[1]The title of the nyne and eiytetithe salm. The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.[2]Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.[3]Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.[4]For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.[5]The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.[6]Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.[7]For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.[8]Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.[9]For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;[10]the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.[11]Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?[12]Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.[13]Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.[14]We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.[15]We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.[16]Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.[17]And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.[18][No verse][19][No verse][20][No verse][21][No verse][22][No verse][23][No verse][24][No verse][25][No verse][26][No verse][27][No verse][28][No verse][29][No verse][30][No verse][31][No verse][32][No verse][33][No verse][34][No verse][35][No verse][36][No verse][37][No verse][38][No verse][39][No verse][40][No verse][41][No verse][42][No verse][43][No verse][44][No verse][45][No verse][46][No verse][47][No verse][48][No verse][49][No verse][50][No verse][51][No verse][52][No verse]