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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
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The Gospel of James
GspJam
[1]The title of the thre and eiytetithe salm. The salm of the sones of Chore. [No book]
[2]Lord of vertues, thi tabernaclis ben greetli loued; [No book]
[3]my soule coueitith, and failith in to the porchis of the Lord. Myn herte and my fleische; ful out ioyeden in to quyk God. [No book]
[4]For whi a sparewe fyndith an hous to it silf; and a turtle fyndith a neste to it silf, where it `schal kepe hise bryddis. Lord of vertues, thin auteris; my king, and my God. [No book]
[5]Lord, blessid ben thei that dwellen in thin hous; thei schulen preise thee in to the worldis of worldis. [No book]
[6]Blessid is the man, whos help is of thee; he hath disposid stiyngis in his herte, [No book]
[7]in the valei of teeris, in the place which he hath set. [No book]
[8]For the yyuer of the lawe schal yyue blessyng, thei schulen go fro vertu in to vertu; God of goddis schal be seyn in Sion. [No book]
[9]Lord God of vertues, here thou my preier; God of Jacob, perseyue thou with eeris. [No book]
[10]God, oure defender, biholde thou; and biholde in to the face of thi crist. [No book]
[11]For whi o dai in thin hallis is bettere; than a thousynde. I chees to be `an out cast in the hous of my God; more than to dwelle in the tabernaclis of synneris. [No book]
[12]For God loueth merci and treuthe; the Lord schal yyue grace and glorie. [No book]
[13]He schal not depriue hem fro goodis, that gon in innocence; Lord of vertues, blessid is the man, that hopith in thee. [No book]
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Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: M.R. James (1924)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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