The earliest complete English prose Psalter, together with eleven canticles and a translation of the Athanasian creed; edited from the only two mss. in the libraries of the British Museum and of Trinity College, Dublin, with preface, introduction, notes, and glossary, by Karl D. Bülbring. Part I, preface and text.

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THE EARLIEST Complete English Prose Psalter TOGETHER WITH Eleven Canticles AND A Translation of the Athanasian Creed

EDITED FROM THE ONLY TWO MSS. IN THE LIBRARIES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, WITH Preface, Introduction, Notes, and Glossary BY KARL D. BÜLBRING M.A. PH.D. EDITOR OF DANIEL DEFOE'S "COMPLEAT ENGLISH GENTLEMAN."

PART I : PREFACE AND TEXT.

LONDON PUBLISHT FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY BY KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. 1891.

97.

HERTFORD; >PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS.

ERRATA IN THE TEXT.

Ps. 6, 2 L. instead of have read haue.

9, 27 D. instead of have read haue.

14, 6 L. instead of that read þat.

14, 7 L. instead of shall read shal.

27, 4 D. instead of ieuls read iuels.

33, 9 D. instead of no read no nede.

60, 4 D. instead of scha read 2. shal] scha.

67, 15 L. instead of souless hul read soules shul.

78, 13 L. instead of seven read seuen.

82, 11 L. instead of scunari read sanctuari.

88, 25 L. instead of Gode read gode.

90, 10 D. instead of cam read com.

93, 23 L. instead of departem read departen.

97, 4 L. instead of merey read mercy.

101, 26 D. instead of 26—Ne read 25.—Ne. 26.

108, 18 L. instead of cloyþng read cloþyng.

117, 23 D. instead of: þou read ].

134, 11 L. instead of Kyng read kyng.

187, 24 L. instead of cleþed read cleped.

Early English Psalter. [British Museum, Additional MS. 17376.] PSALM 1.

Blesced be þe man, þat ȝede nouȝt in þe counseil of wicked, ne stode nouȝt in þe waie of sinȝeres, ne sat nauȝt in falsfals written on erasure in a later hand. iugement.ȝede n.] haþ noght go: wicked . . . nouȝt] wykkyd men & haþ not stond: sinȝeres . . . ] synful men, & haþ not syt in þe chayer of pestilence, þat is to seyne, of ven|geaunce, or of fals iuggement.

Ac hijs wylle was in þe wylle of oure Lord, and he schal þenche in hijs lawe boþe daye and nyȝt.Bot in þe law of our Lorde the wyl of hym schal be, & in hys law he schal haue mynde day & nyght.

And he schal be as þe tre, þat hijs sett by þe ernynges of waters; þat schal ȝeue his frut in hijs tyme.a trow: be-syde þe cours: ȝuld.

And hijs lefBy a later hand an a is added over the e. schal nouȝt fallwen;The w is added above the line by a different hand. and alle þynges þat þe ryȝtful doþ schal multiplien.fallwen] fade or falow: þe r. doþ] he schal do: mult.] wellfare or multyplie.

Nouȝt so ben þe wicked, nouȝt so; as a poudre, þat þe wynde casteþ fram þe face of þerþe.þe wykkyd men schal noþer be so no so, but as pouder.

For-þi ne schal nouȝt þe wicked arise in iugement, ne þe sinniers in þe conseyl of þe ryȝtful.þer-fore þe wykkyd schal noȝt aryse, no þe synners in þe counseyl of ryȝtful men.

[TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, MS. A. 4. 4.]The signs + and — will be used to indicate additions and omissions; words preceding them are given in the spelling of D. The numerous repetitions in L, which are notified under the text, do not, of course, occur in D.

For oure Lord knew þe waie of þe ryȝtful, and þe waye of synners schal perissen.knowþ: of ryȝtfull men: synful men.

PSALM 2.

Whi douteþ hij hem of þe lawe, þe folk wyþ-outen lawe, & folk þoȝt idel þynges?Why doutyd or gruchyd þe folk withowten law of þe law & thogth ydel thyngeȝ.

Þe kynges of erþe vpstonden, and þe princes acorden in on oȝains our Lord and oȝain hys preste anoint wyþ creme.of þe erþe stod up: acordyd: aȝen: aȝen.

Þe fader seiþ to þe sone and to þe holi gost, Breke we here mys|byleue, and cast we oway fram vs þe charge of here synnes.y corrected from u.sayde: mysb.] bondes of her m.

He þat woneþ in heuen schal scornenMS. tornen. hem, and oure Lord schal vnder-nymenBetween vnder and nymen, ne is dotted out. hem.scorne.

Þan schal God speken to hem in hys wraþe, and schal trublen hem in hijs wreche.trublen] schende.

Ich for-soþe am stablyst kyng of þat fader up heuen, hys holy hyl, precheand hys comaundementȝ.For-soþ ich am ordeynde a kyng: up] of: þe hesteȝ of hym.

Þe Lord, oure fader, seide to me, Þou ert my sone; ich biȝat þe today wyþ me.Our Lorde fader.

Aske of me, and ich schal ȝeueȝ on erasure in a different handwriting. to þe men þyn eritage, and þin habbinge þe terme of þerþe. habb.] possessions: termes.

Þou schalt gouernen hem in sharpnes; and þou schalt breken hem as an erþen pott.sharpn.] a ȝurde of yse or in scherpenes: a pott of erþe.

& ȝe kynges, vnderstondeþ nov; beþ lered, ȝe þat iugen þerþe.

Serueþ our Lord in doute, and gladeþ to hym wyþ quakeing.

Take disciplin, þat our Lord wraþ noȝt, and þat ȝe peris noȝt out of þe ryȝt waie.Takeþ lore: wr. n.] be noȝt wraþt: þe] þis.

Whan he be styred in hys short ire, blisced ben hij, þat afien in hym.is mouyd: trysteþ.

PSALM 3.

Lord, why ben hij multiplied þat trublen me? mani arisen aȝeinsaȝe on erasure. me.

Many siggens on erasure of v, by a later hand. to my soule, Þer nys non helþe to hym in hys God.sayþ.

Þou, Lord, for-soþe ys my keper, my glorie, and heȝand min heued.ert: keper & my ioie & enhying.

Ich cried to my Lord wyþ my uoyce, & he herd me fram hys holy heuen.hyll or heuen.

Ich slepe and slomered and a-ros; for our Lord toke me.

Ich ne schal nouȝt doute þousaundes of folk þat bysetten me; aryse þou, Lord, þat art my God, ande make me sauf.—ne: drede: þ. b.] bysegyng.

For þou smeteCorrected from smote by erasing a little off the right part of the o. alle þat were oȝains me wyþ-outen enchesoun; and þou defouledest þe wickednes of sinȝeres.smote: cause: to-brast þe teþe or þe wykkydnes of synners.

Helþe ys of oure Lord, and þy blisseing,MS. vlisseing. Lord, hys on þy folk.blyssyng.

PSALM 4.

As ich cleped, God of my ryȝt herd me; þou, Lord, forbare me in my tribulacioun.When: God] to my Godd: ryȝt + he.

Haue mercy on me, Lord, and here my prayere.

Ha ȝe mennes sones, why ben ȝe heuy of herte? wherto loue ȝe ydelnes and secheþ lesyng?—Ha: men: segeþ.

Wyte ȝe wele, þat our Lord haþ made wonderfulliche hys holy name; my Lord schal here me, whan ich haue cried to hym.& wyt: haue c.] schal cry.

Wraþþes ȝou, & wil ȝe nouȝt synȝen;ȝ on erasure in a later hand. þat ȝeȝ corrected from h, which is erased, by a later hand. saie in ȝour hertes and beþ prikked in ȝourMS. our. chouches.Wr. ȝ.] Beþ wroþ: ȝe s.] saþ: our] ȝour: couches.

Sacrifieþ sacrifice of ryȝt, and hopeþ in our Lord; mani siggenMS. singgen. Who schal shew vs gode þynges?Sacrifyþ+þe: seyn: schal sh.] haþ schewyd to.

Lord, þe lyȝt of þy face hys merked vp vs; þou ȝaf liȝtnesȝ corrected from a t. in my hert.vp] on: hast ȝyue.

Of þe frute of hys whete and of hys win and of hys oile ben þe gode multiplied.—1. and: þe gode] þey.

In pees schal ich slepe, and in þat ich resten.ich rest.] same schal y rest.

For þou, Lord, haþ on-licheBetween on and liche, e seems to be erased. stablist me in hope.hast: sett.

PSALM 5.

Lord, take myn wordes wyþ þyne eren; vnderstonde my crye.eres+&.

Vnderston (!) þe voice of myn praier, þou my king and my God.Take hede to þe voce (!).

For y schal praie to þe, Lord, and tou schalt erlich here mye uoice.

Erlich shal ich stonde to þe and sen; for þou nert nouȝt God willand wyckednes.ert.

Þe wycked shal nouȝt wonen bisid þe, ne þe vnryȝtful schal nouȝt dwellen a-forn þyn eȝen.ne þe v.] no vnriȝtful men: to-for.

Þou hatest alle þat wirchen wickednes, and þou shalt lesin alle þat speken lesyng.—and: lese.

Our Lord shal haue in abhominacioun þe man þat sinȝeþ and þe treccherous; ich am, Lord, in þe miclenesMS. cl (which is expuncted) vnclennes. of þy mercy.A man of synnes & a tricherus man our Lord schal haue in abhomi|nacion: mychelnes.

Y shal entren in-to þyn houus; y shal praie to þyn holy temple in þy doute.entry: drede.

Lade me, Lord, in þy ryȝtfulnes for myn enemys; adresce my way in þy siȝt.& dresse.

For soþenes nys nouȝt in her mouþe; her hert ys ydel.For þer is no soþnes: mouþe+&.

Her þrote ys a graue open; hij diden trecherouslich wyþ her tonges; God, iuge þou hem.an open byryel+&: gyle|fullych: deme.

Fallen hij fram her þouȝtes; and put hem ouȝt fro þe, Lord, efter þe mechelnes of her iuels; for hij wraþed þe.wykkydnees (!).

& gladen all þat hopen in þe; hij schul ioyen wyþ-outen ende, and þou shalt wonen wyþ hem.glade be all þo þat.

& alle þat louen þy name shalt (!) gladen in þe; for þou shalt blisse þe ryȝtful.schal be gladyd: ryȝtful+man.

Lord, þou hast crouned us as wyþ þe sheldeshelþe MS., þ being written on an erasure by a different hand. of þy gode wylle.schelde.

PSALM 6.

Lord, ne repruce me nouȝt in þy vengeaunce; ne reproue me nouȝt in þyn yre.—ne: reproue: ne] no.

Lord, haue mercy on me, for ich am sik; hele me, Lorde, for alle myn bones ben trubled.sturbuld.

& my soule ys mychel trubled, & þou, Lord, sum dele.sturbuld.

Be þou, Lord, turned, and defendeMS. defended, the last d being expuncted. my soule; make me saufe for þy mercy.defend: soule+and.

For þer nys non in dampnacioun, þat hys þenchand on þe; and who schal shryue to þe in helle?nys] is: —schryue.

Ich trauayled in my sorowynges; ich shal wasshe my bed [by]After bed two letters are erased, and after this erasure the space of four letters is left empty. uch nyȝt; ich shal deweyThe y of dewey is added over the line. myy corrected out of i. couertour wyþ min teres.haue tr.: sorow: bed by ech: watery.

Myn eȝen (!) hys trubled wyþ wraþe; ich wex olde amonge al myn enemys.ye is sturbuld.

Departeþ fro me, ȝe alle þat wyrchen wickednesseMS. wickenednesse.; for our Lord herd þe voice of my wepe.MS. wepeg, of which g is written on an erasure by a later hand. wykkydnes: wepe (distinct).

Our Lord herd my praier, our Lord toke myn oreisoun.praier+&.

Wax alle myn enemys asshamed, and ben hij greteliche trubled; ben hij conuerted, & shame hij ful swyftlich. sturbuld: schamyd ful ha|stylych.

PSALM 7.

Lord, my God, ich hoped in þe; make me saufe of alle þat pursuen me, & deliuer me fram alle yuel;My Lord God ych trust: all purseuyng.

þat þe enemi ne rauis nouȝt my soule as a lion, þer-whyles þat þer nys non to raun|soun it, [ne to] mak it sauf.—ne: to-whyls þer is: raunson + yt no to: saue.

Lord, my God, ȝyf ich did þys þyng, ȝyf wycked[nesse]nesse is added in margin by another scribe. hys in myne hondes,My Lord Godd: wykkydnes.

Ȝyf ich ȝelde euel to hem þat ȝelden iuel to me, y schal falle by desert idel fram myne enemys.do: doþ: fall wylfullych fram myn ydel enemys.

Pursue þe enemy my soule, and take it, and de-foule my lyf in erþe, and lade mi glorie in-to poudre.ioye.

Aryse, Lord, in þyn yre, & be þou hered in þe cuntres of myn enemys.enhyed.

Lord, my God, aryse in þe comaundement þat tou sent,MS. lent. & MS. in. synagoge of folke shal encumpas þe.Aryse my Lord God: þi com|manment (!): þou sent & þe s.: besett.

& for þat ich þinge cum up oȝain on heȝe; our Lord iugeþ þe folk. —ich: go aȝeyne on hye+ þer: demeþ.

Juge me, Lord, efter my ryȝtfulnesse, and after myne innoce[nce] be þou vp me.Deme: ryȝtwysnes: —in|noce.

þe wickednesse of synȝeres shal be wasted; and þou shal drescen þe riȝtful, God, sechaunda corrected from e. hertes and reiners.MS. and ry reiners. Reiners is probably only a blunder instead of reines. destrued: riȝtful + man: —God: schechyng (!): & reynes.

Min helpe ys ryȝtful of our Lord, þe which makeþ sauf þe ryȝt-ful of heret.heret MS. (t on erasure and by a later hand).þe which] þat: safe —þe: ryȝtful + men: hert.

God ys iuge stalworþe, ryȝtful, and suffrand, and ne wraþes hym nouȝt ich daie.is a domes-man ryȝtful, strong, & sofferyng, no is he noȝt wraþed be all dayes.

Bot ȝyf ȝe be styred fram iuel, he shal shew MS. sw (expunged) shew. hys vengeaunce; he made hys manaces, and he dyted hem.turnyd: braundesch or schew his swerd or vengaunce, his bow or his manece he bent or made & haþ engrayde hym.

And in þat dyȝted he pynes of deþe, and made hys woundes to þe brynnand in pynes.he dygth: paynes: byrnyng: paynes.

Lo, þe sinner doþ vnryȝt-fulnesse; he conceiued sorow, and childed wickednesse.childed] brogth forþ.

He opened helle & dalf it, and fel in þe diche þat he made.def (!) it vp and+he.

Hys sorowe shal be turned oȝains hys heued, and hys wickenesse(!) shal fallen doun oȝayn þe haterel of hys heued.wykkydnes.

Ich shal shryue to our Lord after hys ryȝtfulnesse, and synge to þe name of þe heȝest Lord.to þi n.

PSALM 8.

Ha þou, Lord, our Lord, ful wonderful hys þy name in al þerþe.—Ha.

For þy mychelnes ys heȝed up þe heuens.vp þe] aboue.

Þou madest heryynge of þe mouþe of childer and of þe sukand, for þyne enemys; þat þou destruye þe enemy and þe wrecher of Adam sinne.of sowkyng: Adames.

For ich schal seneMS. se new, the w being added by a later hand. þyn heuens, þe werkes of þyn fyngers, þe mone and þe sterres, þat þou þ is corrected from t. settest.se—new.

What þynge ys man, þat þou ert þenchand on hym? oþer mannes sone, þat-ou visites hym?theching (!).

Þou madest hym a lyttel lasse þan þyne aungels; þou corouned hym wyþ glorie and honur, and stablist hym vp þe werkes of þyn hondes.—a: þan þyne] fram: crouned: —wyþ: ioie: settest: þe] þine.

Þou laidest alle þynges vnder hys fet, alle shepe and nete and also þe bestes of þe felde;castest all+all(!): fete—alle.

Þe briddes of heuen, and þe fisshes of þe see, þat gon by þe bystees of þe se. goþe þe paþes.

Ha Lord, our Lord, ful wonderful ys þy name in alle erþe.vt supra.

PSALM 9.

Ich shal shryue to þe, Lord, in alle myn hert; ich shal tellen al þyn wonders.Lord y schall schr. to þe.

Y shal ioien and gladen in þe, y shal syngen heȝestlich to þyne name.gladen & ioye: hylych.

I[n] turnand oȝainward myn enemy, þe wicked shul ben vnstabled & perissen fram þy face.In turnyng: wykkyd+men: be seke or dye & schal perysche.

For þou madest my iugement and myn enchesun; þou, þat iuges riȝtfulnes, sittest vp þe trone.dome: cause: demest: þi.

Þou blamed þe folk, and þe wicked perissed; þou dedest owai her name wyþ-outen ende and in heuen.blamyd—þe: wykkyd+man.

Þe vengeaunce of myn enemys defailed in-to þende, and þou destruedest her heritage.vengances: failed: her cytes or her herytages.

Her mundAltered to mende by a later hand. perissed wyþ noyse, and our Lord dwelleþ wyþ|outen ende.þe mynde of hem.

He made redi his trone in iugement, and shal iuge þe folk in riȝtfulnes.MS. riȝtiles.dome, & he schal deme þe worlde in euennes, and he schal deme folk in riȝtfulnes.

And our Lord hys made refut to þe pouer, helper in nedfulnes in tribulacioun.pouer+and.

And hopen hij in þe, þat knowen þy name; þou, Lord, for-sake nouȝt þe sechand þe.name+for: forsakeþ noȝt men scheyng (!) þe.

Singeþ to our Lord, þat woneþ in heuen; sheweþMS. sw (expunged) sheweþ. his studyynges amonge men.heuen+and.

For he schandInstead of sechand. þouȝtMS. nouȝt. [on her] synne; he ne forȝate nouȝt þe crye of þe pouer in gost.sechyngBefore sechyng, schyng with e added over the y is struck out. recoredid (!) her synn & he for-ȝat.

Haue mercy on me, Lord;d on erasure. se misemi MS. lowenes of myn enemys.Lorde before haue: me+&: on.

Þou þat heȝest me, Lord, of ingoynge of deþ, þat ich swewe al þyn heryynges of þe goynges of þe soules of heuen.enhiest me fram þe gates or þe entre of deþ or of hell þat y may schew: h. in þe gates.

Y shal gladen in þyn helþe; þe folke ben ficched in deþ of synne þat hij diden.gl.] ioie: stykkyd or sett in+þe.

In þe gnares þat þe folk hid, is her fote MS. forte. taken.grynnes: hid . . . forte] made or hydd is her fote.

Our Lord shal be knowen doand iugementȝ; þe sinȝer hys hys on erasure. taken in þe workes of his hondes.makeyng dome.

Ben þe synners turned in-to helle, alle þe folkes þat for-ȝeten God.Synners be þey turnyd; hell & all folk.

For forȝetyng of pouer in gost ne shal nouȝt be in ende; þe suffraun ce of þe pouer ne shal nouȝt perisse in ende. of+þe: —in gost ne: in+þe: ende+&: pacience:—ne: in+þe.

Arise up, Lord; be nouȝtMS. nauȝt (expuncted) nouȝt. man conforted; be þeMS. boþe. folkes iuged in þy syȝt.Lord+&: be þe folk denyd(!).

Sett, Lord, up hem þe berer of lawe; witen þe folkes þat hii ben men.Verse 22 is omitted in this text.—(PSALM 10).of þe lawe & know þe folk.

Þer-whiles þat þe wicked proudeþ, þe pouer in gost ys bre[n]t; hij ben taken in þein þe, on erasure. counseil in wich hij þenchen.To-whyls—þat: brent and hey(!) beþ take in her counseiles þat þey thenche in.

For þe synȝer isMS. synȝeris. heried in þe desires of hys soule, and he blisced of þe wicked.praysid: hert: he (!) wyk|kyd is blyssyd.

Þe synner greued our Lord; he schal nouȝt seche efter þe mechelhede of hys ire.Lorde+and: mychelnes.

God nys nauȝt in his syȝt; hys waies ben filed in alle time.is: syȝt+&: defoilyd.

Þyn iugement ben don oway fram þe face of þe synȝer; þe ryȝtful shal lord-shipen of alle hys enemys.domes: synner+&: schal haue lordship.

For þe wicked seid in hys hert, Y ne schal nouȝt ben styred fram kynde to kynde wyþ-outen iuel.kyn to kyn.

Of wich þe mouþe ys ful of waryingi added over the line. and of bitternesse and of trecherie, trauail and sorow is vnder his tunge.Whas mouþe: cursyng: bit|terness and gyle.

He sitteþ in waieteynges wyþ þe riche inMS. and. priuetes, þat he slo þeMS. sloþe. nouȝt a-noiand.waytynges: ryche men in preuytes þat he slee þe vngylty.

Hys eȝen loken oȝain þe pouer in gost; he waiteþ in priuite as lioun in hys denne.aȝens: p.+man: goste+&. as+ a.

He waiteþ þat he rauis þe pouer; forto rauis þe pouer in gost, þer|whiles þat he drawe him to him.pouer+and: p. —in gost: to|whylles.

Þe wicked lowed in hijs wickednes-js wi- on erasure. þe riȝtful, he enclined hym to synne, and he shal fallen, whan þat he haþ lordshipped of þe pouer in gost.w.+man: made lowe: w.+or falshode: r.+man &: when he schal have lordschip.

For þe wicked seid in his hert, God haþ forȝeten synnes; he turneþ his face fram euel, þat he ne se nouȝt at ende.synnes+&: fram þe wykkyd: —ne: into þe ende.

Arise, Lord, and be þinMS. beþ in. honde an-heȝed,MS. and heȝed. þat þou ne forȝetete added over line in a different hand. þe pouer in gost.enhied: —ne: forȝete+noȝt.

For what þynge stired þe wicked God? for he seid in his hert, He ne shal nouȝt sechen.greuyd þe wykkyd+man: —ne.

Seþ þou, sinner? forfor for MS. þou seþ trauail and sorowe, þat þou heueRead ȝeue. hem into þyn hondes.Sest tow sinner for þat þou hast sorow & trauayle: take.

Ha God, þe pouer in gost ys bilaft to þe; þou shal be helpere to þe faderles.—Ha: Godd+to: 1. to þe] &: f.+chylde.

Defoule þe miȝt of þe synȝer and of þe wicked; hys sinneA later hand has added an s. shal be souȝt, and ne shal nouȝt be founden in þe riȝtful. Defoile: synn: ne] it.

Our Lord shal regnen wyþ-outen ende in þe worled of worldes; ha ȝe men wyþ-outen lawe, ȝe shulle perissen fram hys erþe.— ha: lawe—ȝe: perisch.

Our Lord herd þe desire of þe [pouer] in gost; Lord, þin ere herdMS. ereberd. þe red[i]nes of her hertes.of pouer men: goste+&: eres herd þe redynes.

To iuge þe moderles and þe meke, þat man sett nouȝt to herien hem vp þerþe.Forto deme to þe m.: put noȝt ouer to make hym grete or hie vp þe erþe.

PSALM 10 (11).

Ich affie me in our Lord; hou saie ȝe wicked to mi soule, Wende þou in-to heuen as a sparwe?aff. me] tryst: w.+men: pass.

For whi se! þe synȝers made her þretynges; hij diȝted her malices in hardnesse, þat hij herten in derknesse þe riȝtful of hert.For lo how þe s.: hij] &: or|deynd: males: herten] myȝt greue.

For hij destruiden þat tou made; what þyng of iuel did þe riȝtful?

Our Lord hysBefore hys, in is struck out by the corrector. in hys holi temple; our Lord his in heuen, þer his sete ys.

Hys eȝen loken to þe pouer in gost; his eȝeliddes asken þe childer of me[n].g.+&: sonnes of men.

Our Lord askeþ þe riȝtful and þe wicked; and he þat loueþ wickednesse, hateþ hys soule.wykkyd—and.

It shal rayne up þe synȝers droppes of fur and of brunstone; and þe gost of tempestes ys partenerparceuer MS. of her wyckednesse.He: dr.] grynnes: & brun|stone: spirites: is partiner.

For our Lord ys riȝtful, ande he loueþ riȝtfulnes; hys semblaun saiȝ euennis.MS. enemis. louyd: face segh euennes.

PSALM 11 (12).

Ha Lord, make me sauf, for þe holi failed in parfit holynes; for soþnes ben litteled fram mennes sones.Ha: Godd: h. + man: made litell: men.

Ichon han i-spokenMS. ham spoken. idel þynges to her neȝeburs, trecherous lippes benMS. hem. in her hert, and hij spaken trecherie in hert.haþ: neȝpurs&gileful: hem] beþ: hertes: gyle.

Our Lord desp[ar]ple alle trecherous tunges & þe tunge miches (!) spekand.disparple: muchel.

Hij þat saiden, We shal praysen our tonges, our lippes ben fram us; who iswho is on erasure. our Lord?Hei (!).

For þe chaitifte of nedeful and þe waimentyng of pouer y shal aryse nov, saiþ our Lord.wrechidnes: waylyng.

Y shal sett þe gode in helþe; y shal make hem faiþlichefaiþlicle MS. þer ynne.h. + &: —hem: fayþlych.

Þe wordes of our Lord ben chast wordes, siluer ytried wyþ fur þryes, eft purged seuen siþes.chaste (—wordes) as siluer examynd in þe fure prouyd thryse & purgyd seuen syþe.

Þou, Lord, shal kepen us and loke vs wyþ-outen ende fram þat biȝetyng.schalt ȝeme vs & schalt kepe vs: þis kynred.

Þe wicked ȝeden abouten, þou multiplidest mennes sones efter þyn eȝenes. hynes.

PSALM 12 (13).

Ha Sir, hou longe forȝetestouMS. -toū. me on ende? hou longe turnestou þy face fram me?Ha S.] Lord: into þe e.

Hou longe shal ich sett counseil in my soule, sorow in my hert bi day?conseyles: soule+and.

Hou long shal myn enemy ben heȝed up me? Lord, my Gode, loke, and hereMS. heȝe. me.enhied: here.

Liȝt myn eȝen, þat y slepe no time in deþ; þat myn enemy ne say nauȝt, Ich was more worþy oȝains hym.y ne sl. noȝt in any tyme:—ne.

Hij þat trublen me shal joien, ȝif ich haue ben stired; and y hoped in þy mercy.sturbeleþ: y schal be: and y h.] ych for-soþe hope.

Min hert shal ioien in þyn helþe; ich shal singe to our Lord, þat ȝaf to me godes, and yMS. h (struck out) y. shal synge to þe name of our Lord alderȝeste (!).alderhiest.

PSALM 13 (14).

Þe vnwyse seid inMS. and. his hert, It nys God.v.+man: and] in: þer is no Godd.

Hij ben corrumped and made loþeliche in her studies; þer nys non þat doþ gode, þer nys non vnto on.abhominabil: is: is noȝt to one.

Our Lord loked fram heuen vp mennes sones, þat he se, ȝyf þer be ani vnderstand[and]MS. end added in margin in a different handwriting. oþer sechandAnother hand has added an e to sechand. God.be] is: vnderstondyng or.

Alle boweden, to-gider hij ben vnprofitable; þer nys [non þat doþ gode, þer nys] non vn-to on.declinyd to-geder & þei beþ + all: þer is none þat doþ gode þer is noȝt to one.

Her gorge is an open biriel, hij deden trecherouusliche wiþ her tunges; venim of aspides, .i. nedders, is vnder her lippes.In margin notabile by a later hand. throte is+as: gilefullych:— aspides .i.

Of whiche þe mouþe ys ful of waryyngeMS. þaryynge. and bitternysse, her fete ben swift to shade blode.þe mouþ of wham: cursyng &+of: b.+&.

Defoule and vnhappe ys in her waies; and hij ne knewen nouȝt þe waie of pees; þe drede of God nys nouȝt to-fore her eȝen.Defulyng: —ne: is.

Alle þat wirichen wickednesse, ne shal hij nouȝt knowen; wycheCorrected from weche. de-uouren mi folk as mete of brede?wyrch: —ne: —hij: know no þes swalouþ.

Hij cleped nouȝt our Lord; hij trembleden þer for doute, þer no doute nas.d. were was no d.

For our Lord his in riȝtful biȝetyng; þou, Lord, confoundest þe counseil of þe mesais; for our Lord hys hys hope.generacioun: confoundid: m.] pouer man.

Who shal ȝyf fram þe heuen helþe to Israel? whan our Lord haþ turned oway þe chaytifnesse of hijs folk, þe kynreden of Iakob shal gladen, and þe folk of Israel shal ioyen.fram—þe: thraldome: kyn|red: gl.] ioie: ioyen] be glade.

PSALM 14 (15).

Lord, who shal wonenIn margin notabile, by later hand. in þy tabernacle, oþer who shal resten in þyn holy hill?oþer] &.

He þat entreþ wyþouten wemmAfter wemm, two letters are erased. and wyrcheþ ryȝtfulnesse; wemm] synn.

He þat speke soþnes in hys hert, and ne dide no trecherie in hys tunge;spekeþ soþfastnes: —ne: gyle.

Ne did non yuel to his neȝbur,After neȝbur an e seems to have been erased. ne toke no reprusynge oȝayn hys neȝburs.In MS. with an o written over u by later hand. Ne] & he þat: & did no re|profe aȝens.

Þe wicked hys brouȝt to nouȝt in hys siȝt, and God glorifieþ þe dredand our Lord.þe dr.] men dredyng him.

He þat swereþ to hys neȝbur and deceiueþ hym nouȝt and ȝaf nouȝt hys tresour to oker and ne tok ȝiftes up innocent:dissayuyþ: & he þat ȝaf: mony to vsurye ne toke noȝt ȝ. vp on innocentes.

He þat doþ þes þynges, ne shal nouȝt be stired wyþ-outen ende.ne] he: mouyd.

PSALM 15 (16).

Kepe me, Lord, for ich hoped in þe; ich seide to our Lord, Þou art myMS. lord þou art my lord þou art mi. God, for þou ne hast no nede of myn godes.—ne.

Unto halwen þat ben in his londe he made wonderful alle my willes in hem.To his holy men.

Her syknesses ben multiplied, and efterwardes hij hasteden to hym.sekenes beþ: afterward: hym] me.

Ich ne shal nouȝt gader to-gideres, seid our Lord Dauid, her wicked felawe-shippes of synȝes;Over e and s a later hand has added an n. ne ich ne shal nouȝt be þenchand on her names by my lippes.Our Lord sayd to Dauyd, Y schall noȝt g. to-geder her wykkyd felyschyppes: y — ne: be þe thencher of.

Our Lord is part of myn heritage and of mye ioie; þou art þat shal restoren to me myn heritage.party: schalt restore myne h. to me.

Foundeinges fellen to me in godenesces; for min heritage his ful clere to me.After me a letter is erased. Temptacions: god.] clerete of godenes.

Y shal bliscen our Lord, þat ȝaf me vnderstondyng, and vp þat unto nyȝt my kydnaies blamed me.ȝaf+to: ouer þat myne kyd|ners blamyd me vnto n.

Y puruaiede our Lord in my siȝt, for he is at my riȝt half, þat ich ne be nouȝt stired.at] on: syde: —ne.

For þatat on erasure in a later hand. min hert ioide,MS. seide. and my tunge shal gladen, and my flesshe shal al-so resten in hope.& þer-for myne h. was gladyd: ioie: also schal.

For þou ne shal nouȝt [laten my soule in helle, and þou ne shal nouȝt] ȝyf þyn holy to se corupcioun.For þou schalt noȝt lete my soule in hell, ne þou schalt noȝt ȝif þine holy seruant forto see corrupcion.

Þou madest knowen to me þe waies of lyf, þou shalt fulfillen me of ioie wyþ [þy] face; delitynges ben in þy riȝt honde vnto þe ende.m. þe ways of lyfe know to me: with+þine: delites: into.

PSALM 16 (17).

Here, Lord, my riȝt; vnderstonde my praier.riȝtfulnes+&.

Receiue my praier wyþ þy neren nouȝt in trecherousMS. trecherour. lippes.Take: þine eres: gileful.

Forþ go þi iugement out of þy semblant; se þyn eȝen euennes.Þi dome pas out of þi sem|blaunte+&.

Þou prouedest myn hert, and uisited it on niȝt; þou assaidest me þurȝ fur, and wickednesse nys nouȝt founden in me.in: examyndest: with: was.

Þat my mouþe ne speke nouȝt werkes of men, ich kept hard waies for þe wordes of þy lippes.—ne: for þe wordes of þi l. y kepid h. wayis.

Fulfyl my goynges in þy bestiȝes, þat m[i] traces ne be nouȝt stired.Fulfil+þou: b.] paþes: my: —ne.

Ich cried, God, for þou herd me; bow þyn eren to me, and here myne wordes.—God: ere.

Make þy mercies wonderful, þou þat makest sauf þe hopand in þe.1. þe] men.

Kepe me fram hem, þat oȝain-stonden þyn ryȝt-half, as þe appel of þyn eȝe.K. me as þe appill of þin ye fram men aȝenstondyng þi riȝt honde.

Defend me vnder þe shadow of þy mercies fram þe face of wicked, þat tormented me.

Myn enemys ȝede aboute my soule wyþ synnes; hij shetten to-gideres her fattnes; her mouþe spekeþ pryde.to-geder: spak.

Þe kestand oway godnesse han nov gon abouȝt me, and han stablyst her eȝen to bowe into þerþe.þai castyng away me or her godnes fram me haþ: sett: forto.

Hij token me as a lyon redy to his praie, and a welpe of a lyon wonand in hydels.and+as: dwellyng.

Aryse vp, Lord, and cum to-forne hym and put [hym] out; defende my soule fram þe wycked, defend þy makeyng fram þe enemys of þyn honde.put+hym: wykkyd+&.

De-part hem, Lord, fram fewe of þe erþe in her libbynges, and her wombeS. an (expuncted) wombe. ys fild of þyn hydynges.leuyng: preuy þingis.

Hij ben fulfild of wickednesses hid, and hij departed to her lytel her iuel toknes.wykkydnes preuy: departid+or left: smale chyldern her releues or toknes of wykkydnes.

And y shal apperen in ryȝt to þy siȝtMS. fiȝt.; y shal be fild, whan þy glorie haþ shewed.to] in: siȝt+&: ioie schal schew.

PSALM 17 (18).

Ha Lord, y shal loue þe, my strengþe, my fasteninge, my refut, and my deliuerer of iuel.—Ha: f.] stedfastnes.

My God ys myn helper, and y shal hopen in hym; The English translation is omitted, as well as the Latin in the next verse.

My defendour and þe helpe of myn helþe and my taker.helþe] help.

Ich heriand shal clepe our Lord, and y shal be sauf fram myne enemis.

Sorowes of deþ ȝeden aboute me, þe welles of wickednes han trubled me.me+ &: reuers: han] &: sturbelyd me+me (!).

Þe sorwes of helle encumpassed me, þe trappes of deþ han taken me.enc.] ȝede aboute: grynnes: han taken] ocupied.

Ich cleped our Lord in my tribulacioun, and ich cried to my God.—cleped: —ich.

And he herd my uoice fram hys holy temple, and my crie entred in-to hys eren in-to hys syȝt.eren into] eres in.

Þe erþe hys styred, and hyȝt trembled; þe foundemenȝtThus in MS., the ȝ being written over another t. of þe mounteyns ben trubled, and hij ben styred, for he hys wraþed to hem.of—þe: trubled . . styred] sturbled & mouyd: wroþ.

Smeke mounted up yn hys wraþe, and fur brent of hys face; coles ben þer-of alyȝted.Sm. m.] þe s. went: & þe fure of his face b. & þe c. beþ aneled þer-of.

He bowed þe heuens, and com adoune; and derknes ys vnder hisMS. her. fete.enclynyd—þe: his fote.

And he mounted vp cherubyn, & fleȝe; he fleȝe vp þe liȝtnesse of þe wyndes.went vp aboue ch. & fleȝ & fleȝ aboue þe feders or þeswyftnes of þe w.

And he sett derknesses hys dwellyng, o-bouten hym hys tabernacle, as derk water in cloudes of þe aier.derknes.

Þe cloudes passeden in hys siȝt to-fore þe shininge, hail and coles of fur.Verse 15 omitted, both Latin and English. schynig (!). & our Lord thunderd in fram heuen, & ful hye he ȝafe his voice; haiel & coles of fure.

And he sent hys manaces and wasted hem; he multiplied leuinges, and trubled hem.sparpild: liȝtynynges: stur|bled.

& þe welles of waters appered, and þe foundement of þe worled ben y-shewed,foundementes.

For þy blamyng & for þe inspiracioun of þe spiriȝt of þyne ire.Fram þe blame of þe Lord & fram þe i.

He sent fram heȝe, and toke me fram many tribulaciouns.hye+a-boue.

He defended me fram myn stronggest enemis and fram hem þat hated me; for hij ben conforted vp me.

Hyy com to-fore me in þe day of [my] tourmentyng, & our Lord ys made my defendour.of+my.

And he lad me in brede; he made me sauf, for he wold me.into brode+&: wolde me+.s. be safe.

And our Lord shal ȝyf to me efter my ryȝt; and he shal heueBlunder for ȝeue. to me efter þe clennesse of myn hondes. þe] my.

For ich kept þe waies of our Lord, ne ich ne bare me nouȝt yuel oȝain my God.& y did noȝt yuyll.

For al hys iugementȝ ben in my siȝt, & ich ne putted nouȝt hys riȝt-wysnesse oway fram me.domys: & & (!) y putt.

And ich shal be unfiled wyþ hym, and ich shal kepe me fram my wickednesse.vnfulyd.

And our Lord shal ȝeue to me efter my ryȝtfulnesse and efter þe clennesse of myn hondes in syȝt of hys eȝen.Here the MS. makes a paragraph, and begins the next Latin verse with a large and ornamented letter. Accordingly a later hand has added the number 18 in the margin. in+þe.

Þou shalt ben holy wyþ þe holy, and þou shalt be innocent wyþ þe innocent man.with holy men: holy with — þe.

And wyþ þe chosen þou shalt be chosen, and wyþ þe wycked þou shalt be wicked.

For þou shalt mak sauf þe mild folk, and þou shalt lowen þe eȝen of þe prowde.þe m.] meke: þe p.] proud men.

For þou alyȝtest myn lanterne; ha þou, Lord my God, alyȝt my derknesse.al.] makest liȝt:—ha þou: my Lord Godd lyȝten.

For in þe shal ich be defended fram temptacioun, and y shal passen þe yuel in my God.in] þurȝþ: skape euyll by.

My God ys, and hys waie ys vn-filed; þe wordes of our Lord ben proued wyþ fur, and he hys defendour of alle þe trowand in hym.þe tr.] men trowyng.

For who ys God bot our Lord, oþer who is GodMS. wheisgod. bot our God?or who.

God þat girt me wyt uertu and sett my waye vnfiled;gird.

Þat made my fete lyȝt asMS. af. of þe hertes, and stablissand me up heȝe þynges;as þe fete of h.: settyng.

He þat techeþ myn hondes to fiȝt oȝayn þe fende; and þou sett myn arme stable as a bow of brasse.stronge.

And þou ȝaf to me defens ofMS. of of. myn helþe, and þy poste toke me.—to: power.

And þy discipline amended me on ende, and þy discipline onlich shal teche me.on] into þe: onlich] þat.

Þou madest large my goynges vnder me, and my traces ben nouȝt made syke.brode: waies: vnfast.

Y shal pursue myn enemys, and y shal taken hem; and ich ne shal nouȝt turne oȝain, vn-to þat hij faile.—þat.

Y shal breken hem, and hij shul nouȝt mow stonde; hij shul fallen vnder my fete.—nouȝt.

And þou girt me wyþ vertu vnto batail; þou put out þe vparisand oȝaines me. vnto] to: bataile + &: þe . . . . me] men rysyng aȝens me vnder me.

& þou ȝafMS. h (expuncted) ȝaf. myn enemys riggen to me,MS. men. and þou desparplist þe hatand me.men] me: disparpeld: þe] men.

Hij criden to our Lord; ac þer nas non þat made hem sauf, ne he ne herd hem nouȝt.was: ne he ne] no he.

Y shal littelel (!) hemMS. ham, the a being dotted out and an e written over it. as poudre to-fore þe face of þe wynde, and y shal don hem o-way as lome of þe stretes.+And: littyl: cley.

Þou shalt defende me of oȝain-syggeyngesMS. oȝain-syngeynges. of þe folk; þou shalt sett me oȝain þe heued of men wyþ-outen lawe.fram aȝene-siggynges off.+&.

Þe folk, þat ich ne knewe nouȝt, serued me, and bowed to me in heryngeMS. heryynge. of eren.—ne: and in heryng of ere þat bowyd to me.

Straunge children leiȝed to me; straunge childer ben elded, and hij ben made lame fram þy waies.were elde: b.m.l.] haltyd.

Our Lord lyueþ; and blisced be my God, and þe God of myn helþe be heȝed.be made hie.

Ha God, þat ȝeueþ to me uengeaunces and settest þe folk vnder me, be þou my delyuerer of myn enemys wraþful.—Ha: e.w.] w.e.

Þou, Lord, shal an-heȝe me fram þe arisand oȝains me, and þou shal defende me fram þe wycked man.+And: enhie: þe a.] men arisyng.

For-þy, Lord, y shal shryuen to þe in cuntreys, ande y shal synge psalme to þy name,nacyons: sigge.

Heriand þe helþes of his kynge and doand mercy to hys Dauid anoit wyþ creme and hys sede vnto þe world.anoityd: &+to: into.

PSALM 18 (19).Ps. 19, MS.

Þe heuens tellen þe glorie of God, and þe firmament telleþ þe werkes of his hondes.þe h.] h.: ioie: scheweþ.

Þe daye putteþ forþe þe worde to þe day, and þe nyȝt sheweþ conyng to þe nyȝt.schweþ word.

Hij ben nouȝt speches, ne wordes of wiche þe voices of hem ben nouȝt herd.Hij . . . wordes] þe speches & þe wordes beþ noȝt.

Þe souneMS. seune. of hem ȝede out in-to alle erþe, and her wordes in-to þe contreis of þe world.soune: endes of all þe w.

He sett his tabernacle in þe sunne, and he as a spouse comand forþe of hys chaumbre.

He ioyed as a giaunt to erne his waye; his going-out is fram þe heȝest heuene,MS. heuenē.to his way to be ȝorne: —þe: heuen.

And hys oȝayn-ernyng vnto hys heȝest; and þer nys non þat hideþ hym fram his hete.aȝen-goyng+is: is.

Þe lawe of our Lord hys nouȝt filed, turnand soules fram yuel; þe witnessyng of our Lord ys trew, ȝifand wisdom vn-to þe littelSecond t over line. of vnderstondynge.wytnes: vnto þe] to: cunnyng.

Þe ryȝtfulnesses of our Lord [ben] makand ioyful ryȝtlich þe hertes, þe comaundementȝ of our Lord his clere, liȝtenand eȝen to heuens. Lord beþ gladyng riȝtfullych hertes þe heste: —clere: heuen.

Þe holy doute of our Lord ys wyþ-outen ende, þe iugementȝ of our Lord ben soþe, made riȝtful in hym self,drede: domes: soþe & iustified: hem self.

Desiderable michelMS. minchel. more þan gold and precious stones, and swetter þan hony [&] honykombes.Des. m.] And þe domes of our Lord beþ desirabil: & muchel sw.: hony or h.

For þy saruaunt kept him; mechel ȝeldyng is it in keping hem.kepeþ hem & muchel reward is in hem to be kepid.

Who vnderstondeþ my trespasses? Lord, make me clene of my dedelich priueteȝ, and spele of þe oþer ueniales to þyn seruaunt.trespas: preuy .s. dedelich synnes & spare þi seruant fram oþer .s. venialles synnes.

Ȝif þat hij neMS. h (dotted out) ne. haue nouȝt lord-shipped of me, þan shal ich be vnfiled, and y shal ben clensed of my grettest trespasse.— ne: lordeschipei added over the line.: vn|fulid: grete.

And þe wordes of my mouþe shul ben, þat hij plesen to þe, and þe þouȝt of myn hert alwaies in þy siȝt.alw.] schal be euer more.

Lord, þou art myn helper and myn oȝainbyger.

PSALM 19 (20).

Ps. 20, MS.Ha þou my soule, her our Lord þe in þe day of þy tribulacioun; þe name of þe God Jacob defende þe fram iuel.O: Godd+of.

Sende he to þe helpe of þe holy gost, and defende he þe fram iuel.to þe+þe: —he.

Be he þenchand on al þy sacrifice, and be þyn offryng made gode.

Ȝif he to þe efter þyn hert, and conferme he alle þyn conseil.ȝif he+he.

Whe shul ioyen in þyn helþe, and we shul herien in þe name of our Lord.

Our Lord fulfille al þyn askynges; nou haue ich knowen þat our Lord made sauf hys preste anoint wyþ creme.ych haue.

He shal here hym fram hys holy heuen; þe helþe of hys mercy ys in his miȝtes.

Hij in carres, and hij in horses, and we shul herien þe name of God, our Lord.Þai + clepid: cartes: — hij: herien] clepe in.

Hij ben bounden and feld adoun, and we ros vp, and ben adresced.f.a.] þai fell doune: adr.] arered vp.

Lord, make þou þe kyng sauf, and her us in þe daie þat we haue cleped þe.—þou.

Ps. 21, MS.PSALM 20 (21).

Lord, þe kyng shal gladen in þy vertu, and he shal greteleche ioyen vp þyn helþe.gladen] ioie.

Þou ȝaf to hym þe desire of his hert, and þou deceiuedestMS. dece inuedest. hym nouȝt in þe wille of his lippes.desayuedest

For þat þou comest to-for hym in bliscinges of swetnes; þou sett on his heued a croune of precious stones.—þat: come: stone.

He asked lif of þe, and þou ȝaf to hym lengþe of daies in þe world and in þe world of worldes.

Þe glorie of hym ys grete in þyne [helþe]; þou shalt sett vp him glorie and michel honour.ioie: þine + helþe Lord: —sett: vp]on: ioie: grete.

For þou shalt ȝyf hym in bliscyng in þe world of worldes; þou shalt liȝten hym in ioye wyþ [þy] semblant.blyssyngys: of world: liȝten] glade: semblant] þi chere.

For þe kyng hopeþ in our Lord, and þe mercy of þe heȝest shal nouȝt be stired.mouyd.

Be þy merci founden to alle þyne enemys, þyne helpe finde al þo þat hated þe.m.] honde of mercy.

Þou shalt sett hem as ouen of fur in þe time of iugement; our Lord shal trublen hem, and þe fur of helle shal deuoure hem.as+ane: dome: sturble.

Þou shalt lese her frute of þerþe & her seide fro mennes sones.sede: men.

For iuels boweden in þe; hij þouȝten conseils, which þat hij ne myȝt nouȝt stablice.euyl þingis declined: — which: —ne: stable.

For þou shalt sett hem a-rigge, and þou shalt make rady her semblant in þy leuinges.put: a-bache: chere.

Be þou, Lord, an-heȝed in þy vertu; we shul syngen & psalmen þy vertuȝ.enhied: v.+&.

Ps. 22, MS.PSALM 21 (22).

Ha God, my God, loke in me; whi for-soke þou me? þe wordes of min trespases ben fer fram myn helþe.Ha] þou: into.

Ha my God, y shal crien bi daie, and þou ne shalt nouȝt here; and by nyȝt, and nouȝt to unwitt toMS. te. me.—Ha: —ne: vnwysdome to.

Þou forsoþe wonest in holy heuen, heryyng of þe folk of Israel; our fadres hopeden in þe, and þou deliueredest hem of iuel.For-soþe þou: Israel+þai hopid in þe.

