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¹ The title of the fyue and twentithe salm. `To Dauid.² Lord, preue thou me, and asaie me; brenne thou my reynes, and myn herte.³ For whi thi merci is bifor myn iyen; and Y pleside in thi treuthe.⁴ I sat not with the counsel of vanyte; and Y schal not entre with men doynge wickid thingis.⁵ I hatide the chirche of yuele men; and Y schal not sitte with wickid men.

⁶ I schal waische myn hondis among innocentis; and, Lord, Y schal cumpasse thin auter.⁷ That Y here the vois of heriyng; and that Y telle out alle thi merueils.⁸ Lord, Y haue loued the fairnesse of thin hows; and the place of the dwellyng of thi glorie.⁹ God, leese thou not my soule with vnfeithful men; and my lijf with men of bloodis.¹⁰ In whose hondis wyckidnessis ben; the riythond of hem is fillid with yiftis.¹¹ But Y entride in myn innocens; ayenbie thou me, and haue merci on me.¹² Mi foot stood in riytfulnesse; Lord, Y schal blesse thee in chirchis.