hem; and delyueride hem fro alle her tribulaciouns. [No book]
[19]The Lord is nyy hem that ben of troblid herte; and he schal saue meke men in spirit. [No book]
[20]Many tribulaciouns ben of iust men; and the Lord schal delyuere hem fro alle these. [No book]
[21]The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun. [No book]
[22]The deth of synneris is werst; and thei that haten a iust man schulen trespasse. [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
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