Hij criden to þe, and hij ben made sauf; hij hopeden in þe, and hij ben nouȝt confounded.

And ich am worme and no man, reproceyng of men and out|castyng of folk.am+a: reprouyng.

Al þat seȝen me scorned me, and spaken wyþ her lippes, and stired her heued,mouyd.

Saiand, He hoped in þe Lord; defende he hym, make he hym sauf; for he wil hym.þai said: delyuer: m.he] & make.

For þou artMS. þo uart. þat drawe me out of þe wombe; þou art myn hope fram þe tettesOr tittes? the letters are written too close together. of myMS. þy. moder; in þeMS. moderinþe. am ich out-caste of þe wombe.drowe: of—þe: tetis: my: þurȝ þe y am cast oute of.

Þou art my God fram þe out-going of my moder; depart þou nouȝt fro me.

For tribulacion is nere to me; for þer nys non þat helpeþ me.nyȝ: for] &: is.

Many temptacioun ȝeden a-boute me; mani uices bisegeden me.temptacions: me+&.

Hij maden her sautes vp me as a lyon rauissand and rumiand.m. her s.] opynd her mouþe: roreyng.

Ich am helded out as water, and alle myn bones ben desparplist.h.] sched: disparpyld.

Myn hert ys made as wex meltand a-middes of my wombe.—of.

My uertu defailed as a shelle, and my tunge drowe to myn chekes; and þou ladde me in-to passyng of deþ.dryde or failid: cleuyd: clekes(!): pouder or passyng.

For many fendes han en-cumpassed me, þe counseil of wicked vmseged me.enc. me] go aboute me &: w.+men: by-segid.

Hij doluen myn honden and myn fete, and tolden alle my bones.deluyd: telde.

Hij for-soþe seȝe iuel and lokeden, & dep[ar]teden to hem myn cloþynges, & up myn cloþynges hij casten lott.Hij fors.] & for-soþe þai: departyd: 1. cloþynges] cloþes.

And þou, Lord, make nouȝt þyn helþe fram me; loke to my defendyng.make n.] schalt noȝt make: me+or þi help bot.

De-fende, God, my soule fram vengeaunce and myn on soule fram þe honde of þe fende.Godd defend: on] onelich.

Sauue me fram þe mouþe of helle and my mekenes fram iuelsMS. iueld. of pride.helle] þe fende in hell: fram þe euyls.

Y shal tollen þy name to my neȝburs, and y shal herien þe amiddes of myn hert.tell: —of.

Ȝe þat douten our Lord, herieþ ȝe hym; alle þe sede of Jakob, glorifieþ hym.ȝe hym] him & ȝe.

Ich manMS. am. of Israel doute hym; for he for-soke nouȝt, ne despised nouȝt þe praier of þe pouer in gost.Ech man: ne] no: of pouer men—in gost.

Ne he ne turned nouȝt his face oway fram me; and he herd me, as [y] criedascried. to hym.Ne he ne] And he: —oway: & when y cride to hym, he herd me.

Myn heryynge his to þe in a grete chirche; y shal ȝelde my vowes in þe syȝt of þe doutand hym.wonnes: of men drededyng(!).

Þe pouer shul eten, and shul ben fild; and hij shul herien our Lord; hij þat sechen hym, þe hertes of hem shul liuen in þe world of worldes. 1. &+þai: Lorde+&: sechen] sche(!): her hertes.

Alle þe cuntreis of þe erþe shul biþe[n]chen, and shul turne to our Lord.be-þench: turne] be tourne (!)

And alle þe meinȝeis of folkes shul aouren in hys syȝt.meynȝe: anoure.

For þe kyngdom ys of our Lord, and he shal lord-shippe þe folkes.lordsh.] have lordschyp of.

Hij eten and aoured alle þe fatnes ofMS. of of. þerþe; alle þo þat fallen in to þerþe shul fallen in hys syȝt.honourid: fattesses (!).

And my soule shal leuen to hym, and my sede shal seruen hym.

Þe kynde þat hys to comen shal be shewed to our Lord, and þe heuens shul shewe hys riȝtfulnes to þe folk þat shal ben borne, which our Lord made.which] þat.

PSALM 22 (23).Ps. 23, MS.

Our Lord gouerneþ me, and noþyng shal defailen to me; in þe stede of pasture he sett me þer.faile: he haþ sett me in þe st. of p. þer.

He norissed me vp water of fyllyng; he turned my soule fram þe fende.broȝt me forþe vp þe w. of fulfillyng+&.

He lad me vp þe bistiȝes of riȝtfulnes for his name.paþes.

For ȝif þat ich haue gon amiddes of þe shadowe of deþ, y shal nouȝt douten iuels; for þou art wyþ me.F. ȝif y schal go amiddes—of: —iuels.

Þy discipline and þyn amendyng conforted me.lore: am.+þes þinges.

Þou madest radi grace in my siȝt oȝayns hem þat trublen me.sturbleþ.

Þou makest fatt myn heued wyþ mercy; and my drynk makand drunken ys ful clere.madest: with+þi.

And þy merci shal folwen me alle daies of mi lif;all+þe.

And þat ich wonne in þe hous of our Lord in lengþe of daies.in þe lengeþ.

Ps. 24, MS.PSALM 23 (24).

Þe erþe is our Lordes and his plente, þe world and ichon þat woneþ þer-inne.& þe plentusnes þer-of.

For he bigged it vp þe sees, and made it redi vp þe flodes.sett.

Who shal climben in-to þe mountein of our Lord, oþer who shal stondestonden MS., with the final n dotted out. in his holy stede?cl.] go vp: m.] hill: or: place.

Þe innocent in honde and of clene hert, þat ne toke nouȝt his soule in idelnesse and ne swore noȝt in gileri to his neȝbur.clene of hondes and clene of h.:—ne: id.] vayne: —ne: gile.

He shal take bliscyng of our Lord, and mercy of God, his helpe.helþe.

Þis his þe biȝetyng of þe sechand hym, sechand þe face of God Jacob. generacyon of men scheyng hym & of men scheyng: Godd+of.

Openeþ ȝour ȝates, ȝe princes of helle, and beþ ȝe lifted, ȝe euerlastand ȝates; and þe kynge of glorie shal entre.heuyd vp.

Which is he, þat kyng of glorie? Þe Lord stronge and miȝtful, þe Lorde myȝtful in batail.Who is þis kyng of glorye? he is a str. L. & a myȝty, he is a myȝty Lord in batayle.

Openeþ ȝour ȝates, ȝe princes of heuene,MS. heuenē. and beþ ȝe lifted, ȝe ȝates euerlastand; and þe kynge of glorie shal entren.heuen: arered vp — ȝe ȝates e.: ioie: entre+in.

Which is he, þat kynge of glorie? Þe Lord of uertu, he his kynge of glorie.Who is þis k. of ioie.

Ps. 25, MS.PSALM 24 (25).

Lord, ich lefted my soule to þe: þou art my God; ich affied me in þe, ich ne shal nouȝt shame.lift+vp: Godd+&: —ne.

Ne ne schorne nouȝt myn enemis me; for alle þo þat susteine þe shal nouȝt be confounded.Ne scorne noȝt me myn e.: susteineþ.

Alle þat don iuels vp idelshippe, be confounded.euyl to ydelfullych.

Lord, shewe me þyn waies, and teche me þyne bisties.Before bisties stands a þ, which is struck out.schew+to: b.] paþes.

Dresce me, Lord, in þy soþenesse, and teche me; for þou art my God, my sauiour, and ich susteined in þe aldaie.haue susteynd.

By-þenche þe, Lord, of þy pites and of þy mercius þat ben of þe world.

Þe trespases of my ȝengþe and my vncona[n]dnes ne þenche þou nouȝt.ȝouþe; vnknowynges haue þou noȝt in mynde.

Lord, for þy godnes þenche on me efter þy mercy.

Our Lord is swete and riȝtful; for-þy he shal ȝeue lawe to þe tres|passand in þe waie.þer-for: 1. þe] men.

He shal drescen þe mylde in iugement, and he shal teche þe de-boner his waies.meke: dome: debonour.

Alle þe waies of our Lord ben mercy and soþenes vnto þe sechand his testamentȝ and his wittenes.soþefastnes to men scheyng his testament.

Lord, for þy name be merciable to my synne; for it is michel.

Who is þe man þat douteþ our Lord? he stablist to him lawe in þe waie þat he ches.þe] þat: ordeyneþ law to hym: haþ chosyn.

His soule shal dwellen in gode, and his sede shal enheryte þerþe.godes.

Our Lord is fastenynge to þe dredand hym, and his testament þat it be shewed to hem.fastnes to men dredyng & þat h. t. be schewyd to hem.

Myn eȝen ben alway to our Lord; for he shal drawe out myn feet of þe gnare.grynne.

Loke to me, and haue pyte on me, for þat ich am on and pouer.mercy: —þat.

Þe tribulaciounsThe stroke is only over the last u. of myn hert ben multiplied; deliuer me fram my nedefulnes.

Se, Lord, my lowenesse and mi trauail, and forheuei.e. forȝeue. me alle my trespas.for-ȝif.

Loke to my enemis; for hij ben multiplied, and hij hated me wyþ wycked hatyng.

Kepe my soule, and defende me; y ne shal nouȝt be asshamed, for ich hoped in þe.—ne.

Þe nouȝt noiandMS. noinad. and þe ryȝtful drow toMS. drowte. me; for ich susteined þe.þe innocentes: to.

Delyuer þou, God, þe folk of Israel of alle her tribulacions.

PSALM 25 (26).Ps. 26, MS.

Iuge me, Lord, for ich entred in myn innocens; and ich hoped in our Lord, ne shal nouȝt be made syke.Deme: ennocence: ne] and y.

Proue me, Lord, and assaie me; kepe my kydnaies and myn hert.kydneres.

For þy mercy ys to-fore myn eȝen, and ich plesed in þy soþenesse.

Y ne satt nouȝt wyþ þe conseil of ydelnes, and y ne shal nouȝt entren wyþ hem þat iuel beren hem.—ne: —ne: with men euyl beryng hem.

Ich hated þe techyng of þe wicked, and y ne shal nouȝt sitte wiþ þe wicked.—ne.

Y shal wasshen myn honden omonges þe innocentȝ, and y shal gon aboute þin auter, Lord,among þine innocentes.

Þat ich hereMS. bere. þe voice of þyn heryyng and telle al þyne meruayles.here: wonders.

Lord, ich loued þe fairnes of þyn hous and þe stede of þe wonyng of þy glorie.habitacion of þi ioie.

Ne lese nouȝt, Lord, my soule wyþ þe wicked, and my lif wyþ þe filed wyþ dedelich synnes.—Ne: þe f.] men defulid.

In whas hondes wickednesse ben, her ryȝtfulnes is fulfild of ȝiftes.riȝtf.] riȝthonde or her riȝt|wysnes: with.

Ich am for-soþe entred in myn innocence; raunceoun me, Lord, and haue mercy on me.For-soþe ych am: inn. + .s. clennes þou.

My fote stode in stede dresced; Lord, ich shal blisse þe in chirches.riȝtful.

Ps. 27, MS.PSALM 26 (27).

Our Lord, which ich shal douten, is my liȝtyng and my helpe.þat: helþe.

Our Lord is defendour of my lif; for what þyng shal ich drede?

To þat noiandMS. noinand. comen neȝe vp me, þat hij etand my flesshes:To-whyles noyng+men: ete.

Myn enemys, þat trubleden me, ben made sike, and hij fellen.sturbeleþ.

Ȝif hij setten manaces oȝains me, myn hert ne shal nouȝt drede.manes+or strenkeþ: —ne.

Ȝyf myn enemy arere bataile oȝains me, y shal hopen in þat.þer-in.

Ich asked þe lif þat euer shal last of our Lord; ich shal bisechen þat, þat ich mai wonne in þe hous of our Lord alle þe daies of my lif;þe lif .. Lord] one askyng of our lorde and: mai w.] dwell: Lord+in: —daies.

Þat ich se þe wille of our Lord and uisite his temple.

For heHere þat is expuncted and struck out. hid me in his myȝt, he defended me fram þe dedes of wicked in þe priuete of his tabernacle.miȝt+&: wykkyd+men.

He heȝed me in stablenes, and nou he haþ en-heȝed myn heued vp alle myn enemis.made me hyȝe in stabilnes: aboue.

Y ȝede a-bout, and sacrified in his tabernacle offerand berand voice; iMS in. shal synge and saie salme to our Lord.offerand b. v. in] y schal syng but y schal syng is expuncted. þe sacrifice of voice beryng y.

Here, Lord, mye voyce, wyþ which hiji.e., y (ego). cried to þe; haue pite on me, and her me.hij] y: mercy.

Myn hert seid to þe, my face soȝt þe; Lord, y shal seche þy face.

Ne turne nouȝt fram me þy face, ne bowe nouȝt owaie in ire fram þy seruaunt.—Ne: —ne: fram þi seruant in þi wraþ.

Lord, be þou myn helper, and for-sake me nouȝt; ha God, myn helþe, ne despise me nouȝt.—ha: —ne.

For my fader and my moder han for-saken me, and our Lord haþ taken me.

Sett to me, Lord, lawe in þy waie, and dresce me in þy bistie for myn enemys.Lord sett to me: paþe.

Ne ȝyf me nouȝt, Lord, into þe soules of þe trubland me; for fals witnesses aros oȝains me, and her wickednesse leiȝe to hem.—Ne: þe tr.] men stur|blyng: lyed.

Ich hope to se þe godes of our Lord in þerþe of liuiand.of men lyfyng.

Abyde our Lord, and do manneleche; and þyn hert be conforted, and kepe wyþ þe our Lord.be þyn h.

Ps. 28, MS.PSALM 27 (28).

Lord, my God, y shal crye to þe; ne stylle nouȝt fro me, ne let nouȝt fro me; and y shal be liche to þe descendand in þe diche.Lord] Lor: —ne: still+ þou: ne holde noȝt preuy fram: to men fallyng into.

Here, Lord, þe uoyce of my praier, þer-whyles þat ich byseche to þe; þer-whyles þat ich an-heȝe myn honden to þyn holy temple.to-whils y pray: & to-whils ych holde vp.

Ne ȝyf me nouȝt to-gidres wyþ synȝers, and ne lese me noȝt wyþ hem þat wirchen wickednes;—Ne: —ne: with men wyrchyng.

Þat speken [pees] wyþ her neȝbur, iuels for-soþe in her hertes.þai þat spekeþ+pees; iuels] & euyl: for-soþe+beþ.

Ȝeue to hem efter her werkes and efter þe wickednesse of her fyndynges.

Ȝyf to hem efter her werkes of her hondes; ȝelde her rewarde to hem.

For hij ne vnder-stode nouȝt þe werkes of our Lord, and þou shalt destrue hem in þe werkes of her hondes; & þou ne shalt enhabite hem in heuens.—ne: —nouȝt: —ne: schalt+ noȝt.

Blisced be our Lord, for he herd þe voice of my praier.

My Lord his myn helper and my defendour, and myn hert hoped in hym, and ich am hulpen.helpyd.

And my flesshe florissed oȝain, and y shal shryue to þe of my wylle.

Our Lord ys þe strengþe of his folk, and he his defendour of þe bliscyngesof his folk and he his defendour of þe bliscynges twice in MS. of his prest anoint wyþ creme.strenþe(!): saluacion: an|oyntyd.

Make, Lord, þy folk sauf, and blisce þyn heritage, and gouerne hem, [& anheȝe hem] vnto wyþouten ende.hem+& enhye hem.

Ps. 29, MS.PSALM 28 (29).

Ha ȝe Goddes sones, bringeþ to our Lord, bryngeþ to our Lord sacrifice of weþers.—Ha: sunnes of Godd.

Bryngeþ to our Lord glorie and honour; bringeþ to our Lord glorie to his name; aoureþAn n is added over ao by another hand. our Lord in his holi temple, þat ys, mannes body.þat ys mannes body underlined with black and red ink in MS.ioie & wyrschyps added over the line. bryng: ioie: honoureþ.

Þe voice of our Lord is vp waters; God of maieste, þou þunred; Lord vp many waters.þou þ. Lord] Lord thunderde added over the line.: —many.

Þe voice of our Lord is in vertu, þe voice of our Lord his in heryng,herying.

Þe voice of our Lord brekand cedros; and our Lord shal breke þe cedros of Liban.cedres: cedres of+þe:

And he shal littelen hem as folk of Liban, and loued as cautel of vnicornus.of+þe: as+þe: vnicorns.

Þe voice of our Lord praiand makeþ flamne of fur; þe voice of our Lord smytand to-gidres desert, and our Lord shal stiren þe desert of Cades for þe wickednesse of hem þat wonen þer-inne.famne (!)

Þe voice of our Lord makand rady hertes; and he shal shewe þe hidels, and alle folkes shal saie glorie to hym in his temple.folk: ioie.

Our Lord makeþ þe flode to wonen, and our Lord shal siten kyng wyþ-outen ende.dwell.

Our Lord shal heue Read ȝeue. vertu to his folk, and our Lord shal bliscen his folkes in pes.—2. Lord: folk.

Ps. 30, MS.PSALM 29 (30).

Y shal heȝe þe Lord, for þou herdest me, and madest nouȝt mynMS. þyn. enemys on brede vp me.myn: on brod.

Lord, my God, ich cried to þe; and þou madest me hole.My Lord Godd: heledest me.

Lord, þou lad my soule out of helle, and sauedest me fram þe falland into synne.þe] men.

Syngeþ to our Lord, ȝe his halwen, and shryueþ to þe mynde of his holinesse.

For ire ys in his dignacioun (!), and lif in his wylle.indignacyon.

Wepynge shal dwellen at even, and ioie at morwen,atte m.

Ich for-soþe seid in my wexing, Y shal nouȝt be stired wit-outen ende.For-soþe y: plenteousnes.

Lor, in þy wylle þou ȝaf vertu to my fayrenesse.Lord.

Þou turnedest þy face fram [me], & ich am made trubled.fram+me: am] was: heuy.

Lord, i shal crien to þe; and y shal praie to my God.

What profit is in my penaunce, þer-whiles þat ich descendeMS. descended. in-to synne?fall.

Ys to wyten ȝifMS. ȝis. man shal shryue to þe, [oþer] tellen þy soþenes?Wheþer noȝt man schal schryue hym to þe, oþer tell þi soþnes?

Our Lord herd me, & had pite of me; our Lord hys made myn helper.mercy on.

Þou turnedest my waymentyng in-to ioie; þou carf my sak, and compasedest me wyþ gladnes,ioie+to me: enclosed.

Þat mi glorie synge to þe, and y ne be nouȝt prikked; Lord, my God, y shal shryue to þe wyþ-outen ende.ioie: —ne: schryue+me.

Ps. 31, MS.PSALM 30 (31).

Ich hoped in þe, Lord; y ne shal nouȝt be counfounded wyþ-outen ende for þy riȝtfulnes; deliure me fram iuel.y .. be] þat y be noȝt: for] pro (!).

Bowe to me þyn ere, and heiȝe þe, þat þou deliure me of yuel.haste.

Be to me in-to God defendour, & in-to þe hous of refut, þat þou mak me sauf.

For þou art my strengþe and my refut; and for þy name þou shalt lade me and norisse me.

Þou shalt lade me out of þe gnare which þe fendes hidden to me; for þou art my defendour fram iuel.grynne þat þe deuyl hydd.

Lord, [ich] ȝyf my gost in-to þyn hondes; þou, Lord of soþenes, bouȝtest me.Lord+y: soþfastnes.

Þou hatedest hem þat kept uanites vp idelnes.

Ich for-soþe hoped in our Lord; y shal gladen and ioien in þyn mercy.For-soþe ych.

For þou lokedest to my lowenes, and þou sauedest my soule fram nedfulnesses.

Ne þou ne shettest me nouȝt in þe hondes of þynMS. of þyn twice. enemy; þou stablisced my fete in large stede.And þou closyd: settest.

Haue mercy on me, Lord; for ich am trubled; myn eȝe is trubled in ire, my soule [& my wombe].sturbled: sturbled: soule+& my wombe.

For-þy my lif fayled in sorowe, and my ȝeres in waymentynges.—þy.

My uertu is made sike in pouert, and my bones ben trubled.sturbled.

Ich am made reproce up alle myn enemis, and greteliche to my neȝburs, and drede to hem þat knowwen me.reproue: to my knouen men.

Hij þat seȝen me flowen out fram me, and ich am ȝeuen vnto forȝetyng as deþ fram hert.out] away: vnto] to.

Ich am made as vessel loren; MS. lord. for ich herd blamyng of many dwelland abouten.as a vesell lore.

Þer-whiles þat hij comen to-gidres in þis oȝains me, hij conseiled hem to take my soule.—me: —hem.

Ich hoped in þe, Lord; ich seid Þou art my God; myn lottes ben in þyn hondes.

Defende me fram þe honde of myn enemis and fram hem þat pursuen me.

Alyȝt þy face up þy seruant, Lord; make me sauf in þy mercy, and ich be nouȝt confounded; for ich cleped þe.Lord aliȝt: Lord] &: be ych.

Ben þe wicked made asshamed, and ben hij ladd in-to helle; and þe trecherous lippes ben made doumbe,be þe trichourus lippis.

Which speken wickednes oȝayns þe ryȝtful in pride and in abusion.which] þai þat: pride+also.

Ha Lord, ful michel his þe multitude of þy swetnes, þatou hidest to þe doutand þe.—Ha: þe] þi: —þy: þe d.] men dredyng.

Þou madest ioie to hem þat hopen in þe, in þe siȝt of mennes sones.hopid: men.

Þou shal hiden hem in þe hydyng of þy face fram þe trublyng of men.sturblyng.

Þou shal defende hem in þy tabernacle fram oȝainsiggeing of tunges.with-siggyng.

Blisced be our Lord, for he made his mercy wonderful to me in heuen.me] men.

Y seid in passyng of my þouȝt, Ich am owaie cast fram þe lyȝt of þyn eȝen.passyng+oute: cast away.

For-þy þou herdest þe voice of my praier, þer-whyles þat ich cried to þe.þer-fore: —voice.

Loueþ our Lord, ȝe alle his halwen; for our Lord shal sechen soþenes, and ȝeue vengeance plentiuouselicheSecond u added over the line. to hem þat don pride. plentefullych.

Doþ manneliche, and beþ ȝour hert conforted, ȝe alle þat hopen in our Lord.hertes: ȝe] ȝ (!).

Ps. 32, MS.PSALM 31 (32).

Ben hij blyscedy corrected from e. of wich þe wickednesses ben for-ȝeuen and of which þe synnes ben hed.þai beþ blissyd þe wykkyd|nes of wham: whas synnes beþ hydd or preuye.

Blisced be þe man to whom our Lord aretted nouȝt synne, ne gilery nys nouȝt in his gost.put no s. & gyle is: hert or goste.

For ich held me stylle; my bones wexen olde, þer-whyles þat ich cried alday.

For þyn honde ys greued vp me day and nyȝt; ich am turned in my chaitifte,MS. chaitiste (with a long s). þer-whiles þat vices ben ficched in me.myschefe: þorne or vices er prikkyd.

Ich made myn trespasMS. trappes. knowen to þe, and ich ne hid nouȝt myn vnryȝtfulnesses.trespas: —ne: vnryȝtfulnes.

Ich seid, Y shal shryue oȝayns me myn vnryȝtfulnesse to our Lord; and þou for-ȝaf þeoȝayns me myn vnryȝtfulnesse to our lord and þou for-ȝaf þe oȝains me myn vnriȝtfulnesse to our lord and þou for-ȝaf þe MS. wickednesse of myn synne.

For-þy shal ich an halwe praie to þe in couenable tyme.ech halow schal: behoue|able.

For-soþe hij ne shal nouȝt come nere hym in þe gaderyng of mani synnes.—ne: —nouȝt: gederyng.

Þou art my refuitMS. restut? fram þe tribulacioun þat cumpassed me; my gladnesse de-liuereMS. de-liuerer. me fram hem þat conpassen me wyþ iuel.refute: —þe: enclosid: de|diuer: encloseþ.

Y shal heueRead ȝeue. to þe vnderstondyng, seid our Lord, and y shal en-fourmeu added over line. þe, and y shal fasten vp þe myn eȝen in þat wai þatouMS. þa tou. shalt gon.enfourme: festen myn eȝen vp þe: þat þou: go+in.

Willeþ ȝe nouȝt, mennes sones, ben made as horses and mule, to which vnderstondyng nis nouȝt.Ȝe sonnes of men will ȝe noȝt be made as hors or mule in whych is none v.

Constreingne her cheken in bernacheMS. bernathe. Or ought to be bernacle? and bridel, Lord, þat ne neȝed nouȝt to þe.chekes in barnakle: lord] þai: ne n. n.] cum noȝt neȝ.

Mani tourmentes ben of synȝers; and mercy shal cumpassen þe hopand in our Lord.enclosye man hopyng.

Gladeþ, ȝe ryȝtful in our Lord, and beþ ioyful and glorieþ, ȝe alle riȝtful of hert.beþ . . ȝe] ioieþ & ioieþ.

Ps. 33, MS.PSALM 32 (33).

Gladeþ, ȝe ryȝtful in our Lord; heryynge bicomeþ to þe ryȝtful.ȝe] ȝ (!): for riȝtful b. herying.

Shriueþ to our Lord in uertuȝ, and doþ to hym þe techynges of þe .x. comaundementȝ.

The translation is omitted.Do ȝe gode warkes, & serueþ to hym in all ȝour strengþ.

For þe worde of our Lord is ryȝt, and alle hys werkes ben in faiþe.feye.

He loueþ mercy and iugementȝ; þerþe is ful of þe mercy of our Lord.dome.

Þe heuens ben fastened þurwe þe worde of our Lord, and alle her uertue is of spiriȝt of ys mouþe.

Gaderand to-gidres as in a gourde þe waters of þe see, settand depe hellesMS. belles. in tresours of yuiles.MS. hilles. hellis: hilles] yuyll.

Drede al þerþe our Lord; and alle þat wonen in þe worled ben styred of hym.

For he seid, and hij ben made; he comaunded, and hij ben fourmed.beþ m.: be fourmyd.

Our Lord wasteþ þe counseiles of men wyþ-outen lawe, and he reproceþ þeMS. he. counceils of princes.Our . . princes] & he reproueþ þe þouȝtes of folkes, & he reproueþ þe conseils of pr.

Þe counseil of our Lord woneþ wyþ-outen ende; þe þouȝtes of his hert ben in kynde and kynde.fram k. into k.

Þe folk ben blisced of which our Lord is her God; þe folk þat he chees to hym in heritage ben blisced.þat f. is: wham: ben] beþ.

Our Lord lokedMS. lokeþ. fram heuen; he seiȝe alle mennes sones.loked: h. + &: men sonnes.

He loked fram his tabernacle made redi vp alle þat wonen on erþe;

Which feined onliche her hertes & vnderstondeþ alle her werkes.

Þe kyng nys nouȝt saued þurȝ michel uertu, and þe geant ne shal nouȝt be saued in þe michelhede of his uertu.is: —ne: gretnes.

Þe hors is deceiuable vnto helþe; and he ne shal nouȝt be saued in þe wexing of his uertu.dis[. . . .]blePart of the word is stained and illegible.: help: —ne.

Se! þe heȝen of our Lord ben vp þe dredand hym, and in hem þat hopen in his mercy;þe] men.

Þat he defende her soules fram deþ & noris hem in grete desire.

Our soule loueþ our Lord; for our Lord is our helper and our defendour.

For [in] þat our hert shal glade in hym; and we hoped in his holy name.For+in.

Be, Lord, þy merci made up us as we hoped in þe.Lord þi mercye be.

Ps. 34, MS.PSALM 33 (34).

Y shal bliscen our Lord in al time; be his heryyng euermore in my mouþe.

My soule shal be heried in our Lord; heren þe milde, and gladen hij.meke+men.

Þe folk herieþ our Lord wyþ me; MS. ine. and heȝe we his name wyþ hym seluen.—Lord: me: hye: in.

Ich bi-souȝt our Lord; and he herd me, and defended me fram alle my tribulaciouns.& of all my t. he delyuerid me.

Comeþ to hym, & beþ aliȝted; and [ȝ]our faces ne shul nouȝt be confunded.ȝour: —ne.

Þis pouer crie[d]; and our Lord herd hym, and deliuered hym of alle his tribulaciouns.cryd: & of all h. t. he d. hym.

Þe aungel of our Lord goþ about þe dredand hym, and he shal defenden hem fram iuel.þe dred.] in þe cumpas of men dredyng: deliuer.

Swelweþ and seþ, for our Lord is liþ; blisced bi þe man þat hopeþ in him.Tasteþ: swete: be: men.

Doute our Lord al is halwen; for misais nys nouȝt to hem þat douten hym.Douteþ: mis. n. n.] þer is no nede.

Þe riche were nedeful, and hungred; and þe sechand our Lord shal nouȝt be made lasse of all gode.& men sechyng (e added over line).

Comeþ, ȝe men, and hereþMS. bereþ. me; y shal teche ȝou þe drede of our Lord.men] chylder: here me + and.

Which is þat man þat wyl þat lif þat euer shal laste, and loueþ to se gode daies?

Defende þy tunge fram yuel, and þy lippes þat hij ne speke nouȝt treccherie.—ne: no gyle.

Turne þe fram iuel, and do gode; secheþ pes, and folweþ it.seche (e over line): folow.

Þe eȝen of our Lord ben vp þe riȝtful, and his eren to here her praiers.eres: —here.

Þe semblant of our Lord for-soþe is vp þe doand iuel, þat he destruie þe mynde of hem up þerþe.For-soþe þe face: þe] men: lese.

Þe ryȝtful criden, and our Lord herd hem, [& he deliuerd hem] of alle tribulaciouns.MS. tribulacous with a stroke over the o and part of the u.hem+& he deliuered hem: all+her.

Our Lord is nere honde to hem þat ben trubled in hert; and he shal saue þe milde in gost.neȝ to hem þat(!) of sturbled hert: meke.

Mani ben þe tribulaciounsThe stroke is over the u and part of the s. of þe riȝtful; and our Lord deliuered hem of hem ichon.echon.

Our Lord kepeþ al her bones; on of hem ne shal nouȝt be de-fouled.—ne.

Þe deþ of synȝers is werst; and hij þat hated ryȝtful þyng shul trespassen.hateþ.

Our Lord shal bigen þe soules of his seruauntȝ; and alle þat hopen in hym ne shul nouȝt trespassen.The English transl. is om.

Ps. 35, MS.PSALM 34 (35).

Iuge, Lord, þe anoiand me; fiȝt oȝain þe fitand wiþ me.Deme, Lord, men noyinge me, ouercome men fiȝtyng aȝens me.

Take myȝt and uertu, & aryse in helpe to me.

Shade þy uengeaunce, and close it oȝains hem þat pursuen me; saie to my soule, Ich am þyn helþe.Schede+oute.

Ben hij confunded, and drede hij þat sechen my soule.þat s.] sechyng.

Ben turned oȝain and ben confounded þe þenchand iuels to me.Be+þay: be+þai: þe]men.

Ben hij made as poudre to-fore þe face of þe wynde; and our Lordes aungel be constreinand hem.—be.

Be her waies made derk and slider, and our Lordes aungel pur|suand hem.sleder.

For hij hidden to me by her wylle deþ of her wicked enticement; hij reproced my soule of idelshippe.hid wyllfullych to me: re|proued.

Cum to my enemy þe gnare which þat he ne knoweþ, and þe takeyng þat he hid take hym, and falle he in-to þat ich gnare.MS. graue.grynne —which: —ne: þat same grynne.

My soule shal gladen in our Lord, and shal ioien in his helþe.

Al myn wittes shal saien, Lord, who ys liche to þe?

Þou shalt deliuer þe mysais fram yuel of his enemis, þe nedeful and þe pouer fram þe rauissand hym.mys.] nedeful.

Wicked witnesses arisen, asked me þynges þat ich ne knew nouȝt.arysyng: —ne.

Hij ȝauen oȝain to me iuels for gode, barainesse to my soule.—oȝain: godes.

And as hij were anoiand to me, y was cloþed in penaunce.when: an.] heuy.

Y lowed my soule in fastyng; and my praier shal be turned in myn helpe.h.] bosum or help.

Y pleised neȝbur as our broþer; and ich was lowed as man sori and waimentand.pleised+my: as a sory man.

Hij ben gladed oȝains me, and comen to-gidres; and turmentes ben assembledMS. assembland (dotted out) assembled. up me, and y ne wyst nouȝt.c. tog.] moued: ass.] gaderd: —ne: wyst+yt.

Hij ben wasted, and hij ne ben nouȝt prikked; hij tempteden me, and hijand hij twice in MS. vndernimmeden me wyþ vnder-nyminge, & gnaisted vp me wyþ her teþe.wasted and hij ne] sparbled &: pr.+ or for-þouȝt: & scornyd me with scornyng: grente.

Lord, whan þou shalt loke to me, stablis my soule fram her wickednes, myn on soule fram fendes.st.] sett.

Y shal shryue to þe in stedfaste hert, and hiji.e., y (ego). shal herien þe for sinful folk.for] among.

Ne gladen hij nouȝt vp me, þat ben contrarious oȝains me; þat hatedMS. hateþ (expuncted) hated. me wyþ wylle, and hij loren oþer twynquelinoþer tw. underlined with black and red ink. wyþ eȝen.— Ne: ioie: hateþ me wylfullych & twynkeleþ with her eȝen.

For hij spak peisiblelich to me, and hij spekand þouȝten trecherie in wraþe of þe erþe.peseablech: gyle.

Hij maden her mouthe large up me, and seiden, Alas, alas! our eȝen seȝen.maden] sprad: —large: seȝen] haþ see.

Þou seiȝe hem, Lord, ne holde þe nouȝt stylle; ne depart þou noȝt fram me, Lord.—ne: —ne.

Ha Lord, my God, arise, and ȝyf kepe to my cause in iugement.Ha Lord] My Lord &: ȝyf] take: dome.

My Lord and my God, iuge me efter þyMS. my. riȝtfulnes; and ne glade nouȝt þe wicked vp me.deme—me: my] þy: —ne.

Ne saien hij nouȝt in her hertes, Sorow, sorow,The second o is added over line. to our soule; ne saien hij nouȝt, We shal deuouren hym.—Ne: ne] &.

Wexen hij asshamed, and dreden hij to-gidres, þat gladen of myn iuels.—to-gidres.

Ben hij cloþed wyþ confusione and drede, þat speken iuels up me.

Gladen and ioien hij þat wyl my riȝtfulnes, and saie hij, Bi our Lord alwaie heried; and hij þat willen þe pees of his seruaunt glade.bi] be: glade before þai þat.

And my tunge shal þenchen þy riȝtfulnes and þy heryynge ich day.all day.

Ps. 36, MS.PSALM 35 (36).

Þe vnryȝtful seid, þat he ne trespasseþ nouȝt in hym seluen; þe drede of God nis nouȝt to-forn his eȝen.—ne: is.

For he did trecherouslich in his siȝt, þat his wickkednes be founden to hatyng.gylefullych.

Þe wordes of his mouþe ben wickednes and trecherie; he nold nouȝt vnderstonde to do wele.tr.] gyle: wolde: vnde|stonde (!): well.

He þouȝt wickednes in his couche, he stode to al wai nouȝt gode; for-soþe he ne hated nouȝt wickednes.gode+&: —ne.

Lord, þy mercy his in heuen, and þy riȝtfulnes vn-to þe cloudes.Lor.

Þy riȝtfulnes ys as þe mounteines of God, þi mani iugementȝ as helle.domys.

Þou, Lord,Here the MS. has a þ, which is struck out. shal saue men and bestes, as tou, God,MS. astougod, followed by a þ, which is struck out. haþ multiplied þy mercy.

For-soþe mennes sones shul hopen in graces of þy mercy.men: in þe grace.

Hij shul ben drunken of þe plente of þin hous, and þou shalt ȝeue hem drynk of þe welle of de-litinges.delites.

For atMS. þat. þe is þe wille of liif; and we shul se liȝt in þy liȝt.For at þe: well.

Shade for-þe, Lord, þy mercy to þe knowand þe, and þy riȝtfulnes to hem þatHere the writer has first written an h, but has struck it out. ben riȝtful of hert.Schewe: þe kn.] men know|yng.

Ne cum nouȝt to me þe viceMS. voice. of pride, and þe honde of sinȝer ne stir nouȝt me.—Ne cum nouȝt to: vice: —ne: moue.

Þer fel hij þat wirchen wickednes; and hij [ben] putt out, and hij ne myȝt nouȝt stonden.& þai & þai beþ put oute:—ne.

Ps. 37, MS.PSALM 36 (37).

Ne wil þou nouȝt filȝen in þe wicked; ne loue þou nouȝt þe doand wickednes.—Ne: felow: þe d.] me[n] doyng euyl or.

For hij shul drien hastilich as hay, and hij shul fallen sone as worten of herbes.

Hope in our Lord, and do godnesse, and wonne in erþe; and þou shalt be fed in his riches.

Delite þe in our Lord, and he shal ȝeue to þe askinges of þyn hert.to þe+þe.

Shewe þy way to our Lord, and hope in hym; and he shal do þy wylle.

And he shal lede þy riȝtfulnes as liȝt and þy iugement as middai; bi suget to our Lord, and praye to hym.dome: bi] be.

Ne wil þou nouȝt folwen in him þat prosperet in his waie, ne in man þat doþ wronges.—Ne: folow in (!) þat wele fareþ no in his way non in: wrong.

Ende fram ire, and forsak wodeship; and ne wyl þou nouȝt folwe ire, þa-tou be made wicked.Sese: wodnes: —ne.

For hij, þat ben wicked, shal be don out of heuen; hij, þat seruen our Lord, shul han þe heritage of heuen.heuen+&: seruye.

And ȝit a litel vnder-stonde, and no synne (!) shal be in heuen; and þou shalt seche his stede, and þou shalt nouȝt finde it.non syn.

For-soþe þe mylde shul enerit þe heuen, and delyten in þe michelnes of ioie.meke: enheryt—þe.

Þe synȝer shal pursuen þe riȝtful,MS. riȝtfus (with a round s). and shal gnaist up hym wyþ hys teþe.riȝtful: grent.

Our Lord for-soþe shal scorne hym, for he seþ þat his ende come.For-soþe our Lorde: schal cum.

Þe synȝers made her manaces, and sheweden her iuels,

Þat hij deceyue þe suffrand and þe gode, þat [hij] folen þe ryȝtful of hert.deseyue me[n] sufferyng+or þe pore: þat folen] & defule.

Her manaces entre in-to her soules, and be he[r] iuel to-broken.he] her.

BetterMS. Beiter. is lytel þynge wyþ ryȝt, þan mani riches wyþ synȝes.Better: ryȝt+for to haue: riches+of synners.

For þe myȝtes of þe synȝers shal be defoulede; our Lorde for-soþe helpeþ þe riȝtful.defoilyd.

Our Lord knew þe dedes of þe vnwemmed, and her heritage shal be wyþ-outen ende.vnfilyd.

Hij ne shul nouȝt be confounded in tyme of vengeaunce, and hij shul be fulfild in daies of pines; for þe synȝers shul perissen.payne.

For-soþe þe enemys of our Lord, as sone as hij ben worþshipped and heȝed, hij shul failMS. fall (expunged) fail. failand as smoke.enhyed: defaylyng: smeche.

Þe synful shal borow and nouȝt ȝelden; þe riȝtful for-soþe han mercy, and shal ȝelden.pay: haþ: pay.

For þe blissand our Lord shul en-herit þe heuen; and þe iuel sygg|andMS. syngand. to hym shul sholden fram hym.For men blyssyng: iuel siggyng: perisch.

Þe goynges of man shul be dresced to our Lord; and he shal wylle his waie.goynges] waies.

Whan þe riȝtful haþ fallen, he ne shal nouȝt ben hirt; for our Lord laiþ his honde vnder hym.—ne: hurte+or harmyd.

Ich was ȝonge, and by-come olde;MS. hold (expuncted) olde. and y ne seiȝ neuer þe ryȝtful for-saken, ne his sede faile ioies.& y wex elde: —ne: r.+man: non his sede sechyng his his brede or faylyng ioies.

Þe ryȝtful ys merciful al day, and laneþ; and his sede shal [ben] in bliscynge.leneþ: schal+be.

Bowe fram yuel, and do gode; and woneþ in þe world of worldes.wone.

For our [Lord] loueþ iugement, and shal nouȝt forsaken hys halwen; hij shul ben kept wyþ-outen ende.+Lorde: dome &+he.

Þe vnryȝtful shul be punist, and þe sede of þe wicked shal perisse.

Þe ryȝtful for-soþe shul enherit þe erþe, and hij shul [wonen in þe] worlde of worldes up it.For soþe þe r.: schall+won in þe: up it] þer vp.

Þe mouþe of þe ryȝtful shal þenchen wisdam, and his tunge shal speke iugement.dome.

Þe lawe of God ys in his hert, and his goynges ne shul nouȝt be put out.wayes—ne.

Þe synȝer seþ þe ryȝtful man, and secheþ to sle hym.MS. him (dotted out) hym.

Our Lord for-soþe ne shal nouȝt for-sake þe riȝtful in þe hondes of þe sinȝer; ne he ne shal nouȝt dampne him, as he haþ iugodMS. iu god. hym.For-soþe our L.—ne: ne he ne] & he: when he schal be demyd to hym.

A-bide our Lord, and kepe his waye; and he shal anheȝen þe, þat tou take þerþe in heritage; and þou shalt sen, whan þe synȝers shul perisse.Habyde: enhye.

Ich seiȝe þe wicked up-heȝed and vp-lifted as þe cedros of Liban.se: enhied & rered vp: ceders of+þe.

And ich passed, and se! he nas nouȝt; ich soȝt hym, and his stede nas nouȝt yfunden.was: was.

Kep clennesse, and se euennes; for hij ben relikes to man þat his peisible.to a pesable man.

Þe vnriȝtful forsoþe shul ben desparplist, and þe relikes of þe wicked shul dien.For-soþe þe v.: disparpled.

Þe helþe of þe ryȝtful ys of our Lord, and he his her defendour in tyme of tribulacion.is—of.

Our Lord shal helpen hem, and diliuer hem, and defende hem fram synȝers, for þat hij hopeden in hym.

Ps. 38, MS.PSALM 37 (38).

Lord, ne wyþ-nymeMS. wyþ myne. me noȝt in [þy vengeaunce, ne reproce me nouȝt in] þyn ire.— ne: withnym: ire] vengaunce no reproue me noȝt in þin ire.

For þyn a-sautes ben ficchedAbove the second c there is a stroke shaped like an horizontal comma. to me, and þou confermed vp me þyn helpe.prikkyd: confirmyd þin help vp me.

Helþe nys nouȝt in my flescheInstead of the e the MS. has a curved stroke after the h, such as is usually written as an abbreviation for n. for þe charge of [þyn ire, þer nys no pes to my bones for þe charge of] myn synȝes.is: charge of+þine ire þer is no pes to my bones for þe charge of.

For myn wickednesse ben ouergon myn heued, and as a greue charge hij ben greued up me.greue ch. hij] greuous chard(!) þat.

Min helynges oþer helþes a-bouen roteden, and ben corrumped of þe charge of myn vncunninges.My helyd woundes beþ roten & corrupt for þe ch. of myn vncun|nyng.

Ich am made wroched (!) and croked vnto ende, and ich entred al day sorȝful.wrechid & ych am made cr. vnto+þe: soryfull.

For myn bachesMS. uaches. ben fulfild of illusiouns; and helþe nys nouȝt in my flesshe.lenden: dyssaytes: is.

Ich [am] turmented, and ich am michel lowed; and ich cried fram þe sorweyng of myn hert.+am: ich am . . fram] lowed gretlych ych rored for.

Lor,MS. ffor. al my desire is to-fore þe; and my waymentyng nys nouȝt hid fram þe.For] Lord: is.

Myn hert his tribled in me; my uertu haþ forsaken me, and þe liȝt of myn eȝen, and þat nys nouȝt wyþ me.sturblyd: is.

Myn frendes and myn neȝburs com to-wardes me and stoden.stode+or aȝens me.

And hij þat weren by me stoden fer fram me, and hij þat souȝtenMS. þouȝten. my soule made force.by] next: fer . . .] afarre & made strengþe þai þat souȝt my s.

And hij þat soȝten iuels to me speken uanites; and aldai hij þouten trecheries.Latin and English omitted.

Ich for-soþe [as defe] herd nouȝt, and as doumbe nouȝt openand his mouþe.Ich forsoþe] & ych as dumbe defe(dumbe being expuncted): open|yng noȝt his+his(!).

And ich am made as man nouȝt herand and nouȝt hauand vnder|nimynges in hys mouþe.hauyng in his m. reprouynges.

For ich hoped in þe, Lord; Lord, my God, þou shal here me.—lord.

For y seid, þat myn enemys ne ioien nouȝt vp me, and spoken grete þynges vp me, þer-whyles þat my fete ben stired.—ne: ioied: & þai spake.

For ich [am] made radi in tourmentes, and my sorowe ys alway iu my syȝt.+am: into tourmentynges.

For ich shal tellen my wickednesse & þenche for my sinȝe.tellen] schewe.

Myn enemys for-soþe liuen, & ben confermed vp me; and hij, þat hateden me wickedlich, ben multiplied vp me.For-soþe m.e.: confirmyd.

Hij þat ȝelden iuels for godes, bakbytyng me, for þat ich folwed godenes.euyl for gode bakbyted.

Ha Lord, my God, ne forsake me nouȝt, and ne depart nouȝt fram me.—Ha: —ne: —ne.

Lord God of myn helþe, vnderstonde in-to myn helpe.vnderst.] take hede.

Ps. 39, MS.PSALM 38 (39).

Ich seid, Y shal kepen my vertuȝ, þat ich ne trespas nouȝt in my tunge.—ne: with.

Ich sett kepyng to my mouþe, þer-whiles þat þe synȝer stode oȝains me.

Ich bi-com doumbe, and [was meked, and] helde me stylle fram godes; and my sorowe is newed. bicom . . . godes] was dum & ych was meked & ych was still fram godenes: was made newe.

Myn hert wex hote wiþ-inne me, and fur bigan to brenne in my þouȝt.in my mynde fure schal berne.

Ich spak wyþ my tunge, Make, Lord, knowen to me myn endyng,Lord, make myn ende know to me.

And þe numbre of my daies which it is, þat ich wite, what þynge me lackeþ.And] & make know to me: know what fayleþ to me.

Se! þou settest myn daies mesurable, and my substaunce as nouȝt to-fore þe.Lo.

For-soþe ich manMS. am. liuiand ys al manere of vanyte.am] man: —of.

Man for-soþe in likenes [passeþ]; ac in vayn he hys tribled.For-soþe man in ymage passeþ bot: sturblyd.

He gadered tresours, and he wote neuerto whom he shal gaderen hem.gadreþ: note—neuer.

And which is nou myn abydyng? nouȝt our Lord? and my sub|staunce ys to þe.ab.+wheþer: to] at.

De-fende me fram alle wickednesses; þou ȝafMS. h (dotted out) ȝaf. me reproce to þe vnwis.wykkydnes: reproue: +man.

Y by-com dumbe, and ne oponed nouȝt my mouþe, for þou it made; do oway fram me miMS. in. synȝes.ne] y: opend: in] my.

Ich failedMS. falled. in blamynges for þe strengþe of þyn honde; þou reproceþ man for wickednes.faylyd: strenkeþ: h.+&: reprouyd.

And þou madest his soule to stumblen as a lob; ich man for-soþe is trubled idelliche.for-soþe ych man is sturblyd.

