Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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PSALM CXLII.
1 The orisoun of Dauid, whan pursuede
hym Absolon, his sone.
noteLord, ful out here myn orisoun, with
eris parceyue myn obsecracioun; in thi
treuthe ful out here thou me, in thi ri&yogh;twisnesse.
2 And entre thou not into dom
with thi seruaunt; for ther shal not be
iustified in thi si&yogh;te eche lyuende.
3 For
the enemy pursuede my soule; mekede
in the erthe my lif. He sette me in
derke thingis, as the deade of the world,
and my spirit is anguysht vp on me;
4
in me is disturbid myn herte.
5 Myndeful
I was of olde da&yogh;es, I tho&yogh;te swetely in
alle thi werkis; in the deedis of thin
hondis I sweteli tho&yogh;te.
6 I stra&yogh;te out
myn hondis to thee; my soule as erthe
withoute water to thee.
7 Swiftli full out
here thou me, Lord; my spirit failide.
Turne thou not awei thi face fro me;
and I shal ben lic to the goende doun in
to the lake.
8 Herd mac thou to me erli
thi mercy; for in thee I hopide. Knowen
mac thou to me the weie, in the whiche
go I; for to thee I rerede my soule.
9 Tac
awei me fro myn enemys, Lord, to thee
I flei&yogh;, tech me to do thi wil;
10 for my
God thou art. Thi goode spirit shal
-- --
bringe me thennes in to the ry&yogh;t lond;
for thi name,
11 Lord, thou shalt quykene
me in thin equite. Thou shalt leden out
of tribulacioun my soule;
12 and in thi
merci thou shalt destro&yogh;en alle myn enemys.
And thou shalt leesen alle, that
trublen my soule; for I am thi seruaunt.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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