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| [1]In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus. |
[1]The title of the eiyte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore. |
| [2]Audite hæc, omnes gentes; auribus percipite, omnes qui habitatis orbem: |
[2]Alle ye folkis, here these thingis; alle ye that dwellen in the world, perseyue with eeris. |
| [3]quique terrigenæ et filii hominum, simul in unum dives et pauper. |
[3]Alle the sones of erthe and the sones of men; togidere the riche man and the pore in to oon. |
| [4]Os meum loquetur sapientiam, et meditatio cordis mei prudentiam. |
[4]Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schal speke prudence. |
| [5]Inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam; aperiam in psalterio propositionem meam. |
[5]I schal bouwe doun myn eere in to a parable; Y schal opene my resoun set forth in a sautree. |
| [6]Cur timebo in die mala? Iniquitas calcanei mei circumdabit me. |
[6]Whi schal Y drede in the yuel dai? the wickidnesse of myn heele schal cumpasse me. |
| [7]Qui confidunt in virtute sua, et in multitudine divitiarum suarum gloriantur. |
[7]Whiche tristen in her owne vertu; and han glorie in the multitude of her richessis. |
| [8]Frater non redimit, redimet homo: non dabit Deo placationem suam, |
[8]A brother ayenbieth not, schal a man ayenbie? and he schal not yyue to God his plesyng. |
| [9]et pretium redemptionis animæ suæ. Et laborabit in æternum; |
[9]And he schal not yyue the prijs of raunsum of his soule; and he schal trauele with outen ende, |
| [10]et vivet adhuc in finem. |
[10]and he schal lyue yit in to the ende. |
| [11]Non videbit interitum, cum viderit sapientes morientes. Simul insipiens et stultus peribunt; et relinquent alienis divitias suas; |
[11]He schal not se perischyng, whanne he schal se wise men diynge; the vnwise man and fool schulen perische togidere. And thei schulen leeue her richessis to aliens; |
| [12]et sepulchra eorum domus illorum in æternum, tabernacula eorum in progenie et progenie; vocaverunt nomina sua in terris suis. |
[12]and the sepulcris of hem ben the housis of hem with outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem ben in generacioun and generacioun; thei clepiden her names in her londis. |
| [13]Et homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis. |
[13]A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and he is maad lijk to tho. |
| [14]Hæc via illorum scandalum ipsis; et postea in ore suo complacebunt. |
[14]This weie of hem is sclaundir to hem; and aftirward thei schulen plese togidere in her mouth. |
| [15]Sicut oves in inferno positi sunt: mors depascet eos. Et dominabuntur eorum justi in matutino; et auxilium eorum veterascet in inferno a gloria eorum. |
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| [16]Verumtamen Deus redimet animam meam de manu inferi, cum acceperit me. |
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| [17]Ne timueris cum dives factus fuerit homo, et cum multiplicata fuerit gloria domus ejus; |
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| [18]quoniam, cum interierit, non sumet omnia, neque descendet cum eo gloria ejus. |
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| [19]Quia anima ejus in vita ipsius benedicetur; confitebitur tibi cum benefeceris ei. |
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| [20]Introibit usque in progenies patrum suorum; et usque in æternum non videbit lumen. |
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| [21]Homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis. |
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