Here, Lord, myn orisoun and my praiere; take my teresMS. trese (expuncted) teres. to þyn eren.L. h.: to] with.

Ne for-sake me nouȝt, for ich am synner at þe and passand, as alle my fadres weren.—ne: am+a.

Graunte to me, þat ich be wasshen of syne, to-foreTwice to fore in MS. þat ich die; and ich ne shal nomore be dampned.w.] clene: —ne.

Ps. 40, MS.PSALM 39 (40).

Ich abidand þe grace of our Lord a-bode my Lord; and he vnder|stonde (!) me.habydyng: vnsterstode.

And he herd my praiers, and lad me out of þe stenche of uices and fram þe pynes of helle.vices+or of þe water of wrechid|nes: paynnes.

And he stablist my fete in stedfastnes, and dresced my goynges.sett.

And he laide gode worde in my mouþe, dite to our Lord.put.

Many shul sen and douten andMS. an hon (struck out) and. hopen in our Lord.

Blisced be þe man, of which þe name of our Lord his his hope, and ne haþ don no uanites, ne fals wodnesses oȝains his lawe.ne haþ] he haþ: wodnes.

Lord, my God, þou dost many woundres; and þer nis non, þat is lich to þe in þy þouȝtes.My Lorde Godd: madest: nis] is.

Ich shewed and spak þyn wondres vn-to men; and myn wordes ben multiplied wyþ-outen noumbre.ben] wer.

Þou ne woldest sacrifie non offrynge wyþ-outen vertu; þou madest for-soþe vnderstondyng to me.—ne: s.] sacrifice: f.s. þou.

Þou ne askedest nouȝt offrand for synne; þan seid ich, Se! y com to þe.—ne: cum.

Wryten it is of me in þe comaundement of þe lawe, þat ich do þy wylle; ha mi God, ich it wolde, and þy lawe amiddes myn hert.com.] heste: ha . . wolde] y wolde it (it is added over the line) my Godd.

Ich shewed þy ryȝtfulnes to many trew; Lord, y ne shal nouȝt defenden myn lippes; þou it wyst.r.+in a grete church: trew+men se: —ne: þou wyst it well.

Y ne hyd nouȝt þy ryȝtfulnes in myn hert, ich seidei added over line. þy soþenes and þyn helþe.—ne.

Ich ne hiddeMS. bidde. nouȝt þy mercy and þy soþenes fram þe michel conseil of þe vntrew.Y hyd: much: of vntrew men.

Ne do nouȝt, Lord, þy mercy fer fra me; þy mercy and þy soþenes alway han y-takeMS. haby (or haly?) take; b and y are written very close together. me.—Ne: haby] han.

For yueles, þat [no] noumbre is of, han i-cumpassedMS. ham cump., or for han cump. without i-? me; myMS. wyþ. wickednesses token me, and y ne myȝt nouȝt, þat ich seyȝe hem.euyl thynges þat+no: han closyd me my w.: —ne: þat ich s.] se.

Þe wicked ben multiplied vp þe heres of myn heued; and mynheued and myn twice in MS. hert haþe for-saken me.w. + men: of] on.

Plese it, Lorde, to þe, þat þou defende me; loke, Lord, for to helpe me.Lord pl. it: —for.

Ben hii confounded, and waxen hij asshamed to-gideres, þat sechen my soule, þat hij don fram þe.þat hij don] to do it.

Ben hij turned oȝayn & asshamed, þat wyllen iuels to me.

Beren hij hastilocheo corrected from y. her confusion, þat saien to me, Alas! alas!

Alle þat sechen þe, hij shul gladen vp þeMS. me. and ioien; and saien hij euermore, þat louen þyn helþe, Be our Lord heried.MS. heued.hij shul . . . me] be þai glade vp þe: ioie+þay: heryed.

Ich am for-soþe beggand and pouer; our Lord ys bisi of me.F. s. ych am a beggar a. p.+&.

Þou art myn helper and my defendour; ha my God, dwelle nouȝt.tary.

Ps. 41, MS.PSALM 40 (41).

Blisced be he, þat helpeþ þe nedeful and þe pouer; our Lord shal de-liuere hym fram iuels atte daye of iugement.þat+vnderstondeþ or: at þe: dome.

Kepe hym our Lord, and quike hym: he shal make hym blisced in erþe, and he shalt nouȝt ȝyf hym into þe pouste of hys enemys.quike . . .] make hym qwyk & he schal noȝt ȝyf þeMS hym (struck out) þe. into þe power of h. e.

Our Lord be to hym helpe up þe charge of his sorowe; þou, Lord, turned alle his sharpenes in his sykenes.

Y seid, Lorde, haue mercy on me; hele my soule, for ichaue sinned to þe.

Myn enemis seiden iuels to me, whan he shalle dien, and his name shal peris.

And ȝif myn enemy entred in-to my hous, þat he seiȝe me, he spak idel þynges; his hert gadered wickednes to hym.schuld se: þinges+and.

He went out, and spak in þat ich þynge.

Alle myn enemys grucched oȝains me, and þouten iuels to me.

Hij stablisshe[d] þe wicked worde oȝayns me, þat his to wyte,MS. me (expuncted) wyte. ȝyf he þat slepeþ arise nouȝt and go.sett—þe: wytt.

For þis man was of myn pes, in whom ich hoped; hij þat eten min loues, herieden vp me supplauntynge oþer puttyngoþer putting is underlined. out.For+he: —suppl. oþer.

Haue þou, Lord, mercy on me, & arere me; and hiji.e. y (ego). shal ȝelden [hem] her mede.Lord haue m.: y schal ȝelde+hem.

Ich wist by þis þynge, þatou woldest me; for myn enemy ne shal nouȝt ioien up me.—ne.

Þou for-soþe toke me for vn-loþ-fulnes, and confermed me in þy siȝt wyt-outen ende.F. s. þou.

Blisced be our Lord, God of Israel, fram þe worled into þe worledMS. worded.; be it don, be it don.world: world.

Not numbered in MS.PSALM 41 (42).

As þe hert de-siret to þe welles of waters, so de-sired my soule to þe,After þe, a word is erased. Lord.desireþ: desireþ.

And my soule þrefe (!) vnto God, welle liueand, whan ich shal cum and apere to-fore þe face of God.—And: afyrsteþ (!) to Godd a lyfyng well: and] y schal.

Mi teres were to me loues day and nyȝt, þer-wyles þat man seid to me ich day, Where hys þy God?þat man] yt is.

Ich by-þouȝt of þe þynges, and priked in me my soule; for hyi.e. y (ego). shal passen in-to þe stede of purgatorij ful of pines, riȝt vn-to heuen.of þe] þise: prikkyd: hy]y: purgatorie: paynes into þe hous of Godd þat is into h.

Þe soune of þe ioiand ys in þe voice of ioie and of shrift.of ioiyng: of ioiyng.

Ha þou my soule, why ertou sori, & why trubles tou me?O: heuy: sturbelistow.

Hope in God, for y shal ȝete shriue vnto hym; he his helþe of my gost and my God.MS. my god and my gost.ȝyt: vnto] to: God] goste: gost] Godd.

Myn soule is trubled vn-to my seluen; for-þy, Lord, y shal be þenchand on þe, God, of þe tur[n]ing of folk of þe londe of Jordan and of þe folk of þe littel hille of Hermon.sturblyd to: be-þenche: turn|yng: 1. folk+or.

Helle blameþ þe fendes for þy deþ of þe croice.blameþ—þe: þy] þe.

Alle þyn lorde-shippes and þy techynges passeden up me.

In daie our Lord sent his mercy and on nyȝt his confort.In+þe: in.

Lord, þe oreison of my lif is to þe; ha Lord, y sai, Þou ert my taker.—ha.

Whi hastou forȝeten me, and whi am ich sory, þer-whiles þat myn enemy tourmenteþ me?to-whyls.

Þer-whiles þat myȝtes ben frusced, myn enemys, þat trublen me, reproued me;myȝtes ben fr.] my bones or m. beþ brokeAbove and between the r and o there is a stroke like a long comma. or proschyd: sturbleþ.

Þer-whiles þat hij seiden to me vuch daye, Were is þy God?say: by all days.

Ha þou my soule, whi ar-tou sori, and whi trubles tou me?O: sturblestow.

Hope in God, for i shal ȝit schryue to hym; he his helþe of mi gost and my God.

Ps. 42, MS.PSALM 42 (43).

Iugg me, Lord, and defende my cause fram folk nouȝt holy, and defende me fram þe wicked man and þe trecherous. Lorde deme me.

For þou art Gode, my strengþe; whiMS. wiþ; or for wi? puttestou me out? and whi goe ich sorwand, þer-whiles þat myn enemy tourmenteþ me?Godd: whi putestow.

Sende out þy lyȝt and þy soþenes; hij ladden me out, and ladde men me in-to þy holi hylle and in-to þy tabernacles.2. out] fram: lad me to into þine: into] in.

And y shal entre unto Goddes auterMS. goddessauter (ss on erasure).; to God, þat makeþ glade my ȝingþe.MS. þing þe.Goddes auter: ȝouþe.

Ha God, my God, y shal schryue me to þe in þe in-mast of myn hert; ha þou my soule, whi ertou sori, and why trublestou me?O þou Godd: inermast: o: sturblestow.

Hope in God, for ȝete y shal shryue to hym; he is helþMS. holi. of my gost and my God.ȝyt schal ych: holi] helþe.

Ps. 43, MS.PSALM 43 (44).

Ha God, we herden wyþ our erenMS. eȝen (dotted out) eren.; our fadres telden vsO þou Godd: tolde.

Þe werke, þat tou wrouȝt in her daies and in olde daies.

Þyn honde desparplist þe folk, and þou settest hem; þou tour|mentedesto added over line. folkes, and puttedest hem out of here pride.disparplid—þe: turmen|did (!) folk: put.

For hij ne shul nouȝt haue þerþe in swerde, and her myȝt ne shal nouȝt sauen hem,—ne: in] with: —ne.

Ac þy god-hede and þy myȝt and þe liȝt of þy face; for þou plesed to hem.Bot: godhode: þe] þi.

ÞouMS. vn. þy-self art my God and my kyng, þat sendest helþes to Jakob.Vn] þou: God] kyng: kyng] Godd: sentest.

WheMS. who. shul chace oway our enemys þurȝ force in þe, and we shul despysen in þy name þe arisand oȝains us.Who] we: þe ar.] men rysyng.

For y ne shal nouȝt hopen in my waityng; and my swerde ne shal nouȝt sauen me.—ne: —ne.

For þou sauedest vs [fram hem þat turmented vs], and þou con|founded hem þat hateden vs.sauyd vs+fram hem þat tur|mentyd vs: þat h.] hatyng.

Whe shul ben heried in God al day, and whe shul shryue in þy name in þe worled.

For-soþeMS. for foþe. þou puttedest us now oway,After oway follows an e, which is dotted out. and confoundedest us; and þou, God, ne shal nouȝt go out in our vertuȝ.For-soþe: put: confundyd: —ne: schalt.

Þou turnedest vs by-hynde rygge efter our enemis; and hij þat hated vs rauissed vs to hem selue.byh. r.] a-bache.

Þou ladest vs as shepe of metes; and þou desparplist vs amonge folkes.lad: disparpled.

Þou seldest þy folk wyþ-outen pris; and multitude nas nouȝt in chaungynges of hem.& þer was no m.

Þou laidest us in liknes to folkes, stireing of heued in folkes.steryng.

Þou settest us repruseMS depruse. to our neȝburs, vndernimyngHere an e follows, but is dotted out. and scorne to hem þat ben in our cumpas.depruse] reproue: scornyng.

Aldai my shame is oȝains me, and confusion of my face haþ couered me.

Fram þe voice of þe reproceand and þe oȝains spekand, fram þe face of þe enemy and of þe pursuand.of man reprouyng & aȝene spekyng+&: —and of þe.

Alle þes þynges comenMS. to men. up us; and we ne forȝate þe nouȝt, and we did nouȝt yuel in þy testament. come: —ne.

And our hert ne departed nouȝt oȝain-ward; and þou bowedest þyn bysties fram þy waie.—And: —ne: paþes.

For þou lowed vs in stede of turment; and shadew of deþ couered vs.in+þe.

Ȝyf we forȝate þe name of our Lord, and putten forþe our hondes to a strange God,Lorde+Godd: put.

It is to witen, ȝif God shal nouȝt asken þes þynges; for he knewe þe hidynges of þe hert.preuy þinges.

For we ben slayn al dai for þe; we ben holden bi as shepe of slaȝtter.MS. scaȝtter.slaȝtter.

Arise vp, Lord; whi dwellestou? arise vp, and ne put vs nouȝt oway in ending.tarystow: —vp: —ne: in+þe.

Whi turnestou þy face oway? þou for-ȝetest our mesaisMS. me fais. and our tribulacioun.mysays.

For our soule is lowed in poudre, and our wombe is deuoured to-gideres in þerþe.to-gyder in erþe.

Arise up, Lord, and helpe vs; and bigge vs aȝayn for þy name.bigge vs aȝ.] deliuer vs.

PSALM 44 (45).

Myn hert put out gode worde; y saye my werkes to þe kynge of glorie.p. o.] schewyd: ioie.

My tunge is penne of þe scriuayn swiflich (!) wrytand.is+þe: swyftelych.

Fair artou, Christ, in fourme to-fore mennes sones; grace is shaddeMS. sbadde. in þy lippes; for-þy blisced God þe wyþ-outen ende.sbadde] chade: þerfor he blyssyd þe Godd.

Be þou girded wyþ þy myȝt, aldermyȝtfullichest, up þy folke.moste myȝtfulyche.

Ȝyf entent godelich, and go forþe, and regne in þy cumlichenes and in þy fairnes,

For soþnes and softnes and riȝtfulnes; and þy pouste shal laden þe wonderfulliche.Instead of the last e the MS. has a stroke as commonly used as an abbreviation for n.softnes] mekenes: pouer: lede—þe.

Þy manaces ben sharp; folk shul fallen vnder þe vnto þe hertes of þe kynges enemys.scharp+&: into.

Ha God, þy sege is in þe worlde of worldes; þe ȝerde of drescingMS. deescing. is ȝerde of þyMS his. kyngdome.O: dressyng is þe ȝerd of þi k.

Þou louedest riȝtfulnes, and hatest wickednes; þer-for God, þy God, anoint þe wyþ oil of ioie to-for þy felawes.louyd riȝt and hatyd: anoynetyd.

Myrre and gutt and smel ben of þy uestment, of þy housesMS. bones. of heuen, of which þe gode soules delitedenMS. delitende. þe in þyn honur.sm.] swete sm.: vp þi cloþing of þe houses: delityd.

Þe quene stode at þy ryȝt half in gildan cloþyng, encompassed alabouten wyþ selcouþnesse.riȝt hondes in glyt (!) cl. en|closyd a-boute wyþ diuersnes.

Here þou, soule, and se, and bowe þyn ere, and for-ȝete þy fole þoȝtes and þe substaunces of þy fader.foly: substance.

And þe kyng shal couait þyMS. þe. fairhede; for he is þe Lord, þy God, and [þe folk shul worþship hym].þi fayrehode: and + þe folke schal wyrschip hym.

[And þe sones of Tyre & alle þe ryche of] þe folk shal praien þy semblant in ȝyftos.The verses 13 and 14 are written in one in the MS.And þe sonnes of Tyre & all þe ryche of þe folke schal pray þi chere in ȝiftys.

Alle his glorie wyþ-innen hym is of þe soule of God of grete ioies, couered a-boute wyþ meruailous þynge.glorie]ioie: meruolus þinges.

Maidenes shal be brouȝt to God efter hym, and hys next shul ben brouȝt to þe.

Hii shul ben brouȝt in-to gladnes and ioie, and shul ben brouȝt in-to þe ioie of God.

Sones ben born to þe for þy fadres; þou shalt stablisse hem princes vp alle þerþe.for þy] to (dotted out) fore þe: sett.

For-þy þe folkes shul shriue to þe wyþ-outen ente (!) in þy world of wordles (!).folk: ende+&: þe: worldes.

Ps. 45, MS.PSALM 45 (46).

Our Lord is refut and vertu, helper in tribulacioun, þat founde vs to michel.vertu+&: þat + haþ: muche.

Þer-fore we shul nouȝt douten, þer-whiles þat þerþe shal be trubled; þe mounteins shul be born in-to þe hert of þe see.

Þe waters souned, and ben trubled; þe mounteins ben trubled in his strengþe.—þe m. ben tr.

Þe deluuþRead duluuy? gladeþ þe hous of heuen, þe almyȝtful halwed Noe and his.d.] grete flode: halowed+his tabernacle þat is.

God ne shal nouȝt be stired in-middes þys wonyng; God shal helpen hym erlich in þe morwenyng.—ne.

Men ben trubled, and kyngdoms ben lowed; God ȝaf his vengaunce, and þerþe is stired.sturblid: mouyd.

Þe Lord of vertuȝ ys wyþ vs; our taker ys God of Jacob.

Comeþ, and seþ þe werkes of our Lord, which he sett wonders vp þerþe.þat haþ sett.

Doand oway batail vnto þende of þerþe, he shal de-foule bowe and breke armes and brenne þe sheldes in þe fur.he] &: defuyle.

Abideþ and seþ, for ich am God; y shal be heȝed in folk, and y shal be heȝed in erþe.enhyed among: enhied: in+þe.

Þe Lord of vertu is wyþ us, þe God Iacob hisThe MS. repeats wyþ after his. our taker.vertues: Godd+of: —wyþ.

PSALM 46 (47).

Ȝe alle folk, plaieþ wyþ hondes; gladeþ to God in voice of ioie.ioieþ with+ȝour: h.+&.

For our Lord ys heiȝe, dredful, and michel kyng vp al þerþe.michel k. vp] grete aboue.

He made folkes vnderlynges to us, and men he leid [vnd]erMS. leider. oure fete.He cast vnder to vs nacions, & vnder our f. he layde men.

He ches to vs hys herytage, þe fairnes of Iacob, which he loued.MS. loueþ.louyd.

God steȝ up in swete songe, and our Lord in uoice of trumpe.in sw. s.] with ioie.

Syngeþ to our Lord; syngeþ; syngeþ to our kyng, syngeþ.

For God his kyng of alle þerþe; singeþ wiseliche.

God shal regne vp men; God shal sitten vp his holi sege.men+&: sege] sete.

Princes of folkes ben assembled wyþ God of Abraham;Instead of the last a, the MS. has the usual abbreviation for ra. for þe stronge goddes of þe erþe ben gretliche an-heȝed.þe princes of folk beþ gadred.

PSALM 47 (48).

Ou[r] Lord is michel [& worþi to be praysed] in þe cite of our God, in hys holy mounteyn.Our: grete+& worþi to be praysyd.

Þe mount Syon is founded in joie in alle þerþe; þe sides of þe norþe is þe cite of þe grete kyng.

God shal be knowen in his house, as he shal take it.when.

For se! þe kynges of þe erþeFor se þe kynges of þe erþe twice in MS., but the corrector has struck it out once. ben assembled; hij acordeden in on.

Hij sehen in swich manere, and ben amer-uailed; hij ben trubled and stired, dre de toke hem.sehen in sw. m. and] seyng so: sturbled: st.+&.

Þer ben sorowes as of þe [berand] child; and þou [s]halt defoulen þe folk of Thars in grete vengeaunce.þe] a woman beryng: schalt defoile.

We seȝen so as we herden in þe cite of our Lord; God founded hit wyþ-outen ende.We seȝen . . . herden] So as we herd, so we seiȝ in þe cite of our Lord of vertus.

God, we han taken þy mercy amiddes þe holi fante of þi temple.—taken: fonte.

Ha Lord, efter þy name, so þyn heriinge ys in þe londe of erþe; þy lawe is ful of ryȝt-fulnes.O: þe erþe.

Deliten þe folk of Syon, and ioien þe children of Jude, Lord, for þy iugementȝ.domes.

Cumpasseþ Syon, and clippe it; telleþ to folk, hardenedMS. hardeneþ. in hert.Goþe aboute, & beclipeþ it & t in þe toures of it to folk herd þe hertes.

Sett ȝour hertes in his vertu, and ȝeueþ his ryȝtes, þat ȝe tel it to þe woniand in heuen.ryȝtes] ryches: tell it in an oþer kynred þat is to hym dwellyng in h.

For here is our GodMS. lord (expuncted) god. wyþ-outen ende in þe worled of worldles (!); and he shal gouerne vs in heuens.

Not numbered in MS.PSALM 48 (49).

Ȝe al men, hereþ þes þynges; hei.e. ȝe. alle þat wonen in herþe, vnder|stondeþ wyþ eren.he] ȝe: in erþe.

Ȝe, al erþelich and mennes sones, ben to-gider in on riche and pouer.men.

My mouþe shal speke wisdome, and þe þouȝt of myn hert quaintise.mynde: quayntenes.

Y shal bowe myn ere in parabiles, and shal open in þe sauter myn purpose.ensaumples &+y.

Whi shal ich doute in þe daie of iugement? þe wickednes of myn hele shal go a-bout me.dome: go about] enclose.

Hii, þat affien hem in her vertu and in þe mychelnes of her riches, gladen.beleueþ or trusteþ — hem: gretnes.

Broþer ne biggeþ, man shal raunsoun, he ne shal nouȝt ȝeuen to God his quemeyng.The MS. has a q with a stroke over it as is elsewhere used to abbreviate an n.ne b.] biggyþ noȝt: —ne: quemyng (MS. q with an e over it).

And for þe pris of his raunsoun he shal trauail wyþ-outen ende; and ȝete he shal liuen euermore.

He ne shal nouȝt se þe deþ, as he haþ sen þe wise dyand; þe vnwyse and þe fole shal perissen to-gidres.—ne: haþ sen] schal se: to|geder.

And hij shal laten her riches vn-to stranges, and her biriels shul ben her houses wyþ-outen ende.strangers: hous.

Her tabernacles ben in kynde and kynde; hij shul clepen her names in her erþes.londes.

And as man was in honur,MS. homur. he ne vnderstode nouȝt; he his liche to meres vn-wyse, and he is made liche to hem.honour: —ne: is likkynd to bestes.

Þys herMS. ys (expuncted) her. way his sclaunder to hem; and efter hij shul plesen uiciouselicheMS. uicoūseliche; cf. uicōse in the Latin text. in her mouþe.

Hij ben don in helle, as shepe ben to-gidres in flok;MS. folk. and þe fende shal tourmenten hem.to-geder: flok.

And þe riȝtful shul lord-shippe vp hem in ioie; and her helpe shul bycomen olde fram her glorie in helle.lordsh.] haue lordschip: ioie.

For-soþe God shal bige oȝain my soule fram þe pines of helle, whan he haþ taken me.paynes.

Ne doute þe nouȝt, whan man his made riche, and whan þe glorie of his hous his multiplied.Ne doute þe] Drede þou: ioie.

For whan he shal dyen, he ne shal nouȝt take al þynges; ne his glorie ne shal nouȝt descenden wyþ hym.—1. ne: 2. ne] no: ioie: —3. ne.

For þe soule of þe gode shal ben blisced in his liue, and he shal reioys to þe whan þou hast wele don to hym. reioie: don to] do.

Þe wicked shal entren unto þe progenie, uel, oþer, kynde,The last three words are underlined with red ink. of his faders, and he shal se no liȝt wyþ-outen ende.Notabile written in margin by a later hand.in-to: uel oþer] or þe.

As man whas in honur, he ne vnderstode nouȝt; he his likened to meres vn-whis, and he ys made liche to hem.Whe[n]: —ne: was lyk|kynd to vnwyse bestes.

Ps. 48, MS.PSALM 49 (50).

Our Lord, God of goddes, spak, and cleped þerþe.

Fram þe sonne arisyng vn-to þe going a-doune, þe spece of his fairnes is of Syon.vnto . . . adoune] into þe fallyng.

God shal comen aperteliche, our Lord; and he ne shal nouȝt be stylle.—ne.

Fur shal by-gynne to brenne in his siȝt, and grete tempest shal ben in his cumpasse.

He cleped þe heuen fram a-bouen, and þerþe for to iugen his puple.

Hei e. ȝe. god, assembleþ ȝe to hym his halwen, þat ordeine his testa|ment vp sacrifices.—He god: Gadreþ: ordey|neþ: sacrifice.

And þe heuens shul tellen his riȝtfulnes; for God his iuge.schew.

Here ȝe, my folk of Israel; and hy shal speken, and witnes to þe; y, God, ham þy god.hy] y.

Y ne shal nouȝt repruue þe in þy sacrifices; þyn offrynges for-soþe ben alway in my siȝt.—ne: reproue: sacrifice.

Y ne shal nouȝt taken chalues of þyn hous, ne kiddes of þyn flokkes.—ne: no.

For alle þe wilde bestes of þe wodes ben myn, þe meres and þe oxen in þe mounteins.þe meres and þe] kyne &.

Y knew alle þe foweles of heuen, and þe fairnes of þe felde is wyþ me.know: foweles] folkes.

Ȝyf ich haue hunger, y ne shal nouȝt saie to þe; for þe world and þe fulnes of it is myn.haue h.] schal hungre: — ne: plenteusnes þer-of.

Ne shal ich nouȝt ete bulles flesshe, ne drynke kiddes blode?—Ne: ne] non.

Offre to God sacrifice of heryynge, and ȝeld to þe alderheȝest þyn uowes.alderh.þyn u.] hyest þi wonnes.

And clepe me in daie of tribulacioun; and y shal defende þe, and þou shalt worship me.in+þe: wyrschip.

God for-soþe seide to þe synȝer, Whi tellestou my ryȝtfulnes,The MS. has myȝtfulnes instead of my ryȝtfulnes. and takeþ my testament by þy mouþe?F. s. Godd: telestow my riȝtfulnes.

Þou for-soþe hatedestMS. haddest. discipline, and þou kest my wordes by|hynde rygge.Fo (!) soþe þou hatyd lore —rygge.

Ȝyf þou sest a þef, þou ran wyþ hym, and laidi added over line. þy porcioun wyþ spouse-breches.seiȝ: ȝerne: put: wonteres.

Þy mouþe wex ful wyþ malice, and þyn tunge songe treccheries.was: of: spake gyle.

Þou sittand spak oȝain þy broþer, and þou settedest sclaundre oȝains þe sones of þy moder; þou dest þes þynges, and ich helde me stille.aȝens: put: son: dyd þise.

Þou wendest wickedleche, þat y shal be lich to þe; y shal reproue þe of þy susposeing, and y shal stablis iugumen oȝayn þy face.wende + wykkydnes or: supposyng: put dome.

Ȝe þat for-ȝeteþ God, vnderstondeþ þes þynges, þat he ne dampne ȝou nouȝt, and þat þer be non þat defendeþ ȝou.for-ȝete: þis: —ne: defende.

Sacrifice of heryyng shal honour me; and þer is þe waie þer y shal shewen to hym þe helþe of God.sacrif.] þe s.

Ps. 49, MS.PSALM 50 (51).

Ha mercy on me, God, efter þy mychel mercy.Godd haue m. on me: grete.

And efter þe mychelnes of þy pites do way my wickednes.gretenes: mercyes: do away.

Whasshe me more of my wickednes, and clense me of myn synne.More-ouer wasch me fram: fram.

For ich knoweMS. knewe. my wickednes, and my synne ys euermore oȝains me.know.

Ich haue synned to þe alon, and ich haue don iuel to-fore þe, þa-tou be made ryȝt-ful in þy wordes, and þatou ouercum whan þou art iuged.made r.] iustified: schalt deme.

Se! for ich am conceiued in wickednesses, and my moder conceiued me in synnes.wykkydnes.

Se! for þou loued soþenes; þe vncerteyn þynges and pryue of [þy] wisdom þou made to me apert.preuy of+þi: opyn to me.

Þou sprengest me, Lord, wyþ þy mercy, and y shal be made clene; þou shalt purifieMS. purisie, with a long s. me, and y shal be made whyȝte vp snowe.Lord þ. sprenged me: wasch: whytter þan.

Þou shalt ȝeue ioie and gladnes to myn heryng,MS. beryng. and þe mylde dedes of my hert shul gladen.heryng: meke.

Turne þy face fram myn synnes,MS. synmes. and do oway al myn wickednes.synnes.

Ha God, make in me clene hert, and newe þou a ryȝt gost in myn hert.O: m. cl. h. in me & make new a riȝte g.

Ne putt me nouȝt fram þy face, and ne do nauȝt o-way fram me þyn holy gost.—Ne: —ne.

Ȝelde to me gladnes of þyn helþe, and conferme me wyþ þyn holy gost.Latin and English omitted.

Y shal techen þe wicked þyn wayes, and þe wicked shul ben conuerted to þe.turned.

Ha þou God, God of myn helþe, deliuer me of sinnes,MS. fines. and my tunge shal gladen þy ryȝtfulnes.O: synnes: gladen] wyr|schip.

Lord, þou shalt open myn lippes, and my mouþe shal tellen þyn heryyng.t.] schewe.

For ȝyf þou hade wolde, ich hade ȝeuen sacrifice; forsoþe þou ne shalt nouȝt deliten in sacrifices.Fo (!): —ne.

Trubled gostMS. god. is sacrifice to God; þou, God, ne shal nouȝt despisen þe hert sorowful and meke.A sturbled goste: þou . . . despisen] Godd dispise þou noȝt.

Do blisfullich, Lord, to þy chosen in þy gode wille, þat þe gode be confermed in heuens.L.do beniglich(!): confirmyd: heuen.

Þan shal tou take sacrifice of ryȝt, seruice, and honours; hij shul þan setten godenesses to-fore þy throne.godnes: trone.

Ps. 50, MS.PSALM 51 (52).

Ha þou wicked, whi gladestou in malice, þat art myȝtful in wickednes?O: ioiestow.

Al day seid þy tunge vnryȝtfulnes; þou dost treccherie as a rasour sharp sauaand (!).þouȝt: as a scharp rasour þou did gyle.

Þou louedest malice up blisfolhede, more to speken wickednes þan euennes.vp bl.] more þan mekenes &.

Þou louedest [alle] trubland wordes in fibel tunge.louyd all wordes of casting doune in gyleful tung.

Þer-for shal God destruen þe on ende, and shal draw þe vp bi þe rotes out of þyMS. þe. tabernacle and þy rote fram þerþe of liueand.on] into þe: þi t.

Þe ryȝtful shul sen þe iuels of þe wicked, and hij shul douten hem; and hij shul leȝen vp hym, and shul sayen, Se þe man þat ne sett nouȝt God his helper.drede: hym] hem: —ne: helpe.

[B]vt he hoped in þe multitude of his riches, and he was michel worþ in his vanite.Bot:—þe: worþi.

Ich am in Godes hous as oliue fructifiand, ich hoped in þe mercy of God wyþ-outen ende in heuens.as an olyf beryng frute.

Y shal shryue to þe in þe world, forMS. twice for. þou it madest; and y shal abyde þy name, for it ys gode in þe syȝt of þyn halwen.

Ps. 51, MS.PSALM 52 (53).

Þe vnwysMS. wn (struck out) vnwys. seid in his hert, God nis nouȝt.is.

Þe wicked ben corrumped and made loþeliche inMS. and. wickednesses; þer nys non þat doþ gode.and wick.] in her studes or in her wykkydnes: is: gode+þer is noȝt to one.

God loked fram heuen vp mennes sones, þat he se, ȝyf any be vnder|stondeand oþer sechand God.or.

Al loutedeno corrected from e. to-gidres fram godnes; hij ben madeMS. maden. inprofitable; þer nys non þat doþ god, þer nys non vn-to on.All þay lowtyd to-gyder f. godenes+&: made vnprofitable: is: is noȝt to one.

Ne witeþ nouȝt hij alle, þat wirchen wickednesses, þat deuouren my folk as mete of brede?wit: wykkydnes+&.

Hij ne cleped nouȝt God; þer hij tre[m]bleden for drede, þer no drede nas.—ne: —þer: tr.] were agast: was.

For God wasted þe bones of hem þat plesen to men; hij ben con|founded, for God haþ despised hem.her bones þat plesed.

Who shal ȝyf of Syon helþe to Israel? whan our Lord haþMS. had. tourned þe wrocchedhede of his folk, þe kynde of Iacob shal gladen, and þe folk of Israel shal ioyen.haþ: wrechydnes.

Ps. 52, MS.PSALM 53 (54).

Ha God, makeMS. maked. me sauf in þy name, and iuge me in þy uertu.O Godd make: deme.

God, here my praiere, and take in þyn eren þe wordes of myMS. þy. mouþe.with: eres: my.

For strange arysen oȝains me, and stronge soȝt my soule, and ne sett nouȝt God to-forn her syȝt.straunge menaros: str.+men: —ne.

Se! for God helpeþ me, and our Lord is taker of my soule.Lo.

Turne oway iuels fro myn enemys, and departe hem in þy soþenes.

Y shal sacrifye to þe wyþ gode wylle, and shryue to þy name, Lord; for it is gode.s. wylfullych to þe.

For þou deliuered me of ichan tribulacioun, and myn eȝe despised vp myn enemys.ichan] all.

Ps. 53, MS.PSALM 54 (55).

Ha God, here myn oreisoun, and ne despise þou nouȝt my praiere; vnder-stonde to me, and here me.O: —ne: —þou.

Ich am made sori in my haunteyng, and am tribluled (!) fram þe voice of myn enemy, and of þe tribulaciouns of þe sinȝers.vsyng & y am sturbled: tri|bulacyon: synner.

For hij bowed wickednisses to me, and hij were derend to me in ire.wykkydnes: heuy.

Myn hert his trubled in me, and drede of deþ fel vp me.sturblyd.

Drede and quakeyng comen vp me, and derknesses couered me.derknes.

Who shal ȝyf me þe ȝyftes of þe holi gost? and y shal fleȝe to heuen and resten þer?

Se! ich fleand fram God wyþ-drowe me fram hym, and ich woned in iuels.And ych with-drow me fram him flying fram God.

Ich abode hym þat made me sauf of my litelhede and of þe per|secucioun of þe gost.fram my litylhode.

Ouer-þrawe hem, Lord, and de-parte her tunges; for ich seiȝ wickednes & oȝain-sigging in þe cyte.se: in+in.

Wickednes shal cumpasse hym day and nyȝt vp his walles, and trauail and vnryȝtfulnes amiddes of hym. enclose.

And usure and trecherie ne failed nouȝt in his waies.gile: —ne.

For ȝyf myn enemy had missaidSecond i added over line. me, for-soþe ich had suffred.y schuld had (!) suffyrd.

And ȝif he, þat hated me, had spoken gret þynges vp me, par-chaunce, ich had hid me fram hym.par-auentur.

Soþeliche þou, God, art man of on hert, and my lader and my knower.For-soþe: —man: knowen.

Þou man, þat tou-gadrestou gra (gra is, however, expuncted) gadres. wyþ me toke swete metes: we ȝede in in Goddes hous wyþ on assente.þou man toke sw.m.to-gadres w. me.

Cum þe deþe vp þe yuel, and descenden hij into helle al liueand.Cum—þe: wykkyd+men: fall.

For wickednisses ben in her woninges in-middes of hem.wykkydnes beþ.

Ich for-soþe cried to our Lord, and our Lord saued me.For-soþ ych.

Y shal tellen at euen and at morwen and at mydday, and y shal nempnen þe heryyng of God; and he shal here my voice.at morow atte mydday & atte euen: schw (!).

He shal bigge oȝain my soule in pees fram þe wicked, þat comen nere me þurȝ iuel; for hij were wyþ me a-monges many gode.among.

God shal heren me and lowen hem, þe which is to-fore þe wordles.

For chaunge nis nouȝt to hem of her iuel lif,iuel lif twice in MS. and hij ne drad nouȝt God; he putt forþe his vengeaunce in-to ȝeldyng.is: —ne.

Hij defouled his testament, and hij ben departed fram þe ire of his myȝt; and his hert neȝed ire oȝayns hem.MS. hym.diffoiled: be: n.] broȝt neȝe: hem.

Hys wordes ben molist up oile, and na-for-þa (!) hij ben dartes.softer þan: neþeles.

Man, cast þyn hert up our Lord, and he shal norisen þe; he ne shal nouȝt ȝeuen euermore meltynge to þe ryȝtful.—ne.

Þou, God, for-soþe shalt laden hem into þe pitteOr pute. of deþ.F. s. þou Godd: put.

Men defouled wyþwyþ twice in MS. dedelich synne and þe trecheroustrecherorousus, MS. ne shul nouȝt han half her daies; for-soþe, Lord, ich shal hope in þe.Men of synnes & gyleful men schal.

Ps. 54, MS.PSALM 55 (56).

Haue mercy on me God, for man haþ defouled me; þe fende trubled me, feȝtand alday oȝayns me.defoilid: haþ sturblyd.

Myn enemys defouled m[e] alday, for many were feȝtand oȝains me.defoilid: m] me.

Y shal drede þe fram þe heȝt of þe daye; y for-soþe shal hope in þe.& for-soþe y.

Hiji.e., y (=ego). shal hery my wordes [in God, ich hoped in God; y ne shal nouȝt dreden,] what manes flesshe doþ to me.Hij] y: wordes+in Godd ych hopid in Godd y schal noȝt drede.

Alday þe wicked acurseden myn wordes oȝains me; alle her þoutes ben in iuel.

Hij shul wonen in helle, and þer hij shul hiden hem; and hij shul kepen mi d[e]-fouleing.MS. mid fouleing.my defoulyng.

As hij tempteden my soule, for nouȝt þou shalt make hem sauf; and þou shalt bring to nouȝt þes folkes in þyn ire.þise folk.

Ha God, ich telde my lyf to þe; þou laidest min teres in þy syȝt.O: schewd: sett.

As in þy bihest shul þan myn enemys be turned oȝain-ward.shul . . . enemys] myn enemys schal þan.

In wat daye þat ich cleped to þe, se! ich am aknowLast word of the line. The expression is miswritten for ichaua know, ich haue knowen, cf. ich haua songen, Ps. 70, 25. þat þou art my God.clepe: lo: haue know.

Y shal herien worde in þe, God, y shal heryen worde in þe, Lord; ichMS. ich ich. hopede in þe, God; y shal nouȝt drede, what man doþ to me.Y] Lord y.

Ha God, þy desires benMS. len? in me, for which y shal ȝelde to þe heryynges.—Ha: beþ: schald.

For þou deliuered my soule fram helle and myn fete fram slydynge, þat ich plese to-fore God in þe lyȝt of hemMS. repeats þat ich plese to-fore god in þe lyȝt of hem. þat ben saued.helle] þe deþ of hell.

Ps. 55, MS.PSALM 56 (57).

Haue mercy on me, God, haue mercy on me; for my soule affieþ in þe.Lord: trusteþ.

And ich shal hope in þe myȝt of þy grace, þer-whiles þat my wickednesses passe.wykkydnes.

Y shal crye to þe God alderheȝest, to God þat did wele to me.Godd hiest: well.

He sent his sone fram heuen, and deliuered me out of helle, and ȝafBefore ȝaf the MS. has ha, which has been struck out. in reproceinge þe defouland me.into reproue men defoilyng.

God sent fram heuen his mercy and his soþenes, and deliuered my soule fram sharpnes of tourmentes of fendes; and ich dwelled trubled.sturblyd.

Mennes sones han her werkes hard and sharp, and her tungesAfter tunges a superfluous and follows. benHere hard is expuncted. sharp swerdes.Men: tunges—and.

Be þou, God, anheȝed vp þe heuens, and þi glorie inMS. and. alle erþe.enhyed vp—þe: ioie in all þe erþe.

Mennes sones diȝten gnares to myn fete, and tempted my soule.Men sonnes dyȝtyd grynnes.

Hij daluen a diche to fore my face, and fellen hem seluen þer-inne.delue.

Myn hert ys diȝt to þe, God, myn hert is diȝt; and y shal synge, and sai a salme.

Þou my glorie, arise þou; sautriei added over line. and harpe, arise; y shal aryse in þe morwenynge.ioie: sauter.

Y shal schryue to þe, Lord, in folkes, and saie to þe a songe in men.in men] among folkes.

For þy mercy his heried vn-to þe heuens, and þy soþenes vn to þe cloudes.heried] made grete: vnto— þe.

Be þou, God, anheȝed up þe heuens, and þy glorye in al erþe.vp heuens: ioie vp.

Ps. 56, MS.PSALM 57 (58).

Ȝyf ȝe speke in alle þyngesy on erasure. ryȝt, ȝe mennes sones, iugyȝt ryȝtfullich.For-soþe ȝyf ȝe speke riȝt|lych in all þ.: mensonnes demeþ.

For ȝe wirchen wickednesses in our hertes in erþe; ȝour hondes wirchen vnryȝtfulnes.wickydnes: our] ȝour: erþe+ &.

Þe synȝers ben aliened fer fram þe wombe; hij erreden fram þe wombe; hij spoken fals þynges.2. wombe+&.

Her wirship is efter þe wickednes of þe serpent, as of aspide def and stoppand his eren.wirsh.] wodeschip: wickedn] likenes: as . . . st.] & of þe defe aspyde stoppyng: eres.

Þe which ne shal nouȝt here þe voice of þe charmeand, and of þe makand uenym charmeand wiselich.—ne: þe venum maker.

God shal de-foulen her teþe in her mouþe; our Lord shal breke þe uttemast iuels of þe wicked.ottermast.

Hij shul by-comen noȝt as water ernand; our Lord shal shewe his myȝt, þerwyles þat hij ben madeAfter made an n is erased. vnstable.v on erasure.ȝernyng: þerwyles] to.

Þe wicked shul ben wasted as wax þat melteþ; þe wreche of God fol vp her werkes, and hij ne seiȝ noȝt her saueour. fell: —ne.

Er þat ȝour synnes vnderstonde þe dampnacioun euerlastand, þe fur of vices shal deuoren hem as liueand in ire.Or: þe] ȝour.

Þe ryȝt-ful shal gladen whan he seþ þe vengeaunce, and he shal wasshen his hondes in þe blode of þe synȝer.

And man shal saie for-soþe, Ȝyf frute be to þe ryȝtful, for-soþe God is iugeand hem in erþe.demyng.

Ps. 57, MS.PSALM 58 (59).

Ha my God, defende me fram myn enemis, and deliuere me fram þe ariseand oȝains me.—Ha: defende] deliuer: þe] men.

Defende me fram wirchaund wickednes, and saue me fram men defouled wiþ dedelich sinnes.þe] men: men . . . sinnes] syn|ful men.

Se, for hij token my soule; þe stronge fel oȝains me.Lo: soule+&.

Ne my wickednes, Lord, ne my sinne; ichHere ram is expuncted. ran wiþ-outen wickednes, and dresced þis worde.Ne] Noþer: ne] no: synne+bot: ȝerne.

Aryse, Lord, in myn oȝain-erning, and se; and þou, Lord, art God of uertuȝ, God of Israel.in-to my course.

Ȝif entent to uisiten al folkes; ne haue þou nouȝt mercy on alle þat wirchen wickednes.visytyng: ne] &.

Hii shul ben turned at euen, and shul suffren hunger as hundes; and hij shul cumpassen þe cite.atte: go abowte.

Se, hij shul speken in her mouþe, and sharpnes of wordes his in her lippes; and hij shul saien, Who herd it?

And þou, Lord, shalt scornen hem, and þou shalt bringe to nouȝt alle folkes.

Y shal kepe to þe myn strengþes, for God is my taker, my God; his mercy shal come to-fore me.

God shewed miȝt to me vp myn enemys; Lord, ne sleMS. she. hem nouȝt, þat þe folk ne forȝete me nouȝt.—ne: sle: —ne.

De-part hem in þy uertu; and þou, God, my defendour, do hem oway fram yuel.

For þe trespas of her mouþe and þe worde of her lippes ben þe wyckedMS. kycked. taken in her pride.lippes] mouþe: wykkyd takyng.

And of her waryinge and of her lesyng hij shul ben shewed in her endyng.werying.

And hij ne shul nouȝt ben saued in þe ire of endeing; & wyten hij þat God shal lordship Iacob sones and þe cuntres of þerþe.—ne: lordship . . . and] haue lordeschipe of I. sonnes & of.

Hij shul ben departed at euen, and hij shul suffren hunger as hundes, and hij shul gon a-boute þe cite.atte.

For-soþe y shal syngen þy strengþe, Lord, and erliche heȝen in þy mercy.enhyȝe—in.

For þou art made my taker and my socour in daiMS. sai (with a long s). of my tribulacioun.day.

Ha my helper, y shal synge to þe, for þat þou, God, art my taker, my God, my mercy.O: my Godd+&.

Ps. 58, MS.PSALM 59 (60).

Ha God, þou hast put us oway fram þe, and þou hast destriued us; þou art wroþ, and þou haddest pite of us. —Ha: destruyd: on.

Þou stired þerþe, and trubled it; hel þeMS. helþe. contriciouns of it, for it is stired.trubled] sturbled: hele þe: mouyd.

Þou shew[ed]est hard þynges to þy folk for synne, and þouHere ha has been expuncted. ȝaf us a drink of þe biternes of prikkyng.shewed: pr.] compunccion.

Þou hafi.e. ȝaf. tokenyng of wisdom to hem þat dreden þe, þat hij shuld fle fram þe corrupcioun of synne.haf . . . shuld] ȝaf to men dred|yng þe holynes of wysdome þat þay drede þe & þat þay.

Þat þyn loued ben deliuered fram iuel, make me sauf for þy ryȝthalf, and here me.with þi riȝt honde.

God spak in his halwe, Y shal delyten, and y shal departen drie|hede, and y shal meten þe ualaie of tabernacles.in] by: drynes.

Galaad ys myn, and Manasses is myn, and Effraim is þe strengþe of myn heued.M.—is.

Judas ys myn kynde, Moab is þe enterete of myn hope.MS. hopie, of which the i is dotted out.kyng+&: e.]holenes.

Y shal shewe my vengeaunce in Ydume; strange be subiectes to me.straungers beþ sugettes.

Who shal lade me in-to a cite warnist, who shal lade me in-to Ydume?warn.] ywarnyd &.

Nouȝt þou, God, þat put us away fram þe fende, þou, God, ne shal nouȝt gon out in our vertuȝ?Nouȝt] Wheþer noȝt: —ne.

Ȝyf us, Lord, helpe of tribulacioun, for helþe of man is ydel.mannes helþe is vayne.

We shul do uertu in God, and he shal brynge to nouȝt þe trubland vs.þe trubl.] men sturbelyng.

Ps. 59, MS.PSALM 60 (61).

Here, God, my praier, and understounde myn oryson.understonde+to.

Ich cried to þe fram þe cuntres of þerþe, þerwhiles þat myn hert was anoied; þou heȝedest me in stablenes.þerwhiles þat] to: & þou hydest.

Þou laddest me out, for þou art made myn hope; þou art tour of stre[n]gþe fram þe face of þeHere an n has been expuncted. enemy.hope+&: strengþe.

Y shal wonen in þy tabernacle in þe worldes; y shal be defended in þe couering of þy mercyes.2. shal] scha (!).

For þou, my God, herdest myn oreison; þou ȝaf heritage to þe dredand þy name.orysun+&: þe] men.

Þou shal casten dayes up þe daies up þe kynge, and his ȝeress corrected from g. vn-to þe daye of kynde & kynde.of þe kyng: into.

He woneþ wyþ-outen ende in þe syȝt of God; who shal sechen his mercy and hys soþenes?

Y shal saye þus a songe to þy name in þe world ofHere follows wol, which however is expuncted. world, þat ich ȝelde [myn] a-vowes fram daie to daie.þus a] so: ȝelde+myn.

PSALM 61 (62).

Ne shal nouȝt my soule be vnder-lout to God? for in hym hys myn helþe.— Ne: vnderl.] suget.

For he ys my God and myn helþe & my taker; y ne shal no more dreden.— ne: drede no more.

