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| [1] O Lorde thou art my Lorde: early in the morning I do seeke thee. (63:2) My soule thirsteth for thee: my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande [where] no water is |
[1]The titil of the thre and sixtithe salm. `In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. |
| [2](63:3) [To see thee] euen so [as] I haue seene thee in the sanctuary: that I might beholde thy power and glory |
[2]God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy. |
| [3](63:4) For thy louing kindnes is better then life [itselfe]: my lippes shall prayse thee |
[3]Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse. |
| [4](63:5) As long as I liue I wyll blesse thee on this maner: and in thy name I wyll lyft vp my handes |
[4]For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing; |
| [5](63:6) My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes |
[5]for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed. |
| [6](63:7) Haue I not remembred thee in my bed: and thought vpon thee when I was waking |
[6]Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem? |
| [7](63:8) Because thou hast ben my helper: therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce |
[7]Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte; |
| [8](63:9) My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee: thy right hande hath vpholden me |
[8]and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem; |
| [9](63:10) And they [that] seeke my soule to oppresse [it]: shall go vnder the earth |
[9]and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem; |
| [10](63:11) Euery one of them shalbe killed with the edge of a sworde: and they shalbe a portion for Foxes |
[10]and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God. |
| [11](63:12) But the king shal reioyce in the Lord, al they shal glory that sweare by him: for the mouth of all them that speake a lye, shalbe stopped |
[11]The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid. |