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| [1] (88:1a) O God the Lorde of my saluation, I crye day and night before thee |
[1]The title of the eiyte and eiytetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, Ezraite. |
| [2](88:1b) let my prayer enter into thy presence, encline thyne eare vnto my crying |
[2]I schal synge with outen ende; the mercies of the Lord. In generacioun and in to generacioun; Y schal telle thi treuthe with my mouth. |
| [3](88:2) For my soule is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the graue |
[3]For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho. |
| [4](88:3) I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength |
[4]I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt, |
| [5](88:4) I am free among the dead: like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue, whom thou remembrest no more, and are cut away from thy hande |
[5]Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to generacioun. |
| [6](88:5) Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes |
[6]Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis. |
| [7](88:6) Thyne indignation sore presseth me: and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes. Selah |
[7]For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God? |
| [8](88:7) Thou hast put away myne acquaintaunce farre from me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, I can not get foorth |
[8]God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. |
| [9](88:8) My sight fayleth through my affliction O God: I haue called dayly vpon thee, I haue stretched out mine handes vnto thee |
[9]Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas. |
| [10](88:9) Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead? or shal the dead rise vp againe [and] acknowledge thee? Selah |
[10]Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof. |
| [11](88:10) Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue? or thy faythfulnes in destruction |
[11]Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes. |
| [12](88:11) Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes |
[12]Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; |
| [13](88:12) But vnto thee do I crye O God: and my prayer commeth early in the morning before thee |
[13]thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name; |
| [14](88:13) O God, why abhorrest thou my soule: and [why] hidest thou thy face from me |
[14]thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid; |
| [15](88:14) I am in miserie, I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death: I haue suffered thy terrours, [and] I am styll in doubt |
[15]riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face; |
| [16](88:15) Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me: and thy terrours haue vndone me |
[16]blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer; |
| [17](88:16) They came rounde about me dayly lyke water: and compassed me altogether on euery syde |
[17]and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse. |
| [18](88:17) Thou hast put a way farre from me my frende and neighbour: [thou hast hid] mine acquaintaunce out of sight |
[18]For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid. |