Þer-whyles þat ȝe fallen into holy chyrche, ȝe al sle þe in-nocent liggand to hym, as to a wal þat þe morter [is] putt out.To-whyls: into] aȝens man or: a+bied: morter is put away.

Þe wicked for-soþe þouȝten to putt oway my god dede, and ich vnderstode her pryuetes; hij blisced me wyþ her mouþe, and waried me wyþ her hert.F. s. þe w.: her p. ych vnder|stode: cursyd.

Ha þou my soule, be þou subiecte for-soþe to God, for of hym ys my suffraunce.O: suget — for soþe.

For þat he is my God, my saueour, myn helper, y ne shal nouȝt passen out of his comaundement.sauyour+&: —ne.

Myn helþe is in God and my glorie; God ys þe wille of myn helpe; and myn hope is in God.ioie.

Ha, hei.e. ȝe. alle assemble of folk, hopeþ in hym, heldeþ out to-forn hym your hertes; God ys our helper wyþ-outen ende.Ha he] ȝe: congregacion of pepyll: heldeþ] schedeþ.

For-soþe mennes sones ben idel, mennes sones ben liȝers in balaunces, þat hij deceiuen of idelnes in þat ich þynge.men: men: balance: de|sayue: —ich.

Ne wyl ȝe nouȝt hopen in wickednes, and ne wil ȝe nouȝt couaite rauyns; ȝyf riches flowe to you, ne wil ye nouȝt sett your hert to hem.— Ne: ne wil . . . rauyns] couayte ȝe noȝt raueynes: — ne.

God spak o-nes to þynges, ich herd hem, for þat þe myȝt of God is; and, Lord, to þe is mercy, for þou shalt ȝelde to ichon efter his werkes.ons þise two þinges.

PSALM 62 (63).

Ha God, my God, ich wake to þe of lyȝt.O: fram.

My soule coueitedMS. couerted. to be wyþ þe, and my flesshe to þe ful many-fold.couayteþ.

In wylde lond and out of way ani.e. and. drye in swyche manere, ich shewed me to þe [in] holy þynge, þat ich seiȝe þy vertu and þy glorie.an . . . . manere] & dry þus: þe+in: ioie.

For þy mercy is better vp lybbeinges; myn lippes shul heryen þe.lyues.

Se, y shal blisce þe in my lyf; and in þy nameHere follows an erasure of three letters. y shal lift up myn hondes.

Be my soule fulfyld as of flour and of grece; and my mouþe shal heryen þe [wyþ] lippes of gladnes.As myne s. is f. with fatnes & plenteusnes—and: þe+with.

So was ich þenchand on þe up my bedde, y shal þenche on þe in þe morwenyng; for þat þou was myn helper.beþencher of.

And y shal gladen in þe coue[r]ing of þy mercies, my soule haþ drawen efter þe; þy ryȝt syde toke me.coueryng: dr.] drow: syde] honde.

For-soþe þe wicked tempted my soule in vayn, and hij shul entren in-to þe deppest of þe erþe; so hij shul be ȝeuen in-to sharpenes of vengeaunce, soHere follows an h, which has been dotted out. shal hij ben att þe parties of fendes.tempyd (!): ȝefe into+þe.

Þe kynge for-soþe shal ioien in God, alle þat hopen in hym shul ben heried; for þe mouþe of þe spekand wicked þynges ys stopped.F. s. þe k.

Ps. 61, MS.PSALM 63 (64).

Here, God, my praier, whan ich praie; defende my soule fram þe drede of þe enemy.praye+&.

Þou defendest me fram þe felawe-shippe of þe wicked, fram þe multitude of þe wirchand wickednes.defendid: feleschyp: wickyd+&.

For hij whetted her tunges as swerde; so hij maden her manaces þyng bytter, þat hij turmenten þe vnwemmed in hidels.manes a bytter þing: þe vnfiled man in priuetes.

Hij shul turmenten hym sudeinlich,MS. sudenilich. hij shul nouȝt dredenhij shul nouȝt dreden twice in MS.; hij fastened to hem iuel worde of me.sudanlych.

Hij telden þat hij hidden falsnisses, and saiden, Who shal sen hem?grynnes or falsnes &+þay.

Hij soȝten wickednisses; þe sechand faileden in her secheyng.MS. sechenyng.sechenyng] secheyng.

Þe man ryȝtful shal neȝen to holi hert, and God shal ben heȝed.r. man: cum to+an: enhied.

Þe turmentes of þe wicked ben made her deþ, and her tunges ben made vnstable oȝains hem.MS. me.me] hem.

Alle gode men þat sehenProbably only a blunder instead of seȝen. hem in her malices, weren trubled; and ich man drad hem.seȝg: malesses: sturbled.

Þe gode telden þe werkes of God, and vnderstonden hishis is followed by an h, which is expuncted. dedes.gode+men: vnderstode.

Þe ryȝtful shal gladen in our Lord, and he shal hopen in hym; and al ryȝtful of hert shul ben heried.

PSALM 64Ps. 62, MS. (65).

Ha God, heryyng by-comeþ þe in Syon; and to þe shal boweBlunder for vowe. be ȝolden in Jerusalem.O: be-semeþ: vow: ȝeld.

Here my praier; icha flesshe schal come to þe.Here+Godd: ych mannes kynde.

Þe wordes of þe wicked vailed more vp vs; and þou shal be mercy|ful to our wickednesses.wykkydnes.

Blisced be þeþ on erasure. man þat þou ches and toke; he shal wonen in þyn hallis.

We shul be fulfild of þe godes of þyn hous; and þiMS. þe. temple ys holy, wonderful in euennesse.þi t.

Ha God, our helþe, hereMS. hele. us; þou art hope of alle þe cuntres of þerþe and fer in þe see;O: helþe] heþ (!): hele] here.

Makand redy þe mounteins in þy vertu, girt wyþ myȝt; þat trubleþ þe depnes of þe see, þe soune of hys flodes.gyrd: sturbleþ.

Alle þe men þa[t] wonen in cuntres, shul ben trubled, and shul dreden of þyne toknes of þe out-going of morwen; and þou shalt deliten in þe euenyng.þa] þat: sturbled: tokenes—of: of þe+þe.

Þou uysited þerþe, and made it fayre, and multiplied, for to make it ryche.viset: made—it.

Þe flude of God ys fulfild of waters; þou, God, made radi her ernyng for so ys his makyng rady.ȝernyng.

Fylland hys ryuers,MS. ryueils. multiplie þou his buryon; he shal delyten in hys guters ekand.ryuers: burgunnynges+&: encresyng.

Þou shalt blisce to þe time of þe ȝere of þy de-bonairte; and þy feldes shul be fulfild of plente.blys—to: —of þy: de|bonourte.

Fair þynges of þe wyldernes shal by-comen fat, and þe woniand in þe mounteins shul ben fulfild of ioie.þe won.] men dwellyng: hylles.

Þe rammesMS. raynes. [of shepe ben cloþed wyþ flese, & þe valeys shul] waxen ful wyþ wheten; folk shul crien and saien heriyng for ioye.þe . . . wheten] þe rammes of schepe beþ cloþd with flese & þe valeys schall wex full of whete.

Ps. 63, MS.PSALM 65 (66).

Ha alle þe londe, ioie to God, and saie songe to his name; ȝyf glorie to hisGod . . . glorie to his twice in MS. heryynge.Ha . . . ioie] All ȝe men in þe world ioie ȝe: saiþ: ȝeuyþ ioie.

Saiþ to God, Ha Lord, what þyn werkesMS. wer werkes. ben dredeful; þyn enemys shul liȝen to þe in þe multitude of þy uertu.Say: o.

Alle þerþe anoure þe, God, and synge to þe, and saie songe to þy name. anoureþ—þe.

Comeþ and seþ þe werkes of God dredeful in counseiles vp mennes sones;seþ] sayþ.

Þat turneþ þe see in dryhede: hij shul passen þe flode on fote; þer shal we glade in hym.into drynes.

Þat lord-shipeþ [wiþ-]outen ende in his vertu: his eȝen loken vp men; hij þat madeHere men follows, which is dotted out. hem asper, ne be nouȝt heȝed in hem-seluen.þat lordsh.] He þat lordschipeþ with: scharp: —ne: enhied.

Ȝe folk, blisceþ ȝour God, and makeþ þe voice of his praiere herd;

Þat sett my soule to lif and ne ȝaf nouȝt my fete in styryng.—ne: into steryng.

For þou, God, proued us; þou assaid us wyþ fur as siluer is proued.proued us+&: is assayd.

Þou laddest us in-to a gnare, and laidest tribulacions on our rygge, and settest men vp our heuedes.gryn.

We passed by fur and water, and þou laddest us into coleyng.MS. toleyng.refreschyng.

Y shal entren in-to þyn hous in offrendes, and y ne shal ȝelde to þe myn avowes,MS. abowes. þat myn lippes distincted to þe.offerynges: —ne: auowes: distinkt.

And my mouþe spak in my tribula cioun.

Y shal offren to þe merȝþ offrendes wyþ encensMS. entens. of shepe, and y shal offren to þe oxen wyþ kyddes.offrie: merȝþ] þe best: offerynges: incense: offrye.

Ȝe alle þat drede God, comeþ and hereþ; and y shal tellen ȝou hou many godes he did to my soule.—God.

Ich cried to him wyþ my mouþe, and y gladed vnder my tunge.ioied.

Ȝyf ich seiȝ wickednes in myn hert, our Lord ne shal nouȝt here me.se: —ne.

For-þy God herd me, and vnderstode þe voice of my praier.þer-for.

Blisced be God, þat ne did nouȝt oway myn orysoun ne hys mercy fram me.—ne: ne] no.

Ps. 64, MS.PSALM 66 (67).

God haue mercy on vs, and blisce vs, and lyȝt hys face vp us, and haue mercy on vs;alyȝt.

Þat we knowe þy waie in erþe, by þyn helþe in alle men.by] & be: among.

Shryue to þe, God, þe folk; shryue to þe alle folk.Godd, be þe f. schryfe to þe, & all f. be schryfe to þe.

Deliten þe folk and gladen; for þou iugeþ þe folk inHere follows he, which is expuncted. euenhede, and dresceþ þe folk in erþe.Glade: ioie: demest: euen|hode.

Shryuen, God, þe folk to þe, shryuen to þe alle folkes; þerþe ȝaf hys frut þurȝ hys grace.Godde schryue þe folk to þe, & all folk Godd schryue to þe: þurȝth þi.

God, our Lord, blisce ous; blisce vs, God, and dreden hym alle þe cuntres of þerþe.

Ps. 65, MS.PSALM 67 (68).

Arise, God, and be hys enemys wasted; and flen hij þat hated him fram his face.flye: hateþ.

De-failen hii, as smoke faileþ; as wex melteþMS. meltel. fram þe face of þe fur, ryȝt so perissen þe synȝers fram þe face of God.as smoke faileþ] a smeke (!) fayleþ &: melteþ.

And eten þe ritful þe frutes of lyf, and gladen hij in þe siȝt of God, and delyten hij in gladnes.frute: delyten] ioie.

Syngeþ to God, and says a MS. and. songe to hys name; makeþ way to hym þat steȝe vp þe doungoing of þe sunne; Lord hys his name.says and s.] sayþ a songe: stieþ.

Gladeþ ȝou in hys syȝt; hij þat iugen þe innocens shul ben put oway fram þe face of hym, fader of faderles and iuge of widues.demeþ: faderles+chyldren: of þe wedous.

God is in hys holy heuen, God þat doþ þe gode wonen on hysThis is a corrupt form of the genitive onis. custum in hys hous;on hys] of on.

Þat ladeþ out þe bonden in strengþe, also hem þat stenchen, which þat wonien in biriels.in] with: —which: woneþ.

Ha God, as touMS. astou. went out in þe syȝt of þy folk, as touMS. astou. passed in sharpnesses of peines,O: hastow: astow: scharp|nes.

Þe erþe hys styred; for þe heuens dropped þurȝ þe grace of þe face of þeþe added over line. God of Synay, of þe face of God of Israel.—face: Synay+and.

Ha God, þou shalt depart wilful raine to þerþe, and it is made vnstable; þou for-soþe madest it.O: for-soþe þou made.

Þyn bestes shul wonen þer-in; ha God, þou madest rady to þe pouer in swetnes nedful þynges.—ha.

Our Lord shal ȝeuen worde to hem þat tellen forþe þe gospeles þourȝ mychel vertu.

Ha kyng of vertu of loued of loued, of þe grace of þyn hous to departen þe spuyles.O: þe grace] faire grace: forto: spoles.

Ȝyf þat ȝe liuenMS. finen. bitwix þe lawes of þe olde testament and þe new, þe wil of þe [olde is] seluered, þat his to saie fainteliche made; bot þe lawe of þe last testament, þat hys, þe nywe, ben in palenes of gold, þat hys to saye, ben att þe wyl of God.lyf be-twene: seluered] olde Godd is syluerd: pallour.

Þer-whiles þat þe fader of heuen iuge vp þat lawe, þe folk kepand her soules shul ben made whyte as snowe in þe heuen, þat hys, GoddesMS. gogged. hous ful of ioies.þat lawe] þe law: Goddes hous+hous.

Þe heuen ys ful of ioyes, þe heuen ys plentiuous; ha ȝe folk, where|to loke ȝe in-to þe heuens ful of ioies?plentiful: o.

Þe heuen in which it is wele likeand to God to wonen in it; for our Lord shal whonen þer wyþ-outen ende.heue (!).

Þe wonyng of God hys .x. þousand multipliand þousandes of gladand; our Lord ys in Here hys follows, which, however, has been dotted out. hem in hys trone and in hys holy wonynge.The loop at the g has been erased and an e written instead.

Þou, Lucifer, steȝe on heȝe, and toke wrechedhede in fallyng into helle; þou toke vp-braydynges of men.styed: wrechedhode: hell+&: reproues.

For hi, þat bi-leued nouȝt in God, our Lord, ne woned nouȝt þer.our] hour: —ne.

Blisced be our Lord in þys daye; ich daie þe Lord of our helþes shal maky vs prospre waye.ich] & ech: make vs a gode way.

God ys our God to make us sauf; and þe passion of þe deþ of our Lord ys of our Lord.to make] of makyng.

God for-soþe shal breken þe pouste of hys enemys and þe strengþe of þe fairhede of þe goand in her trespasses.ss on erasure.pouer: enenemys (!): fayrenes: þe] men: trespas.

Our Lord seide to þe folk of Basan, Y shal turnen þe, y shal turnen þe into þe vengeaunce of slaȝter,

Þat þy fote be dipped in blode, and þe tunge of þyn houndes be dipped of it as þyn enemys.of it as] þer-of as of.

Ha God, men seȝe þyn dedes, hij seȝen þe dedes of my God, my kyng, þat his in holy heuen.O: seȝe] se.

Þe princes ioient com to-fore to þe syngandMS. synigand. amiddes ȝounlinges tabores.ioynyd: syngyng: ȝong|lynges tabouresters.

Ȝe men, blisceþ God in chirches, to our Lord of þe mercy of hys folk of Israel.

Þer hys Beniamyn, þe ȝong man, in passyng of þouȝt.

Þe princes of Iudaof iuda of juda in MS. ben her ladres, þe princes of Zabulon and þe princes of Neptalym were þer.leders: Nyptalym.

Ha God, sende grace to þy vertu, and conferme þys þynge, þat tou wirches in vs; þat hys to wyten, þatMS. þan. tou be born þat we may be sauydMS. said. þurȝ þe.O: confirme: wychest (!): þan] þat: said] sauyd.

In þy temple of Ierusalem shal kynges offren to þe ȝyftes.

A gaderyng to-gidres of stable folk, þat ben in þe law of our Lord, blameþ þe sacrifice of ydolatries, þat hij þat ben of ryȝt byleue shete out of her cumpainie hem þat maken maum-metries.shete] put: cumpany: mau|metries.

Ha God, waste þe folk þat wyl batails;MS. latails. legats shul cumen out of Egipte sleand þe Echiopenes; Echiepeienes shul fallen in seruage vnder þe Egipciens for her synne.O: batayles: Ethiopenes Ethiopenes.

Ha ȝe folk of kyngdomes of erþe, syngeþ to God, syngeþ to our Lord.O.

Syngeþ to God, syngeþ; þat steȝe vp heuen of heuen at þe est.—2. syngeþ: styeþ: atte est.

Se, he shal ȝeue to hys voice voice of vertu; ȝeueþ glorie to God vp Israel; hys heryng and hys vertu ys vp þe cloudes.ioie: herying.

God is wonde-ful (!) in hys halwen, þe God of Israel; he shal heueInstead of ȝeue. vertu and strengþe to hys folk; blisced be God.wonderful: ȝeue.

Ps. 66, MS.PSALM 68 (69).

Ha God, mak me sauf; for temptaciouns entred vn-to my soule.O: —me.

Ich am ficched in þe gnare of synȝe, and substaunce nis nouȝt.fest: grynn: is.

Ich come to riches of þe world, and cuuaitisMS. ciruaitis. ablynt me.couatice ablent.

Ich trauailed criand, my chekesMS. cheked. ben made wery, myn eȝen failed, þer-whiles þat ich hoped in my God.chekes: —þat: hepid (!).

Hij þat hated me wyþ wylle ben multiplied oȝains myn heued.w.w.] wylfullych: beþ+beþ: mult.+aboue þe heres of myn heued or.

Myn enemys þat pursued me wrongfullich ben conforted; ich ȝelde hem þan þeMS. þe þe. þynges þat ich ne bi-namMS. nebi nam. hem nouȝt.þe þe] in: —ne.

Ha God, þou wost myn vnconandnes, and my trespasses ne ben nouȝt hid fram me.O: wote: vncunnyng: —ne.

Lord, ne ben hij nouȝt aschamed in me þat abiden þe, Lord of vertuȝ.—ne: habydeþ.

Lord, God of Israel, hij þat sechen þe ne be nouȝt counfounded vp me.— þe ne.

For ich suffred for þe reproces, confucioun couerd my face.reproues+&: confusion.

Ich am made strange to my breþer and pilgrime to þe childer of my moder.broþerin: chyldren.

For þe loue of þyn hous susteined me, and þe reprucesThere is a horizontal stroke through the lower part of the p. of þe repruceand þe fellen vp me.reproues of men reprouyng.

And ich fasted for þe helþe of my soule, and þat hys made to meMS. come. in reproceing þurȝ mani.Andich . . . soule] & ych helyd my soule with fastyng: come] to me: reproue per (!).

And ich made þe haire my cloþyng, and ich am made to hem into p[ar]ables.here: parables.

And þe pouer þat were in her pouerte spaken oȝains me; and þe riche þat diden her glotenie maden o me fables.MS. fabled.pouert: of me fables.

For-soþe, Lord God, ich helded my praier in þe time of þyMS. my. quemeing.put oute m. pr.+to þe: þi quememyng(!).

Here me for þefor þe repeated in MS. michelnes of þy mercy and þe soþenesþ on erasure. of þyn helþe.gretenes.

Defende me fram synȝe, þat y ne be nouȝt fastened þer-in; deliuer me fram hem þat hated me, and fram þe temptaciouns of fondes (!).—ne: of þe fendes.

Þe pines of helle ne turment me nouȝt; ne depenesSecond e added over line. ne dou-oure me nouȝt; ne þe fende ne destreingne nouȝt on me his mouþe.paynes: —ne: me . . . do|uoure]: noȝt me no þe depnes deuour: no: ne destreingne nouȝt] distrue me noȝt or constreyne.

Here me, Lord, for blisful ys þy mercy; loke to me efter þe mychilnes of þy pytes.mekefull.

And ne turne nouȝto corrected from a. þy face fram þy childe; here me hastilich, for ich am trubled.—ne: —nouȝt: sturbled.

Ȝyf kepe to my soule, and deliuer it of synȝe, and defende me oȝain myn ene-mys.aȝens.

Þou wost my reproceyng and my confisioun (!) and my shame.MS. shante.wote: reprouyng: confusion: schame.

Alle þat trublen me, ben in þy syȝt; my hert abode reproce and me-sayes.sturbleþ: reproues: mysays.

And ich susteined reproces þat were made sori; and he nas nouȝt, and hyMS. hene. ne fond nouȝt hym þat conforted hym.reproues: was: hene ne] y: conforte me.

And þe wicked ȝauen to me iuel for gode, and in my nede hij com|passed me wyþ reproceynges.enclosed: reproues.

Be her malice made in dampnacion to-fore hem, and in ȝeldyng andHere a y follows in the MS., which spoils the sense. in sclaunder.—y.

Ben her eȝenHere make has been dotted out. made derke, þat hij ne seiȝ nouȝt, and her rigge alwaies into croked þynges.—ne: se: in crokednes.

Helde vp hem þyn yre, and þe vengeaunceMS ven vengeaunce. of þyne yre take hem.Schede.

Be her wonyng made wylde; and þer ben non þat wone in her tabernacle.be þer: tabernacles.

For hi pursuden hym þat tou smote, and hij laiden sorow up sorow of hys woundes.þat] &.

Sett wikkednes vp her wickednes, þat hij ne entren nouȝt in-to þy ryȝtfulnes.—ne.

Ben hij don out of þe boke of liueand, and ben hij nouȝt wryten wyþ þe ryȝtful.ryȝtf.+men.

Ich am pouer and sorowand; ha God, þyn helþe toke me.—ha.

Y shal hery þe name of God wyþ songe; and y shal heryen hym wiþ heryyng.

And þat þyng shal plesen to God vp sacrifice of a ȝonge chalf bryngand out hornes and clees.

Sen þe pouer and gladen; secheþþ on erasure. our Lord, and our soule shal liuen.glade+þay: seche: ȝour.

For our Lord herd þe pouer, and he despised nouȝt þe cheson.chosyn.

Hereen hym þe heuens and erþe, þe see and alle þynges crepand in hem.Heryeþ: —þe: —þe.

For God shal make sauf þe folk of Syon, and þe seges of heuen shul ben fulfild.þe seges] setes.

And hij shul wonen þer, and hij shul purchasen it in heritage.gete it by h.

And þe sede of his seruauntes shal haue it; and hij þat louen his name shal wonen þer-inne.

Ps. 67, MS.PSALM 69 (70).

Ȝeue kepe, God, to my helpe, and haste þe, Lord, to helpe me.Godd take kepe.

Hij þat tempten my soule ben to-gidres confounded and asshamed.tempe (!): conf. to-gyders.

Hij þat willen [me] iuels ben turned oȝainward, and ben asshamed.wyll me euyll: be þay asch.

Hij þat sayen to me, Sorow! sorow! ben hij turned by-hynde ryggeMS. rynge. and asshamed as sone.byhynde..sone] bacheward & a. on one.

Hij þat sechen þe, gladeMS. gladen, the n, however, being expuncted. and [in] þe ioie; and sayen hij alway þat louen þyn helþe, Be our Lord heried.& —[in] þe.

Ich am for-soþe nedeful and pouer; Lord, helpe þou me. F. s. ych: hepe (!).

Þou art min help and my delyuerour; Lord, neMS. me. dwelle þou nouȝt.delyuerer: —me.

Ps. 68, MS.PSALM 70 (71).

Lord, ich hoped in þe; ne be y nouȝt confounded wyþ-outen ende; deliuer me, and defende me fram iuel in þy ryȝtfulnes.—ne.

Bowe to me þyn ere, and saue me.saue—me.

Be þou to me defendour in God and in stede warnist, þat tou make me sauf.

For þou art made my fastenynge and my socour.—made: fastnes: refute.

Ha my God, defende me fram þe honde of þe synȝer, and fram þe honde doand oȝains þe lawe, and of þe wicked.O: honde doand oȝ. þe] doyng aȝens þi (!).

For, Lord, þou art my paciencie(!), and þou art, Lord, myn hope fram myn ȝouþe.paciens.

In þe ich am confermed of þe wombe, and þou art my defendour.confirmyd: wombe+of my moder wombe.

My songe isis added over line. euer in þe; ich am made wonder to many; and þou art stronge helper.art+a. 9. herying: ioie.

Be my mouþe fulfild of hereyng, þat ich synge alday þy glorie and þy gretnes.

Ne cast me nouȝt oway in time of elde, and ne forsake me nouȝt, whan my uertu failleþ.—Ne: age: —ne.

For myn enemys saiden to me, and hij þat kept my soule made conseil in on;hij þat] þat (added over line) þai.

Saiand, God haþ for-saken hym; pursueþ him, and takeþ hym, for þer nys non þat defendeþ hym.forsake hym+þat: is.

Ne be þou nouȝt, God, fer fram me; ha my God, loke into mynMS. twice God fer . . . myn. helpe.—Ne: —ha.

Ben þe bacbitand my soule confunded, and failenMS. fainlen. hij; ben hij couerd wyþ confusyon and shame, þat sechen iuel to me.fayle: euyls.

Ich for-soþe shal hope in þe, and y shal grant to þe my uoice vp alle þyne heryyng.F. s. y.

My mouþe shalle shewe þy ryȝtfulnes, and ich daie þyn helþe.scwe (!).

For ich ne knew no lettrure; y shal entren in-to þe myȝttes of our Lord; ha Lord, y shal þenchen of þyn onliche riȝtfulnes.—ne: þi myȝtes: —ha lord: on.

God, þou tauȝtest me fram my ȝouþe, and vnto now y shal tellen forþ þy wonders.w.+& (!).

And vnto vlde and elde, God, ne forsakea corrected from o. þou me nouȝt,age & age: —ne.

Þer-whiles þat ich telle þyn helpe to ich a kynde þat hys to comen.ic ha] ech.

Ha, God, þou shewest þy myȝt and þy ryȝtfulnes vn-to þe heȝest þynges, þat tou madest grete and wonderful; ha, God, who his liche to þe?O: shewyd: —ha.

Hou many tribulaciouns, many and wicked, shewedestou to me? and þou turned quiked me; and þou laddest me eft fram þe dep-nes of þerþe.schewstow: eft] eftson.

Þou multiplied þyn heryynge, and þou turned conforted me.

For y shal shryue to þe in wordes of songe þyn soþenes; ha God, y shal syngen to þe in harp, þou art þe holi of Israel.—ha.

My lippus shul gladen whan ich haua (!) songen to þe, and al-so my soule, þat tou bouȝt oȝain.haue: —oȝain.

Bote my tunge shal þenchen alday þy riȝtfulnes, as hij, þat sechen me withMS. wich. iuel, han ben counfounded and asshamed.wich] with.

Ps. 69, MS.PSALM 71 (72).

Ha God, ȝyf þoMS. þou, the u being expuncted with two dots. þy iugement to þe kyng and þy riȝtfulnes to þe kynges sone,—Ha: þou: dome.

To iuge þe folk in ryȝtfulnes and þe rebels to þe [in] iugement.deme: rebell to þe in dome.

Take þe gode pees to folk and þe [ryȝtful] ryȝtfulnes.& þe+riȝtful.

He shal iugen þe rebels of þe folk, and shal make sauf þe gode childer of þe rebels, and he shal meken þe fals chalangeours. deme: chalagours (!).

And þe ryȝtful shul dwellen wyþ God and to-fore his trone in kyndes of kyndes.in kynde.

He shal descenden as rain into floes and as droppinges droppand on þerþe.into a flees: dropes droppyng.

Ryȝtfulnes and waxing of pees shal arisen, to þat þe soule of Crist be don oway fram hys body.plenteousnes: —oway: hys] þe.

And he shal lord-ship fram þe see [to þe see], and fram þe flode vnto þe termes of þe world.haue lordeschip: se+to þe se.

Þe EchiopesThe second e is added over the line. shul fallen to-for hym, and his enemis shul likken þerþe.Ethiopens.

Þe kynges of Thars and yles shal offren to hym ȝyftes; þe kynges of Arabum and of Saba shul bryngen to hym ȝyftos.Tarsis.

And alle kynges shal anouren hym, and alle men shul seruen hym.honour: seruy.

For þat he deliuered þe pouer fram yuel of þe myȝtful, and þe pouer, to wham nas no helper.—þat: fram+þe: was: helpe.

He shal spare þe pouer and þe mesais, and make sauf þe soules of þe pouer.misays.

He shal raunsoun her soules fram vsures and wickednes; and her name shal be worþshipful to-forn him.her] he: vsureres &+fram: worschypfull.

And he shal lyue, and hym shal bi ȝeuen of þe seruice of gode; and hij shul worþship hym alway þer-of and bliscen hym aldaye.be ȝif: wyrschyp.

Stablenes shal be in erþe amonge þe gode of þe world; þe frut of þe world shal wexen atte Goddes wille, and þe werkes of þe ryȝtful shul florissen in heuen as hay of þerþe.atte] at.

Be his name blisced in heuens; hys name shal lasten to-fore þe sunne.MS. sunme.dwel: sunne.

And alle þe kyndes of þe erþe shul ben blisced in hym, alle folk shul heryen hym.

Blisced be our Lord, God of Israel, þat doþ wondres al on-liche.

And be þeMS. þy. name of his maieste blisced wyþ-outen ende; and alle þerþe shal be fulfild of his maieste; be it don, be it don.þy] þe: fulf.] blyssyd.

Ps. 70, MS.PSALM 72 (73).

Hou gode his þe God of Israel to hem þat ben ryȝtful of hert.—þe: —of Israel.

Myn fete for-soþe ben nere stired; myn ouȝtMS. my nouȝt.-goinges ben neȝe helded out.F. s. my f.: —nouȝt: neȝh sched out.

For ich loued þe vp wicked, seand pees of synȝers.

For abideing nis nouȝt inMS and. her deþ, and fastenyng nys nouȝt in her pines.is: 1. and] in: is: peynes.

Þe ryȝtful ne ben nouȝt in trauail of þe wicked, ne wyþ wicked men ne shul hij nouȝt ben turmented.—ne: no: ne . . hij] þay schal.

For-þy helde pride hem; and hij ben couerd wyþ her wickednes and vndebonerte.pride helde: vnbonerte.

Her wickednes ȝede forþe as of grees; hij shul be born in-to þe talent of her hertes.

Hij þouȝten and spake wyckednisses, and hij spak wickednesses on heȝt.wykkydnes: wykkydnes in heȝht.

Hij sett her mouþe to þe heuen, and her tunges passeden in herþe.—þe: tung past in erþe.

For-þy shul my folk be turned here, and ful daies shul be founden in hem.þer-for.

And þe wicked seiden, Hou is God, and ȝif wisdom be on heȝt?

Se þes synȝersy corrected from u.; and þe wexand in þe world hadden riches. incresyng: perchast.

And ich seide, For-þy ich made min hert ryȝtful wyþ-outen acheson, and ich wesshe myn hondes amonge þe vnwemmed.þer-fore: cause: innocentes.

And ich was turmented al daye, and my chastisynge was in þe morowening.chasteseyng: mornyng.

Ȝyf ich seid, Y shal tellen in þys maner, se, ich repruued þe in kynde of þyn chosen.in þ. m] þus: lo: reproued: —in.

Ich wende þat ich knewe hym in þat trauail is to-fore me,

Þer-whiles þat ich entre in-to þe sanctuari of God and vnder-stondeHere follows and, which is expuncted. in her endynges.þer-whiles] To: endynges] last endes.

For-soþe þou sett þe wicked for trecheries; þou cast hem oway, þer-wyles þat hij were anheȝed.MS. andheȝed, with the first d dotted out.gyles: —hem: to-whyls — þat: arered.

Hou ben hij made in desconforte? hij shul faillen sudeinliche, and shul perissen for her wickednes.into.

Lord, as sweuen of men risand oȝains þyn heuen, þou shalt bringen her ymage to nouȝt.Lor: dremyng.

For myn hert is enflamned, & myn kidnaresThe r differs in shape from either of the usual forms of that letter in the MS., and almost looks like an i with an accidental dot at the right side of the upper end. ben chaunged; and ich am b[r]ouȝt to noȝt, and ich ne wist it nouȝt.inflammyd: kydners: broȝt: —ne.

Ich am made atte as a mere wyþ-outen resoun, and ich am a[l]way wyþ þe.at þe: beste: alway.

Þou held my ryȝt honde, and þou laddest me in þy wille, and þou toke me wyþ glorie.ioie.

For wat þynge ys to me in heuen, and what wolde ich of þe up þerþe?—what.

My flesshe failed, and myn hert; þe Gode of myn hert, and my part hys wyþ God wyþ-outen ende.

For se, hii þat ben alloined þan fram þe shul perissen; þou lest alle þat don hordom wyþ-outen þe.lo: aloyned: loste: fornicacion.

For-soþe god þyn[g] it is to me to drawMS. toward. to God and sett myn hope in our Lord,gode—þyn it: toward] to draw.

Þat ich shewe alle þyn prechynges in þe passyng of þe soules of þe saued.

PSALM 73 (74).

Whi, Lord, put þou us out on ende? þyn ire ys wroþe vp þe men of þe world?into þe ende.

Be þou by-þenchand of þy gaderyng, þat touHere follows hadd, which is however expuncted. hate-dest fram þe bygynnyng.hatedest] hadd.

Ha God of heuen, þou bouȝt oȝain þe synȝes of mannes kynde, in which heuen þou wonest in þat kynde.MS. kymde.O: kymde] kynde.

Lyftft on erasure. þyn hondes oȝain þe pride of þe wicked on ende; hou michel his þe weried enemy in holy þynge!into þe ende: wer.] wickyd: holynes.

And hij þat hated þe, gloried hem in-myddes of þy passion.—And: glorified: þy] þe.

Hij sett her toknes,toknes repeated in MS. and ne knewe hem nouȝt as in his passyng vp sweuen.—ne: dreme.

Hij forsoken hijs teching as þourȝ þe wickednes of her hertes in pride, and laid it vnder þourȝ mys-bileue.þurȝt: þurȝh+wickydnes & þurȝh.

Hij aliȝtediȝ corrected from u. at þe fur sanctuari, and defouleden in erþe þe tabernacle of þy name.fure+þe: defoiled.

Here kynreden seiden to-gidres in her hert, Make we resten in erþe alle þe solempne daies of God.kynrede.

We ne seȝe nouȝt our toknes, þer is nomore no prophete; and hij ne shul no more knowe vs?—ne: —ne.

Þyng toHere me follows, but has been expuncted. witen, God, þat þyn enemy shal reproce þe, þe aduersarie draw out þy name in-to ende. Godd, how longe schall þine e. reproue þe? þe adu. makeþ þin n. in vayne into þe e.

Where-to turnestou þyn honde and þy ryȝt-half in-to ende in-middes of þy bosome.MS. be some.riȝt honde into+þe: amiddes —of: bosum.

For-soþe our kyng hys to-fore þe werldes; he hashas is preceded by an a, which is how|ever expuncted. wroȝt helþe amiddes þerþe.

Þou confermed þyn halwen in þy uertu, and croused þe myȝt of fendes in peynes.conf. þ. h.] confirmyd þe world: of þe fende.

Þou to-brake þe pouste of þe fende, and ȝaf hym mete to þe folk of Ethiope.t corrected from c.þou brake: pouer.

Þou brake þe welles and þe brokes, and þou dried þe flodes of Echan.b.] reueres: Ethan.

Þe day ys þyn, and þe nyȝt ys þyn; þou forgedest þe dawyng and þe sunne.made þe mornyng.

Þou madest alle þe cuntres of þerþe, somer and veir; þou formedest þo þynges.made: vere: f. þo þ.] made þese.

Be þo þenchend on þysHere sy follows, but has been struck out. þynge; þe enemy reproued þe, our Lord, and þe folk vnwyse en-engred þy name.Be þou þencher of: en engred] engredyd.

Ne ȝyf nouȝt to þe fendes þe soules shryuand to þe, and ne for-ȝeteMS. fort ȝete. þou nouȝt into ende þe soules of þy pouer.—Ne: fendes—þe: know|legyng: —ne: forȝete—þou: into+þe: þe pouer+men.

Loke to þy testament, for þat hij þat ben cuuaytyse in erþe benHere follows tm (expuncted). fulfild of werkes of wickednes.for—þat: couatise: fullyd—of werkes.

Þe made mylde ne ben nouȝt turned confus; þe pouer and þe misais shul herien þy name.þe meke manMS. mand, d being dotted out. confused be noȝt t.

Arise, God, iuge my cause; be þou þenchand of þyn repruces of hem þat ben alday of þe vnwys.iuge] & deme: be þ. þ.] be|þenche: reproues.

Ne for-ȝete nouȝt þe werkes of þyn enemys; þe pride of hem þat hateþ þe, mounteþ euermore.—Ne: mounteþ] ascendit(!).

Ps. 72, MS.PSALM 74 (75).

Ha God, we shal shriue to þe; we shul shriue and clepe þy name.—Ha: clepe+in.

We shul tellen þy wondres; whan y shal take tyme, y shal iugen ryȝtfulnesses.deme riȝtfulnes.

Þe erþe his made melting, and al þat wonen in it; [y] confermed my stablenes.dwellyþ þer-in & ich confirmyd.

Ich seide to þe wicked, Ne willeþ nouȝt do wicked-lich; and ich seid to þe trespassand, Ne willeþ an-heȝe ȝour heuedes.The first e is corrected from o.Ne willeþ] wyll ȝe: þe] men: —ne: wyll ȝe noȝt enhiȝe ȝour heued.

Ne willeþ an-heȝe ȝour heued on heȝe, ne willeþ nouȝt speke wickednes oȝains God.—Ne: Wyl ȝe noȝt enhiȝe: ne w. n. sp.] & spekeþ noȝt.

For þat noiþer of þe est, ne out of þe west, ne of þe wilde mounteins; for God ys iuge.—þat: noþer: no—out: no.

He mekeþMS. makeþ. hym, and heȝeþ hym, for þat grace ys in þe honde of our Lord ful of sharpenes medeledThe last e is added over the line. wyþ lyþenes.mekeþ: ful medeled with scharpnes of swetnes.

And he bewedThe first e is corrected from o. fram þys to þys; his iugement forsoþe nys nouȝt made littel; alle þe synȝers of þerþe shul han þer-of.bowed: dome: is.

Y shal tellen for-soþe þe ryȝtfulnes of our Lord in þe world, and y shal syngen to þe God of Iacob.F. s. y.

Y shal breken alle þe heuedes of sinȝers; and þe heued of þe ryȝtful shul ben anheȝed.

Ps. 73, MS.PSALM 75 (76).

God ys knowen in þe Iude, hys grete name is in Israel.Ieurye h. n. is g.

And his stede is made in pees, and hys wonyyng ys in heuen.wonyng.

Þere he brake myȝtes; bowe, swerde, shelde, and bataile.

Þou art aliȝtand wonderfullich of mounteines euer lastand; and alle þe vnwise of hert ben trubled.al.] liȝtyng: sturbled.

Alle þe vnwys men perissed þurȝ her pynes, and hij ne founde nouȝt of her godenes in her hondes.paynes: —ne: of—her.

Ha þou God of Jakob, hij þat diden sinȝesinȝ corrected from un. of pride perissed for þy blamyng.—Ha.

Þou art dredeful; and who shal stonden oȝains þe fram þan in þy vengeaunce?with-stonde þe.

Þou madest iugement herd fram heuen; and mannes kynde trembled, and held hem stylle.dome.

Whan God ros in iugement, so þat he shuld make sauf al þe milde of mankynde.dome: milde] meke.

For cosinage of man shal shriue to þe, and þe holinesses of þoȝtes shal don grete honur to þe.c.] þouȝt: holines of þouȝte.

VoweþMS. Boweþ. and ȝeldeþ to þe Lord, your God, ȝe alle þat bringe ȝiftes in his cumpas,Voweþ: ȝeld.

To þe dredeful and to hym þat doþ oway þe gost of princes; to þe dredeful at alle þe kynges of erþe.of þe erþe.

Ps. 74, MS.PSALM 76 (77).

Ich cried wyþ myA g follows but is expuncted. voice vn-to our Lord, wyþ my voice to God; and he vnderstode me.vnto] to: me] to me.

Ich by-souȝt God in þe daye of tribulacion wyþ myn hondes, and by nyȝt oȝains hym, and nam nouȝt deceiued.and nam] y am: desayued.

My soule for-sake to be conforted; ich was bi-þenchand on God, and ich delited; and ich was adrad, & my gost failed.for-soke.

Myn eȝen toke wakeinges, ich was trubled, and y ne spake nouȝt.wakynges+&: stur-bled: — ne.

Ich þouȝt elde daies, and ich had in mynde ȝeres euerlasting.

And ich biþouȝt by nyȝt in myn hert, and ich traualed and clensud my gost.biþouȝt] þouȝt.

Þynge to witen, ȝif God shal put owai my gost wiþ-outen ende, oþer he ne sett nouȝt þat heMS. adds be after he. ȝit be more pleisant?þynge . . . ȝif] weþer: put] noȝt cast: or he schal noȝt sett: — ȝit be: plesyng.

Oþer he shal kerue oway on ende his mercy fram kinde vn-to kynde?ket away into þe e.: into.

Oþer God shal forȝeten to haue mercy, oþer he shal holde his mercyes in his wraþþe?

And ich seid, Ich by-gan nov; þis is þe chaungeinge of þe heȝe ryȝthalf.heȝe r.] riȝthalfe of þe hyȝe Godd.

Ich was bi-þenchand of þe workes of our Lord; for-þy y shal be bi-þenchand fram þe bi-gynnyng of þi meruailes.

And y shal þenchen in alle þyne werkes, and y shal vse in alle þy fundynges.vsie: fyndyngis.

Ha God, þy way his in holy; who is grete God as on God is? artou God þat doþ wonders?—Ha: holynes: on] grete oure: artou G.] þou Godd art.

Þou made þy uertu knowen to folkes; and þou bouȝtest in þy myȝt þy folke, þe childer of Jacob and of Joseph, þe whiche loued þe.folk: f.] pepill: &—of.

Ha God, men seȝen þe, and dreden; and þe wicked ben trubled, dredand wheþer þou be God oþer non.—Ha: dreden . . . non] douted wheþer þou wer Godd or noȝt and þe w. beþ sturbled.

Þe gretnes of þe soune of men ȝaf voice to þe, and þe derked in þy lawe ȝaf voice to þe. derked] derk men: þy] þe.

For þyHere werkes follows, but is expuncted. wreches passen þe voice of þy manaces in cumpase.wr.] werkes: manace.

Þy shi[n]-ingesThe final s is written on erasure. liȝteþ þe world,MS. worled, but e is expuncted. and mankynde is stired, and his trubled.þe schynynges liȝted: —his.

Þy techinge and þy amonestinge ben in þe world in many men; and þyn dedes ne shul nouȝt ben knowen.amoneschyng: —þe: —ne.

[English omitted.]þou lede oute þi folk as schepe in þe kepyng of Moyses & Aaron.

Ps. 75, MS.PSALM 77 (78).

Ha ȝe mi folk, vnderstondeþ my lawe, boweþþ on erasure of n; then an o follows, which is expuncted. ȝour eren to þe wordes of myn mouþe.—Ha: law+&: e.] here.

Ich opened mouþe in parables, and y shal speke proposes fram þe bygynnyng.Y schal openye my m.: pur|poses.

Hou many þynges we knewen and herden, & our faders told os MS. toldos.hem.herde & knewe: teld vs.

Hij ne ben nouȝt hid fram her sones in an oþer kynde,—ne: be.

Telland þe herieing of our Lord and his vertu and his wondres, þat he did.vertus.

And he stired witnes in Iacob, and sett lawe in Israel.st.] arerid.

[Translation omitted, as also the Latin of the next verse.]How many þinges he sent to our faders to make knowyng to her childer.

Þe childer, þat shul be born and arisen, shulMS. soul. tellen to her childer,[Latin and English omitted.]

Þat hij sett her hope in God, and ne for-ȝete nouȝt þe werkes of God, & seche is comaundementȝ;—ne.

Þat hij ne be nouȝt made as her faders wicked kyndeMS. kymde. away modeRead and wemode? of hert.—ne: kynde: aw. m.] & scharp.

Kynde þat ne dresced noȝt his hert, and his gost nis nouȝt trowed wyþ God.—ne: nis] as: trowyng.

Mennes sones of Effrem,MS. Effremm, the latter m being expuncted. bendand bowe and sendand, ben turned oȝain in daie of bataile.bendyng+her.

Hij ne kept nouȝt þe testament of God, and hij ne wold nouȝt gon in his lawe.—ne: —ne.

And hij for-ȝaten his gode dedes & hijs wondres,Here follows weche, which is dotted out. which he shewed to hem.þat.

He dede wondres in þe londe of Egipt to-fore her fadres, in þe felde of Thaneos.

He brake þe see, & lad hem out, and sett þe wateres as in a gourde.

And lad hem out in a cloude of daie, and alle þe niȝt in lyȝtyng of fur.cl. of+þe.

He brake þe stone in desert, and watered hem as in michel depenes.

And he broȝt out þe water of þe ston, and broȝt waters as flodes.

And ȝete hij laiden her force to synnen to hym, and stired in ire þe heȝe in dride stede.hyȝ+Godd: drye.

& hij tempteden God in her hertes, and hij asked me[te] to her willes.mete.

And hij spak iuel of God, and seiden, Ne myȝt nouȝt God diȝten bord in wildernes.—And: —ne: ordeyne+a.

For he smot þe ston; and waters ran out, and welles tokenMS. to hem. waters.to hem] toke.

Þyng to wyten, ȝyf he myȝt ȝyf brede oþer dyȝt borde to hys folk.þyng . . . ȝyf] weþer: myȝt+noȝt: o. d. b.] or ordeyne mete: pepill.

For-þy God herd þes wordes, and for-bare þe forsaid þynges; and fur is aliȝt in þe childer of Jakob, & ire aros in þe childer of Israel.þer-for: forb.] toke away.

For þat hij ne bileued nouȝt in God, ne hoped nouȝt in his helþe. —ne: ne] &.

And he comanded to þe cloudes abouen, and opened þe ȝates of heuen.com.] hote.

And he rained to hem manna for to ete, and ȝaf hem brede of heuen.—for.

Man ete brede of aungels, and God sent hem mete and drynke to wille.

He bare ouer þe wynde of þe souþe fram þe heuen, & brouȝt in þe winde of Affryk in his vertu.fram—þe.

& he rained vp hem pudre, flesshes, and volatils feþered as grauel of þe se.v.] wyld foule.

And hij fellen amiddes her castels and abouten her tabernacles.Here and in other places where the word occurs, er is abbreviated by a stroke through the upper part of the b.castelles—and.

And hij eten, and ben fild greteliche; and he ȝaf hem her desire, and hij ne were nouȝt deceiued of her desire.—ne: dessayuyd.

And ȝete was her mete in her mouþe; and þe ire of God steȝe vp hem.ascendid.

And he sloȝe her fatt, and destourbed þe chosen of Israel fram vengeaunce.fatt+bestes: desturbled.

And ȝit hij sinned in alle þes þynges, and netrowed noȝt in his wonders.—ne.

And her daies faileden in vanite,MS. vainte. and her ȝeres wyþ hastyng.vanite.

And as he sloȝt hem, hij soȝten hym, and turned oȝain, and com to him in þe daweing.sloȝe.

And hij bi-þouȝten hem þat God is her help, and þe heȝe God his her oȝain-bigger.

And hij loued him in her mouþe, and liȝed to him in her tunges.

And her hert [nas nouȝt riȝt wyþ hym, & hij ne ben nouȝt] holden trewe in his testament.hert+was noȝt riȝt with hym & þai be noȝt.

He is forsoþe merciable, and he shal be made helpe to her sinȝes, and he shal nouȝt for-don hem.

And he wex so þat he did owai his ire, and he ne aliȝt nouȝt al his ire;—ne.

And bi-þouȝt hym þat hij ben flesshe, gost going and nouȝt turneing oȝain.And+he.

