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| [1]The title of the eiyte and threttithe salm. For victorie, to Iditum, the song of Dauid. |
[1]O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in the heat of thine anger. |
| [2]I seide, Y schal kepe my weies; that Y trespasse not in my tunge. I settide kepyng to my mouth; whanne a synnere stood ayens me. |
[2]For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand rests heavily upon me. |
| [3]I was doumb, and was mekid ful gretli, and was stille fro goodis; and my sorewe was renulid. |
[3]There is no peace in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sins. |
| [4]Myn herte was hoot with ynne me; and fier schal brenne out in my thenkyng. |
[4]For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a great burden they are too heavy for me. |
| [5]I spak in my tunge; Lord, make thou myn eende knowun to me. And the noumbre of my daies what it is; that Y wite, what failith to me. |
[5]My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. |
| [6]Lo! thou hast set my daies mesurable; and my substaunce is as nouyt bifor thee. Netheles al vanytee; ech man lyuynge. |
[6]I am greatly troubled; all the day long I walk sadly. |
| [7]Netheles a man passith in ymage; but also he is disturblid veynli. He tresorith; and he noot, to whom he `schal gadere tho thingis. |
[7]My loins are filled with trembling, and there is no peace in my body. |
| [8]And now which is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my substaunce is at thee. |
[8]I am feeble and miserable; I have groaned because of the despair of my heart. |
| [9]Delyuere thou me fro alle my wickidnessis; thou hast youe me schenschip to the vnkunnynge. |
[9]O LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. |
| [10]I was doumbe, and openyde not my mouth; for thou hast maad, |
[10]My heart is broken, my strength hath failed me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
| [11]remoue thou thi woundis fro me. |
[11]My neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off. |
| [12]Fro the strengthe of thin hond Y failide in blamyngis; for wickidnesse thou hast chastisid man. And thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyne; netheles ech man is disturblid in veyn. |
[12]They also that seek after my life and wish me evil lay hold on me and speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long. |
| [13]Lord, here thou my preier and my bisechyng; perseyue thou with eeris my teeris. |
[13]But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. |
| [14]Be thou not stille, for Y am a comelyng at thee; and a pilgrime, as alle my fadris. |
[14]Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth is no reproof. |
| [15]Foryyue thou to me, that Y be refreischid, bifor that Y go; and Y schal no more be. |
[15]For in thee, O LORD, do I hope; thou wilt answer me, O LORD my God. |
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[16]Because I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; they scoff at me when my feet waver. |
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[17]I am prepared to suffer, and my sorrow is continually with me. |
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[18]I will declare mine iniquity to thee; I will purify myself of my sins. |
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[19]But mine enemies are strong and alert; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
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[20]They reward me evil for good; they reproach me because I seek after good things. |
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[21]Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me. |
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[22]Abide to help me and save me. |