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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CAP. III.
1 Aleph. I `a man seende my porenesse
in the &yogh;erde of his indignacioun.
2 Aleph. Me he drof, and bro&yogh;t in to dercnessis,
and not in to li&yogh;t.
3 Aleph. Onli
in to me turnede, and conuertede his
hond al dai.
4 Beth. For eldid he made
my skyn, and my flesh; he to-brosyde
my bonus.
5 Beth. He bilde vp in my
cumpas, and cumpassede me with galle
and with trauaile.
6 Beth. In derke thingus
he sette me, as deade men euere durende.
7 Gimel. He bilde aboute a&yogh;en me, that
Y go not out; he agreggede myn gyues.
8 Gimel. But and whan Y shal crien and
pre&yogh;e, he closede out myn orysoun.
9 Gimel. He closede my weyes with squar
stonus; my styes he turnede vp so doun.
10 Deleth. A waitende bere maad he is to
me, a leoun in hid thingus.
11 Deleth. My
pathis he turnede vp so doun, and to-brac
-- --
me; he putte me desolat.
12 Deleth.
He bente his bowe, and sette me as a
signe to the arewe.
13 He. He putte in
my reynes the do&yogh;tris of his arewe cas.
14 Hee. Y am mad in to scorne to al puple,
the song of them al dai.
15 He. He fulfilde
me with bitternesses; he drunknede
me with wrmod.
16 Vau. He to-brac at
noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with
askus.
17 Vau. And put a bac is my soule;
Y for&yogh;at of goodus.
18 Vau. And Y seide,
Pershede myn ende, and myn hope fro
the Lord.
19 Sai. Recorde of porenesse
and of myn ouergoing, and of wrmod
and of galle.
20 Say. Bi mynde Y shal
be myndeful; and failen in me shal my
soule.
21 Sai. These thingus thenkende in
myn herte, in God Y shal hope.
22 Heth.
The mercyes of the Lord manye, forsothe
wee ben not wastid; for his mercyes
faileden not.
23 Heth. Y kne&yogh; the
morutid; myche is thi feith.
24 Heth. My
partie the Lord, seide my soule; therfore
Y shal abiden hym.
25 Teth. Good
is the Lord to men hopende in hym, to
the soule sechende hym.
26 Teth. Good is
to abide with silence the helthe &yogh;yuere
of God.
27 Teth. Good is to the man, that
hath born the &yogh;oc of the Lord fro his
waxende &yogh;outhe.
28 Joth. He shal sitte solitarie,
and be stille; for he rerede hymself
aboue hymself.
29 Joth. He shal sette in
pouder his mouth, if par auenture ther
be hope.
30 Joth. He shal &yogh;yue to the
smytende hym the cheke; he shal be fulfyld
with repreues.
31 Caph. For putten
abac shul not the Lord in to euermor.
32 Caph. For if he haue cast awei, and he
shal haue mercy after the multitude of
his mercies.
33 Caph. Forsothe he loewede
not of his herte; and caste awei the sonus
of man.
34 Lameth. That he shulde tobrose
vnder his feet alle the gyuede of
the lond.
35 Lameth. That he shulde boowe
-- --
doun the dom of man, in the si&yogh;te of the
chere of the he&yogh;est.
36 Lameth. That he
schuld mysturne a man in his dom, the
Lord kne&yogh; not.
37 Men. Who ys this that
seide, that shulde be don, the Lord not
comaundende?
38 Men. Of the mouth of
the he&yogh;est shul not go out ne goode
thingus ne euele.
39 Men. What grucchede
a man lyuende, a man for his synnes?
40 Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seche,
and be wee turned a&yogh;een to the Lord.
41 Nun. Rere wee oure hertus with hondus,
to the Lord in to heuenus.
42 Nun. Wee
wickeli diden, and to wrathe terreden;
therfore thou art vnpreiable.
43 Sameth.
Thou coueridist in wodnesse, and smyte
vs; thou slowe, and sparedist not.
44 Sameth.
Thou puttest a&yogh;en a cloude to thee,
lest passe the preieer.
45 Sameth. Pulling vp
bi the roote, and casting awei, thou puttist
me, in the myddel of puplus.
46 Ain.
Myn e&yogh;e is tormentid, and was not stille;
forthi that ther was not reste.
47 Ayn. To
the tyme that shulde biholde and looke
the Lord fro heuenus.
48 Ayn. Myn e&yogh;e
robbede my soule in alle the do&yogh;tris of
my cheef cite.
49 Fe. Openeden vp on vs
ther mouth, alle the enemys.
50 Fe. Ferd
and gren don is to vs, profeciyng and
contricioun.
51 Fe. My e&yogh;en bro&yogh;ten doun
deuyseouns of watris, in the contricioun
of the do&yogh;ter of my puple.
52 Sade. Bi
hunting thei token me as a brid, myn
enemys freeli.
53 Sade. Slyden is in to a
grene my lyf; thei setten a ston vp on
me.
54 Sade. Floweden watris vp on myn
hed; Y seide, Y pershede.
55 Coph. I inwardli
clepede thi name, Lord, fro the
laste grene.
56 Cof. My vois thou herdest;
ne turne thou awei thin ere fro my sobbing
and cries.
57 Coph. Thou ne&yogh;hedist
in the dai, whan Y inwardli clepede thee;
thou seidist, Ne drede thou.
58 Res. Thou
demedest, Lord, the cause of my soule,
-- --
thou a&yogh;een biere of my lif.
59 Res. Thou
see&yogh;e, Lord, the wickenesse of them a&yogh;en
me; deme thou my dom.
60 Res. Thou se&yogh;e
eche wodnesse, alle the tho&yogh;tus of hem
a&yogh;ens me.
61 Syn. Thou hast herd the repreues
of hem, Lord; alle the tho&yogh;tus of
hem a&yogh;en me.
62 Sin. The lippis of men
inrisende to me, and the bithenkingus of
hem a&yogh;en me al day.
63 Sin. The sitting
of hem and the a&yogh;een rising of hem see;
Y am the salm of hem.
64 Tau. Thou
shalt &yogh;elde to them the while, Lord, after
the werkis of ther hondus.
65 Tau. Thou
shalt &yogh;yue to them the sheld of herte,
thi trauaile.
66 Tau. Thou shalt pursue
in thi wodnesse, and to-trede them vnder
heuenus, Lord.
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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