The London MS. begins this verse with a large ornamental initial letter, and a later hand has accordingly added the number 76 in the margin.Hou oft hij greued hym in wildernesMS. wildelnes.; hij somond him in ire in dryhede.wyldernes: sett: drynes.

And hij ben conuerted, and temptedd God, and greueden þe holi of Israel.

Hij ne byþoȝt hem nouȝt of his help in þe daie þat heMS. hem, but the m is dotted out. bouȝt hem fram þe honde of þe trubland hem;ne byþ. hem] be-þouȝt: dis|turblyng.

As he sett in Egipt his toknes, and his wondres in þe felde of Thaneos.

And he turned her flodes in-to blode, and her raines þat hij ne shul nouȝt drynk.—ne: schuld.

He sende in-to hem hounde-fleȝes, and ete hem; and þe frosche, and he sprad hem abrode.sent: spr. h. abr.] disparpild hem.

And he ȝaf her frute to þe lef-worme, and her trauails to þe grashope.fruyte: l.w.] ruste or lefe|worme: trauayles.

And he sloȝe her uines wyþ hail and her mulbery-trews wyþ rim-frost.mulbury tres: horefroste.

He ȝaf her meres to hail and her habbeinges to fur.He] & he: bestes: posses|sions to þe fure.

He sent in-to hem þe ire of his indignacioun, indignacioun and ire, & tribulacioun in his sendeingesMS. seideinges. bi wicked aungels.hem—þe: ind. ind.—and: sendynges.

He made waie to þe issu of his ire, and neMS. ne ne. spared nouȝt her soules fram þe deþ, and he shette her meresMS. medes. in deþ.vschseu: ne ne] he: medes] bestes.

And he smote alle þe firstborn in þe londe of þe Egipt, þe first frutes of alle her trauails in þe tabernacles of Cham.

And he did owai his folk as shepe, and smote hem as a folk in desert.

And he lad hem in hope, and hij ne drad nouȝt; and þo see couered her enemys. —ne: þe.

And he lad hem in-to þe mounteines of his halweinge, in-to þe mounteine þat is ryȝthalf purchased.holynes: hys riȝthonde won.

And heh on erasure. kest oway folk fram her face; and in lott he parted to hem þe londe in a corde of distribucioun.departyd.

And he did wonen in her tabernacles þe kindes of Israel.made: kynde.

And hij tempteden and greueden þe heȝe God, and ne kept nouȝt his witnisses.temped (!): — ne: wytnes.

And hiihii corrected from he. turned hem, and hij ne kept noȝt þe couenaunt, as her faders ben turned into iuel maner.and — hij ne.

And hij somened him in-to ire in her folies, and to en-vie hij cleped hym in þynges made wiþ fingirs.sett: with þynges made in careuyngges (ges begins a fresh line).

God herd her folies, and refused hem, and brouȝt Israel greteliche to nouȝt.foly.

And he putt oway þe tabernacle of Silo, þe tabernacle þer he woned in me[n].in me] among men.

And he ȝaf her vertu into wreched-hede, and here fairhede in þe hondes of þe enemy.wrechydnes: fairehode into.

And he shett his folk in a swerde, and despised hisMS. hif. heritage.in] to-geder with: his.

Fur brent her ȝongelinges, and her maidens ne ben nouȝt sorweand.— ne.

Her prestes fel in swerde, and her widowes ne were nouȝt wept þer-fore.— ne.

And our Lord is stired as slepand & as drynkand, drunken of wyn.

And he smote his enemys in þe hynder ende, and ȝaf to hem repruces wyþ-outen ende.reproues.

And he refuled þe tabernacle of Ioseph, and he ne ches nouȝt þe kynde of Effren.MS. offren.refusid: — ne: effrem.

Ac he ches þe kynde of Iuda, þe mount Sion, which he loued.Bot: wh.] þat.

And he bigged his holines in vnicorns in þe stede, þat he made in heuens.in v.] as an vnicorne: heuen.

He ches Dauid his seruaunt, and toke hym vp out of þe flok of shepe; and holi chirche toke hym,hym—vp: holi ch.] fram be|hynde hem he.

To fede Iacob, his seruant, and Israel, his heritage;

And he fed hem in þe in-nocenceMS. in nocente. of her hertes, and lad hem in þe vnderstondynges of her hondes.innocence: hert.

Ps. 77, MS.PSALM 78 (79).

Ha God, folk wyþ-outen lawe com fram þe londe of Vs into þyn heritage, into Iude; and hij filden þyn holy temple, and sett Ierusalem in þe kepeing of a maner of folk þat was cleped Pomos.O: defoilyd.

Hij laiden þe dede bodis of þiMS. his. seruauntȝ mete to þe foules of heuen, þe flesshe of þyn halwen to bestes of þe erþe.Hij] þa: his] þi: heuen+&: holy men to + þe.

Hij [s]hadden her blode as water a-bouten Ierusalem; and þer nas non þat biried hem.sched: was: schuld bery.

We ben made in reproceing to our neȝburȝs, scornynge and desceit to hem þat ben in our cumpasse.reprouyng: in our c.] aboute vs.

Vn-to wham, Lord, artov wroþe on ende? þi luf shal be alyȝt as fur.How long, Lorde, schaltow be wroþe into þe ende: loue.

Helde þyn ire into þe folk þat ne knewe nouȝt þe, and in-to kyngdomes þat ne cleped nouȝt þy name. — ne: into þe k.

For hij slowen Iacobes childer, and descounforted his stede.made his st. dissolate.

Ne þenche þou nouȝt on our old wickednes; sone take þy mercyes vs, for we ben made michel pouer.

Ha God, our helþe, helpe vs; and deliuer vs of iuels, Lord, for þy glorie of þy name; and for þy name, Lord, be mercyable to our synȝes.þe ioie.

Þat our enemys ne saien nouȝt peraunter in folkes,Here follows an s, which is expuncted. Wher is her God? and wex it knowen in kynde to-fore our eȝen.— ne: among folke: be it know among nacions.

Þe wreche of þe blode of þyn seruauntes, þat his shad, þe waimentynge [of þe] fetered entre in þy syȝt.w.+of men.

Efter þe gretnes of þy myȝt þou shal welden þe sones of þe slain.schalt haue: of men slaw.

And ȝelde to ourHere follows lord, but it is expuncted. neȝburs seuen double in her bosme her lackinge, wich, Lord, hij repruced þe.seuenfolde: reproue þat þai reprouyd þe Lorde.

For-soþe we, þy folk and shepe of þy fold, shul shryue to þe in þe world.&+þe.

In kynde [ and kynde ] we shul tellen þyn heryynge.k.+& kynde: heryng.

PSALM 79 (80).

Ha þou God, þat gouernest Israel, vnderstonde þat ladeþ Ioseph meke as shepe.O: as+a.

The English of this verse is written twice in the MS., the above text being preceded by: þou þat sitest vp cherubyn (the last three words are struck out by the corrector with red ink, but have no dots) be þou made apert to-fore Effraim, Beniamyn and Masse (!); but over the first word of this passage the corrector has written va, and over the last one cat (vacat).Þou þatFollowed by sist, which is expuncted. sittest up cherubyn, be þou made apert to-fore Effraim, Beniamin, and Manasse.

Stire,MS. Stird. Lord, þy myȝt, and cum, þat tou make us sauf.Styr.

Ha God conuerte vs, and shewe þy face, and we shul ben sauf.O: turne.

Lord, God of vertu, þer-whiles þou wraþþest vp þe prayer of þy seruaunt,vertus to-whyls.

Þou shalt conferme vs in sharpnes of teres, and þou shalt ȝif vs waymentynge in mesure.confirme.

Þou sett vs in ȝain-siggeing to our neyburs, and our enemys scorned vs.into aȝeynesiggyng.

Ha God of vertuȝ, conuerte vs, and shew þi fac, and we shul be sauf.MS. fauf.turne: safe.

Þou broȝtest out þe .xij. kindes of Israel to Iacob sones out of Egipt, and kest hem out of þe felawship of men wiþ-outen law,MS. saw. and settest hem in þe londe of bihest.cast: cumpanye: saw] lawe.

Þou was lader of wai in þe siȝt of Joseph, and sett her sones; and þerþe fulfild her childer.

Þe out-going of him couerd þe mounteins, and her childer þe heuens of God.goyng oute.

Þe kinde of Iacob sprad his childer vn-to þe see, and hisFollowed by her (expuncted). seruauntes vn-to þe flode.vnto—þe.

Whi suffrestou, God, his stablenes ben destrued, and alle þat passen iuel waie de-foulen it?Godd whi sufferst þou: be: defoilid.

Þe pride of hym haþ for-don hym, and þe onliche deuel of en-vie haþ bounden him.

Ha God of vertu, be þou turned; and loke fram heuen, and se and visite þis kynde.

And make hym þe which þy myȝt fourmed; and [loke] vp mennes sones which þou confermedest to þe.þe w.] þat: &+loke: men sonnes þat þou confourmyd.

Aliȝt þou þe fur, and dampne and for-lese þe iuel fram þe iugement of þy godhede.þou þe] with: þi dome.

Be þyn helpe made vp þe man of bliscing, and up mennes sones,Followed by a w, which is dotted out. which þou fastened to þe. men sonnes þat þ. made fast.

And we depart nouȝt fram þe; and þou shalt quiken vs, and we shul klepe þy name.make qwyk.

Lord, God of vertuȝ, turne vs and conuerte vs, andFollowed by swe (expuncted). shewe us þy face: and we shul be sauf.—and conuerte vs: —us.

Ps. 79, MS.PSALM 80 (81).

Gladeþ to God, our helper; singeþ to God of Iacob.h.+&.

Takeþ a song, and heueþRead ȝeueþ. to hym liȝtnes, sautre glad as wyþ ioie.ȝif: gl. as] gladyng.

Gladeþ to hym in new seruise of songe, in the noble daie of ȝour solempnite.

For þat þis comaundement is in Israel, iugement is to God of Iacob.

God sett þis þynge witnes in Ioseph, as he shuld passen out of þe londe of Egipt; he herd þe tunge þat he ne knew nouȝt.—ne.

He turned his wille fram sinnes;MS. seruies. his hondes serued in treuþe.seruies] synnes: seruyed.

Þou, man, clepedest me in tribulacion; and ich deliuered þe, and her þe in hid anguisses; ich proued þe atte water of oȝainsiggeinge.—and her þe: in þin anguys in priuyte+&.

Here þou my folk, and y shal saie þe: ȝif þou, folk of Israel, haue herd me, fals God ne shal nouȝt be in þe, [ne þou] ne shal anoure non oþer God þen me.—ne: no þou schalt honour: but.

For ich am þe Lord, þy God, þat lad þe out of þe fendes bonde; open þy mouþe, and y shal fille it wyþ wordes.fulfill.

And my folk ne herd nouȝt my uoice, and þe folk of Israel ne ȝaf no kepe to me.—ne: ne ȝaf] toke.

And ich lete hem go efter þe desireThe first e is cor|rected from i. of her hertes, & so shal hij gon in her fyndynges to nouȝt.—And: hert.

Ȝif my folk had herd me and þe folk of Israel had gon in my waies,&+ȝif.

Par auenture ich had for nouȝt lowed her enemys and sett myn honde vp þe trubland hem.MS. den.auentour: sturblyng hem.

Þe enemys of our Lord leȝe to hym, and her pine shal be in helle.lyed: payne.

And he fed hem wyþ flour of whete, and wyþ hony of ston he fulfild hem.hony-stone: fillyd hem full.

Ps. 80, MS.PSALM 81 (82).

God stode in þe synagoge of þe fals goddes; for-soþe he brouȝt to nouȝt þe fals goddes amidward.of—þe: goddes+&: —þe.

To whom iugen ȝe wickednes and taken þe charge of synȝes?How long deme: takeþ.

Iugeþ þe nedeful and þe moderles, ryȝteþ þe meke and þe pouer.Demeþ: iustifieþ.

Defendeþ þe pouer and þe nedeful, and deliuereþ hem fram þe vengeaunce of þe synȝer.veniaunce.

Hii ne [wyst nouȝt] ne vnderstode nowit, and hii ne gon in vn|conandnes; alle þe foundementȝ of þe erþe shul ben stired oȝainnes hym.Þai wyst noȝt, no vnderstode noȝt witt, & þai go in vncunnyngnes all—þe: mouyd.

Y seyd, Ȝe ben Goddes, and ȝe alle childer of þe heȝest.all+beþ.

Ȝe shul dyey corrected from e. for-soþe as men, and ȝe shul falle as on of þe princes.

Arise þou, God, and iuge þerþe, and þou shalt en-heretien in alle folkes. deme: enherite among all folke.

Ps. 81, MS.PSALM 82 (83).

Ha God, who shal be liche to þe? ne stille þou nouȝt, ne [be] þou, God, nouȝt destourbed.O: ne stille . . . dest.] be þou noȝt still no be desturbyd.

For þin enemys saiden yuel, and hij þat hated þe, aheȝed her heuedes.enhyed.

Hii maden wicked conseil vp þy folk, and þouten iuel to þin halwen.

Hii seiden, Comeþ, and depart we hem fram men, and ne be nouȝt þe name of Israel in minde.—ne: Isr.+more.

For hij þouȝt to-gidres onlich oȝains me, and hij ordeined testament in þe tabernacles of þe Ydumens and of Ysmaelites.of Ydumenes & of þe Ysmae|letes.

Moab & Agareni, Gebal, Amon, & Amalech, cum-linges wyþ þe woniand in Tyre.cum-linges] alienes: wonnyng.

For Assur com wyþ hym, and hij ben made helpers to Lothes childer.ben] were.

Do toMS. co. hem as to Madian and Cisare, and as to Iabin in þe broke of Syon.co] to: & to C.

Hij perissiden in Endor, and hij ben made as dunge of þe erþe.hij ben] were.

Sett her princes as Oreb and Ȝeb and Ȝe-bee and Salamana,

Alle her princes þat seiden, Welde we in heritage þe sanctuari of God.her] þer: w.] haue.

Ha þou my God, sett hem as a whele and as stuble to-fore þe face of þy wynde.O: þy] þe.

As? MS. al. fur þat brenneþ þe wode, and as lowe brennand þe mounteins,As: liet.

Þou shalt pursuen hem in þyn vengeaunce, and þou shalt trublen hem in þyn ire.

Fulfil her face wiþ wicked losMS. wicked des.; and sechen hij, Lord, þy name.des] los: seche.

Ben hij asshamed and trubled in þe world of world; and ben hij confounded, and perissen hij,sturbled: þe w. of w.] heuen: hij] hey (!).

Þat hij know þat Lord ys þy name; þou alon art heȝest in al erþe.

Ps. 82, MS.PSALM 83 (84).

Ha Lord of vertu, ful luuesum ben þyn tabernacles; my soule coueiteþ, and failed in þe halles of our Lord.O: vertus how louyd beþ.

Myn hert and my flesshe ioiden in God liueand.lyfyng Godd.

For þe sparow fonde hym an hous, and þe turtel nest, þer she liggeþ her briddes.founde: turtil + his: leggeþ.

Þyn auters, Lord, beþ of vertuȝ, þou art my kyng and my God.

And hij ben blisced þat wonen in þyn hous, hij shul herien þe in heuen.be: hous + &.

Blisced be þe man of whom þe help is of þe; he ordeined steiȝenge in his hert, in þe valei of teres, in þe stede þat he sett.ascension.

For þe berar of þe lawe shal ȝeue blisceinge to God; hij shul go fram vertu to vertu, and þe God of goddes shal be sen in þe heuen.þe b.] þe þe berer: seȝe: —þe.

Lord, God of vertuȝ, here myn orison; ha God of sones of Iacob, take it wyþ þyn eren.vertu: of þe sonnes: eres.

Ha God, our defendour, se and loke in-to þe face of þy preste anoint wyþ creme.O: anoite.

For o day is better in þy ioies vp a þousand ioies of þe wicked.þan.

Y ches to be cast out o þe hous of my God more þan to wonen in þe tabernacles of synȝers.o] of.

For God loueþ mercy and soþenes, our Lord shal ȝyf grace and glorie to þe gode.

He ne shal nouȝt depriue hem of goddes, þat gon in innocente; ha Lord of vertuȝ, blisced be þe man þat hopeþ in þe. —ne: clennes o.

Ps. 83, MS.PSALM 84 (85).

Lord, þou blisced þyn erþe, þou turnedest oway þe chaityfs of þe childer of Iacob.erþe+and: wrechidnes.

Þou for-ȝaf þe wikednes of þy folk, and hilled alle her synȝes.þy] þe: hylid.

Þou litteled al þin ire, and turned hem fram þe ire of þyn indignacioun.

Conuerte vs, Lord, our helþe, and turne oway þyn ire fram vs.Conuerte . . helþe] Godd our h. turne vs.

Þyng to witen ȝyf þou shalt be wraþed to vs wyþ-outen ende, oþer þou shal put þyn honde fram kinde to kind?þyng . . ȝyf] waþer: l. schalt+noȝt.

Þou, God, turned shalt quiken vs, and þy folk shal gladen in þe.qu. vs] make vs qwyk.

Shew to vs, Lord, þy mercy, and ȝiue us þyn helþe.ȝif+to.

Y shal here what þyng our Lord spekeþ in me; for he shal speke pes in his folk,

And vp his halwen and hem þat ben turned to hert.

For-soþe his helþe is nere honde to hemMS. ben. þat douten him, þat glorie won in our erþe.nere . . . gl.] neȝ to hem þat douteþ h. þat his ioie.

Mercy and soþnes mett wyþ hym; ryȝtfulnes and pes ben kist.

Soþenes ys born of þerþe, and ryȝtfulnes loked fram þe heuen.fram—þe.

For our Lord shal ȝiue bliscednes, and our erþe shal ȝeuen his frut.

Ryȝtfulnes shal go to-fore hym, and shal sett his go-inges in his waie.

Ps. 84, MS.PSALM 85 (86).

Lord, bowe þyn ere, and here me; [for ich am wrecched & pouer].me+for ich am wreched & pouer.

[Kepe my soule,] for ich am holi; ha mi God, make sauf þy seruant hopand in þe.For] Kepe my soule for: o: my.

Haue mercy on me, Lord, for ich cried to þe al dai; glade, Lord, þe soule of þy seruant, for ich lifted to þe, Lorde, my soule.lift+vp.

For þou, Lord, art soft and de-boner, and of mychel merci to alle þo þat clepen þe.d.] meke: all men clepyng þe.

Take, Louerd, myn orison in þyn eren, and vnder-stonde þe voice ofFollowed by mercy (expuncted). my praier.Lord: with: eres.

Y cried to þe in þe daie of my tribulacioun, for þou herdest me.

Lord, non is lich to þe in goddes, and non is efter þyn werkes.

Lord, al folk þat tou madest shul comen and anour to-fore þe and glorifie þy name.anour] honour.

For þou art grete, and þou artMS. nart, but the n is dotted out. on God doand wonders.grete+& makeyng wonderful þinges: onlich Godd—d.w.

Lade me, Lord, in þy waie, and y shal entre in þy soþnes; glade min hert, þat it drede þy name.

Lord, my God, y shal shryue to þe in alle my hert, & glorifien þy name wyþ-outen ende.

For þy mercy is grete vp me, and þou defended my soule fram þe deppest helle.

Ha Lord, þe wicked aros vp me, and þe sinagoge of myȝtful soȝten my soule; and hij ne sett nout þe in her syȝt.—ne.

For þou, Lord God, art pityful and merciable, suffrand and of michel mercy and soþefast.merc.+&.

Loke to me, and haue mercy on me; ȝif comauntdement to þy child, and make sauf þe sone of þyn hondemaiden. —and: hondemayde.

Make wyþ me tokne in gode, þat hii þat haten me se and be con|founded; for þou Lord halp me, and conforted me.tokyng: helpid.

Ps. 85, MS.PSALM 86 (87).

Our Lord loueþ þe soules of his cosen vp al þe heȝest kinde of Iacob; þe foundementes of hym ben in þe holy heuens.chosyn: kyndes: in—þe.

Ha þou holi soule, cite of God, glorious þynges ben said of þe.vp þe.

Y, God, shal þenchen of Raab and Babilon, witan me and nouȝt trowand in me.witan . . . trow.] knowyng me & leuyng noȝt.

Se, straunge and Tyre and þe folk of Ethiope, hii weren þer, and destrued hem.Lo.

Þynge to wyten þat man shal saie of þeMS. þe so, but so is expuncted. holi soule, and man shal gladen in þat, and þe heȝest foundedMS. foundest. it?þynge . . . þat] For: schal+noȝt: man . . . it] whþer (!) þe hiest Godd haue made it.

Our Lord shal tellen in scriptures of folk and of princes and of þe honours þat weren in hym.

Wonynge, Lord, ys in þe as ofMS. os with a round s.alle gladeand.os] of.

Ps. 86, MS.PSALM 87 (88).

Lord God of myn helþe, ich cried to þe in þe daie and in þe nyȝt to-fore þe.in day & nyȝt.

My orison com into þy siȝt; bow þyn ere to my praier.Cum myn orysun: syȝt+&.

For my soule is fulfild of iuels, and my lyf drow to helle.fulf.] fild: drow] come neȝ.

Ich am vnderstonden wyþ þe falland in-to helle, and ich made as a man ded wyþouten helpe, fre amonge þe ded.þe] men: a man ded] man.

As þe de-fouled wyþ synȝes beand in her beriels, of whiche þou art nouȝt þenchand no more, and ben put fram þyn helpe.defoiled: þou . . . more] þer is no more þouȝt.

Hij deden me in þe lowest [helle], in derknes, and in þe shadow of deþ.put: lowest+hell: in—þe.

ÞiMS. þe. wraþþe ys confermed up me, and [þou] broȝtest vp me alle þyne assautes.þe] þi: fast: &+þou.

Þou madest my knowen fer fram me, and hij sett me to hem in wlateinge.my kn.] me knowen men: into abhominacion.

Ich am ȝeuen in langour, and y ne went nouȝt out fram hym; min eȝen languissed for me-sais.MS. me saif.into sorow: —ne: angwyssed (g added over line) for mysays.

Lord, ich cried to þe al dai; ich bred out min hondes to þe bisechand mercy.b.] spred: praying+þi.

Þyn[g] to wyten ȝyf þou shal do wondres to þe ded, oþer leches shul arerenMS. cireren. hym, and shul shryuen to þe?þyn . . . ȝyf] Wheþer: schalt+noȝt: arere hem.

Þyng to witen ȝyf anny shal tellen þy mercy in byriels and þy soþenes in forleseing?þyng . . . ȝyf] Wheþer noȝt.

Þynge to wyten ȝyf þy wonders shul ben knowen in derkenes and þy ryȝtfulnes in helle?þynge . . . ȝyf] Wheþer noȝt.

And ich, Lord, cried to þe, and mynLast word of the line. The y's are always dotted, but here the y decidedly has a long stroke over it instead of the dot. oreison shal erleche cum to-fore þe.

Why, Lord, puttestou oway myn oreison, & turnest fram me þy face?putestow.

Ich am pouer and in trauails fram my ȝyngþe; ich am heȝed for|soþe, am lowed and trubled.ȝougeþe: soþe—am.

Þyn ires passeden in me, and þy dredefulnisses trubleden me.wraþes: gastnes.

And hij compassed me ich dai, as þe water goþ aboute þerþe; hij enuironed me togidres.cumpast: as—þe: enclosed.

Þou drowe fram me frend andHere follows ȝe, which is expuncted. neȝbur, and my knowen fram mysais.

Ps. 87, MS.PSALM 88 (89).

Y shal synge wyþ-outen ende þe mercyes of our Lord.

Y shal tellen þy soþenesses in my mouþe fro kynde to kynde. soþnes.

For þou seidest, mercies shulden owayInstead of alway. ben edefied in heuens wyþ|outen ende; þy soþenes shalt ben diȝt in hem.mercye schal be edified with|oute e. in h.

Ich ordeined my testament to myn chosen; and y swore to Dauid, my seruant, Y shal diȝten þi sede vnto wiþ-outen ende.—vnto.

Y shal edefien þi sede in kyndes to kindes.sete fram k. into k.

Lord, þe heuens, shul hy graunten þyn wondres & þy soþnesses in þe chirche of halwen?MS. lawe.þe] þi: hy gr.] knowlege: soþnes: lawe] halowen.

For who shal be euenned to our Lord in cloudes? he shal ben liche to God in Goddes chosen.euenned] made euen: amonge þe chosen of Godd.

God, þat his glorified in þe conseil of holi, he is grete and dredful vp alle þat ben inin is added over the line. his cumpas.halowen.

Lord God of vertuȝ, who ys lich to þe? Lord, þou art myȝtful, and þy soþnesse ys in þy cumpas.

Þou lord-shippest þe pouste of þe seo, þou for-soþe pesest þe stiryng of hys flodes.þou hast lordschip to þe power: see—þou: slakest: mouyng of þe f. þer-of.

Þou lowedest þe proud as þe wounded, and þou departedest þyn enemys in þe pouste of þy vertu.made low: power.

Þe heuens ben þyn, and þe [erþe] is þyne; þou founded þe world and his plente, þe norþ and þe see þou four-modest.þe+erþe: wrold: made.

Thabor & Hermon shal gladen in þy name; þy pouste ys wyþ myȝt.þe power.

Be þiMS. þe. strengþe fastened, and be þyn helpe MS. be þou helped, of which the d is dotted out. an-heȝed; MS. and heȝed. ryȝtfulnes and iugement ben þe diȝteyng of þe sege of God.þi: made faste & be þin help enhied: beþ ordenaunce of his sete.

Mercy and soþenes shul go to-fore þy face; blisced be þe folk þat conen gladyng.cunne.

Þe ryȝtful, Lord, shul gon in þe lyȝt of þy face, and shul gladen aldai in þy name; and hij shul ben anheȝed in þy ryȝtfulnes.L. þe r.

For þou art þe glorie of her vertu; and our ioie shal be heryed in þy wele-quemand,ioie: enhyed: w.q.] plesyng.

For-þy þat our vp-steiȝeing ys of our Lord and of our kyng, þe holy of Israel.For . . . vpst.] For our takyng: kyng þe h.] holy k.

Þan spake þou in syȝt to þy holy, and saidest, Y sett help in þe myȝtful, and heȝedMS. heȝest. myn chosen inMS. and. my folk.& þou sayde: hyed: and] in.

Ich fonde Dauid, my seruant, and y stablyst hym in myn holy mercy.sett.

For my strengþe shal helpen hym, and my pouerte shal con|ferme hym.pouerte] power: confirme.

Ne þe enemy ne shal nouȝt profiȝt in hym, ne þe fende ne shal nouȝt sett strengþeMS. areng þe. forto anoien hym.—1. Ne: —2. ne: —4. ne: strengþ to noie.

And y shal departent hys enemys fram his face, and y shal turne in fleinge alle þat hatenhate in, MS. hym.depart: hate in] hateþ.

And my soþenes and my mercy is wyþ hym, and hys ioie shal ben heȝed inMS. and. my name.soþnes: heȝed and] enhied in.

And y shal sett hys strengþe in gode, and [in] hys conabletes his helpe.& in hys couenabletes.

He cleped me, Þou art my fader, mi God, and taker of myn helþe.

And y shal sett hym frest biȝeten, heȝe to-fore þe kynges of erþe.first beȝetynAfter beȝetyn a g is erased.: of+þe.

Y shal kepe to him wyþ-outen ende; my mercy and my testament shal be leal to hym.trew.

And y shal setten his kinde in þe heuen, and his trone as þe daie of heuen.

Ȝyf his childer for-soþe haue for-saken my lawe, and ne haue nouȝt gon in my iugement,F. s. ȝif h. ch.: —ne: domes.

Ȝyf hij haue de-fouled my ryȝtfulnesses, and haue nouȝt kept my comandementȝ:defoiled.

Y shal uisite in chasteing her wickednesses, and her synȝes in vengeaunce.wykkydnes.

Y shalt nouȝt departen fram hym my mercy, ne y ne shal nouȝt anoien hym in my soþenes.schal: y—ne.

And y shal noȝt file my testament, and þe wordes þat gon out of my lippes y shal nouȝt maken vain.foule.

Y swor ones in my holi, Ȝif y liȝe to Dauid, his kinde shal last wyþ-outen ende;

And his trone as þe sunne in my siȝt, and as þe mone parfit wyþ|outen ende; and his witnes shal be trewe in heuen.

For-soþe þou putted oway and despised þe gode, and putted owai fram þe þi Crist.

Þou dest owai þe testament fram þy seruant, and filed in erþe his sanctuari.dest] turnyd: filed—in erþe.

Þou destrued alle his soþenes, and laid dredand his stedfastnes.his] þe: laid dr.] settest drede.

Alle þe passand her way rauist hym, and so he hys made reproce to his neȝburs.þe] men: reproue.

Þou heȝed his helpe of þe wrekand hym, and made ioiful al his enemys.þe wr.] men castyng doune: glade.

Þou dest oway þe helpe of his defens, and þou ne halp hym nouȝt in bataille.dyd:—ne: halp] help.

Þou destrued hym fram clennes, and þou hurteled his sege in erþe.sete.

Þou made littel þe daies of his tyme, and turnedest hym in confusion.

To wham, þou Lord, þou turneste on ende? þy wraþe shal bren as fur.How longe: turnest þou þe into e.

By-þenche þe, wat is my substaunce; þyng to wyten ȝif þou setted in uaine alle mennesones?þyng . . . ȝif] wheþer: sett+ noȝt: —in: men sonnes.

Which man ys yt þat shal lyuen and nouȝt se þe deþ, and shal defende his soule fram þe strengþe of helle?Who is þat man þat schal lif and+schal.

Where ben, Lord, þyn old mercies,es on erasure. as tov swore to Dauid in þy soþenes?Lorde where beþ.

Lord, be þou bi-þenchand of þe repruce of þy seruauntȝ, which repruceing ich held in my bosom of many men;reproue: þat—repruceing.

Þe which þyn enemys, Lord, reproced, þat reproued þe chaungeing of þy prest a-noint wyþ creme.L. þe wh. þ. e.: reprouyd: anoite.

Blisced be our Lord wyþ-outen ende; be it don, be it don.

Ps. 88, MS.PSALM 89 (90).

Lord, þou art made socour to ous fram kynde to kinde.

To-fore þat þe mounteins were made, oþer þerþe were fourmed and þe werld, þou art God fram þe world vnto þe world wyþ-outen ende.þe erþe+or þe world: — and þe w.

Ne turne þou nouȝt into mildnes; and þou seidest, Ȝe childer of men, turneþ ȝou.—ne: mekenes.

For a þousand ȝeres ben to-fore þyn eȝen as ȝisterdai, þat is passed.

And þe kepyng o nyȝt, þat for nouȝt ben had, shul be her ȝeres.o] of.

Passe he as gresse in þe mornyng; florische he in þe mornyng, and passe; falle he at heuen, and harden and wax he drie.foloresch: atte euen: harde.

For we failed in þyn ire, and we ben desturbed in þyn vengeaunce.

Þou laidest ouro corrected from v. wickednesse in þy siȝt; ourHere follows lord, which is expuncted. world ys in liȝtyng of þy chere.

For alle our daies faileden, and we failed in þyn yre.

Our ȝeres shal þenchen as þe lob, þe daies of our ȝeres in þe seuenti ȝere.þe lob] grauel: in þe] in hem schal be.

For-soþe ȝyf eȝti ȝere ben in myȝtes, þe more ouer hem shal beMS. ben, but n is expuncted. trauail and sorowe.be: þe] þer.

For mildnes com þer-on; and we shul be wiþnumen.mekenes come aboue: with|nym.

Who knew þe myȝt of þyn ire, and to tellen þy wraþe for þy drede?knoweþ: þe wraþe of.

Make so þyn helpe knowen, and þe lered of hert in wisdome.

Lord, be þou turned vnto nov, and be þou bidlich vp þy seruantes.v.n.] hidertoward: prayable.

We ben fulfild erlich of þy mercy, we shul gladen and deliten in alle our daies.gladen] galde (!).

We gladed in þe daies, in which þouHere lord followed, but is expuncted. lowed us for þe ȝeres in which we seiȝen iuels.dayes in+þe.

Loke to þy seruauntes and to þyn werkes, and dresce her sones.

And þe shynyng of our Lord God be vp vs, and dresce vp us þe werkes of our hondes, [and dresce þe werkes of our hondes.]hondes+& dress þe warkes of our hondes.

Ps. 89, MS.PSALM 90 (91).

He þat whoneþ in þe helpe of þe heȝest, he shal dwelle in þe defens of God of heuen.

He shal saie to our Lord, Þou art my taker and my refut; mi God, y shal hopen in hym.

For he deliuerd me fram þe trappes of þe fendes and fram asper word of men.gryn: scharp.

And he shal shadow þe wyþ hys shulderis, and þou shalt hope vnder hys feþers.truste: feders.

Þe soþenes of hym shal cumpas þe wyþ shelde, and þou ne shalt nouȝt doute of þe drede of nyȝt,—ne.

Of temptacioun waxand in daie, fram nede goand in derkenes, fram þe curs of þe fendeHere follows biȝt, dotted out as well as scored through. bryȝt shynyng.

A þousand temptaciouns shul fallen fram þiMS þe. syde, and ten þousandes fram þy ryȝthalf; þe deuel for-soþe ne shal noȝt comen to þe.þi sydes: þouȝand: —ne.

Þou shalt se for-soþe wyþ þyn eȝen, þou shalt se þe ȝeldyng of synȝers.eȝen+and: reward.

For þou, Lord, art myn hope, and þou setted þy refut alderheȝest.a.] hiest.

Yuel ne shal nouȝt com to þe, and turment ne shal nouȝt com nere þy tabernacle.—ne: —ne: —com.

For he sent to his aungels of þe, þat hij kepe þe in alle þyn waies.

Hij shul bere þe in hondes, þat tou ne hirt nouȝt perauenture þy gost wyþ vices.tou. . . vices] per auentur þou hurte noȝt þy goste or fote with vice or atte stone.

Þou shalt gon vp queintisMS. quenitis. and godenes, and þou shalt de-foule þe fende and helle.qu.] wysdome: defoile.

For he hoped in me, and y shal deliuer hym; y shal defenden hym, for he knew my name.—and.

He cried to me, and y shal here hym; ich am wyþ hym in tribulacioun, y shal defend him and glorifien hym.

Y shal fulfillen hym wyþ lengþe of daies, and y shal shewe hym min helþe.

Ps. 90, MS.PSALM 91 (92).

Gode it is to shryue to our Lord, and heȝestlichȝ (expuncted) heȝefflich. singe to þy name; It is gode: hilich.

For to tellen erliche þy mercy and þy soþenes by nyȝt;

In þy .x. comaundementȝ, wyþ songe and harpe.

For þou, Lord, delited vp me in þy makeing; and y shal gladen in þe werkes of þyn hondes.

Hou michel, Lord, þin werkes ben heried; her þoutes ben ful michel deped.Lorde, so much þi w. beþ made grete, her þouȝtes beþ to much depe.

Þe man vnwys ne shal nouȝt knowen, and þe fole ne shal nouȝt vnderstonde þes þynges.þe vnwys man—ne: —ne.

Whan synȝers ben born as hay multipliand, and alle þat wirchen wickednisse apered,

Þat hij dyen in þe world of worldes, þou for-soþe, Lord, art heȝest wyþ-outen ende.for s. þou.

For se, Lord, þyn enemys shul perischen, and alle þat wirchen wickednes shul ben sprade abrode.on brode.

And my voice shal be anheȝed as horne of þe vnycorne, and myn elde and mercy plentifous.as+þe: age.

And myn eȝe despised min enemys, and min ere shal here þe wordes of hem þat arysen oȝains me, and of wicked.

Þe ryȝtful shal floris as palme, and shal be multiplied as cedres of Libani.ceder of þe Libane.

Þe plauntedte on erasure. in þe hous of our Lord shul flurissen in þe halles of þe hous of our Lord.þe pl.] & schal be sett: I. Lorde+&.

Hij shul be ȝete multiplied in elde plentifous, and hij shul ben wele likand, þat hij tellen þe gode.age of plente. 15. nys] is.

For þe Lord, our God, is ryȝtful, and wickednes nys nouȝt in hym.

Ps. 91, MS.PSALM 92 (93).

Our Lord regned,MS. regneþ. and cloþed hym wyþ fairenes; our Lord is cloþed in strengþe, and þer-wyþ he girt hym.regnyd & is cloþyd(!) fair|nes: cloþd—in.

For he fastened þe world, þat ne shal nouȝt be stired.f.] made: —ne: mouyd.

Ha God, fram þan ys þy sete made redy; þou art honourd of þe world.sete] sett.

Þe flodes, Lord, heȝed þe, þe flodes an-heȝed her voice.h. þe] arered hem: arered.

Þe flodes an-heȝed her flowynges fram þe voices of mani waters.arered.

Þe shewe-inges of þe se ben wondurful, our Lord ys wonderful on heȝt.se] waters: in heȝt.

Þy wytnes ben made ful wele to louen; holines, Lord, bisemeþ þyn hous into lengþe of daies.w. tol.] trouable: bis.] semeþ: into+þe.

Ps. 92, MS.PSALM 93 (94).

God ys Lord of vengeaunces; God of vengeaunce did frelich.vengeaunce] vengances.

Þou þat iugest þerþe, be þou an-heȝed, and ȝelde ȝeldeinge to þe proude.demest: ȝeldeinge] reward.

Unto wham, Lord, þe synȝers, vnto whan þe synȝers shul gladen?Hou longe, Lorde, schal þe synnars glade, & iterum.

Hij shul saie and speken wickednes, alle shul speken þat wirchen vnryȝtfulnes.

Hij loweden, Lord, þy folk, and trauailed þyn heritage.Lorde þai lowed.

Hij slowen wydowes and straunge, and slowen þe moderles.straungers: m.+chylder.

And hij seiden, Our Lord ne shal nouȝt sen it, ne þe God Iacob ne shal nouȝt vnderstonde it.—ne shal nouȝt: —ne: Godd+of: —ne.

Ha ȝe nouȝt wyse in þe folk, vnderstondeþ, and ȝe foles, by-comeþ sumtyme wyse.—Ha: ȝe vnwys amonge.

He þat sett ere, ne shal nouȝt here; oþer he þat feined hys eȝe, ne seþ nouȝt?sett e.] his ere setteþ: —ne: or: —ne.

He þat chastieþ men, ne shal nouȝt reprucen; þe which techeþ mani coninge?—ne: man cunnyng.

Our Lord wote þe þoȝtes of men, for hii ben ydel.

Lord, blisced be þe man þat tou hast lered, and hast tauȝt hym þy lawe.Lor: þe] þat.

Þatou asswage hym fram iuel daies, þer-whiles þat dicheþRead diches or diche. be doluen to þe synȝer.slake: dicheþ] þe diche.

For our Lord ne shal nouȝt put owai his folk, and he ne shal nouȝt for-sake hys heritage.—ne: —ne.

Þat whiles þat ryȝtfulnes be turned into iugement, and alle þoCorrected from þe. by hym, þat ben of ryȝtful hert.þ. w.] Vnto þe tyme: dome.

Who shal arisen wyþ me oȝains þe wicked? oþer who shal stonde wyþ me oȝains þe wirchand wickednes?

Bot ȝyf our Lord for-þi had holpen me, my soule nere honde had woned in helle.helpid: nere] neȝ.

Ȝyf ich seid, My fote is stired, Lord, þy mercy halp me.mouyd: helpid.

Efter þe michelnes of my sorowes in myn hert, þy confortes gladeden my soule.

Þyng to wyten ȝyf sege of wickednes draweþ to þe, þat feineþ sorowe in comaundement?þyng . . . ȝyf] weþer: dr.+ noȝt: commaundementes.

Þe wicked couayted dampnacioun in þe soule of þe ryȝtful, and condempned þe blode of þe innocent.couayt d. aȝen þe: dempned.

And our Lord is made to me in refut, and my God into helpe of myn hope.

And he shal ȝelde hem her wickednes and spradden hem in her malice, and Gode, our Lord, shal departen hem.spradden] he schal sparpill: & Godd+& Godd.

Ps. 93, MS.PSALM 94 (95).

Comeþ, glade we to our Lord, singe we to God, our helþe.Commeþ+&.

Take we forþe his face in shryȝt, and singe we to hym in songes.Ocupie we his f. in schryft: psalmes.

For God ys a grete Lord and grete kyng vp alle goddes.

For in his hondes ben alleMS. be ualle. þe cuntreis of þerþe, and al þe heȝnes of þe mounteins ben of hym.beþ all: —al.

For þe se is his; and he made hit, and his hondes founded þe drihede.hondes f. þe d.] made drynes.

Comeþ, anore we, and synge and [wepe] we to-fore our Lord, þat made us; for [he] hys þe Lord our God,Cum ȝe, & honour we, & fall we doune, & wepe we to-for: hys] he is.

& we þe folk of his pasture and þe shepe of his honde.

Ȝyf hei.e. ȝe. han herd to-daie his voice, ne willeþ ȝe nouȝt harden ȝour hertes,ȝe: ne . . . harden] will noȝt hard.

As in taryinge efter þe dai of temptacioun in desert.tar.] voidyng.

Þer [ȝ]our fadres tempteden me, hii proueden and seiȝen my werkes.our] ȝoure.

And y whas wroþe to þat kynde by fourty ȝere, and seide alwai, Hij erren in hert.

& þes ne knew nouȝt myn waies, as ich swore in myn ire, ȝyf hij shul entren in-to my rest.—ne.

Ps. 94, MS.PSALM 95 (96).

Syngeþ to our Lord a new songe; ha alle erþe, syngeþ to our Lord.—ha alle] all þe.

Syngeþ to our Lord, & blisceþ hys name, and telleþ his helþe fram dai to daie.

Telleþ amonge men his glorie, and his wondres to alle folkes.ioie: folk.

For our Lord ys michel and worþshipful and dredeful vp alle godes.aboue all goddes.

For alle þe goddes of men ben fendes, our Lord for-soþe made þe heuenes.f. s. our L.

Shrift & fairnes ben in hijs siȝt, holines and heriyng ben in his halwing.halowen.

Þe cuntreis of men, bryngeþ to our Lord, bringeþ to our Lord glorie and honour, bringeþ glorie to our Lord and to his name.Ȝe cuntres: ioie: ioie.

Bryngeþ offryndes, and entreþ into his halles, and anoureþ our Lord in his holines.offerynges: honoureþ.

Alle þerþe be stired fram his face; say ȝe, men, to folkes þat our Lord regned.mouyd.

For he amended þe world, þe wich ne shal nouȝt be styred; he shal iuge þe folkes in euennesse.þe w. ne] þat: mouyd: deme.

Gladeþ ȝe heuens, and ioie þerþe, and be þe see and hys plente stired; þe feldes shul gladen, and alle þynges þat ben in hem.Glade þe h.: and h. pl. st.] in his plente mouyd.

Þan shul alle þe trews of þe wodes gladen of þe face of our Lord, for he comeþ; for he comeþ to iugen þerþe.trows: ioie: deme.

He shal iuge þe world in euenesse, and þe folk in soþenesse.deme: in his soþnes.

Ps. 95, MS.PSALM 96 (97).

Our Lord regneþ; glade þerþe, and ioien many yldes.haþ regned: yles.

Cloudes and derknes ben in his cumpasse, ryȝtfulnes and iugement ben þe amendement of his sege.dome.

Fur shal gon to-forn hym, and brenenr on erasure. hys enemys abouten hym.

Hys liȝtyngens aliȝted þe world; he seiȝe, and þe erþe ys styred.liȝtynges a.+to: seȝt: mouyd.

Þe mounteins melted as wax fram þe face of our Lord, al þe erþe fram þefram þe twice in MS. face of our Lord.al] & all.

Þe heuens telden his ryȝtfulnes, and al þe folkes seȝen his glorie.schewed: folk seȝ: ioie.

Ben hij alle confounded þat anouren y-magerie & þat gladen in her maumetes.anouren . . . &] honoureþ grauen ymagerye & þai: maumemetries (!).

Alle ȝe hys aungels, anouren hym; þe folk of Syon herd God and ioied.honouret.

And þe doȝters of Iude gladed, Lord, for þy iugement.domes.

For þou, Lord, art heȝest up alle þe erþe; mychel þou art heȝed vp alle þe godes.all goddes.

Ȝe þat loue our Lord, hateþ iuel; our Lord kepeþ þe soules of his halwen; and he shal liuer hem fram þe pouste of þe synȝer.deliuer: p.] honde.

Lyȝt hijs sprongen to þe ryȝtful, and ioie to þe ryȝtful of hert.spr.] ryse. 13. halowen.

Gladeþ, þe ryȝtful in our Lord, and shryueþ to þe mynde of hys halwyng.

PSALM 97Ps. 96, MS. (98).

Ȝe men, syngeþ to our Lord a newe songe, for he haþ don wonder|ful þynges.

He saued to hym þe helpe of hys chosen and hys holi pouste.pouer.

Our Lord made hys helþe knowen, and shewed hys ryȝtfulnes in syȝt of men.

He þouȝt on hys mercy and on hys soþenese added over line. to þe hous of Israel.

Alle þe contre-hysRead contreis. of þe erþe seȝen þe helþe of our Lord God; hei.e. ȝe. alle þerþe, ioieþ to God, and syngeþ and gladeþ and ver-saileþ.contre hys] cuntres: —Lord: —he: ioie: singeþ—and: vers.] psalmeþ.

Syngeþ to our Lord in harp and in voice of psalme, in trumpes beten and voice of trumpes of horne.harpe+in harpe: of tr.] of trumpe.

Gladeþ in þe syȝt of þe kyng, our Lord; be þe se stired and hys plente, þe world, and hij þat wonen þer-inne.in—þe: mouyd: þere world.

Þe flodes shul ioien togidres wyþ honde, and mounteins shul gladen of þe syȝt of our Lord; for he comeþ to iuge þerþe.and] þe: deme.

He shal iuge þe world in ryȝtfulnes, and þe folkes in euennes.deme.

Ps. 97, MS.PSALM 98 (99).

For þat our Lord regned, wraþ-þen þe folkes; þou þat sittest up cherubyn, by þe erþe styred.þe folkes wraþed: by] be: mouyd.

Our Lord ys grete in heuen and heI.e. heȝe, hiȝe. vp alle folkes.he] hyȝ.

Shryuen hij to þy grete name, for it ysAfter ys, MS. has dede deleted. dredeful and holi; and þe honour of þe kyng loueþ iugement.Be þai chryf.

Þou dittest dresceinges, and þou madest iugement & ryȝtfulnes in Iacob sones.diȝtest: iugement: Iacobes.

And heȝeþ þe Lord, our Lord, and anoureþ þe shamel of hys fete, for hit is holy.A. h.] Enhieþ: honoureþ: stole.

Moyses and Aaron wyþ her prestes, and Samuel amonges hem þat clepen hys name.

Hij clepeden our Lord, and he herd hem; he spake to hem in a piler of a cloude.

Hij keptten hysMS. hyȝt. witnesses and þe comaundement þat he ȝaf to hem.kept his wyttnes: commaunde|mentis.

Ha Lord, our God, þou herd hem; þou, God, was mercyful to hem and byginnand to wreke in alle her fyndeynges.O our Lorde Godd: hard: b. to wr.] auengyng.

And heȝeþ þe Lord, our God, and anoureþ hym in hys holy heuen; for þe Lord, our God, ys holy.A. h.] Enhieþ: honoureþ.

PSALM 99 (100).

Ha alle erþe, gladeþ to God, serueþ our Lord in gladnes.Ha alle] All þe: Godd+ &: o.L.] Godd.

Entreþ in his syȝt in ioie.

Weteþ þat our Lord he is God; he made us, and nouȝt we us seluen.Weteþ] Wyt ȝe.

We ben hys folk and þe shepe of hys pasture; entre hys ȝates in shrift, and schryueþ to hym in hys temple in songes.entreþ: songes] ympnes.

