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| [1]The title of the nyne and fourtithe salm. The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe, |
[1]Hear this, all ye people: give ear, all ye that dwell in the world, |
| [2]fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon, |
[2]As well low as high, both rich and poor. |
| [3]God schal come opynli; oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiye in his siyt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas. |
[3]My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge. |
| [4]He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple. |
[4]I will incline mine ear to a parable, and utter my grave matter upon the harp. |
| [5]Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices. |
[5]Wherefore should I fear in the evil days, when iniquity shall compass me about, as at mine heels? |
| [6]`And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge. |
[6]They trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. |
| [7]Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God. |
[7]Yet a man can by no means redeem his brother: he cannot give his ransom to God, |
| [8]I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me. |
[8](So precious is the redemption of their souls, and the continuance forever) |
| [9]I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis. |
[9]That he may live still forever, and not see the grave. |
| [10]For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis. |
[10]For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leave their riches for others. |
| [11]I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me. |
[11]Yet they think, their houses, and their habitations shall continue forever, even from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names. |
| [12]If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn. |
[12]But man shall not continue in honor: he is like the beasts that die. |
| [13]Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis? |
[13]This their way uttereth their foolishness: yet their posterity delight in their talk. Selah. |
| [14]Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God. |
[14]Like sheep they lie in grave: death devoureth them, and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: for their beauty shall consume, when they shall go from their house to grave. |
| [15]And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me. |
[15]But God shall deliver my soul from the power of the grave: for he will receive me. Selah. |
| [16]But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth? |
[16]Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, and when the glory of his house is increased. |
| [17]Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde. |
[17]For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shall his pomp descend after him. |
| [18]If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris. |
[18]For while he lived, he rejoiced himself: and men will praise thee, when thou makest much of thyself. |
| [19]Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles. |
[19]He shall enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not live forever. |
| [20]Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir; |
[20]Man is in honor, and understandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish. |