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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
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The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]The title of the eiytetithe salm. To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. [No book]
[2]Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob. [No book]
[3]Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe. [No book]
[4]Blowe ye with a trumpe in Neomenye; in the noble dai of youre solempnite. [No book]
[5]For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob. [No book]
[6]He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he yede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which he knew not. [No book]
[7]He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn. [No book]
[8]In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of ayenseiyng. [No book]
[9]My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee; [No book]
[10]Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god. [No book]
[11]For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it. [No book]
[12]And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel yaue not tente to me. [No book]
[13]And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris of her herte; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis. [No book]
[14]If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies. [No book]
[15]For nouyt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to hem. [No book]
[16]The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis. [No book]
[17]And he fedde hem of the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon. [No book]
18[No verse] [No book]
19[No verse] [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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