Herieþ hys name; for our Lord ys milde, hys mercy ys wyþ-outen ende, and hys soþnesse ys in kende and kinde.meke.

PSALM 100 (101).

Lord, y shal synge mercy and iugement to þe; y shal versail and vnderstonde in wai unfiled, whan þou shal come to me.versail] psalme: vnfulyd.

Y ȝede in þe innocens of myn hert, amiddes þe wylle of myn hert, in-middes myn hous.Notabile in margin, written by a later hand.inn.] clennes: amiddes] amyd.

Y ne sett nouȝt to-fore myn eȝen þyng vnryȝtful, and ich hated þe trespassynges.—ne: vnr. þyng: þe tr.] men trespassyng.

Wicked hert ne come nouȝt to me; y ne knew nouȝt þe wicked bowand fram me.—ne: —ne.

Y ne pursued hym þat bacbiteþ priuelich hys neȝbur.—ne: bakbyted.

Y ne ete nouȝt wyþ þe prude eȝe, and wiþ hert þat ne may nouȝt be fulfild.—ne: and] no: with+þe: —ne.

Myn eȝen ben to þe trew of þerþe, þat hij sit wyþ me; þe goand in vnfiled wai, he serued me.

He þat [doþ] pride ne shal nouȝt wonen amiddes myn houus; he þat spekeþ yuel, y ne dresced hym nouȝt in þe syȝt of myn eȝen.þat+doþ: —ne: amyd: —ne.

Ich sloȝe in þe mornyng alle þe synȝers of erþe, þat y shuld departent out of our Lordes cite alle þe wirchand wickednes.of+þe: departe.

PSALM 101 (102).

Here, Lord, my praiere, and my crye come to þe.Lord here.

Ne turne þou nouȝt þy face framFollowed by þe, which is dotted out. me; in wich daie þat ich be trubled, bow to me þyn ere.—Ne: am sturbled.

In which daie þat ich had cleped to þe, here þou me hastilich.haue: hastelich.

For my daies failed as smoke, and my bones dried as craukes.smeche.

Ich am smyten as hay, and myn hert dryed; for ich for-ȝate to ete my brede.

Of þe voice of my waymentyngeThe final e is corrected from the loop of g. my bon droȝ to my flesshe.cleued.

Ich am made lich to þe pellican of ones, and ich am made as þe nyȝtrauin in þe euesynges.ones] wyldernes: ouesyng.

Y woke, and made as þe sparowe wonand on inin added above the line. þe hous.wonand on in] wylde in þe helyengSecond e corrected from i. of.

Myn enemys vp-braided me aldai, and hij þat praised me swore oȝains me.vpbrade.

For ich ete my brede as asken, and medeled my drynk wyþ wepyng.

Fram þe face of þe ire of þi indignacioun; for þou liftand me norissed me.þine ire: arered me norisch|yng me.

My daies boweden as shadow, & hijI.e., y (ego). d[r]eied as hai.b.] auanesched: as+a: dried.

Þou, Lord, forsoþe dwellest wyþ-outen ende, and þi mynde is in kinde and in-to kynde.MS. in toknynge to kynde, of which toknynge is dotted and struck out.F. s. þ. L.

Þou, Lord, arisand shalt haue pite of þe folke of Syon; for þe time of hijs mercynge, for þe time comeþ.of þe] of þi: þe+þe: m.] hauyng mercye.

For hijs fastnes pleised to þi seruantes, and hij shul haue pite of his erþe.seruant.

And þe folke, Lord, shul douten þy name, and alle þe kynges of þe erþe þi glorie.ioie.

For our Lord edefied þe heuen, and shal be sen in hijs glorie.Omitted, as it ended with the same word as the preceding verse.

He loked in-to þe oreison of þe meke, and he ne despised nouȝt her praier.—ne.

Be þes þynges wryten in þat oþer kinde; and þe folk þat shal be fourmed shal heryen our Lord.

For he loked fram hys eȝe heuen; our Lord loked fram heuen into erþe;hie.

Þat he herd þe waie-mentynges of þe fettered and vnbinde þe soþenes of þe slain.waylynges: vnbyde (!) þe sonnes of þe men slawe.

Þat hij telle in Syon þe name of our Lord and hys hereinge in Ierusalem.herying.

In acordand þe folkes in on, and þe kynges, þat hii serue to our Lord.seruy.

He answerd hym in voice of his vertou, Telle to me þe fewenes of my daies.

Ne clepe þou me nouȝt oȝayn in þe half dele of mi daies, in kynde and in-to kynde of þe ȝere.—Ne.

Lord, þou founded þerþe atte gynnyng, and þe heuens ben þe werkes of þyn hondes.in þe begynnyng.

Hij shul perissen, þou for-soþe dwellest; and alle shul by-gynne at elden as cloþyng.perisch+&: byg. at e.] wex elde.

And þou shalt chaungen hem as couertour,MS. to uertour. and hij shul be chaunged; þou for-soþe art þat ich, and þy ȝeres ne shul nouȝt failen.couertour: þou . . . ich] f. s. þou art he: —ne.

Þe sones of þy seruauntes shul wonen, and here sede shalt be dresced in þe world.shalt] schal.

PSALM 102 (103).

Ha þou my soule, blisce our Lord; and alle þynges þat ben wyþ|innen me, blisce hys holi name.O.

Ha þou my soule, blisce our Lord; and ne wille þou nouȝt for-ȝete alle his ȝelde-inges; O: —ne: —his: ȝeldyng.

Þe which is merciful to alle þin wickednesses; þe which helþe alle þy sekenisses;sekenes.

Þe which ransoun-neþ þy lif fram deþ; þe which crouneþ þe wyþ mercy and pites;corouneþ: petes.

Þe which fulfilleþ þyMS. þe. desire in goddes; þy ȝengþe shal be made new as of an erne.þi: godes: ȝengeþ: egil.

Our Lord is doandCorrected from deand. mercies and iugement to alle þe suffrand wronge.dome: —þe.

He made hys waies knowen to Moyses, he did to þe childer of Israel her willes.

Our Lord is ryȝtful and merciable and of longe wille and michel merciable.r.] redeful.

He ne shal nouȝt wraþþe him wyþ-outen ende, [ne he ne shal nouȝt manacen wyþ-outen ende.]—ne: ende+& he schal noȝt manace with-oute ende.

He ne did nouȝt to us efter our synȝes, ne he nedid nouȝt follows next, but is expuncted and struck out. ȝeldeþ nouȝt to vs efteref on erasure. our wickednes.—ne: ne he ne] & he.

For efter þe heȝt of heuen fram erþe he streinþedMS. streined with a y or the abbreviation for ur over the interval between n and e. hys mercy vp hem þat dreden hym.strengþid: vp men dredyng hym.

He made fer fram us our wickednes, as þe este departeþ fram þe west.made+as.

As þe fader has mercy on his childer, our Lord is merciable of hem þat dreden hym; for he knoweHere an erasure of several letters follows. [our] faintes.of] to: knew our fayntenes.

He recorded þat we ben pouderMS. prude.; man ys as hai, hys daies ben as floureMS. floures, but s is dotted for deletion. of þe feld, so he shal florissen.were pouder: as a flour: felde+&.

For gost shal passen in hym; and he ne shal nouȝt dwelle, and he ne shal no more knowen his stede.—ne: —ne.

Þe mercy of our Lord is forsoþe fram wyþ-outen [ende vnto wyþ|outen ende] up hem þat dreden hym.with-oute + ende vnto with|oute ende.

And his riȝtfulnes is into child of childer to hem þa[t] kepen his testament.child] childer: þat.

And hij ben remembraunt of his comaundementȝ to don hem.remembryng.

Our Lord shal diȝten his sete in heuen, and his kyngdome shal lord-ship alle.

Ha alle his angeles, miȝtful of uertu, doand his worde, to here þe uoice of hys wordes, blisceþ our Lord.O: angels: blisseþ our Lorde doyng h. w. to his voice to be herd of h. w.

Ha alle his uertu, blisceþ our Lord; ȝe his ministris, þat don hys wille, blisced our Lord.O: vertus: blisced] blysseþ.

Ȝe alle werke of our Lord, blisceþ our Lord in alle stedes of his lordship; ha þou my soule, blische our Lord.werkes: o: blyss+to.

PSALM 103 (104).

Ha þou my soule, blisce our Lord; ha Lord, mi God, þou art greteliche heried.O: o.

Þou clad schryft and fairnes, hiled wyþ lyȝt as wyþ cloþyng,cloþd.

Spredand out þe heuen as a skyn; þe which couered þe alder|heȝestnesMS. alder ȝe (ȝe is expuncted) heȝestnes. wyþ waters;þe w.] þat: alderheȝestnes] hiest þinges.

Þat settest þe cloude þy wendyng up; þat gost vp þe swiftnes of þe wynde;w. up] ascencyon.

Þat makest þyn angeles gostes, and þy ministres sengeand [fur];brennyng+fure.

Þat foundest þerþe vp his stablenes; it ne shal nouȝt be bowed in þe worled of þe worldes.—ne.

Depenes ys hys couertour as cloþyng; waters shul stonde vp mounteines.

Hij shul fle fram þe lackeinge, & hij shul douten of þe voice of þy þonder.l.] blame.

Þe mounteyns steyȝen up, and þe feldes fallen in-to þe stede þat-ou founded to hem.fell: foundeþ.

Þou setted þe terme, þe which hij ne shul nouȝt passe ouer; ne hij ne shul nouȝt be turned oȝain to hilen þerþe.sett: þe w.] þat: —ne: — ne: —ne: hely.

Þou þat sendest welles in valeis; þe waters shul passen amiddes þe mounteines.

Alle bestes of þe felde shul drynken, þe wilde asses shul abiden in her þrest.—þe wilde: ab.] haue byde: fryste.

Þe foules of heuen shullele begins a new linc. whonen vp þat erþe, þe waters shul ȝeuen voice of þe middel of þe stones.

Dewand þe mounteines of þyn ouermor, þerþe shal be fulfild of þe frut of þy werkes.Wateryng: ouermast+þinges.

Þou art bryngand forþe hay to meresMS. mere ci. and grasse to seruice of men;mere ci] bestes: gr.] herbe.

Þat tou brynge forþ brede of þerþe, and wyn glade mannes hert.

Þe tres of þerþe shul be fulfild, and þe cedres of Lyban, which he sette; sparowes shul make þer her nestes.of þe L. þat.

Þe hous of faucouns is her lader, þe heȝe mounteins to hertes, þe ston is refut to heyrouns.yrchounes.

He made þe mone in-to times, þe sonne knewe hys goingdoun.

Þou settest derkenes, and nyȝt ys made; al þe bestes of þerþe shul passen þer-ynne.

Þe whelpes of þe liouns rumyand, þat hij rauissen and aske metes to hem of God.and] þat þai.

Þe sonne ys rysen, and hij ben gadered, and shul be laid in her couches.MS. couthes.arys.

Man shal go forþ to his werke, and to his wircheing vn-to þe euenynge.

Hou michel þyn werkes ben heried, Lord! þou madest alle þynges in wisdome; þerþe is fulfild of þyn habbyng.possession.

Þis see hys michel and large to hondes; þer-inne ben crepand þynges, of which nis no noumbre:þis] þe: is.

Bestes litel wyþ michel; þer shul shippes passen:muche.

Þys dragon þatou fourmedest to by-gylen him: alle abyden, þatou ȝif to hem mete in tyme.made: ha-bydeþ.

Þe ȝeuand to hem, hij shul gaderen; þe openand þyn honde, alle þynges shul be fulfild of godenes.— hij: hondes.

Þe for-soþe turnand owai þy face, hij shul be trubled; þou shal take fram hem þy gost, and hij shul failen, and shul be turned into her poudre.For-soþe þe.

Sende for þyi.e. forþ þy gost, and hij shul be fourmed; and þou shalt make newe þe face of þerþe.for] forþe.

Be þe glorie of our Lord in þe world; our Lord shul gladen in his werkes;ioie.

Þe which lokeþ to þerþe and makeþ it to tremblen; þe which toucheþ þe mounteyns, and hij shul smoken.tougeþ: smeke.

Y shal syngen to our Lord inMS. and. my liif, and synge to my God as longe as ich am.and my] in my.

Be my word to hym ioiful; ich for-sothe shal gladen in our Lord.f. s. y.

Defailen þe synȝers of þerþe,MS. þe þerþe. and þe wicked so þat hij ne be nouȝt; ha, þou my soule, blisce our Lord.Defayle: þe þerþe] þe erþe: —ne: ha] o: —soule.

PSALM 104 (105).

Shriueþ to our Lord, and clepeþMS. clepleþ. his name; telleþ amonges folke hys werkes.clepeþ.

Syngeþ to hym, and psalmeþ to hym; telleþ alle his wondres; be ȝe heried in hys holi name.

Glade þe hert of þe secheand our Lord; secheþMS. adds and here. our Lord, and beþ confermed; secheþ alway hys face.s. —and: confirmede.

By-þencheþ ȝou of his wondres þat he did; & his toknes ben þe iugementȝ of his mouþe.—þe: domes.

Ha þou sede of Abraham, his seruauntȝ; ha ȝe Iacob sones, his chosen,MS. repeats his chosen. biþencheþ of God.O: seruant: o.

He his þe Lord, our God; his iuge[me]ntȝ ben in alle erþe.domes.

He was by-þenchand in þe world of his testament, and of his world þat he sent into a þousand kyndes.in] of.

Which worde he ordeined to Abraham and his oþe to Ysaac.I. to] & (!).

And he stablist þat to Iacob in comaundement, and to þe sones of Israel in testament wyþ-outen ende,sett.

Saiand, Y shal ȝeue þe þe londe of Chanaan in a corde of [ȝ]our herytage.londe] bonde(!): ȝoure.

As yI.e., hy or hij (ei). were in lytel noumbre and her tyliersMS. tyriels. alderfewest:y] þei: tiliers.

And hij passeden fram folk to folk, and fram kyngdom to anoþer folk;

He ne suffred nouȝt man greuen hem, and he repruuedMS. repruuded. kynges fram hem,—ne: reproued k. for.

Saiand, Ne wil ȝe nouȝt touchen my prestes anoint wyþ creyme, and ne wylle ȝe nouȝt weryen in my prophetes.—ne: anoittyd: creme: —ne: curs.

And he cleped hunger vp þe londe of Chanaan, and de-fouled al þe fastnes of brede.defoiled.

Jacob sent þe man Joseph oȝayn his breþer, Joseph was solde to þral þurth hem.aȝens: þraldom þurȝ.

Hij loweden þe fete of Ioseph in fetteres, yren passed þourȝ þe soule of Iacob to þat þe word of Ioseph come to hym.made lowe: yse: come—to.

Þe word of our Lord brent Ioseph; þe kyng Pharaon sent for hym to þe prison, and vnbonde hym of bondes; þe prince of folk did hym of pyne.

He stablist hym lord of hyslord follows, but is dotted out. hous and prince of alle hys habbynge,st.] made: possession.

Þat he lered hys prynces as hym self and tauȝt hys elde quaintyse.schuld lere: schuld teche: olde men wysdome.

And þe fende anoied greteliche hys folk, and fastened it up hys enemys,it] him.

[Latin and English omitted.]& Israel entred in Egipt, & Jacob was tylier in þe londe of Cham.

Þe fende turned þe hertes of þe Egipciens, þat hij hated hys folk and dede trecherie oȝain Goddes seruauntes.of—þe: gyle aȝenes.

Our Lord sent Moyses, [hys] seruaunt, and þat Aaron þat he ches.Moises+his.

HeMS. Be. sett in hym wordes of his toknes and of his wondres in þe londe of Cham.He.

He sent derknisses,n is corrected from e. and made derke þe Egipciens, and ne enegred nouȝt þe wordes of Moyses, —ne: agreued.

He turned her waters into blode, and sloȝe her fisshes.

And her erþe ȝaf frosches in þynges of her kynges gode to parte.frogges.

Moyses seide to our Lord of þe hardnes of Egipciens, and hounde|fleȝes and gnattes comeþ in alle her londes.gnatteSecond t added over line. com.

He settMS. seit. her raynes hail and fur brynand in her londe;sett: rayne: brennyng.

And smote her vynes and her fygers,MS. fyngers. and defouled þe wode of her londe.—vynes a. her: figares: de|foiled.

Moyses seid to our Lord of þe hardnes of Pharaon in þe sones of Iacob, and grashoppes come and breses, of which no noumbre was of.breres: was—of.

And he ete alle þe hai in her londe, and ete al þe fruitOr frutt. of her londe.

And he smote alle þe first biȝetynge of her londe and þe first byȝetyng of alle her trauaile.

And he lad out Iacob sones wyþ gold and syluer, and syke man nas nouȝt founden in alle her kyn-redenis.was: kyndes.

Egipt was glad in þe forþgoing of Iacobes childer, for þe drede of hem touched vp hem.forgoyng: touchyng.

And he shewed cloude in-to her proteccioun and fur, þat it shuld alyȝt to hem by nyȝt.

Hij askeden flesches; and curlu come to hem, and fulfild hem of brede of heuen.of] with.

God brake þe stone, and waters ran out, and flodes ȝede þurȝ drienes.

For he was byþenchand of his holy worde, þe which he had to Abraham, hys childe.

And God lad forþ hys folk wyþ gladnes and hys chosen wyþ ioie.

And he ȝafBefore ȝaf a letter is erased. hem kyngdomes of men, and hij hadden þe trauailes of folkes,

Þat hij kepten riȝtfulnesses and soȝten his lawe.kepe riȝtfulnes.

PSALM 105 (106).

Shryueþ to our Lord, for he his God, for in þe world is his mercy.his m.] m.

Who shal speke þe myȝtes of our Lord? he shal make alle hys heryynges herd.

Blisced ben hij þat kepen iugement and don ryȝtfulnes in alle time.

Þenche, Lord, on vs in þe wele-likand of þy folk, and visit vs in þyne helþe,þi wel plesyng.

For to se in þe godenes of þyn chosen, to gladen in þe gladnisse of þy folke, þatou be heried in þyne herytage.þi godenes.

We han synȝed wyþ our fadres, we han wroȝt vnryȝtfullich, and we han don wickednisse.

Our fadres in Egipt ne vnderstode noȝt þyn wondres, and hij were nouȝt þenchand on þe multitude of þyn mercy.—ne.

And hij tariden þe Egipciens wendand vp inin added over the line. þe see, [þe Reed See;] and he saued hem for his name, þat he made his myȝt knowen.se+þe Rede See.

And he wyþ-droȝe þe Reed See, and it ys dried; and lad þe Egipciens in depenes as in þe desert. in—þe.

And he saued þe .xii. kindes of Iacob fram þe honde of þe enemy.

And þe water couerd þe trybuland hem, and þer ne laft nouȝt on of hem.couerde trublyng (men ex|puncted) hem: —ne.

And þe .xij. kindes byleueden his worde and heried his heryyng.

Sone hij faileden, and forȝaten hys werkes, and Here follows suffre, which is dotted out.ne susteined nouȝt hys conseil.—ne.

And hij couaited couaitise in desert, & tempteden God in driehede.couayte couatise: drynes.

And he ȝaf hem her askyng, & sent fulnes in-to her soules.

And hij tariden Moyses in castels & Aaron, þe holy of our Lord.wraþed: holy+man.

Þe erthe ys opened, & swolwed Datham, & couered vp þe gaderyng of Abyron.Dathan.

And fur brent in her sinagoge, & lait brent þe sinȝers.lyet.

And hij madenhym follows, but is expuncted. a chalf in Oreb, & anoured þyng made wyþ fingers.honoured.

And hij chaungeden her glorie in-to þe likenes of chalf etand haye.ioie: —þe: of+a.

Hij for-hatenBlunder for forȝaten. God þat saued hem, þat grete þynges did in Egipt, in þe londe of Cham, dredeful þynges in þe Reed Se.forȝate: Cham+&.

God seid þat he shuld for-done hem, ȝyf Moyses, his chosen, ne had nouȝt stonden in brekeyng in his syȝt;—ne.

Þat he turned hys wraþþe, þat he ne fordid hem nouȝt; and hij had for nouȝt þe londe desiderable.schuld turne: —ne: desir|able londe.

And hij ne leued nouȝt his worde & gruched in her tabernacles, and hij ne herd nouȝt þe voice of our Lord.—ne: beleuyd: —ne.

And he lifted his vengeaunce vp hem, þat he feld hem doun in wildernesse.lif(!).

And þat he out-kest her sede in þerþesMS. inberþes (?), the b being obliterated. and departed hem in kyngdomes.he schuld cast oute: þerþes] nacions: desparple—hem.

And hij ben sacrified to Belphegor, & eten þe pines of þe dampned.sacred: peynes.

And hij taried hym in her fyndynges, and fallyng doun is multi|plied in hem.—doun: in hem before is.

And Finees stode and plesed, & crossyng cessed.pl.] plantyd: crossyng] þe schakyng.

And it is teld to hym in-to ryȝtfulnes in kynde to kynde vn-to euere lastend.putt: in k.] fram k.: vnto e. l.] with-oute ende.

And hij tariden Moyses atte water of ȝainsygeinge, and he ys trauayled for hem þat greued hys gost.And taried at þe water of contradiccion.

And he distincted in his lippes; & hij ne sprad nouȝt men which our Lord seid to hem.depardid—in: ne spr.] sparpeled.

And hij ben meined among folk wyþ-outen lawe, and lerned her werkes, and serueden to her fals ym[a]ges, and þat ys made to hem in sclaunder.mengyd: ymages—and.

And hij sacrifiden her sones and her douters to debleries,Or dobleries.doȝters to fendes.

And shadde blode nouȝt filed, and blode of her sones and her douȝters, which hij sacrified to þe fals ymages of Chanaam.bl. n. f. and bl.] vngilty bl.: which] þat.

And þer[þe] is slaine for synȝes & filed in her werkes, & dede horedome in her fyndeinges.þer] þe erþe: slawe: foiled: fornicacion.

And our Lord wraþed hym in hys vengeaunce oȝains his folk, and loþed hys heritage.

And he ȝaf hem in-to þe hondes of folkes wyþ-outen lawe, and hij þat hated hem lord-shipped hem. lordsh.] had lordschip of.

And her enemys trubled hem, and hij ben meked vnder her hondes; often our Lord deliuerd hem of iuel.maked: oft: deliuereþ.

Hij for-soþe greueden him in her conseils, and hij ben lowed in her wickednisses.F. s. þai: wykkydnes.

And he seȝe whan hij were trubled, & herd her praier.

And he was by-þen-chand on hys testament, & it hym for-þouȝt efter þe multitude of hys mercy.

And he ȝaf hem in his mercies in syȝt of alle þat hadde taken hem.

Ha Lord God, make us sauf, & gader us to-gider of straunge kynredens,to-gader fram str. nacions.

Þat we shryue to þyn holy name, & þat we gladen in þy heryynge.

Be our Lord, God of Israel, blisced of þys world, here and vnto þe world þat euer shal last; & alle þe puple shal saie, Be it don, be it don.folke.

PSALM 106 (107).

Shryueþ to our Lord, for he ys gode, for in þe world ys hys mercy.

Siggen hij nov þat ben bouȝt of our Lord, which he bouȝtMS. brouȝt. fram þe honde of þe enemy, of straunge kyngdomes he gadered hem.brouȝt] bouȝt.

Fram þe rysyng of þe sunneMS. synȝes. vnto þe goynge adoune, fram þe norþe & þe see.sunne: ad.] doune.

Þe childer of Israel erreden in onhede & in dryhede, and hij ne fonde nouȝt þe waie of ioye euer lastand.wyldernes: —ne.

Hungerand & þrestand,Or þrostand. her soule faileden in hem.affrystyng.

And hij criden to our Lord, as hij were trubled, & hij deliuered hem of alle her nedefulnes.MS. herne de fulnes, the u being corrected from another letter.

And he lad hem in þe ryȝt waie, þat hij hedenMiswritten for ȝeden. into ioieMS. ieie. euerlastandȝode: euerlastyng ioie.

Shryue to our Lord hys mercies, & hys wonders to mennes sones.Be our Lordes mercies know to our Lorde: men.

For he fulfild idel soule, and fulfild hungriMS. hunger. soules of godes,hungry soule with.

Sittand in derknes & in shadue of deþ, bonden in wrechedhede [&] in iren.schade: wrechidnes & in yse.

For hij anegreden þe wordes of our Lord, & maden vain þe conseil of þe heȝest.wreþid.

And her hert ys lowed in her trauailes, and hij ben syke; & þer nas non þat halpe hem.was: helpid.

And hij crieden to our Lord, as hij weren trubled, & he deliuered hem of alle her nedefulnisses.as] wen: nedefulnes.

And he lad hem fram derknesses & shadowe [of deþ], & brake her bondes.derknes: schade+of deþ.

Shryue to our Lord hys mercies & hys wonders to mennes sones.Sh.] Be know: men.

For he de[fouled] þe ȝates of brasse, & brake þe lockes of iren.de] defoyled: yse.

He toke hem fram þe waie of wickednes, for hij ben lowed for her vnryȝtfulnes.

Her soule wlated al techyng of helþe, & aproched to þe ȝates of deþ.wl.] had abhominacion: ap. to] com nere.

And hij criden to our Lord, as hij weren trubled; and he deliuered hem of alle her nedefulnisses.sturbled: nedefulnes.

Shryue to our Lord hys mercies, & hys wondres to mennes sones,knoulegeþ: men.

Þat hij [sacrifien] sacrifice of heryynge and telle his werkes in ioie.þai+sacrifie.e on erasure of two letters.

Þe which comen in-to þe see in shippes, makand wercheingeMS. wrecheinge. in mani waters,wyrchyng.

Hij seȝen þe werkes of our Lord, & his wonders in þe depenes.

God seid, & þe gost of tempest stode, & his flodes ben anheȝed.

Hij steȝen vp vnto þe heuens, & fallen a-doun into depnes; her soule quoke in yuels.styed: —þe: fell: schakid.

Hij ben trubled, and hij ben stired as drunken, and alle her wisdomes is deuoured.sturbled: mouyd: wysdome.

And hij criden to our Lord, as hij were trubled; and he lad hem out of her nedefulnisses.when: sturbled: nedefulnes.

And he stablist his tempest in þe wynde, & alle his flodes were stille.stabled.

And hij ioiden, for þe flodes were stille; and God lad hem to þe hauen of her wille.

Shryue to our Lord is mercies, & his wondres to mennes sones.Be know: is] his: men.

And heȝen hij hym in þe chirches of folkes, & heri hym in þe chaier of olde.olde+men.

HeHer MS. sett her flodes in desert & þe goinges of waters in þrust,He: vschus: þurst.

Erþe berand frut in saltmerche for þe wickednesse of þe wonand þer-inne.saltmersche: of men wonnyng.

He sett þe desert in pondes of waters, & þerþe wyþ-outen water at out-goynge of waters.atte þe vschus.

And he sett þerþe hungri, & hij stablist cite of wonyng.stabled+þe.

And hij sewen feldes, and sett vines, & maden frut of birþe.sowed: beryng.

And he blisced hem, and hij ben michel multiplied; & he ne litteled nouȝt her meres.blessed: —ne: bestes.

And hij ben made fewe, & ben trauailed fro þe tribulacion of wicked & fro sorow.

Strif is haldMS. hard. vp þe princes, & þe fende made hem to erren in wilde stede, & nouȝt in þe waie.hard] schad: in way.

And he halpe þe pouer of his mesais, & set þe menȝes as shepe.heped (!): myssays: menȝe.

Þe ryȝtful shul sen & gladen, & alle wicked shal stoppe her mouþe.

Which wise shal kepe þes þynges & vnderstonde þe merciMS. merþi (struck out) merci. of our Lord?What w.+man.

PSALM 107 (108).

Ha God, myn hert hys made redi; myn hert his made redy, & y shal syngen, & y shal psalmen in my glorie.syng &—y shal: ioie.

Aryse sautrie & harpe, and y shal arysen in þe morwenyng.sauter: harp—and: mornyng.

Y shal shryue to þe, Lord, for þe folkes; and y shal syngen to þe for þe kyndes.—Lord.

For þy mercy ys grete vp þe heuens, & þy soþenes is vn-to þe cloudes.vp—þe.

Be þou an-heȝed vp þe heuenes; & þy glorie is vp alle þerþe, þat þyn frendes ben deliuered.ioie.

Make me sauf, & here me for þy myȝt; God spak in hys holy.

Y shal gladen & departen þe dryhede, & y shal mete þe ualeye of tabernacles.dryhode.

Galaad ys myn, & Manasses is myn, Effraym ys þe takeyng of myn heued.

Juda ys my kynge, Moab is þe caudron of myn hope.

Y shal shewe myn hoseing in Ydume; strange ben made my frendes.made] mde(!).

Who shal lede me in-to a cite warnist? who shal lede me in-to Ydume?warnischt.

Noȝt þou, God, þat put vs oway; & þou ne shal nouȝt, God, gon out in our vertuȝ.puttest: —ne.

Ȝyf vs helpe of tribulacioun, for helþe of man ys ydel.

We shal do vertu in God, and he shal bringe to nouȝt our enemis.

PSALM 108 (109).

Ha God, ne haue þou nouȝt stilled myn heryynge; for þe mouþe of þe synȝer & þe mouþeMS. repeats & þe mouþe. of þe trecherous is open up me.O Godd, þou schalt noȝt still myn herying: gileful is opned.

And hij spaken to me wyþ trecherous tunge, and encumpassed [me] wyþ wordes of hating, & faȝten wyþ meFollowed by wylle, which is dotted out. wyþ wille.gyleful: enclosed+me.

For þat þe gode loued me, þe wicked bacbiten me; & ich praied for hem.þe g.] Godd: bakbytyd.

And hij sett to me iuels for godes & hate for my loue.gode.

Stables þe synȝer vp þe wicked; & þe fende stonde at hys ryȝthalf.Sett: stonde þe f.: r. syde.

As he ys iuged, go he out condempned, & be hys prayer made into synȝe.When: demyd.

Ben his dayes made fewe, & anoþer tak his bischopriche.MS. bischop bride.take ane oþer: byschopriche.

Ben hys childer made faderles, & wif widowe.&+his.

Be hys sones made stumbland, & biggen hij; and ben hij outcusten of her woninges.sturblyng: begg: outecaste.

Secheþ þe usurer alle hys substaunce, & þe straunge rauisraines MS. her trauales.Seche: rauische: trauailes.

Ne be nouȝt to hym helper, ne þer ne be non þat haue pite of his moderles.—Ne: ne þer ne be] & be þer.

Be his childer made in-to deþ, & be hys name don oway in o kynde.into o k.

Turne þe wickednes of hys fadres in-to mynde in þe siȝt of our Lord, and þe synȝe of his moder be nouȝt don oway.

Hij ben made al-way oȝains our Lord, & peris [her] mynde fram þerþe, for þat he ne had nouȝt in mynde to do mercy,Be þai: perisch+her: —ne.

And pursued þe gode man, þe mesays and þe biggeand, & to sle man prikked in hert.And+he: mysays: beggar.

And he loued waryynge, & it shal come to hym; and he nold nouȝt blisceing, & it shal be don fer fram hym.curssyng: wolde.

And he cloþed wareing as cloþyng, & it entred as water in-to his in-nermast þinges & as oile in his bones.warying: innermast þ.] en|trailes.

Be made to hym as cloþyng, wyþ which he is [couered, & as a girdel, wyþ which he is] euermore girt.Be] He: euerm. girt] couerd & as a girdel with which he is euer gyrd.

Þis þe werk of hem þat bacbiten me to our Lord, & hij þat speken iuel þynges oȝain my soule.

& þou, Lord, do mercy wyþ me for þy name; for þy mercy is mylde.meke.

Deliuer me of iuel; for ich am nedeful & pouer, and myn hert is trubled wyþ-innen me.sturbled.

Ich am don oway as shadowe, whan it boweþ doun, & ich am shaken out as grashoppes.shaken] smyte.

Myn knowes ben sike ledThus MS., for sikelech, siklich? of fastyng, & my flesshe is chaunged for oile.beþ vnfast for fastyng.

And ich am made to hem vpbraidynge; & hij seiȝen me, & styreden her heuedes.reproue: moued.

Ha Lord, my God, helpe me; make me sauf efter þy mercy.O.

And hij shul wyten þat þys his þyn helpe, and þou, Lord, made it.

Hij shul waryen, and þou shalt bliscen; be hii confounded þat arisen oȝains me, & þy seruant shal gladen.cursse: blise.

Ben hij cloþed wyþ shame þat bacbiten me, ben hij couered wyþ confusion as wyþ double cloþyng.

Y shal shryue michel to our Lord in my mouþe, & y shal herien hym amiddes mani,muche.

Þe wichMS. wicked. stode at þe ryȝt-half of þe pouer in gost, þat he made me sauf fram þe pursuand my soule.w.] whych: r.side: fram men pursuyng.

PSALM 109 (110).

Þe Lord, fader of heuen, seid to his sone, my Lord, Sitt þou at my ryȝthalf,r. side.

Þer-whiles þat y sett þyn enemys shamel of þy fete.Corrected from fote.—þat: sh.] þe stole.

Our Lord shal sende fram Syon Marie, þe ȝerde of þy vertu; lord|ship þou in-middes þin enemys.lordsh . . . .inm.] forto haue lordschipe amyddes.

Þe bi-ginynge is wyþ þe in þe daie of þy uertu in shinynges of holy, ymade wyþ me of my pouste to-fore Lucifer.holy+men: power.

Our Lord swore, and it ne shal nouȝt forþenchen hym; þou art prest wyþouten ende efter þe order of Melchisedech.—ne.

Our Lord is at þy ryȝthalf, & he shal for-don kynges in þe daie of his ire.r. side.

He shal iuge in kyndes & fulfillenMS. fulfild. fallinges; he shal crouse in erþe þe wicked dedes of mani.deme: fulfil: schake.

He drank in þe way of þe wille of grace, for-þy he heȝed his heued.wille . . . þy] well of þe well of gr. þer-fore.

PSALM 110 (111).

Lord, y shal shryue to þe in al myn hert in þe conseil & in þe gaderyng of ryȝtful.

Þe werkes of our Lord be grete, soȝt in-to alle his willes.

His werkMS. werkes, but es is dotted out. ys shryf and hereing, &MS. in. his ryȝtfulnes woneþ in þe heuen.werkes(!) is schryft: hery|ing &: —woneþ.

Our Lord piteful & merciful made minde of his wondres; he ȝaf mete to þe doutand hym.to men dredyng.

He shal be biþenchand in þe world of his testament; he shal tellen to his folk þe vertu of his werkes.beþencher of his t. into þe w.

Þat he ȝaf hem heritage of men, þe werkes of his hondes ben soþenisse & iugement.ȝif: soþnes & dome.

Alle hys comaundementȝ ben trew, confermedThe second e corrected from o. in þe worled of world, made in soþenes & euenhede.euenhode.

Our Lord sent raunsoun to his folk, & comaunded hys testament wyþ-outen ende.

His name is holy & dredeful, þe biginnyng of wisdome is dredyng of our Lord.dredyng] drede.

Gode vnderstondynge ys to alle doand [hym]; his hereing woneþ in þe heuens.doyng+him (added over line): herying: in—þe.

PSALM 111 (112).

Blisced be þe man þat douteþ our Lord; he shal wil greteliche in his comaundementȝ.dredeþ.

His sede shal be ryȝtful in erþe; þe kynde of þe ryȝtful shal be blisced.be r.] be miȝtful: be+be.

Glorie & riches ben in his hous, & his ryȝtfulnes woneþ in heuens.Ioie.

Lyȝt hys sprungen in derkenes to þe ryȝtful; merciful & reuful & riȝtful.sprong: reuf.] peteful.

Þat man shal be ioieful þat haþ pite and laneþ & ordeineþ his wordes in iugement, for he ne shal nouȝt be stired wyþ-outen ende.dome: —ne: mouyd.

Þe ryȝtful shal be in mynde euerlastand, & he ne shal nouȝt douten of iuel hereing.MS. herieing.—ne: heryng.

His hert is diȝt to hope in our Lord, & his hert is confermed; & he shal nouȝt be stired to þat he despise his enemis.confirmed: mouyd.

He de-parted, & ȝaf to pouer; is ryȝtfulnes wones in þe heuens, his heued shal be an-heȝed in glorie.woneþ in—þe: ioie.

Þe synȝer shal sen is iuel and be wroþe, and he shal gnaist wyþ his teþ for pynes, and he shal failen of holines; þe desire of þe synȝers shal peris.grynte: paynes: of—þe.

PSALM 112 (113).

Ha ȝe childer, herieþ our Lord, herieþ þe name of our Lord.O.

Be þeMS. he. name of our Lord blisced, nou of þis & vnto heuen.he] þe: nou . . . heuen] fram þis tyme withoute ende.

Þe name of our Lord ys worþshipful fram þe birþe of þe sunneMS. sinȝe. vnto þe going-doun.worschipful: rysyng: sune.

Our Lord is heȝe vp alle men, & his glorie his vp heuens.aboue heuen.

Who is as God, our Lord, þat woneþ on heȝt & loked to þe meke þinges in heuen & in erþe?lokeþ: &—in.

Liftand þe mysays fram þerþe & dressand up þe pouer out of dung,Areryng.

Þat he sett him wyþ princes, wyþ princes of his folk;wiþ þe princes of h. popill.

Þat doþ þe barain moder of childer to wonen in þe hous ioyand.

PSALM 113 (114).

In þe out-going of þe childer of Israel of Egipt, of þe men of Iacob hous [fram] þe strange folk,out-g.] passyng oute: hous+fram.

Iude is made his halwyng, Israel is made his pouste.power.

Þe see saȝe hem, & fled hem; and so his þe flum Iordan [turned] oȝain[ward].oȝain] turned aȝenward.

Hij hedeni e. heiden, heȝeden. þe mounteyns as weþeres, & þe littel hilles as lambren of shepe.Hij . . . m.] þe mountaynes ioed(!): lambren] bombe(!).

Ha þou see, what þyng is to þe, þat tou fleddest, & þou flum Iordan, for þou art turned oȝainward?O: —þyng.

Ha ȝeȝe added over line. childer of Israel, ȝe anheȝed þe mounteyns [as weþeres] and þe littel hulles as lambren of shepe.O: m.+as weþers: lombe.

Þe erþe is stired fram þe face of our Lord, fram þe face of God of Iacob;mouyd: Lorde+&.

Þe which turned þe stone to flodes of waters and þe roche to welles of waters.þe wh. t.] He þat turneþ: flode.

(PSALM 115.) Nouȝt to us, Lord, nouȝt to us; bot ȝif glorie to þy name.

Be we vp þy mercy and vp þy soþenes, þat þe folk ne say nouȝt, Wher is her God?—ne. 3. is+in.

For-soþe our God is [in] heuen; he made al þyng þat he wolde.

Þe ymagerie of men wyþ-outen lawe ben gold and seluer, werkes of mennes hondes.maumetrie.

Hij han mouþe, & hij ne shal nouȝt speken; hij han eȝen, & hij ne shal nouȝt se.—ne: —ne.

Hij han eren, and hij ne shul nouȝtThe words and hij ne shul nouȝt are erroneously dotted out. [heren; hij] han noses, and hij ne shul nouȝt smullen.—ne: I. noȝt+here þai: — ne: smell.

Hij han hondes, & hij ne shul nouȝt fele; hij han fete, & hij ne shul nouȝt gon; hij ne shul nouȝt crien in her þrote.—ne: —ne: —ne: crie with.

Hij þat maken hem be liche to hem, & hij þat affien in hem.be] be þai made: hij þ. aff.] all þat beleueþ.

Þe folk of þe hous of Israel hoped in our Lord; he is her helper & her defendour.—of þe hous.

Þe hous of Aaron hoped in our Lord; he his her helpe[r] & her defendour.h.] folke: helper.

Hij þat dreden our Lord hoped in our Lord, he his her helper & her defendour.in+hym.

Our Lord was þenchand on vs, and blesced us.

He blisced þe folk of Israel, he blesced þe folk of Aaron.blessed: Israel+&: blessed+to.

He blisced alle þat douten our Lord, þe littel wyþ þe mechel.dredeþ.

Cast ourr on erasure. Lord grace vp ȝou, vp ȝou & up ȝour sones.MS. fones.childer.

Blisced be heRead ȝe. god of our Lord, þat made heuen and erþe.ȝe gode.

Þe heuens ȝauen heuen to our Lord, & he ȝaf þerþe to mennes sones.

Þe dampned, Lord, ne shul nouȝt herien þe, ne alle þo þat descenden in-to helle.Lorde þe d.—ne: ne] no.

Bot we þat lyuen, blisce our Lord nou and þanne vnto þe worled.nou . . . ] fram now vnto þe w.

PSALM 114 (116).

Ich loued our Lord; for our Lord shal here þe voice of my praier.

For he bowed his ere to me, & y shal clepe him in mi daies.& in my d. y sch. c. h.

Sorowes of deþ ȝede a-bouȝt me, & þe perils of helle fonde me.þe sorows: ȝede ab.] aclosed (d is corrected from þ): fonde] haþ founde.

Y funde tribulacion & sorowe, & cleped þe name of our Lord.fonde: cl. our Lordis n.

Ha þou Lord, ryȝtful & merciable, deliuer my soule; and our Lord haþ mercy.O.

Our Lord is kepand þe littel; ich am made buxum, & he deliuered me of iuels.

Turne my soule in-to þy reste, for our Lord haþ don wele to me.

For he defended my soule fram deþ, myn eȝen fram teres, myn fete fram slideinge.teres+&.

Y shal pleise to our Lord in þe kyngdom of þe leueand.plese: leuyng.

PSALM 115 (116 continued).

Y byleued þat y spake; ich am for-soþe michel lowed.muche.

Y said in my passing, Ich man is liȝer.

What þyng shal y ȝeue to our Lord for alle þyng þat he haþ ȝeuen to me?—þyng: ȝelde: þinges—þat.

Y shal take þe chalice of helþe & clepe þe name of our Lord.&+y schal.

Y shal ȝelde to our Lord myn vowesMS. bowes. to-fore alle his folk; þe deþ of his holy is precious in þe siȝt of our Lord.vowes: holy+men: in . . . Lord] in his siȝt.

Ha Lord, for þat ich am þy seruauntMS. seruanut. & þe sone of þyn honde|maiden,O Lorde fo (!) y am þi s.+y am þi seruant: honde-mayde.

Þou to-brak myn bondes; y shal sacrefie to þe offrand of hereing, & y shal clepen þe name of our Lord.þou brake: offryng.

Y shal ȝelde vowes to our Lord in þe siȝt of alle his folke, in þe halles of þe hous of our Lord amiddes of Ierusalem.of þe Jerusalem.

PSALM 116 (117).

Ȝe alle folkes, herieþ our Lord; ȝe alle folkes, herieþ hym.

For his mercy is confermed vp us, and þe soþenes of our Lord woneþ wyþ-outen ende.c.] fest.

PSALM 117 (118).

Þe folkes, shriueþ to our Lord, for he his God; for his mercy is in þe worled.Ȝe: in þe w.] with-oute ende.

Saie nov þe folk of Israel, for he his god, for in þe world is his mercy.for our Lord is gode, for his mercye is with-oute ende.

Saie nov þe hous of þe folk of Aaron, for his mercy ys in þe world.folk of þe hous of Aa.: i. þ. w.] with-oute ende.

Saien hij nov þat dreden our Lord, for in þe wor[l]d is his mercy.for his mercy is withoute ende.

Ich cleped our Lord in my tribulacioun, and our Lord herd me in brede.brodnes.

Be our Lord myn helper, & y shal despisen myn enemys.

Gode is to affien in our Lord þan to affien in man.Better is to leue: leue.

Gode is to hopen in our Lord þan to hopen in princes.Better.

Alle folkes wyþ-outen lawe bisett me wyþ iuels, and in þe name of our Lord; for ich am venged in hem.

Þe encumpassand iuels encumpassed me wyþ iuels, and in þe name of our Lord; for ich am venged in hem.Omitted.

Hij encumpassed me asHere of follows, but is expuncted. ben, & brenden as fur in þornes, & in þe name of our Lord; for ich [am] venged in hem.closed: bene &+þay: y+ am.

Ich am putt oȝain & turned oȝain, þat y shuld fallen, & our Lord toke me vp.—2. oȝain.

Our Lord ys my strengþe & myn hereing, & he is made to me in-to helþe.herying.

He is voice of ioie & of helþe in þe tabernacles of ryȝtful.

Þe help of our Lord did vertu, þe helpe of our Lord anheȝed me, þe helpe [of] our Lord did vertu.help] riȝt honde: did] haþ made: h.] riȝt honde: haþ enhied: h.] riȝt honde of: did] haþ made.

Y ne shal noȝt dien, bot y shal liuen & telle þe werkes of our Lord.—ne: but—y schal: &+ schal.

Our Lord chastiand chastied [me], & ne ȝaf me nouȝt to deþ.chastesyng chasted+me: —ne.

Openeþ to me þe ȝates of riȝtfulnes; ich, entred in-to hem, shal shriue to our Lord; þat is þe ȝate of our Lord, þe ryȝtful shul entren þer-inne.þeriȝtful] r. men: inne] þurgȝ.

Y shal shryue to þe, forMS. repeats þe for. þou herd me; & þou art made to me in-to helþe.Y] Lorde, y.

Þe stone which þe biggand reproued, and it is made oȝain þe heuedMS. heried. of þe corner.wh.] þat: þe b.] þai: and it] þat: oȝ. þ. h.] into þe heuyd.

Þis þynge is made of our Lord, and it is wonder-ful in our eȝen.

Þis ys þe daie þat our Lord made; ioie we, glade we in yt.in yt] þer-in.

Ha Lord, make me sauf; ha Lord, be þou wele enprospered; blisced be he þat comeþ in þe name of our Lord.w. enpr.] in well-fare.

We haue blisced ȝou of þe hous of our Lord; God is our Lord, and he shone vnto vs.God . . . vs] & Godd our Lorde liȝtyd to vs.

Stablis þe solempne daie in þikkenesses vnto corner of þe auter.St. þe] Ych ordeyned te a: vnto+þe.

Þou art my God, & y shal shryue to þe; [þou art my God, & y shal an-heȝe þe].þe+þou art my God, & ych schal enhye þe.

Y shal shryue to þe, for þou herd me; and þou art made to me into helþe.

Shriueþ to our Lord, for he his God; for his mercy is in þe world.i. þ. w.] with-oute ende.

PSALM 118 (119). Aleph.Aleph is omitted in MS.

Þe vnfiled in her waie ben blisced, þat gon in þe lawe of our Lord.Þe . . . bl.] Blyssid be þe vnfilde: lawe] way.

Ben hi blesced þat sechen his witnes & sechen hem in alle his hert.Blissyd be þai: her hert.

For hij þat wirchen wickednes, ne ȝede nouȝt in his waies.—ne.

Þou comaunded þy comaundement to ben greteliche kept.sent þi commaundmentes.

God ȝyf þat min waies ben dresced for to kepe þy ryȝtfulnes.Godd wold: —ben.

Þanne shal y nouȝt be confounded, whan ichaue loked in alle þyn comaundementȝ.y schal loke.

Y shal shryue to þe in drescynge of hert, in þat ichaue lerned þe iugementȝ of þy ryȝtfulnes.þat+þat: domes.

Y shal kepe þy ryȝtfulnes; ne forsake me nouȝt in no manere.riȝtfulnesses—ne.

Beth.

In what þynge amendeþ þe ȝenge man his waie in keping þy wordes?ȝonge—man.

Ichaue bi-soȝt þe in alle myn hert, ne putt me nouȝt owaie fram þyne comaundementȝ.—ne.

