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| [1]The title of the eiyte and eiytetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, Ezraite. |
[1]O Lord God of my salvation, I cry day and night before thee. |
| [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. |
[2]Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine ear unto my cry. |
| [3]For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho. |
[3]For my soul is filled with evils, and my life draweth near to the grave. |
| [4]I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt, |
[4]I am counted among them that go down unto the pit, and am as a man without strength: |
| [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. |
[5]Free among the dead, like the slain lying in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand. |
| [6]Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis. |
[6]Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, and in the deep. |
| [7]For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God? |
[7]Thine indignation lieth upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy waves. Selah. |
| [8]God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. |
[8]Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am shut up, and cannot get forth. |
| [9]Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas. |
[9]Mine eye is sorrowful through mine affliction: Lord, I call daily upon thee: I stretch out mine hands unto thee. |
| [10]Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof. |
[10]Wilt thou show a miracle to the dead? Or shall the dead rise and praise thee? Selah. |
| [11]Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes. |
[11]Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| [12]Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; |
[12]Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| [13]thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name; |
[13]But unto thee have I cried, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee. |
| [14]thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid; |
[14]Lord, why dost thou reject my soul, and hidest thy face from me? |
| [15]riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face; |
[15]I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrors, doubting of my life. |
| [16]blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer; |
[16]Thine indignations go over me, and thy fear hath cut me off. |
| [17]and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse. |
[17]They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together. |
| [18]For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid. |
[18]My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me , and mine acquaintance hid themselves. |