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¹ The title of the eiyte and fiftithe salm. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple, `whanne Saul sente and kepte the hous, to slee hym. `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng, leese thou not the semeli song of Dauid, and so forth. Mi God, delyuer thou me fro myn enemyes; and delyuer thou me fro hem that risen ayens me.<sup>2</sup> Delyuer thou me fro hem that worchen wickidnesse; and saue thou me fro menquelleris.<sup>3</sup> For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fellen in on me.<sup>4</sup> Nethir my wickidnesse, nether my synne; Lord, Y ran with out wickidnesse, and dresside `my werkis.⁵ Rise vp thou in to my meetyng, and se; and thou, Lord God of vertues, art God of Israel. Yyue thou tent to visite alle folkis; do thou not merci to alle that worchen wickidnesse.⁶ Thei schulen be turned at euentid, and thei as doggis schulen suffre hungir; and thei schulen cumpas the citee.⁷ Lo! thei schulen speke in her mouth, and a swerd in her lippis; for who herde?

⁸ And thou, Lord, schalt scorne hem; thou schalt bringe alle folkis to nouyt.⁹ I schal kepe my strengthe to thee;¹⁰ for God is myn vptaker, my God, his mercy schal come byfore me.¹¹ God schewide to me on myn enemyes, slee thou not hem; lest ony tyme my puples foryete. Scatere thou hem in thi vertu; and, Lord, my defender, putte thou hem doun.¹² Putte thou doun the trespas of her mouth, and the word of her lippis; and be thei takun in her pride. And of cursyng and of leesyng; thei schulen be schewid in the endyng.¹³ In the ire of ending, and thei schulen not be; and thei schulen wite, that the Lord schal be Lord of Jacob, and of the endis of erthe.¹⁴ Thei schulen be turned at euentid, and thei as doggis schulen suffre hungur; and thei schulen cumpas the citee.¹⁵ Thei schulen be scaterid abrood, for to eete; sotheli if thei ben not fillid, and thei schulen grutche.¹⁶ But Y schal synge thi strengthe; and eerli Y schal enhaunse thi merci. For thou art maad myn vptaker; and my refuyt, in the dai of my tribulacioun.¹⁷ Myn helper, Y schal synge to thee; for thou art God, myn vptaker, my God, my mercy.