Ich hidde þy spekynges in myn hert, þat y ne synȝesynȝe on erasure. nouȝt to þe.speches: —ne.

Ha Lord, þou art blisced; teche me þy ryȝtfulnisses.ryȝtfulnes.

Ichaue shewed for-þe in myn lippes alleMS. atte. þe iugementȝ of þy mouþe. all þe domes.

Ich delithed me in þe waie of þy witnisses asMS. twice as. in alle riches.delityd: richesses.

Y shal be haunted in þy comaundement, & y shal sen þyn waies.vsed: commaundmentes.

Y shal be þenchand in þyn ryȝtfulnesses, & y ne shal nouȝt for-ȝete þyn wordes.be vsyd in þi riȝtwysnesses: —ne.

Gymel.

Ha God, ȝif grace to þy seruaunt, & quike me; & y shal kepe þyn wordes.make me qwyk.

Shewe myn eȝen, and y shal kepe þe wondres of þy lawe.

Ich am tilier in erþe, ne hide þou noȝt fram me þyn comaunde|ment.—ne: commaundmentes.

My soule haþ couaited for to desiren þy ryȝtfulnesses in alle time.c.] couayte: ryȝtfulnes.

Þou blamed þe proude; hij ben weried þat bowen fram þyn comaundement.curssed: declineþ: command|mentis.

Do fro me vpbradeing & despite, for ich haue soȝt þyn witnisses.reproue—& despite.

For princes seten and spoken oȝains me; þin seruaunt for-soþe was haunted in þy riȝtynnges.For+soþe: —for-soþe: vsed in riȝtwysnesses.

For myHere þoute follows first, but it is dotted out. þouȝt is þy witnisses, & þy ryȝtfulnisses ben m[i] conseil.mynde: & my conseyle is þi riȝtwysneses(!).

Beleth.

My soule drow to stablenes; quike me efter þy worde.drow] cleuyd: make me quyk.

Ich told myn waies, and þou herdest me; teche me þy ryȝtful|nisses.schewyd.

Teche me þee on erasure. way of þy ryȝtfulnes, and y shal be haunted in þy wondres.ryȝtfulnesses: vsyd.

My soule trembleþ for anguisse; conferme me in þy wordes.trembled: confirme.

Do fro me þe way of wickednes, & haue mercy on me for þy lawe.& of þil. haue mercye on me.

Y chese þe way of þe soþenes, and y ne for-ȝate nouȝt þyn iugementȝ.—ne: domes.

Lord, y droȝ to þyn wittenisses, ne wil þou nouȝt confounde me.droȝ] haue cleuyd: —ne.

Ichaue vrnen þe wai of þy comaundementȝ, as tou enlarged mi hert in godnisse.ȝorne: sprad.

He.

Sett, Lord, lawe to me, way of þyn ryȝtynges, & y shal euer seche it.way] þe lawe: riȝt|wysnesses.

Ȝif me vnderstondyng; and y shal seche þy lawe & kepe it in alle myn hert.kepe] y schal kepe.

Lade me in þe bi-stiȝe of þy comaundement, for ich wold it.paþe: commaundmentȝ.

Bowe myn hert into þy witnisses, & nouȝt in-to auarice.

Turne owai myn eȝen, þat yi.e. hy=Latin ei. ne se no uanites; quik me in þyHere name follows, but is expuncted and struck out. waie.y ne] þai: make me qwyk.

Stablisce to þy seruant þy worde in þy drede.Sett.

Schre[d] owai my reproce, þat ich haue in suspeccioun; for þyn iugementȝ ben ioiful.Cutt away my reproue: sus|pecyon: domes.

Se, ich couaited þy comaundementȝ; quike me in þin euennisse.Lo: couayte: make me qwyk.

Vau.MS. Paau.

& cum þy mercy, Lord, vp me, þyn helþe efter þy spekynge.

And y shal answere to þe reprouaund to me word, for ich hoped in þy wordes.wordes] worders.

And ne do þou noȝt out of my mouþe worde of soþenes in non maner, for ich hoped in þin iugement.—ne: domes.

And y shal kepe þy lawe euer more in þe world and in þe heuen.into þe w. & in h.

And ich ȝede in brede, for ichaue souȝt þyn comaundementȝ.

And y spake of þin witnes in syȝt of kynges, & y ne was nouȝt confounded. witnesses: —ne.

And y shal þenchen in þin comaundementȝ, which y loued.wh.] þat.

Y ne lefted myn hondes to þy comaundementȝ, þat y loued; and y shal be haunted in þy riȝtinges.& y lift+vp: vsed: riȝtful|nesses.

Zai.

Be þo biþenchand on þy worde to þy seruaunt, in which þou ȝaf me hope.þou: in+þe: me h.] hope to me.

Þis hope conforted me in my meknes, for þi spekyng quikened me.speche made me qwyk.

Þe proude deden iuel on ich a side; y for-soþe ne bowed nouȝt fram þy lawe.iuel . . . side] wickydlych on ech syde &: —ne.

Ich was, Lord, biþenchand on þy iugementȝ of þe world, & ich [am] conforted.Lorde y was: domes: y am conforde.

Defaut held me for þe synȝers for-sakand þi lawe.

Þy riȝtinges were songelich to me instede of my pilgrimage.riȝtfulnesses were praysable: in þe st.

Ich was, Lord, bi-þenchand of þy name in þe niȝt, & ich kept þy lawe.Lord y was.

Þy[s] lawe is made to me, for þat y soȝt þyn riȝtinges.þy] þis: riȝtfulnesses.

Beth.

Ha Lord, myn porcioun, y seid to kepen þy lawe.Ha . . . seid] Lorde y sayde is (!).

Ich bi-þouȝt þy face in alle min hert; haue mercy on me efter þy worde.

Ich bi-þouȝt myn waies, and turned my fet into þy witnesses.

Ich am made redy; & y nam nouȝt ytroubled, þat y kepe þy comandementȝ.am noȝt made sturbled (u added over the line).

Þe wickednisses of sinȝers enbraceden me, & y ne for-ȝate nouȝt þy law.enbr.] haþ enclosed: —ne.

Ich ros vp at midniȝt to shriue to þe vp þe iugement of þy riȝtinge.domes: riȝtwysnes.

Ich am partener of alle þe dredand þe & kepand þy comaundementȝ.partyner: all men dredyng.

Þerþe, Lord, is ful of þy mercy; teche me þin ryȝtinges.Lorde þe erþe: riȝtwysnesses.

Teth.

Lord, þou didest godenes wiþ þy seruaunt efter þy worde.efter] ef(!).

Teche me godenes, discipline, and cuningeMS. tuninge.; for ich bileued in þy comaundement.d.] lore: cunnyng: com|maundmentȝ.

Y trespassed to-forn þat y was lowed; for-þy y kept þy worde.þer-for.

Þou art gode; & teche in þy godenes þyn ryȝtynges.& þig. teche me þiriȝtwysnes.

Þe wicked[nes] of prideShould be prude, proude. is multiplied up me; y shal seche for|soþe in alle myn hert þyn comaundementȝ.wickydnes of proude+men: for-soþe y schal seche.

Her hert is runnen to-gideres as milk, ich for-soþe soȝt þy lawe.ȝorne to-gider: for-soþe y had in mynde þi l.

Gode þing it is to me, þat þou lowedest me, þat ich lerne þy riȝtinges.—it: made me meke: riȝt|wysnesses.

Gode þyng ys to me þe lawe of þy mouþe vp a þousand talens of seluer & gold.talentes: &+of.

Loth.

Þyn hondes made me, & fourmed me; ȝeue me vnderstondynge, þat ich lern þyn comaundementȝ.

Hij þat dreden þe shul sen me & gladen, for ich vp hoped in þy wordes.drede me(!): se þe: —vp.

Ich knew, Lord, þat þyn iugement ben euenhede, & þou lowedest me in þy soþnes. domes: euennes: in þi s. þou made me meke.

Be þy mercy made þat it conforted me; be it made to þy seruaunt efter þy worde.conforte.

Cum to me þyn mercies, & y shal liue; for þy lawe is my þenching.þi m. to me: mynde.

Ben þeMS. þy. proude confounded, for hij diden wickednes in me wyþ wrong; y for soþe shal be haunted in þy comaundementȝ.þy pr.] proude men: haue do w. wrongfulich aȝens me, f. s. y was vsyd.

Be þe dredand þe turned to me, & hij þat knowen þy witnes.þe dr.] men dredyng: knew.

Be myn hert made vnfiled inMS. in in. þy riȝtinges, þat ich ne be nouȝt confounded.riȝtfulnesses: —ne.

Chap.

My soule failed in þin helþe, & ich hoped in þi worde.

Min eȝen faileden in þy worde, saiand, Whan shal tou conforten me?

For ich am made as way in rimfrost; y ne haue nouȝt forȝeten þy riȝtinges.as+a: horefrost: —ne: riȝtfulnesses.

Hou mani ben þe daies of þi seruaunt? whan shalt tou make iugement of þe pursuand me?

Þe wicked telden me tales, ac nouȝt as þi law.told: bot.

Alle þyn comaundementȝ ben soþnes; þe wicked pursued me, helpe þou me.—þou.

Hij hadden nere honde casten me in erþe, for-soþe y ne for-soke nouȝt þin comaundement.nere .. me] neȝ hendyd me by a lytil: —ne: commaundmentȝ.

Quike me efter þy mercy, & y shal kepe þe wittnisses of þi mouþe.Make me qwyk.

Lameth.

Lord, þi worde dwelleþ wyþ-outen ende in heuen.woneþ.

Þy soþnes is in kinde & kinde; þou founded þerþe, & it dwelleþ.made.

Þe daie lasteþ þurȝ þin ordinaunce, for alle þinges seruen to þe.

Bot þat þy lawe is mi þouȝt, þan peraunter ich had perissed in my lowenisse.þat] if: is] be: mynde: mekenes.

Y ne shal nouȝt for-ȝete þin riȝttinges wyþ-outen ende, for þou quiked me in hem.—ne: riȝtfulnesses—w. o. ende: in hem þou hastmade me qwyk.

Ich am þy; make me sauf, for ichaue soȝt þi ryȝtinges.riȝtwysnes.

Sinȝers abiden me, þat hij shuld destruen me; ichaue vnderstonden þy witnesses.ab.] haue byde: witnes.

Ich seiȝe þe endeing of alle fulfilling, [þi comaundement is much large].ende: fulf.+þi commaund|ment is much large.

Mem.MS. Oren.

Hou, Lord, loued ich þy lawe? al dai it is my þouȝt.Lorde how.

Þou madest me quainte vp myn enemis to þi comaundement, for it is to me wiþ-outen ende.qu.] wys.

Ich vnderstode vp alle techand me; for ich þouȝt þin witnisses bene corrected from o. mi þouȝt.all+men: witnes is: mynde.

Ich vnderstode vp þe olde, for ich soȝt þin comaundement.vp olde men: commaund|mentȝ.

Ich defended miMS. ni. fete fram ich iuel way, þat ich kepe þin wordes.my.

Y ne bowed nouȝt fram þin iugement, for þou sett lawe to me.—ne: domes.

Ful swete ben þi wordes to mi cheke, more þan huniMS. hi mi. to my mouþe.chekes: hony.

Ich vnderstode witt of þy comaundement, for-þi ich hated ich way of wickednes.commaundmentes.

Nun.

Þy worde is lanterne to mi fete & liȝt to my bisties.paþes.

Ich swore & stablist to kepe þe iugementȝ of þy riȝtfulnes.sett: domes.

Ich am lowed on ich half; quicke me efter þyn worde.syde, make (—me) qwyk.

Make, Lord, þe wilful þinges of mi mouþe in gode plesaunce, & teche me þin iugement. domes.

My soule is alway in myn hondes, &y ne haue nouȝt for-ȝeten þi lawe.—ne.

Sinȝers laiden gnare to me, and y ne erred nouȝt for þy comaundementȝ.gn.] þe grynne: —ne: for] of.

Ichaue purchased wyþ-outen ende þin witnesses in heritage, for hij ben þe ioie of min hert.Hauey gete: witnes—in h.: ioying.

Ich bowed min hert to do þy riȝtinges wyþ-outen ende for mede.riȝtwysnesses (t added over line.

Samec.

Ich hade þe wicked in hateing, & ich loued þi lawe.hate.

Þou art min helper & mi taker, & ich hoped in þi worde.

Ha ȝe wicked, boweþMS. loweþ. fram me, and y shal se chen þe comaunde|ment of my God.l.] goþ: hestes.

Take me efter þy worde, and y shal leuen; & ne confounde me nouȝt fram myn abidyng.—ne.

Helpe me, & y shal be sauf; & y shal euermore þenchen in þy riȝtinges.riȝtwysnesses.

Þou despised alle þe descendand fram þin iugementȝ; for her þouȝt is wrongful.all men departyng: domes.

Ich told alle þe sinȝers of erþe for-fetand; for-þy loued ich þy wittnesses.t.] held: of+þe: trespass|yng þer-for y loue.

Feche my flesshes in þi drede, for y was agaist of þy iugementȝ.Styk: agaste: domes.

Aym.

Ich did iugement & riȝt, ne ȝif me nouȝt to þe chalangand me.dome: —ne: þe] men.

Take vp þi seruaunt in gode, þat þe proude ne chalenge me nouȝt.—ne.

Min eȝen faileden in þin helþe & in þe worde of þi riȝt.

Do wyþ þy seruaunt efter þy mercy, & teche me þi riȝtinges.riȝtfulnesses.

Ich am þi seruaunt; ȝif to me vnderstondynge, þat ich cunne þi witnesses.

Lord, it is time to do wreche, þe wicked han wasted þi lawe.Lor.

For-þi loue ich þi comaundement vp gold & topaz.þer-for y louyd þi hestes aboue.

For-þi was ich dresced to þi comaundement, & ichad alle iuel way in hatynge.to+all: commaundmentȝ: y had: hate.

Phe.

Ha Lord, wonderful ben þin witnesses; for-þi my soule soȝt hem.

Þe shewynge of þin wordes aliȝteþ me, & ȝeueþ vnderstondyng to litel.liȝteþ: ȝif.

Ich opened my mouþe, & droȝe þe gost, for þat ich desired þi comaundementȝ.—þat.

Loke in me, & haue mercy on me efter þe iugementȝ of him þat louen þi name.in] to: dome.

Dresce min goinges efter þi worde, & al vnriȝt-fulnes ne lord-ship me nouȝt.ne . . . nouȝt] haue noȝt lord|schip on me.

Raunsoun me fram þe chalanges of men, þat ich kepe þin comaundementȝ.

Liȝt þi face vp þi seruant, & teche me þy riȝtinges.me+vp: riȝtwysnesses.

Myn eȝen ladden outgoinges of waters, for þat hij kepten þi lawe.ladd oute vschus.

Sade.No heading and no paragraph in the MS.

Lord, þou art riȝtful, & þi iugementȝ is riȝtful.dome.

Þou sendest riȝtfulnesses þin wittnesses & þi soþenes greteliche.sentest: ryȝtfulnes.

Mi loue made me to quaken, for þyn enemis forȝaten þin wordes.

Þy worde is michel aliȝted, and þin seruaunt loued it.muche.

Ich am hongeRead ȝonge. & despised, and y ne haue nouȝt for-ȝeten þin riȝtinges. ȝong: —ne: riȝtwysnesses.

Þy riȝt, Lord, is riȝt wyþ-outen ende, & þi lawe is soþenes.

Tribulacioun and anguis founden me; my þouȝt is þi comaundement.commaundentȝ.

Þi witnesses ben euenhede wyþ-outen ende; ȝif me vnderstondynge, and y shal lyuen.euenhode.

Ceph.

Ich cried in alle myn hert; Lord, her me, y shal sechen þy riȝtinges.riȝtwysnesses.

Ich cried to þe; make me sauf, þat ich kepe þin comaundement.commaundmentȝ.

Ich com for-þe in melshede & cried, & ich hoped in þyn worde.melschhode.

Min eȝen com to-fore to þe in þe morwening, þat ich þouȝt þin wordes.mornyng: þoȝt+in.

Here my voice, Lord, efter þy mercy, and quick me after þy iugement.make me qwyk: dome.

Þe persuand me drowen to wickednesse; hij for soþe ben made fer fram þy lawe.pursuing: f. s. þai.

Lord, þou art neȝe, & alle þin waies ben soþenes.

Ich knew fram þe bigynnyng of þi wittnesses, for þou fonded hem wyþ-outen ende.foundid.

Res.

Se my mekenisse, & defende me fram iuel; for y ne for-ȝate nouȝt þy lawe.MS. sawe, with a round s.—ne: sawe] lawe.

Iuge my iugement, & bigge me oȝain, & quike me for þi worde.Deme my dome: make me qwyke.

Helþe his fer fram sinȝers, for hij ne souȝt nouȝt þy riȝtfulnesses.—ne: ryȝtfulnes.

Lord, þy mercius ben mani; quikeMS. quiken, but n is expuncted. me efter þy iugement.make me qwyk: dome.

Mani þer ben þat pursuen me; y ne bowe[d] nouȝt fram þy witnes.—ne: bowed: witnesses.

Ich seiȝe þe forfetours, & ich quaked, for þat hij ne kep nouȝt þy wordes.se men trespassyng: —ne: kepide.

Se, Lord, for ich loued þin comaundementȝ; quike me in þy mercy.make me qwyk.

Þe by-ginnyng of þy wordes is soþ; so ben wiþ-outen ende alle þe iugementȝ of þy riȝtfulnisse.soþ . . . ende] soþnes with|oute ende so beþ: domes: ryȝtful|nesses.

Syn.

Princes pursued me wyþ wille, & myn hert dradde of þin wordes.w.w.] wilfullych: dred.

Y shal glade vp þi wordes, as he þat findeþ many spolinges.spoiles.

Ichade wickednisse in hateinge, and ich loþed it, & loued þy lawe.Y had: hate.

Ich seid hereingeThe second e is corrected from i. to þe seuen siþes on þe daie vp þe iugement of þi riȝt.herying: on þe d.] a day: dome.

Muchel pes is to þe louand þy lawe, & sclaunder nis nouȝt to hem.Much: þe] men: is.

Ich abode, Lord, þin helþe, and ich loued þin comaundementȝ.ab.] ha bode.

My soule kept þi witnesses, & ich loued hem greteliche.

Ich kept þy comaundementȝ & þi witnisses, for alle my waies ben in þy siȝt.

Thau.

Cum, Lord, my praier in þysiȝt; ȝif me vnder-stondynge efterþy worde.Lorde cum; in] nere.

Latin and English omitted.Entre my askyng in þi siȝt, & deliuer me efter þi worde.

My lippes shul shewe songe, whan þou hast tauȝt me þy riȝtinges.riȝtwysnesses.

My tunge shal putt forþe þy worde, for al þy comaundementȝ benþy] þ (!): euennes. euenhede.Preceded by euende, which is dotted out.

Ben þin honde made þat it saue me, for þatich loued þy comaundementȝ.

Lord, ich loued þin helþe, & þy lawe is my þouȝt.

My soule shal lyuen & herien þe, & þi iugementȝ shal helpe me. sh. l.] leuyþ: &it schal hery: domes.

Ich erredMS. Icherred. as a shepe þat perissed; seche, Lord, þy seruant, for y ne forȝate noȝt þy comaundement.—ne: commaundmentȝ.

PSALM 119 (120).

Ich cried to our Lord, as ich was trubled, & he herd me.when: sturbled.

Lord, deliuer my soule fram þe wicked lippes & fram þe trecherous tunge.þe tr.] trichourus.

What þinge be ȝeuen to þe? oþer what be sett to þe trecherous tunge?or what þing is sett to þe to a trichorours tung.

Sharpe arwen of þe miȝtful wyþ coles dis-confortables.myȝty: disconfortable.

Alas to me; for my dwellynge is proloyngned; ichich is added over the line. woned wiþ þe woniand of Cedar, my soule was tilier michel.proloyned: with men wonnyng atte Cedar+&.

Ich whas peisible wyþ hem þat hateden pes; as y spak to hem, hij smiten me wyþ wille.pesable: when: smote.

PSALM 120 (121).

Ich lifted myn eȝen to þe heuens, whennes helpe com to me.lift+vp: fram whens: schal cum.

Myn helpe is of our Lord, þat made heuen and erþe.

Ha þou gode man, þat God þat kepeþ þe ne ȝif nouȝt þy fote in stirynge, ne he ne shal nouȝt refusen hem.O: —ne: in st. ne] or strengþ into mouyng & he: —ne: hem] þe.

Our Lord kepeþ þe, & our Lord is þy fendour vp þi riȝt honde.f.] defendyng

Brynynge of vice ne shal nouȝt brulen þe bi daie, ne enticement bi niȝt.Brennyng: vices: —ne: bren: ne] no.

Our Lord kepeþ þe fram alle iuels; our Lord kepe þi soule.euyll.

Our Lord kepe þin entre and þin yssu fram þis nov vnto þe world.oute-goyng fram þis tyme now+&.

PSALM 121 (122).

Ich am gladed in þe þynges þat ben yseid to me; we shul go into þe hous of our Lord.glade: þe] þi.

Ha þou heuen, our fete wer stondand in þin halles, whan we do wele.O: dyd gode.

Þe heuen þat is edefied as cite, of wham takyng part is in þat ich þing.as+a.

For þider mounted þe kyndesCorrected from kynges by another scribe. of kindes of our Lord, þe witnesse of þe childer of Israel, to shriue to þe name of our Lord.come: kyndes of þe kynde: knowlege.

For þat satten þe chosen in iugement, þe chosen vp þe folk of þe hous of Dauid.þat] þer: dome: vp] of.

Ha ȝe heuens, askeþ þinges þat ben in pes, & wexing be to þe louandMS. louauand. þe.O: in] to: encresyng: to men louyng þe.

Be pes made in þy vertu & wexing in þy miȝtes.encresyng: toures or miȝtes.

Translation omitted.For my breþer & my neȝpurs y spake pees of þe.

For þe houus of God, our Lord, y soȝt godes to þe.of our Lorde Godd y gate.

PSALM 122 (123).

Þou þat wonest in þe heuens, ich lifte myn eȝen to þe.in—þe: eȝe.

Se, as þe eȝen of þe seruauntes ben in þe hondes of her lordes;

As þe eȝen of þe hondemaiden ben in The MS. has þeȝen instead of þe hondes.þe hondesThe MS. has þeȝen instead of þe hondes. of þe ladi, so ben our eȝen to God, þer whiles þat he haue merci on vs.& as: þeȝen] þe hondes: þe] her: þ. w. þ.] to tyme.

Ha mercy on vs, Lord, haue merci [on] us, for we ben michel fulfild of despite.Ha] Haue: +on: much.

For þat our soule is greteliche fulfild wyþ synȝes, reprucynge be to þe wexyng & despite to þe proude.—þat: much: of syn: encresyng.

PSALM 123 (124).

Bot ȝif our Lord were in vs, sai nou þe folk of Israel, bot ȝif God were in us:

As men arisen oȝains vs, peraunter hij hadden deuoured vs al quike. As] Whem (!): ros.

As her wodeship was wroþe oȝains us, water peraunter hade swolwed vs.When: peraunter water: deuourd.

Our soule passed trauail; perchaunce our soule had passed peine þat maie nouȝt be suffred.peraunter.

Blisced be our Lord, þat MS. þat þat. ne ȝaf vs nauȝt in takyng to her teþe.þat—þat ne.

Our soule is defended as þe sparowe fram þe gnare of þe fouler.deliuerd as a sp.: gryn.

Þe trappe of þe fend is to-broke wyþ þe deþ of Crist, & we ben deliuered fro dampnacioun.gryn: fendeȝ: wyþ] by.

Our helpe is in þe name of our Lord, þat made heuen and erþe.

PSALM 124 (125).

Hij þat affien hem in our Lord, as þe folk of Syon, ben gode; ne he þat woneþ in heuen ne shalt nouȝt be stired wiþ-outen ende.ne he] & he: —ne: schal: mouyd.

Þe ioies ben in his cumpas, & our Lord is in þe cumpas of his folk fram nou & into heuen.—1. þe: & i. h.] with-oute ende.

For our Lord ne shal nouȝt for-sake þe penaunce of þe sinȝer[s] vp þe lot of þe riȝtful, þat þe riȝtful ne shewe nouȝt her hondes to wickednes.—ne: of synners: ne sh.] sprede.

Do wele, Lord, to þe gode & riȝtful of hert.

Our Lord shal laden þe bowand fram gode in-to bindeing wyþ þe wircheand wickednes; pes be vp þe folk of Israel.Our] For-soþe our: þe b.] men declynyng.

PSALM 125 (126).

We ben made as conforted, our Lord turnand chaitifs of þe folk of Syon.—as: c.+to: turnand ch.] was in turnyng þe wrechidnes.

Þan is our mouþe fulfild of ioie, & our tunge in gladenes.

Þan shul hij saien a-monge men: Our Lord heried to do wyþ hem mercy.

Our Lord heried to do wyþ us, so be we made ioiand.gladyng.

Lord, wil þou turne our chaitifnes, as þi grace is in heuen.willtow: wrechydnes.

Hij þat repenten her sinȝes in teres, hij shul liuen in heuen wiþ ioie.

Þe dyand ȝede out of þe world & wept, sendand her dedes.wepe.

And hij comaund in-to heuen shul cum wyþ ioie, berand to God her honours.cumyng.

PSALM 126 (127).

Bot ȝif ȝour Lord haue bigged þe hous in vain, hij trauaileden þat it sett.ȝour] our: b.] made: s.] made.

Bot ȝif our Lord haue kept þe cite, he þat kepeþ it wakeþ al on idel.on] in.

Ydel þing it is to ȝou for to arisen to-fore liȝt; ȝe þat han don dedelich sinȝe, ariseþ, sen þat ȝe han made dwelling.Vayne: sen þat] seþ: tarying.

Ȝe childer, marchaundis & frut of þe wombe, seþ þe heritage of our Lord, whan he had ȝeuen reste to his loued.Seþ he haþ ȝif rest to his louyd, lo, ȝe childer, þe h. of our Lorde is marchandys of þe frute of þe w.

As arwen ben in þe honde of þe miȝtful, so ben þe sones of þe smiten.

Blisced be þe man þat fulfild his desire of hem; he ne shal nouȝt be confounded, as he shal speken to his enemis in þe ȝate of Paradis.—ne: when.

PSALM 127 (128).

Blisced ben hij al þat dreden our Lord, þe which þat gon in his waies.þe wh.] &.

Ha þou man, þou art blisced, & wele þe shal be, for þou shalt eten þe trauailes of þin hondes.O—þou.

Þy wyf shal be as a vine wexand in þe sides of þyn hous. wexyng vine.

Þy childer shul ben as braunches of oliues a-bout þy table.

Se, þus shal þe man be blisced þat dredeþ our Lord.Lo: schalt.

Þe Lord of þe folk of Syon blisce þe, þat tou se þe godes of heuen alle þe daies of þy lif;

Þat tou se þe sone[s] of þi sones, pes vp þe childer of Israel.sone] sonnes.

PSALM 128 (129).

Þe wicked foeten oftȝ oȝains me fram my ȝengþe, cai nou þe folk of Israel.faȝt oft: ȝongþ.

Þe wicked foȝten oft oȝains me fram my ȝouþe, for hij ne miȝten nouȝt to me.faȝt: ȝongþe: —ne.

Þe synȝers forgeden folies vp my rigge, & hij proloined her wickednes.wroȝt.

Our Lord riȝtful shal keruen þe haterels of þe sinȝers; ben hij alle confounded & turned þat hateden þe folk of Syon.Our r. L.: hateþ.

Ben hij made as hai of houses þat dried, ar þat it be drawen vp;

Of which he þat shal repen, ne fild nouȝt his honde, ne he his bosme þat shal gader þe honde-fouls.Of+þe: ne fild] fil: ne he] no: —þe: hanfuls.

And hij þat passeden ne saiden nouȝt, Þe blisceing of our Lord be vp ȝou, [we blisced ȝou] in þe name of our Lord.—ne: ȝou+we blys ȝou.

PSALM 129 (130).

Ich cried, Lord, to þe for þe depe; Lord, here my uoice.Lord y cryd.

Ben þin eres made vnder-stondand to þe voice of mi praier.

Lord, ȝif þou hast kept wickednes, Lord, who shal holde hem vp?hast k.] schalt kepe.

For help is to þe, & ich susteined þe, Lorde, for þy lawe.to] at.

My soule helde vp gode in hishi on erasure. worde, my soule hoped in our Lord.h. vp] susteyned.

Hope þe folk of Israel in our Lord fram þe mornynge kepinge vn-to þe niȝt.m. vnto þe euen kepyng.

For merci is at our Lord, & at him is plentiuose raunsoun.plenteous.

And he shal raunsoun þe folk of Israel fram alle her wickednes.wykkydnesses.

PSALM 130 (131).

Lord, myn hert nis nouȝt anheȝed, ne min eȝen ne ben noȝt born on heȝe.is: ne] no: —ne: b.o.h.] proude.

Ne ich ne ȝede nouȝt in grete þinges, ne in wonderful þinges vp me.No ych ȝode: I. in] in, written over amonge, which is expuncted: ne] no.

Ȝif y ne feld nouȝt lowelich, bot haue heȝed mi soule:ne feld] fred: bot+y.

As þe souking is vp his moder, so is ȝeldyng in my soule.reward.

Hope þe folk of Israel in our Lord, nou fram þis time and to þe heuens.nou . . . h.] fram now withoute ende.

PSALM 131 (132).

Bi-þenche þe, Louerd, of Dauid & of alle his mildenes.Lord: mekenes.

As he swore to our Lord, he avowed voweMS. abowed bowe. to þe God of Iacob.wouyd a wou.

Ȝif ichaue entred in-to þe tabernacle of mi hous, ȝifHere follows ich ȝa, but is expuncted. ichaue went vp into þe bedde of myn apparaile;

Ȝif ichaue ȝeuen sleping to myn eȝen & slomeringe to myn eȝen-liddes,

And rest to my tymes, þer-whiles þat ich finde stede to our Lord, tabernacle to God of Iacob:þ. w. þ.] to (!): Lorde+& a.

Se, we herd it in Effrata, we finde it in þe heuen.Lo: fonde.

We shul entre in-to þe tabernacle of God, & we shul anouren in þe stede, þer his fete stode.honour.

Arise, Lord, in-to þi rest, þou & þe houche of [þin] halwing.huche of+þi.

Þyn prestes ben cladde wiþ riȝt-fulnisses, & glade þin holi.cloþd: ryȝtfulnes.

Ne turne nouȝt þe face of þi prest anoint wiþ creme for Dauid, [þi] seruant.—ne: anoyt: D.+þi.

Our Lord swore to Dauid soþenes, & he ne shal nouȝt deceiue him; y shal laie vp þi sege of þe frut of þi wombe.—ne: dissayue: sett: sete.

Ȝif þi childer haue kept mi testament & miThe MS. has þi testament & þi w. witnesses, þo þinges þat y shal teche hem,kepyd my (corrected from þi) t. & my (corrected from þi) witnes & þes þinges.

Her childer shul siten vp þi sete vn-to þe world.Her] & her: vnto þe w. sch. syt vp þ. s.

For our Lord ches þe folk of Syon, he ches hem in-to wonyng to him.

Þis wonyng is rest to me in heuen, her shal ich wone, for iches it.is my rest: y schal.

Ich blisceand shal blisce his widowe, y shal fulfil his pouer of loues.MS. leues.loues.

Y shal cloþen his prestes wiþ helþe, & his holi shul gladen [wyþ] ioie.glade+with.

ÞerInstead of þer, the MS. has a y. shal y bringe forþe þe power of Dauid; and y made rady þe laterne to mi preste anoint wyþ creme.Y schal—y: forþe+þeder: anoyte.

Y shal cloþe his enemis wiþ confusioun; myn halweing for-soþe shal florissen vp hym.holynes.

PSALM 132 (133).

Se, hou gode & hou ioiful þing it is, breþer to wonen in on;Lo: ioyful — þing: breþeren.

As onement in þe heued, þat falleþ into þe berde, þe berde of Aaron;vnement.

Þe which fel in-to þe hemme of his cloþinge, as dew of Hermon þat fel in þe mounteine of Syon.lappe of (of is wrongly dotted out) hym (dotted out) his cl.: falleþ into þe hill.

For our Lord sent þider his blisceinge, and lif vnto þe heuen.v. þ. h.] with ende (!).

PSALM 133 (134).

Ha ȝe alle seruantes of our Lord, seþ, blisceþ our Lord nou.—seþ.

HeRead ȝe. þat stonde in þe hous of our Lord, in þe halles of our Goddes hous,He] Ȝe: Lorde+&: of þe hous of our Godd.

Heȝeþ your hondes bi niȝtes in-to holi þinges, & blisceþ our Lord.Hold vp.

Our Lord blisced þe, Marie of Syon, þat made heuene & erþe.blyss.

PSALM 134 (135).

Ha ȝe seruauntȝ, herieþ our Lord, herieþ þe name of our Lord.Lorde+&.

Ȝe þat stonde in þe hous of our Lord, in þe halles of þe hous of our Lord,Lorde+&.

Herieþ our Lord, for he is gode; singeþ to his name, for it is milde.meke.

For our Lord ches Iacob to him, Israel to him in possessioun.& Israel.

For ich knew þat our Lord is gret, and our God is to-fore alle goddes.First d added over line.

Our Lord made alle þinges þat he wolde, in heuen & in erþe, in see and in halle depenisses.MS. dennnsses, of which the first e is dotted out.all depenesses.

He his ladand out cloudes of þe last ende of þerþe, & he made liȝtinges in raine.lad.] brynging: ottermast endes: into.

Þe which þat putteþ forþe þe windes of his tresour, þo which smote þe first borne of Egipt fram man vnto beste,— þat: tresours + &: þe: borne] beȝetyng.

And sett his to-knes & his wondres in-middes of þe Egipt, oȝayn Pharaon his seruauntes;& he sent: of — þe: Pharo+&.

Þe which smote mani folkes, & sloȝe stronge kynges,folke: —kynges.

Seon, kyngFollowed by an a, which is expuncted. of Amorreux,Amoreour.

And Og,Followed by an h, which is dotted out. kyng of Basan,

And alle þe kyngdomes of Chanaan.

And he ȝaf her [londe] heritage, into heritage to his folk of Israel.her+londe.

Lord, þy name is wyþ-outen ende, þi minde is in kynde and in-to kinde.fram k. into k.

For our Lord shal iuggen his folk and praie for his seruauntes.deme.

ÞeMS. ye. y-magerie of men ben seluer & gold, werkes of mennes hondes.þe.

Hij han mouþe, and hij ne shul nouȝt speken; hij han eȝen, and ne shul nouȝt sen.—ne: ne] þai.

HijMS. Hij hij. han eren, and hij ne shul nouȝt heren; and no gost is in her mouþe.—ne: and no g. is] no for|soþe þer is no goste.

Hij þat maken hem be made lich to hem, and alle þat affienie on erasure. in hem.Hij . . . made] Be þai þat make hem: leueþ.

Ha heRead ȝe. folk of Israel, blisceþ our Lord; ha ȝe folk of Aaron, blisceþ our Lord.he] ȝe: ha] and.

Þe folke of Leui, blisceþ our Lord; ȝe þat douteþ our Lord, blisceþ our Lord.Þe] Ȝe: Lorde+&: drede.

Blisced be our Lord of þe folkThe flourish at the k is different from the usual one, as, instead of form|ing a loop, it simply goes downward similar to a long comma. of Syon þat woneþ in heuen.

PSALM 135 (136).

Shriueþ to our Lord, for he is god, for hysy corrected from e. merci is in þe world.i. þ. w.] with oute ende.

Shriueþ to þe God of goddes;

Shriueþ to þe Lord of lordes;

Þe which bi him on deþon deþ on erasure. grete wondres;bi . . . deþ] allon doþ many.

Þe which made þe heuens in vnder-stondinge;The English of this verse and the Latin of this as well as of the next verse is written on a long erasure.into.

Þe which fastened þerþe vp waters;vp+þe.

Þe which made grete liȝtes,

Þe sonne in-to þe miȝt of þe dai,power.

Þe mone and þe sterres in-to miȝt of þe niȝt;into þe power.

Þe which smote Egipt wyþ her first biȝeten.byȝetyngȝ.

Þe which lad out þe childer of Israel fram amiddes hem,

In myȝt-ful hondeMS. myȝt fulbonde. and heȝe arme;Then v. 10-12 are repeated, thus: þe which smete Egipte wyþ her fir[st] biȝeten. Þe which lad out (MS. ladent) þe childer of Israel fram amiddes hem. Smiȝt (!) fulhonde & heȝe arme.honde & hie power.

Þe wiche departed þe Reed See in departynges;deuysions.

Þe wichewicked, MS. lad þe folk of Israel þurȝ-out it;þe whych ladd+oute: by amiddes it.

Þe which smote Pharaon and his vertuȝ in þe ReedSecond e added over line. See;and] in.

Þe which lad his folk þourȝ desert;

Þe which smote grete kinges,

And sloȝe stal-worþ kinges,strong.

Seon, kynge of Amorreux,S.+þe: Amoreneȝ.

And Og,MS. h og (h expuncted). kyng of Basan,Ogg+þe.

And alle þe kyngdoms of Chanaan.

And he ȝaf her londe heritage,

Heritage to Israel, his seruaunt.

Þe which was bi-þenchand on us in our mekenes,biþ.] þenchyng.

And raunsouned vs fram our enemis;A. r.] þe which raunson.

Þe which ȝeueþ mete to ich flesshe.

Shriueþ to þe God of heuen;Schryue ȝou to—þe.

Shriueþ to þe Lord of lordes;Schryue+ȝow.

For inin added over line. þe world is his mercy.Fo. h. m. is with-oute ende.

PSALM 136 (138).

Y shal shriue, Lord, to þe in alle myn hert, for þou herdest þe worde of my mouþe.Lorde y sch. schr.: wordes.

Y shal singe to þe in þe siȝt of aungels, & y shal anoure þe to þin holi temple, & ich shal shriue to þi name,honour: name] holy name.

Vp þi merci & þi soþenes; for þou heried þin holi name vp alle þinge.aboue.

In whiche daie þat ichaue cleped þe, her me; þou shalt multiplien vertu in my soule.what: y schal clepe: me+&.

Shriue, Lord, to þe alle þe kinges of erþe; for hij harden alle þe wordes of þi mouþe;Lord, all þe k. of þe e. schryue to þe: my.

Þat hij singe in þe waies of our Lord, for þe glorie of our Lord is grete.way: ioie.

For our Lord is heȝe; & he lokeþ þe lowe þinges, & knoweþ þe heȝe þinges fram fer.seþ.

Ȝif ich haue gon amiddes of [my] tribulacion, þou shalt quike me; & þou sheweþ þin honde vp þe wraþe of min enemis; þi miȝt made me sauf.of+my: mak me qwyke: sheweþ] spredest.

Our Lord shal ȝelden for me; þi merci, Lord, [is] in þe world; ne despise þe werkes of þin hondes.in] is in: ne desp.] desp. noȝt.

PSALM 137.

Þer-whiles þat we bi-þouȝt vs of þe heuen, we satt & wept þer vp þe assautes of þe fende.heuen] in heuen: wepe.

We heng our ioies in passand þinges in-middes of him.

Why hij, deuels, þat ladden vs chaitifs, asked vs þer wordes of songes. þer] þe.

And hij þat ladden vs out of godenes, seiden to vs: Singeþ to us of þe songe of heuen.songes.

Hou shul we singe þe songeMS. senge. of our Lord in iuel liif?songe of+of.

Ha ȝe folk of gode liif,MS. his with a round s. seid our Lord, if þat ich for-ȝete ȝou, be mi miȝt ȝeuen to forȝetinge.O: his] life: be] by.

Fast drawe my tunge to my chekes, ȝif y þenche nouȝt on þe.cleue.

Yf y ne sett nouȝt forþe gode folk in þe biginnynge of my ioie.—ne.

Be þou bi-þenchand of wicked childer in þe daie of iugement of gode men;dome.

Þe which wicked sain, For-doþ þe gode, fordoþ þe gode vnto þe foundement [in it].—1. þe gode: 2. þe gode] gode men: foundement+in it.

Ha þou soule, filed þurȝ þe fende, þou art chaitif; blisced be he þat ȝeldeþ to þe þi ȝeldinge, þe which þat tou ȝelde to vs gode.O þou defoilyd s.: wrechid: þi] þe: ȝeldid.

Blisced be he þat shal holde him in godenes & put his gode dedes to stondynge.dedes] de (!).

PSALM 138 (139).

Lord, þou prouedest me, and þou knewe [me; þou knewe] my sittyng and my risynge.knew+me þou knew.

Þou vnderstonde mi þoȝutes fram fer; þou soȝt my bisti and myn acorde.þoȝtes: trased my bystye: ac.] corde.

And þou for-seȝest alle myn waies, for þer nis no worde in my tunge.þou seȝ to-fore: is.

Se, Lord, þou kneu alle þe last þynges & þe old; þou fourmed me, and sett vp me þin helpe.—sett.

Þy conynge is made wonderful vp me; it is conforted, and y ne mai nouȝt þer-to.—ne.

Whider shal y go fram þy gost, and whider shal y fle fro þy face?fle] go.

Ȝif ich steiȝe to heuen, þou art þer; ȝif ich go a-doun to helle, þou comest þider.st.] go vp: ad.] doune: art neȝ.

Ȝif þat y take my liȝtynges in þe morning and wonne in þe vtterest of þe see,—þat: swyftnes: vttermast.

Whi hyMS. why þi hy, but þi is expuncted. þin helpeThe MS. has an n here, which is dotted out. shal lede me þider, and þy miȝt shal holde me.Whi (þi) hy] And for-soþe.

And y seid perchaunce, derkenesses shul defoulen me, and þe nyȝt is my liȝting in my delites.peraunter derknes.

For derkenesses ne shul nouȝt be derke of þe, and þe nyȝt shal be briȝted as þe daie; as his derknesses ben, so is his liȝt.derknes—ne: derke] made derk: briȝt: derknes.

For þou weldedest mie reines, and toke me fro þe wombe of my moder.haddest my.

Y shal shriue to þe; for þou art dredefullich heried; þin werkes ben wonderful, and my soule shal knowe hem gretelich.

My mouþe nis nouȝt hidde fro þe, which þou made in priuete, and my substaunce is in þe neþerest of þerþe.is: which] þat: neþ.] iner|mast.

Þyn eȝen sen myn vnparfitnes, & al shul be writen in þi boke; þe daies shul be fourmed, and no man in hem.þi] þe.

Ha God, þin frendes for-soþe ben michel worþshiped to me, her principalte is mychel conforted.O Godd f.s. þifr.; wyrchypt(!): princehode: much.

Y shal telle hem, & hij shul ben multiplied vp grauel; ich aros, & ȝete ich am wyþ þe.aboue þe gr.

Ha God, ȝif þou sle þe synȝers, helpe me; ȝe men suiled wyþ sinȝe, bowe fro me. O: fyled: bowe] goþ.

For þat ȝe say in [ȝ]our þouȝtes, Taken þe gode ini on erasure (of o?). vaine her medes.our] ȝour.

Þinge to wyten ȝif ich hated þe hatend þe, Lord, and failled vp myn enemis?þynge . . . Lord] Lorde wheþer y hatyd noȝt hem þat hatyd þe.

Ich hated hem wiparfitei.e., wiþ parfite. hate, and hij ben made enemys to me.wi] with: —me.

Proue me, God, and wite myn hert; aske me, and knowe my sties.wite] know: paþes.

And se, ȝif waye of wickednes is in me, and lade me in waie euerlastend.euerlastyng waie.

PSALM 139 (140).

Defend me, Lord, fro þe wicked man, and defende me fro þe man vnriȝtful.defende] delyuer.

Þe which þoȝten wickednes in hert, hij stablist batails aldai.þe wh.] þai þat: —hij: sett all d. batayle.

Hij sharped her tunges as naddres, venym of aspides is vnder her lippes.venum.

Kepe me, Lord, fram þe honde of þe sinner, & defende me fram þe vnriȝtful men.

Þe which þouȝten to supplaunten my ganginges, þe proude hidden gnares to me.þe wh.] þai þat: wayes: pr.+men: grynnes.

Hij spradden out wickednesses into gnare, hij sett sclaunder to me by þe waye.Þai sett wickydnes to me into a grynne, & by þe way þai put scl. to me.

Y seid to our Lord, þou art my God; here, Lord, þe voice of my prayere.

Þou Lord, Lord, uertu of myn helþe; þou shadued, Lord, vp min heuede in þe daie of bataile oȝains þe fende.schaduest.

Ne ȝyf me nouȝt fro my desire to þe sinȝer; þe wicked þouȝten oȝains me, þat hij ne be nouȝt peraunter an-heȝed.—Ne: þoȝt+euyl: þat per|aunter þai b. n. enhyed.

Þe heued of her cumpassement & þe trauail of her lippes shal couer hem.cumpas.

Tourmentȝ shul falle vp hem, and þou shalt cast hem in-to dampnacioun; þe gode ne shul nouȝt dwellen in mesais.—ne.

Þe man michel spekand ne shal nouȝt be dresced in erþe, iuels shul taken þe unriȝtful in-to deþ.much: —ne.

Ich knew þat our Lord shal do þe iugement of þe mesais and vengeaunce of þe pouer.dome to þe misays (put instead of pouer, which is expuncted): —þe.

Þe riȝtful for-soþe shul shriuen to þy name, and þe riȝtful shul wonen wyþ þy semblaunt.F. s. þe r.: chere.

PSALM 140 (141).

Lord, ich cried to þe, here me; vnderstonde my voice, whan y crye to þe.vnd.+to.

Be myn orison dresced to þe as encens in þy syȝt, and so be þe lifting of myn hondes sacrifice of heuen.incense: lyftyng+vp: h.] euen.

Lord, sett kepyng to my mouþe, & þe dore of þe vnderstondynge to my lippes.of—þe.

Ne bowe nouȝt myn hert into wordes of malice for to excusen excusaciouns in sinȝes.Ne bowe] Low.

Wyþ men wirchand wickednes, & y ne shal nouȝt commune wyþ her chosen.—ne.

Þe riȝtful shal vndernimen me in merci and blame me; þe iuel for|soþe of þe sinȝer ne shal nouȝt grese minMS. in in. heued.f. s. þe euyl: —ne.

For ȝete is myn orisoun in her welelikand, her iuges ioint to þe stone benFollowed by slo, which is dotted out. swolwed.w.l.] plesynges: þe iuges ionyd (!): swalowed.

Hij shul heren my wordes, for hij miȝten here hem; mi worde his lopen bifore asMS. af. fathede of þerþe.my speche is broke as fatnes.

Our bones ben wasted bisiden helle, for to þe Lord ben our eȝen; Lord, ich hoped in þe, ne do nouȝt owaie þe soule fro me. by-syde: —ne: fram me my soule.

Kepe þou me fro þe assaut þe which þe wicked stablist toFollowed by þe whic þe wicked sta, which words are dotted out. me, & fro þe sclaundres of þe wirchand wickednes.fram asaute þat þai sett to me & fram sclaunder (l added over line) of wyrchyng w.

Þe synȝers shul fallen in her assaut; ich am oneliche, þerwhiles þat y passe.þ. wh.] to þat.

PSALM 141 (142).

Y cried to our Lord wyþ my voice, y bysouȝt our Lord wyþ my voice.

Ich held myn orysoun in his siȝt, & y shew forþe my tribulacioun bi-fore hym.bif.] to-for.

In failland of me my gost, and þou knu my besties.knew: paþes.

InMS. And. þat way þat y ȝede, þe wicked hidden assautes to me.And] in.

Y loke[d] on þe riȝt half and seȝe, and þer nas non þat knewe me.lokyd: h.] syde: & y seȝ: was.

