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| [1]The foure and nyntithe salm. Come ye, make we ful out ioie to the Lord; hertli synge we to God, oure heelthe. |
[1]O Lord God the avenger, O God the avenger, show thyself clearly. |
| [2]Bifore ocupie we his face in knowleching; and hertli synge we to him in salmes. |
[2]Exalt thyself, O judge of the world, and render a reward to the proud. |
| [3]For God is a greet Lord, and a greet king aboue alle goddis; for the Lord schal not putte awei his puple. |
[3]Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
| [4]For alle the endis of erthe ben in his hond; and the hiynesses of hillis ben hise. |
[4]They prate and speak fiercely: all the workers of iniquity vaunt themselves. |
| [5]For the see is his, and he made it; and hise hondis formeden the drie lond. |
[5]They smite down thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage. |
| [6]Come ye, herie we, and falle we doun bifore God, wepe we bifore the Lord that made vs; |
[6]They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
| [7]for he is oure Lord God. And we ben the puple of his lesewe; and the scheep of his hond. |
[7]Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Jacob regard it. |
| [8]If ye han herd his vois to dai; nyle ye make hard youre hertis. |
[8]Understand ye unwise among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? |
| [9]As in the terryng to wraththe; bi the dai of temptacioun in desert. Where youre fadris temptiden me; thei preueden and sien my werkis. |
[9]He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| [10]Fourti yeer I was offendid to this generacioun; and Y seide, Euere thei erren in herte. |
[10]Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know? |
| [11]And these men knewen not my weies; to whiche Y swoor in myn ire, thei schulen not entre in to my reste. |
[11]The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
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[12]Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Law, |
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[13]That thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, whiles the pit is digged for the wicked. |
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[14]Surely the Lord will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
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[15]For judgment shall return to justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow after it. |
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[16]Who will rise up with me against the wicked? Or who will take my part against the workers of iniquity? |
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[17]If the Lord had not holpen me, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
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[18]When I said, My foot slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me. |
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[19]In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comforts have rejoiced my soul. |
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[20]Hath the throne of iniquity fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a law? |
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[21]They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
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[22]But the Lord is my refuge, and my God is the rock of mine hope. |
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[23]And he will recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. |