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| [1]The `title of the seuene and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. Mi puple, perseyue ye my lawe; bowe youre eere in to the wordis of my mouth. |
[1]I CRIED to God with my voice, and he heard me; I have lifted up my voice to him, and he answered me. |
| [2]I schal opene my mouth in parablis; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigynnyng. |
[2]In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD; my torment continued through the night, and ceased not; there was no comforter for my soul. |
| [3]Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris. telden to vs. |
[3]When I remembered, O God, I was troubled; I meditated, and my spirit was overwhelmed. |
| [4]Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide. |
[4]My eyes are dazed; I am dumb so that I cannot speak. |
| [5]And he reiside witnessyng in Jacob; and he settide lawe in Israel. Hou grete thingis comaundide he to oure fadris, to make tho knowun to her sones; |
[5]I have considered the days of old; I am mindful of the years of ancient times. |
| [6]that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones. |
[6]I meditated far into the night; I communed with mine own heart; I have examined my soul and said, |
| [7]That thei sette her hope in God, and foryete not the werkis of God; and that thei seke hise comaundementis. |
[7]Has the LORD forsaken me for ever? and will he be favorable no more? |
| [8]Lest thei be maad a schrewid generacioun; and terrynge to wraththe, as the fadris of hem. A generacioun that dresside not his herte; and his spirit was not bileued with God. |
[8]Is his mercy gone for ever? does his promise fail for evermore? |
| [9]The sones of Effraym, bendinge a bouwe and sendynge arowis; weren turned in the dai of batel. |
[9]Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? |
| [10]Thei kepten not the testament of God; and thei nolden go in his lawe. |
[10]And I said, This is my infirmity; it is another visitation of the power of the most High. |
| [11]And thei foryaten hise benefices; and hise merueils, whiche he schewide to hem. |
[11]I will remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember thy wonders of old. |
| [12]He dide merueils bifore the fadris of hem in the loond of Egipt; in the feeld of Taphneos. |
[12]I will meditate also of all thy works, and think of thy skillful doings. |
| [13]He brak the see, and ledde hem thorou; and he ordeynede the watris as in a bouge. |
[13]Thy way, O God, is holy; there is none so great as our God. |
| [14]And he ledde hem forth in a cloude of the dai; and al niyt in the liytnyng of fier. |
[14]Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the people. |
| [15]He brak a stoon in deseert; and he yaf watir to hem as in a myche depthe. |
[15]Thou hast with thine arm saved thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. |
| [16]And he ledde watir out of the stoon; and he ledde forth watris as floodis. |
[16]The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid; the depths also were troubled. |
| [17]And thei `leiden to yit to do synne ayens hym; thei excitiden hiye God in to ire, in a place with out water. |
[17]The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; thine arrows also flew around. |
| [18]And thei temptiden God in her hertis; that thei axiden meetis to her lyues. |
[18]The voice of thy thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook. |
| [19]And thei spaken yuel of God; thei seiden, Whether God may make redi a bord in desert? |
[19]Thy way is in the sea, and thy path is in the great waters, but thy footsteps are not seen. |
| [20]For he smoot a stoon, and watris flowiden; and streemys yeden out in aboundaunce. Whether also he may yyue breed; ether make redi a bord to his puple? |
[20]Thou didst lead thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |