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| [1]The title of the eiythe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid. |
[1]For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. |
| [2]Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is ful wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes. |
[2]O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens. |
| [3]Of the mouth of yonge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, thou madist perfitli heriyng, for thin enemyes; that thou destrie the enemy and avengere. |
[3]Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. |
| [4]For Y schal se thin heuenes, the werkis of thi fyngris; the moone and sterris, whiche thou hast foundid. |
[4]When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established; |
| [5]What is a man, that thou art myndeful of hym; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym? |
[5]What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him? |
| [6]Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corouned hym with glorie and onour, |
[6]Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. |
| [7]and hast ordeyned hym aboue the werkis of thin hondis. |
[7]Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet: |
| [8]Thou hast maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet; alle scheep and oxis, ferthermore and the beestis of the feeld; |
[8]Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
| [9]the briddis of the eir, and the fischis of the see; that passen bi the pathis of the see. |
[9]The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. |
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[10]O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! |