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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 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. |
| [2]Bifore ocupie we his face in knowleching; and hertli synge we to him in salmes. |
[2]Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; render to the proud their recompense. |
| [3]For God is a greet Lord, and a greet king aboue alle goddis; for the Lord schal not putte awei his puple. |
[3]𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? |
| [4]For alle the endis of erthe ben in his hond; and the hiynesses of hillis ben hise. |
[4]They gush out, they spe arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily. |
| [5]For the see is his, and he made it; and hise hondis formeden the drie lond. |
[5]They crush Thy people, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and afflict Thy 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]And they say: '𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.' |
| [8]If ye han herd his vois to dai; nyle ye make hard youre hertis. |
[8]Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand? |
| [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? 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]He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge? |
| [11]And these men knewen not my weies; to whiche Y swoor in myn ire, thei schulen not entre in to my reste. |
[11]𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
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[12]Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and teachest out of Thy law; |
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[13]That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
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[14]For 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance. |
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[15]For right shall return unto justice, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
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[16]Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
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[17]Unless 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence. |
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[18]If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, holdeth me up. |
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[19]When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. |
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[20]Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute? |
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[21]They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. |
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[22]But 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge. |
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[23]And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God will cut them off. |