Fleing perisce[d] fro me, and þer nas non þat soȝt my soule.perischt: was.

Lord, y cried to þe; y seid: Þou art my hope, my porcioun in þe erþe of liuand.y seid] & sayde: hope+&.

Vnderstonde to my praier, for ich am michel lowed.much mekyd.

De-liuer [me] fro þe pursuand me, for hij ben conforted vp me.D.+me: þe] men: confort.

Lade my soule out of þe kepyng of wicked to shriue to þi name; þe ryȝtful abiden me, þerwhiles þat þou ȝelde to me.of] fram: habideþ—me: re|warde.

PSALM 142 (143).

Here, Lord, m[i] praier, & take wyþ þin eren my praier, and her me in þy riȝtfulnes, in þi soþenes.my: eres: ryȝtf.+&.

& ne entre nouȝt into iugement wyþ þyn seruaunt, for ich liuand ne shal nouȝ be riȝted in þy siȝt.—ne: dome: —ich: —ne: noȝt: iustified.

For þe enemy pursued my soule, he lowed my lif in erþe.

Hij laiden me in derkenes as þe dede of þe world, and my gost is anoied vp me, myn hert is trubledMS. myn hert is truis anoied vp me myn hert is trubled. in me.He layde: vp me+&.

Ich was bi-þenchand of old daies, &MS. in. þouȝt in alle þin werkes; y þouȝt in þe dedes of þin hondes.in þouȝt . . . hondes] & ych þoȝt in all þe warkes of þin hondes & in þe dedes.

Y sprad out myn hondes to þe, my soule is to þe as erþe wyþouten water.

Here me, Lord, swiftliche, my gost faileþ.faylid.

Ne turne nouȝt fro me þi face, and y shal be liche to þe falland in þe diche.—ne: into.

Make þy mercy erliche herd to me, for ich opedoped begins a fresh line. in þe.hopid.

Make þe waie knowen to me, in which y shal gonMS. god.; for y lifted my soule to þe.in w.] þat: god] go in: lift.

Lord, defende me fro myn enemys, ich fled to þe; teche me to do þy wille, for þou art my God.

Þy gode gost shal lade me in-to þe riȝt londe; þou shalt quicke me, Loue[r]d, in þyn euennesse for þy name.make me qwyk Lorde.

Þou shalt lade my soule out of tribulacioun, and shalt depart myn enemys in þy merci.&+þou.

And þou shalt lesen al þat trublen my soule, for ich am þy seruant.sturbleþ.

PSALM 143 (144).

Blisced be þe Lord, my God, þat techeþ min hondes to feȝt and my fingers to batail oȝains þe fende.

He his my mercy and myn help, my taker & my deliuerer of iuel.

He his my defendour fram iuel, and ich hoped in hym; þou art my God, þat sitteþ my folk vnder me.setteþ.

Lord, what is man, þat tou madest þe knowen to hym? oþer mannes sone,MS. manessones with the last s dotted out. for þou wetest hym?—þe: or man sonne: trowest.

Man is made lich to vanite, is daies passen as shadue.

Bowe, Lord, þyn heuens, and cum a-doun; for-sake þe wicked, and hij shul beMS. ben, with the n expuncted and struck out. dampned.

Aliȝt shynyng, and þou shalt wasten hem; sende out þi manaces, and þou shalt trublen hem.sturble.

Send out þy myȝt fro heuen, and defend me; & deliuer me fram mani perils and fro þe pouste of stronge childer;power: straunge.

Whaus mouþe spake vanite, her riȝthalf is riȝthalf of wickednes.Whas: is+þe.

Whas childer ben as new settynges in her ȝengnes,ȝeuþe.

Her douȝters ben made & aourned about as liknes of þe temple.anoured.

Her selers ben ful, shewand fro þis in-to þis.into þat.

Her shepe ben plentiuous, wexande in her goinges, & her nete ben fatt.oxen.

Fallyng ne passage nis nouȝt to her walle, ne crie nis nouȝt in her stretes.F. of her wall no passyng is þer none, no crying is.

Hij seiden, Þe folke blisced, to whom þes þynges ben; blisced be þe folkOriginally with a flourish to the k, but it is erased. of which þe Lord is her God.1. þe L.] our L.

PSALM 144 (145).

Ha mi God, y shal heȝe þe, kyng, and blisce þy name in þe worldMS. worls. & in þe world of worldes.Ha . . . kyng] Godd my kyng y sch. anhie þe: in þe worls] in world.

Y shal blisce þe by alle daies, and praisen þy name in þe world and inþe, which followed here, is dotted out. world of worldes.—and in (þe) world.

He is grete Lord and michel to praisen, & of his michelnesses nis non ende.is+a: much: muchnes: is.

Kynd and kynd shal herien þy werkes, and shewe þy miȝt.

Hij shul speken þe hereing of þe worþship of þin holines and tellen þin wondres.h.] gretenes: —þe w. of: &+schal.

And y shul saien þe vertuȝ of þi dredes, and shul [tel]lenMS. shullen. þy gretnes.y] þai: schal+tell.

Hij shul putten forþ þe minde of þe mildnes of þyn wexing, and hij shul glade of þy riȝtfulnes.encresyng.

Our LordMS lord lord. is rewful and merciable, suffrand and michel merciable.r.] pyteful: much.

Our Lord is liþe to alle, and his mercies ben vp alle his werkes.mylde.

Shriue, Lord, al þy werkes to þe, and þyne halwen blisce þe.Lorde all þi warkes schriue.

Hij shul saien þe glorie of þy kyngdome and speken þy miȝt,speke: ioie: tell.

Þat hij maden þi miȝt knowen to mennes sones, and þe glorie of þe hereing of þyn kyngdome.make: mensonnes: ioie: gretnes.

Þy kyngdom is kyngdom of alle world, and þy lordship is in kynde and kinde.worldes: fram k. to k.

Our Lord is trew in alle his wordes, holi in alle his werkes.w.+&.

Our Lord arereþ alle þo þat fallen, and dresceþ vp alle þe hurteled.þe h.] hurte.

Þe eȝen, Lord, of alle hopen in þe, and þou ȝeuest hem mete in couenable time.Lorde þe e.: all+men: troweþ: hem] her: behofull.

Þou openes þyn hondes, and fulfilles ich beste wyþ bliscyng.honde & fillest.

Our Lord is riȝtful in alle his waies and holy in alle his werkes.

Our Lord is neȝe to alle þe clepand him, þe clepand hym in riȝtfulnes. to all clepyng hym, to all clepyng hym in soþnes.

He shal do þe wil of þe doutand hym, and here her praier,MS. praies. and make hem sauf.of men dredyng: prayer &+he schal.

Our Lord kepeþ alle þat louen hym, and he shal desparplis alle synȝers.þat l.] louyng: d.] lese.

My mouþe shal speke þe praisyng of our Lord, and ich flesshe blisce to hys holy name in þe world and in þe world of worldes.ich] all: in þ. w. of w.] with|oute ende.

PSALM 145 (146).

Ha þou my soule, hery our Lord; yMS. in. shal herien our Lord in my lif, and y shal syngen to my God as longe as ich haue ben.O: in] & y: haue] schal.

Ne wille ȝe nouȝt affien in princes, in mennes sones, in which non helþe nys.— Ne: beleue: pr.+no: men|sonnes: in whom is no helþe.

His gost shal go out and turne oȝayn in-to heuen; and in þat daie shul alle her þoȝtes perissen.

Bliscedi on erasure. be he which þe God Iacob is his helper, and his help is in þe Lord, þat made heuen and erþe, þe see and alle þynge þat ben in hem;whiche þe G.] þat þe Lorde Godd of: help] hope: þinges.

Þe which kepeþ soþenes in þe world and doþ iugement to hem þat suffren wronge, and ȝeueþ mete to þe hungerand.þai þat: dome: hungrye.

Our Lord vnbindeþ þe fettered, our Lord vnb[1]inded þe blynde.vnbinded] liȝtid.

Our Lord dresced vp þe hurteled, our Lord loueþ þe riȝtful.dresseþ: hurtyd.

Our Lord kepeþ þe straunge, and he shal taken þe moderlesFirst e corrected from o. and þe widowe, and he shal desparpel þe waies of þe synȝers.

Our Lord shal regnen in þe worldes; ha folk of Syon, þy God shal regnen in kynde and kynde.o þou folk: fram k. to k.

PSALM 146 (147).

Herieþ our Lord, for it is god songe, ioyful and faire; heryinge be to our Lord.Hery.

Our Lord is edifiand Ierusalem, and he shal ansemble þe sunderynges of Israel;gadyr to-gyder þe despar|pelynges.

Þe which heliþ þe contrit of hertMS. hter. and bindeþ her contriciouns;He þat: hert.

Þe whiche noumbreþ þe multitude of sterres, & clepand ichon of hem a name.He þat: clepeþ name to hem all.

Our Lord is grete, & is vertu is grete, & þer nys non noumbre of his wisdome.nys] is.

Our Lord is takand þe mild & lowand þe sinȝers vnto þerþe.meke.

Singeþ to our Lord in shrifte, singeþ to our Lord in harpe;schrift+&.

Þe which couereþ þe heuen wyþ cloudes, and makeþ redy þe raine to þerþe;He þat couerþ—þe: —redy.

Þe which bryngeþ for-þe hayMS. haþ. in þe mounteyns, & grasse to mannes þraldome;He þat: haþ . . . ] hay & erbe in þe mounetaynes to seruyng of men.

Þe which ȝeueþ to meres her mete & to crowe-briddes clepand hym.He þat: bestes.

He ne schal nouȝt haue wille in strengþe of hors, ne wele-likeing ne shal nouȝt be to hym in mannes legges.—ne: ne w. l. ne] no plesyng.

Wele likand is our Lord vp þe doutand hym, and in hem þat hopen in hys mercy.Plesyng is+to: vp men dred|yng: in—hem þat.

PSALM 147 (147 continued).

Þou folk of Ierusalem, heri our Lord; hery God, þou folk of Syon.

For he strengþed þe lokkes of þi ȝate, and he blisced in þe [þy] childer;made stronge: gates — and: bl. þi childer in þe.

Þe which sett pes to þi cuntres, and filleþ þe of fatt of þe whete;He þat s. þi c. pees: of þe fat|nes.

Þe which sendeþ his worde to þe erþe; hys worde erneþ swiftlich;He þat: erþe+&: ȝerneþ whiȝtlych.

Þe which ȝeueþ snowe as wolle, and streweþ þe cloude as asken.He þat.

He sendeþ his cristalle as morsels; who shal hold vp to-fore þe face of his colde?

He shal sende out his worde and make hem ernand; his gost shal blowe, & waters shul flowen. hem ern.] it malte.

Þe which telleþ his worde to Iacobes sones, his riȝtfulnesses and his iugementȝ to þe folk of Israel.He þat: domes.

He ne did nouȝt in þisMS. his. maner to ich nacioun, and he ne made nouȝt his iugementȝ aperte to hem.—ne: his] þis: — ne: domes.

PSALM 148.

Ȝe soule[s] of heuen, herieþ our Lord, herieþ hym in heȝnes.soules: Lorde+&.

Ȝe alle his aungels, herieþ hym; ȝe alle his vertuȝ, herieþ hym.All ȝe aungels heriþ hym, & all ȝe his vertus heriþ hym.

Ȝe sone & mone, herieþ hym; ȝe sterres and liȝt, herieþ hym.sonne and+þe.

Ȝe heuen of heuens, herieþ hym; & alle þe waters þat ben vp heuens, herieþ þe name of our Lord.heuen] heuens.

For he seid, and hij ben made; heMS. hij. comaunded, & hij ben formed.hij com.] he commaundyd (put instead of sent, which is expuncted): fourmyd.

He stablist hem wyþ-outen ende and in þe word of worldes; sett comandementȝ,MS. to mandementȝ. and it ne shal nouȝt ouerpassen.sett: world of w. he s. com|maundement: —ne.

Ha ȝe helles and alle depenes, herieþ our Lord of þerþe.Ha] All: & depenesses of þe erþe h. our Lorde.

Fur, haile, snowe, yse, & gost of tempestes þat don his wordes, herieþ our Lord.—yse: gost] þe gostes.

Mounteins & alle hilles, tres berand frut, and alle þe cedres, herieþ our Lord.

Bestes & al maner of bestes, serpentes & feþered foules, herieþ our Lord.

Ȝe kynges of erþe & alle folkes, princes & alle iuges of erþe, herieþ our Lord.folke: of þe erþe.

Ȝe ȝonge & ȝe virgines, old wyþ þe ȝonge, herieþ þe name of our Lord, for þe name of hym alon is anheȝed.with—þe.

His [shrift] is vp heuen & erþe, and he anheȝed þe myȝt of his folke.His+schryft: off.

Praiseyng be to alle hys halwen, to þe childer of Israel, to folk þat draweþ to hym.halowes: & to þe folke.

PSALM 149.

Syngeþ to our Lord a new songe; hys hereyng hys in þe chirche of holy.herying: holy+men.

Glade þe folk of Israel in hym, þat hym made, and ioisen þe douȝters of Syon in her kynge.made hym & ioye.

Herien hij his name in croude, and singen hij to hym in tabor and sautri.

For weleplesand it is to our Lord in his folk, and he anheȝed þe milden in-to helþe.—wele: —it: meke.

Þe holy shul gladen in glorie, and ioien in her couches.glorie and] ioie & þay schal.

Þe ioies of God ben in her þrote, & swerdes sharppe a boþe half in her hondes.s. sh. a b. h.] trenchyng swerdes.

To do vengaunces in naciouns and lackeinges in folkes.vengaunce: blamynges: folke.

To bynde her kynges in feteris and her nobles in manicles of iren.noble men: ire.

Þat hij maken in hem iugement wryten, þys ys þe glorie to alle his halwen.dome.

PSALM 150.

Ha ȝe folk, herieþ our Lord [in his halwen], herieþ hym in þe sted|fastnes of his uertu.—Hu: Lorde+among his halowen.

Herieþ hym in his vertuȝ, herieþ hym efter þe michelnes of his gretnes.

Herieþ hym in soune of trumpe, herieþ hym in sautri and in harpe.

Herieþ hym in croude and tabor, herieþ hym in cordesd added over the line. and organ.

Herieþ hym in cymbals wele sounand, herieþ hym in cymbals of ioie; ich gost herieþ our Lord. goste h.] goste hery.

[Canticles] PSALMUS ISAYE.No heading in MS. (Isaie xii. 1-6.)

Y shal shryue to þe, Lord; for þou art wroþ to me; þy vengeaunce is turned, and þou conforted me.

Se, God ys my saueour, and y shal do faiþlich, & y ne shal nouȝt douten.trewlich: —ne.

For our Lord is my strengþe and my praising; & he is made to me in-to helþe.

Ȝe shul haue solas in ioie of þe grace of þe saueour, & ȝe shul saie in þat daie: shriueþ to our Lord and clepeþ his name.

Singeþ to our Lord, for he did worþshipfullich; sheweþ þis þyng in alle erþe.worschipfullich.

Þou wonynge ofFollowed by an s, which is expuncted. þy Syon, glade and herie, for þe holy of Israel is grete in-middes of þe.—þy.

PSALMUS EZECHIE.No heading in MS. (Isaie xxxviii. 10-20.)

Y seid: In þe midel of my daies y shal go to þe ȝates of helle.

Y souȝt þe reme-nanȝt of my ȝeres, and y ne shal nouȝt sen our Lord in þe londe of liueand.remenaunte: —ne.

And y ne shalt nouȝt se man ouer, and wonier of rest.—ne: schal: & þe wonner.

My kinde ys bi-numen and don owaie fram me as wonyng of herdes.fram me before &: hirdmen.

My lif is coruen as of þe weuand;MS. woniand. [he] by-share me, þer-whiles þat ich werped.cutte as of man weuyng he cutte: —þat: warped.

Þou shalt ende me fram morwen to euen: ich hoped lyf in þe morwenyng, my bi-ȝeteing, defouled al my bones as a lyon.morow: morunyng: genera|cion.

Þou shalt ende me fram morwen to euen, y shal alway crye mercy as a swolwe-bridde, y shal þenche as coluer, as þe quiked þurȝ þe holi gost.morow: as þe qu.] inspired.

Myn eȝen ben made þinne, lokand vp on heȝe.

Lord, answere for me, y suffred [strengþe]; what shal y saie, oþer what shal answere to me, whanne ich my seluen haue don?suffre+strengþe.

Y shal þenchen alle myn ȝeres in bitternes of my soule.

Lord, ȝif man liueþ in þis maner, and þe lif of my gost ys in swichc is added over the line. þynges, þou shalt reproue me and quike me; se my bitterestThe latter e is corrected from u. bitternes is in pees.MS. pres.make me qwyk (followed by me, which is dotted out): lo: pees.

Þou for-soþe defended my soule, þat it ne shuld nouȝt perissen; & þou cast by-hynde þy rigge alle myn synȝes.F. s. þou: —ne.

For helle ne shal nouȝt shriue toMS. to to. þe; ne þe deþ ne shal nouȝt herien þe; hij þat fallen into pyne, ne shul nouȝt abide þy soþnes.—ne: ne þ. d. ne] no deþ: payne: —ne.

Þe liueand shal shryue to þe leuiand as ich to-daie; þe fader shal make knowen þy soþenes to his childer.—Þe: lyfyng+he: lyfyng.

Lord, make me sauf; & we shul synge our psalmis al þe daies of our liif in þe hous of our Lord.

PSALMUS ANNE, In uanitate filij sui Samuelis. (I. Samuelis ii. 1-10.)

Myn hert gladeþ in our Lord, and myn helpe his anheȝed in my God.gladid.

My mouþe ys made large vp myn enemys, for þy þat y ioied in þyn helþe.—þy þat.

Þer nys non holy as our Lord is; and þer nis non oþer wyþ-outen þe, & þer nis non so stronge as tou our God.is none+so: Lord—is: is: is.

Ne wil ȝe nouȝt manifold speken heȝe þynges, ioiand;—Ne: multyplye+to.

De-partHere or is dotted out in MS. olde þinges out of ȝour mouþes; for God ys Lord of cuninges, & þoutes ben diȝt to hym.

Þe assaut of stronge ys ouercumen, and þe syke ben gird wyþ force.

Þe fulfild to-fore sett hem for loues, and þe hungry ben fild; with loues sett hem: wer.

Þer-whyles þat þe barain childed many, and she þat hade mani childer, is made sike.—þat: childed] broȝt forþ: ch.] sonnes.

Our Lord doþ to deþ, & quikeþ, and ladeþ to helle, & ladeþ oȝayn.d. t. d.] sleþ.

Our Lord makeþ man pouer, and makeþ hym riche, & loweþ & arereþ hym,—makeþ hym.

Heȝand þe nedeful out of poudre, & drescand vp þe pouer out of dung,Araysyng.

Þat he sitt wyþ princes, and holde þe sege of glorie;sete of ioie.

For þe sules of erþe ben our Lordes, & he sett þe world vp hem.s.] oules.

He shal kepe þe fete of his holy, and þe wicked shul fallen in derkenes; for man shal be strengþed in his strengþe.holy+men: strengþed] stronge.

Þe enemis shul dreden our Lord, and he shal desparplis vengeaunce vp hem in heuen.desp.] sprenge.

Our Lord shal iugen þe cuntres of erþe; he shal ȝeue comaundement [to hys kyng, & shal anheȝe þe helpe] of his preste anoynt wyþ creme.deme: of+þe: com.+to his kyng & he schal anhie þe helpe: anoyte.

PSALMUS MOYSES ET FILIORUM ISRAĒL, In exitu de Egipto transeundo Mare Rubrum. (Exod. xv. 1-19.)

Synge we to our Lord, for he is gloriouslicheSecond o corrected from e. heried; Pharaon he adrenct in þe see, and hys Eyipciens.Pharaon . . .] he cast & drenkyd Pharaon & Egipcians in þe se.

Our Lord ys my strengþe and my praiseinge; & he is made to me in-to helþe.

He ys my God, and y shal glorifien hym; he his God of my fader, & y shal anheȝe hym.

Our Lord is as man fiȝter, his name is al-myȝtful;MS. as myȝtful. he drunkened in þe ReedThe second e added over line. See Pharaons cartes and hys hoste;man] a man: as myȝtf.] all|miȝty: drenkyd: —reed: oste.

His chosen princes ben adreintMS. be nadreint. in þe Reed See; þe depenes [couered hem, hij fellen into depenes] as stone.beþ adrenkyd: depenes+couerd hem þai fell into depenes: as+a.

Lord, þy miȝt is [heried] in þy strengþe; Lord, þi myȝt smote þyn enemy, and in þe multitude of þi glorie hadestow min aduersaries;is+heried: —þy: þou hadd.

Þou sent þi wraþe, þat deuoured hem as stuble; waters ben gadered in þe gost of þy vengeaunce;

Þe ernand water stode, þe abimes ben gadered to-gidres a-middes þe see. . . . abimes] þe water stode flow|yng þe depe waters.

Þe enemy Pharaon seid: Y shal pursuen & take & departspolies follows, but it is expuncted. spoiles of þe .xij. kynredens of Iacob; my wille shal be fulfild.kynredes.

Y shal drawe out my swerde; myn honde shal slenshen, MS. hem.sle hym (!).

Ha God, þi gost bleu, & þe see couered hem; & þe childer of abyme ben adreint as lede in grete waters.O: adrenchyd.

Ha Lord, who is liche to þe in stronge þynge, who is liche to þe? þou art worþshipful in holines; þou art dredeful, and to praysen, & doand wondres.O: þynges: worschypful.

Þou sprad out þin honde, and þe erthe swolwed hem;

Þou was lader in þy mercy to þe folk, which þou raunsounned.wh.] þat.

And þou bar hym in þy strengþe to þy holy wonyng.

Þe folk steȝe vp, and ben wraþed; sorowes hadden þe woniers of Philistyn.wroþe: wonners.

Þe princes of Edon were þan trubled; quakyng had þe stronge of Moab; alle þe woniand in Chanaan dreden. sturbled: wonnyng: drede.

Falle vp hem doute and drede in þe gret-nes of þy myȝt.

Ben hij made faste as þe stone, þer-whiles þat þy folk passe; þi folk, Lord, þe which þou had in welde.þe w.] þat.

Þou shalt laden hem in, Lord, and sett hem in þe monteyne of þyn heritage, þy fastest woning, þe which þou wroȝt.Lord before þou: þy . . . which] in þe moste faste w. þat.

Lord, in þy holy stedeFirst e corrected from o. þou art, þe which þin hondes fastened; our Lord shal regnen wyþ-outen ende & euer.þe w.] þat: f.] made: euer] ouer.

Þe kniȝt Pharao is entred in-to þe see wyþ his cartes and kniȝtes, and God brouȝt on hem þe waters of þe see.kniȝtes] with his kn.

Þe childer of Israel for-soþe ȝede in dryhede a-middes hym.Forsoþe before þe: drynes. Habakuk, 1. Lorde y herd.

PSALMUS ABAKUK, De passione et resurrecione Christi. (Habakuk iii. 2-19.)

Ich herd, Lord, þyn hereing, & y dradde.

We ben, Lord, þy werk; quik þis in-middes of our ȝeres.Lorde we beþ: in-myd of.

Þou shal make knowen amiddes our ȝeres: as tovFollowed first by hastov. hast ben wroþ, þou shal by-þenche mercy.kn.] þing know: —hastov.

God shal cum fram þe norþe, & þe holi fram þe mounteAfter mounte a letter is erased. Pharaon.This verse is repeated in MS. with exactly the same spelling.souȝþe.

Hys glorie couered þe heuens, and þe erþe is ful of his hereing.ioie: herying.

His shinyng shal be as liȝt; þe helpes shul ben in his hondes.in—his.

Þer his hys strengþe hid; þe ded shal go to-fore his face.deþ.

Þe fend shal go to-fore his fete; he stode, and mesured þerþe.

He loked, & vnbond þe folkes; and þe mounteyns of þe world ben defouled.folke.

Þe helles of þe world benFollowed by a b, which is expuncted. croked, fram þe waies of his euer|lastend-hede.hilles: euerlastynghode.

Y seȝe þe tentours of Echiop for her wickednes, & þe skynnes of þe londe of Madian shul ben trubled.Ethyope fo (!): sturbled.

Ne artou enired, Lord, in flodes? oþer þy uengeaunce is in flodes? oþer þin indignacioun in þe see?Lorde artow noȝt wraþed.

Who shal lepen vp þin hors, and þy chares ben sauacioun.saluacion.

Þou heiȝand shal heiȝen þy bowe for þe sweringes, þat þou spak to kindes.anhying schalt arere.

Þou shalt kerue þe flodes of þerþe; þe folk of þe mounteines seiȝen it, & sorweden; & swolȝe of waters passed.seȝ: & swolȝe] þe swoloȝ.

Depnes ȝaf his voice, þe heȝenes lifted vp his hondes.He ȝaf his v. to depe waters: lift.

Þe sunne and þe mone stode in his wonyng, in þe liȝt of þin arwen; hij shul gon liȝtande in þe liȝt of þin launce.

Þou shal defoulen þe erþe in gnasting, and þou shalt maken þe folk afferd in wreche.grentyng—and.

Þou art gon out in-to þe helþe of þy folk, to þe helþe wyþ þy prest anoint wyþ creme.anoyte.

Þou smot þe heued of þe wicked in þe hous; þou madest naked his foundement vnto his nek.his n.] þe neke.

Þou forwardest his septres, þe heuedes of his fiȝters, to þe cumand as whirle-wynde to disparplen me.cursyd.

Her ioie is as of hym þat deuoreþ þe pouer in hidels.priuyte.

Þou madest me waie in þe see to þyn horses in sharpnesses of many waters.made—me: horse: scharpnes.

Ich herd, and my wombe is trubled; my lippes trembleden for þy voice. sturbled: þy] þe.

Rotennes entred in my bones and spring vnder me;entre.

Þat y rest in þe daie of tribulacioun, þat ich wende vp to ourlord follows, but is expuncted. folk girt wyþ godenes.gyrd.

For þe figer ne shal nouȝt floris, and burioun ne shal nouȝt be in uines.figtre—ne: burgon: —ne.

Þe werk of þe olyue shal liȝe, & þe feldes ne shul nauȝt bringe mete.—ne.

Þe beste shal be shorne fram þe fold, and no bestaile ne shal be in cracches.—ne.

And y shal ioien in our Lord, & y shal gladen in Iesum, mi God.

God, our Lord, ys my strengþe; and he shal sett my fete as of hertes.

And þe ouercummerMS. ouercunner. shal lade me vp myn heȝtes, singand in psalmes.ouercumer.

PSALMUS MOYSI, Quem scripsit quando tradidit legem et assignauit Iosue filium suum populoMS. populi. Israel. (Deuteron. xxxii. 1-43.)

Ha ȝe heuens, hereþ þe þynges þatMS. &. y shal speken; MS. repeats speken.here þerþe þe wordes of my mouþe.O: &] þat.

Wex mythe follows, but is dotted out. teching as rain, melt my worde as dew,

As reine vp gras, and dropes vp cornes, for þat ich shal klepe þe name of our Lord.rayne: — þat.

Ȝeueþ hereing to our Lord; þe werkes of God ben parfiȝt, and alle his waies ben iugementȝ.herying: L.] Godd: domes.

God is trewe and wyþ-outen ani wickednes; þe riȝtful & þe riȝt synned to hym, and hys childer ne ben nouȝt in filþes.—ne.

Ha wicked kinde and iuel, ha þou foled folk and nouȝt wys, þou ȝeldes þes þynges to our Lord?foly.

Nis nouȝt he þy fader, þat had þe in welde, and fourmed þe and made þe?Is.

By-þenche þe of old daies, þinche þou ich kinde bi it self.þinche] þench.

Aske þy fader, and he shal telle þe, and þi gretter, & hij shul saien to þe.

Whan þe heȝest departed folkes, whan he departed þe sones of Adam,

He sett termes of folkes efter þe noumbre of þe childer of Israel.

Þe partye of our Lord forsoþe is his folk; Iacob is þe corde of his eritage.F. s. þe party of o. L.

He fonde hym in londe forsaken, in hidous stede, and of waste on-hede.forsaken . . . stede] desert in stede of drede: onh.] wyldernes.

He ladde hym a-boute, and tauȝt hym, & kep hym as þe appel of his eȝen.kept: eȝe.

As þe egle clepand hir briddes to fleȝe, and fleȝand a-bouen hem,

He sprad out his wenges, and toke hem, and bare hem vp his shuldres.

Our Lord alle one was hys lader, and oþer god nas nouȝt wyþ hym.was.

He stablist hym vp an heȝe londe, þat he shuld ete þe fruite of þe feldes;sett: an] on: frutes.

Þat he shul souke þe huny of þe stone and oile of þe ardesth is added before a by a different hand. roche,schuld.

Butter of þe bestes & melk of þe ȝowes, wyþ þe fattnes of lombes & weþers, of þe childer of Basan;ȝ.] schepe: & of þe weþeres.

And kiddes wyþ þe merȝþe of wete,MS. swete. þat hij drunken alder-bitterest licor of þe grape.And] þe: merȝe of whete: most bitterest.

Þe loued ys fatted, & he fatted & gresed & en-larged, refused God.enl.] larged.

He for-soke God, hys maker, & departed fram GodMS. repeats hys maker . . . god. his helþe.

Hij cleped hym forþe in straunge goddes, and stired hym to wraþ in abhominacioun.abhominacions.

Hi sacrified to deuelshippes, & nouȝt to God, to goddes which hij ne knew nouȝt. deuels: wh.] þat: —ne.

Newe and fresshe goddes commen, þe which her fadres ne honured nouȝt.come: —ne.

Ha þou fol[k] of Israel, þou for-soke God, þat saued þe, & þou for-ȝate my God, þi fourmeour.O þou folk.

Our Lord seȝe þes þinges, & he is stired to wraþe; for his sones and his douȝters cleped him in maumettries.

And he seied, Y shal hide my face fram hem, and y shal sen her last endinges.

Her kinde is wicked, and her childer vntrewe.

Hij clepeden me forþe in hym, þat [nas] nouȝt God, and tariden in her uanites.þat+was.

And y shal clepen hem forþ in hym, þat nis nouȝt folk, & y shal tarien hem in foled folk.is: —& y shal tarien h. in f. f.

Fur is aliȝt in my vengeaunce, & it shal brenne vnto þe last endes of helle.

And it shal swolwe þerþe wyþ his burron and brennen wiþ his foundementȝ of þe mounteines.Last e added over line.swalow: burgunnyng (radded over line).

Y shal ansemble iuels vp hem, & y shal fulfillen my manaces in hem.gader.

Hij shul ben wasted þurȝ hunger, & foules shal deuore hym wyþ bitterest biting.þurȝ] for.

Y shal sende into hem teþ of bestes and of serpentes drawand wyþ wodeship vp þerþe.wodenes.

Swerde shal waste hem wyþ-outeMS. wyþ outen, but n is expunged. & drede wyþ-innen,

Þe ȝong to-gidres and þe maiden, þe soukand wyþ þe olde man.mayde.

Y seid, For where ben hij? y shal make her mynde to cesenMS. ceser. of men.ben hij] þai be: cese.

Ac ich for-bare for þe ire of her enemis, þat her enemis perchaunce ne prouded nouȝt,Bot: —ne.

And hij seiden, Our Lord miȝt is heȝe, & alle þes þynges ne made noȝt our Lord.Lorde: —ne.

Þys ys folk wy[þ]-outen conseil and wyþ-outen queintise; God, ȝif, þat hij were wys & vnderstonden, & puruaiden þe laste þinges.with-oute consele: wysdome: ȝif] wold: vnderstondyng.

Hou pursued on þousand, & .ij. chaceden .x. þousand?

Nouȝt for þy þat her God solde hem, & her Lord sett hem to-gidres?—þy: sett] closed.

For our God nis nouȝt as her goddes, and our enemis ben iuges.is.

Her uines is of þe uine of Sode-mens & of þe suburbes of Gomorre.is] beþ: Sodomens: subbarbes.

Her grape is grape of galle, & her berye hys bitterest.

Þe galle of dragons is her wyne, and venim of aspides, þat ne mai nouȝt be heled.venum: —ne

Ben nouȝt þes þynges hidded to me, & merked in my tresories?hid: tresourres.

Þe wreche is myne, and y shal ȝelde to hem in time, þat her foteMS. fore. slide.fote aslyde.

Þe daie of lesinge is nere, & þe times hasten to me.neȝ: me] cum.

Our Lord shal iugent his folk, & haue pite of his seruauntes.deme.

He shal sen,MS. ben. þat þe honde is made sike, & þe bishett faileden, & þe remauntȝ ben wasted.ben] se: bishett] closed: remnaunte beþ.

And þe gode shal sain, Where ben her goddes, in which hij had affiaunce?—gode.

Of whas sacrificesMS. sacrifiees. hij eten þe fatthede, & drunken wyn of sacrifices,sacrifice: fatnes: sacrifice.

Arise hij, & helpe ȝou, & defende ȝou in nede.

Seþ þat ich am al-on,MS. as on. and þat þer be no noþer God bot y.allon: be no no.] is none oþer.

Y shal slen, and make to liuen; y shal smiten, & y shal helen; and þer nis non þat may deliuer fram my honde. —to: helen] make hole: is.

Y shal lift my honde to þe heuen, & saie, Y liue wyþ-outen ende.to—þe.

Ȝyf ich sharp my swerde oþer my wreche as liȝtinge, & myn hondes han tauken iugement,take.

Y shal ȝelden vengeaunce to myn enemis, [& y shal ȝelden to hem] þat hateden me.enemys+& y schal ȝelde to hem.

Y shal baþeMS. laþe. my manaces in confusion, and my vengeaunce shal swolwe flesshes,l.] baþe: manace: swalow.

Of blode of þe slain & wreched-hede of þe naked heued of þe enemis.slaw: wrechidhode.

Ȝe folk wyþ-outen lawe, herieþh on erasure. his folk; for he shal venge þe blode of his seruauntes.ȝe f.] þe f.

And he shal ȝelde vengeaunceMS. vengeuance. to her enemis, & he shal be propice to þe londe of his folk.vengance: mercifull.

PSALMUS ANANIE, AZARIE, ET MISAEL. (Danielis iii. 57-88.)

Ȝe alle werkes of our Lord, blisceþ our Lord, herieþ & vp-heȝeþ hym in-to þe worldles!

Ȝe our Lordes aungels, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe heuens, blisceþ our Lord!

Ȝe alleMS. repeats alle. waters þat ben vp heuens, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe alle vertuȝ of our Lord, blisceþ our Lord!

Ȝe sonne and mone, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe sterres of heuen, blisceþ our Lord!

Ȝe raine & dew, blisceþ our Lord! ich gost of God, blisceþ our Lord!

Ȝe fur & brueling, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe cold & somer, blisceþ our Lord!br.] hete.

Ȝe dewes & rime-frost, bliseeþ our Lord! ȝe frost & colde, blisceþ our Lord!horefroste.

Ȝe yse & snow,MS. swo. blisceþ our Lord! ȝe miȝtes & daies, blisceþ our Lord!snow.

Þe erthe blisceþ our Lord, and herieþ him, & heȝe him in þe worldel!blys: hery+it: vphie: worldes.

Ȝe mounteins & smale hilles, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe alle þinges burionand in erþe, blisceþ our Lord!all maner of þinges burioun|yng in þe e.

Ȝe whalles & alle þinges þat ben stired in þe waters, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe alle þe foulesMS. folkes. of heuen, blisceþ our Lord!walles: stired . . . folkes] mouyd in þe w. ȝe all byrdes (r added over line).

Ȝe alle bestes, blisceþ our Lord; ȝe mennes sones, blisceþ our Lord!ȝe sonnes of men.

Blisce þe folk of Israel our Lord! herie hym, & heȝe hym in þe world!þe f. of I. blyss: hyȝe—hym: into þe worldes.

Ȝe prestes of our Lord, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe seruauntes of our Lord, blisce our Lord!& ȝe s.

Ȝe gostes & soules of riȝtful, blisceþ our Lord! ȝe holy & meke ofhym follows, but is expuncted. hert, blisceþ our Lord!& ȝe souleȝ of r.+men: & ȝe meke.

Ȝe Anani & Azary & Mysael, blisceþ our Lord! herieþ hym, & heȝeþ hym in þe world!enhiȝe.

Blisce we þe fader and þe sone wyþ þe holy gost! hery we, and heȝe we hym in þe worldel!Blysse—we: with—þe: an|hiȝe: worlde.

Lord, þou art blisced in þe firmament of heuen and ful of heryynge & gloriouse and vp-heȝed in þe worldes!in þi: anhyed.

PSALMUS ZACHARIE.No heading in MS. (Luke i. 68-79.)

Blisced be our Lord, God of Israel; for he uisited, and made þe raunson of his folke.our] þe: visett.

And he dresced þe helpe of his helþe to ous in þe hous of Dauid, his childe.arered vp þe helpe of helþe.

And as he spake þurȝ þe mouþe of holy his prophetes, þat ben in þe world.in] of.

Helþe of our enemys & of þe honde of alle þat hated us.

To do merci wyþ our fader, and forto by-þenchen of hys holy testament. faders: of hys] on.

Þe oþe þat he swore to Abraham, our fader, to ȝif hym to us.

Þat we, de-liuerd fram þe honde of our enemis, serue to him, wyþ|outen drede.þat] & þat.

In holynes & riȝtfulnes to-fore hym alle our daies.

And þou, childe, shal be cleped prophete of þe heȝest; for þou shal go to-fore þe face of our Lord to diȝt his waies;ordeyne.

To ȝif coning of helþe to his folke, in forȝeuenes of her synȝes;cunnyng: remyssions.

ÞourȝMS. þe urþe, the latter þ being corrected from ȝ. þe workes of þe mercy of our God, in which he viseted vs born fram heȝt;þe urþe] By: in+þe: viset.

To liȝten to hem þat sitteþ in derkenes & shadue of deþ, & to drescen our fete in-to way of pees.

TE DEUM.No heading in MS.

God, we herieþ þe, we knoweleche [þe].knowligge+þe Lorde.

Alle þerþe honureþ þe, fader wyþ-outen ende.All erþe worschepeþ þe, euer|lastyng fader.

To þe crien alle aungels, to þe crien þe heuens and alle miȝtes.to þe cr. þe h] & heuens.

To þe crien cherubin and seraphin, and wiþ voice nouȝt cessand.s.—and: with a incessable voyce.

Holy! holy! holy!

Lord, God, Sabaoth.S.] of ostes.

Þe heuens & þe erþe ben ful of þe maieste of þye glorie.þe heuens & þe e.] h. & erþe: maieste . . gl.] ioie of þi mageste.

Þe glorious felaw-es-hip of apostels herieþ þe.cumpany of postels.

Þe praiseable numbre of prophetes herieþ þe.

Þe whit felaweship of martirs herieþ þe.whyte cumpany.

Þe holi chirch knowelicheþ þe þurȝ þe world.þe h. ch. kn.] Holy chirches knowlegeþ.

Fader of gret maieste!

And it is to honouren þy soþefast & onelich sone,& þi verrey onlych sonne to be worschypt.

And þe holy gost confortour.

Þou, Christ, art kynge of glorie.ioie.

Þou art þe euer-lastand sone of þy fader.þy] þe.

Þou [forto] take to deliuer man ne drad nouȝt þe wombe of þe virgine.þou+forto: —ne.

Þou opened þe kingdomes of heuens to hem þat bileuen in þe carnacioun, þe broche of þe deþ ouer-cumen.be-leuyd: incarnacioun: br.] pryk.

Þou sittest at þe riȝthalf of God in þe glorie of þe fader.atte r. side.

Þou art leued for to be iuge to comen.be . . .] cum a domes-man.

For-þy bi-seche we þe, Helpe þy seruauntȝ, whichMS. repeats which. þou raunsouned wyþ þy preciouse blode.we beseche þi help: wh. wh.] þat.

Make þyMS. my. seruauntes to be rewarded wyþ glorie euerlastand.my] þi.

Make sauf, Lord, þy folk, & blesce þyn heritage.

And goueren hem, and heȝe hem to wyþ-outen ende.gouerne: anhie: —to.

We blisceþ þe by ich daie.The English is omitted.

And we herie þy name in þe world & in heuen.

Be it þy wille, Lord, þis daie to kepe us wyþouten sinȝe.Lorde be it þy w.

Haue mercy on vs! Lord, haue mercy on vs!Lord haue m. on vs.

Be, Lord, þy merci made vp vs, as we hoped in þe!Lord be: trowed.

Lord, ich hoped in þe; ne be y nouȝt confounded wyþ-outen ende.haue hopid: —ne.

PSALMUS MARIE.No heading in MS. Luke i. 47-55.

My soule herieþ our Lord.hyried.

And my gost gladeþ in God, myn helþe.gladyd.

For he seȝe þe mekenesse of his honde-maiden; se for-þy, of þat shal alle kindes saie me blisceed.honde-mayde lo: all k. schall.

For he þat his miȝtful made to me grete þinges, & his name is holy.

And his mercy is fram kinde in-to kindes to þe dredand hym.into] to.

He made miȝt in hys helpe, he sprad abrode þe proude þurȝ þe þouȝt of his hert. spr. ab. þe] disparpled: þurȝ þe] in: his] her.

He did doun þe miȝt-ful of her setes, & anheȝed þe meke.put: —þe: miȝty: setes] sett.

He fulfild þe hungry of godes, & left þe ryche empty.empty] in vayne.

He toke Israel, his childe, & he by-þouȝt of hys merci,

As he spak to our fadres, Abraham & to his sede in þe worldes.

PSALMUS SIMEONIS.No heading in MS. (Luke ii. 29-32.)

Nou late stonde, Lord, þy seruant in pees efter þy worde.Lord now þou letest —stonde.

For myn eȝen seȝen þyn helþe,haþ sey.

Þe which þou diȝted to-fore þe face of alle folkes,þat þou hast ordeynyd: folke.

Lit to sheweinge of men, & glorie of þy folk of Israel.Liȝt.

ATHANASIAN CREED.No heading in MS.

Who so wyl be sauf, nede it is to hym to-fore alle þinges, þat he holde þe catholich faiþe;catholy.

Þe which bot ȝif ichon kepe hole & nouȝt de-fouled, wyþ-outen drede he shal peris wyþ-outen ende.n.d.] vndefoylid: doute.

Þe faiþe for-soþe of holy chirche is þis, þat we honuren o God in trinite & þe trinite in on-hede,o] one: onhode.

Noiþer confoundand persons, ne departand þe substaunce.ne] no.

On for-soþe is persoun of þe fader, anoþer of þe sone, anoþer of þe holy gost.

Bot of þe fader and of þe sone & of þe holy gost is o god-hede, euen glorie & maieste to-gidres euer-lastand.of þe sone & of] þe sonne &: on goddhode.

Swich as þe fader is, swich is þe sone, swich is þe holi gost.

Vnfourmed is þe fader, vnfourmed is þe sone, vnformed is þe holi gost.

Mychel his þe fader, mychel his þe sone, michel his þe holy gost.Grete: grete: grete.

Þe fader hys euer-lastend, þe sone is euerlastend, þe holy gost is euerlastend.Euerlastyng is þe f., euer|lastyng is þe sun, e.l. is þe h. goste.

And neuer þe lesse þer ne be nouȝt þre euerlastend, ac þer is on euerlastend.neþþeles: —ne: bot one euer|lastyng.

As hij ne ben nouȝt þre vnfourmed, ne þre grete, ac on vnfourmed, & on grete:hij ne] þer: no: bot.

Also his þe fader almiȝti, þe sone almiȝti, þe holi gost almiȝti.Also almiȝty is þe f., almiȝty is þe sun, alm. is þe h. goste.

And neuer þe les þer ne ben non þre almiȝti, bot on is almiȝti.ne ben non] be noȝt: —is.

So is God fader, GodTwice god in MS. is sone, God ys þe holy gost.So Godd is f., Godd is sun, Godd is h. goste.

And na-for-þan þer ne ben nouȝt þre goddes, bot þer is o God,na . . . ne] neuer þe les þer: þer is o] one.

So is þe fader Lord, þe sone Lord, þe holy gost Lord.

And na-for-þan þer ne ben nouȝt þre lordes, ac on is Lord.And . . . ne] Ac neþeles þer: ac on is] bot one.

For as we ben constreint þurȝ cristen soþenes to knowelich on-lich God and Lord ich a persone, so we be defended þurh catholik religion to sai, þre goddes & þre lordes.constreynyd: knowlege: ich a] ech.

Þe fader nis made of no wiȝt, ne fourmed, ne biȝeten.is: no þing no: no.

Þe sone is oneliche of þe fader, nouȝt made, noȝt formed, ac biȝeten.of þe onlych f.: bot.

Þe holy gost is of þe fader and of þe sone, nouȝt made, nouȝt fourmed, noȝt biȝeten, bot forþgoand.nouȝt fourmed] no f.: —n. biȝ.

For-þi o fader is, & nouȝt þre fadresInstead of the e, the MS. has a loop to the r.; o sone, and nouȝt þre sones; on holy gost, & nouȝt þre holy gost.one: one: one: gostes.

Bot in þis trinite noȝt is to-fore, ne nouȝt by-hinde, nouȝt more ne lasse, ac alle þre persons ben to-gadres euerlastand & euen.ne nouȝt] no noȝt: nouȝt m. ne l.] no lesse bot: togyders.

So þat by alle þinges, as it is sone said aboue, & on-hede in þre-hede & þre-hede in on-hede be to honour. sone] now: & o.] as onehode: þrehode: þrehode: onehode is to be honouryd.

For-þy he þat wil be saued, fele he so of þe þrehede.s.f.] safe frede: trinite.

Bot nedeful þinge is to þe euerlastand helþe, þat he trowe-lich bi-leue þe in-carnacioun of our Lord Iesu Crist.trewlych.

For-þy þe riȝt bileue is þat we bi-leue & knowelich, þat our Lord Iesu Crist, Goddes sone, is God & man.riȝtful: knowlege.

He his God, of þe substaunce of þe fader biȝeten to-fore þe worldes; & man, of þe substaunce of þe moder born in þe world.

He is parfit God, parfit man, beand of resonable soule & of mannes flesshe.

He is euen to þe fader efter þe godehede, lasse þan þe fader efter þe manhede;goddehede + &: manhode.

Þe which, þeȝ he bi God & man, na-for-þan hij ben nouȝt two, bot o Crist.bi] be: neþe les.

He is for-soþe on, noȝt þurȝt [confusioun of god-hede in flesh, bot þurȝ] takeing of manhode in-to God.noȝt one þurȝgh + confusion of godd-hode in flesch bot þurȝgh.

He is on in alle, nouȝt þurȝ confusion of substaunce, bot þurȝ onhede of persone.ac: onhode.

For as resonable soule & flesshe is o man, so is God & man o Crist;one: one.

Þe which suffred for our helþe, went to helle, & aros þe þridde daie fram deþ to lyf.

He steȝe vp tohe follows here, but is expuncted. þe heuens, sitteþ at þe riȝt half of God, fader al-miȝti, fram þennes he is to cum to iugen þe quike and þe ded.þe heuens] h.: sittyþ (but instead of the þ the MS. has only a long down|ward flourish): r. side: deme: & —þe.

Tho whos cumyng al men han to rise wyþ her bodis, & ben to ȝelden rekening of her propre dedes.Tho] To: —ben.

And hij þat deden wele, shul gon to þe lif euerlastand; & hij þat han don iuel, shul gon into fur euer-lastend.

Þis ys þe bileue catholik, þe which bot if ich man haue bileued trewlich & fastelich, he ne may nouȝt be sauf.cath.] of holy chyrche: —ne.

Explicit psalterium translatum in anglicum John Hyde constat. END OF THE TEXT AND OF PART I.