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¹ The `title of the two and seuentithe salm. `The salm of Asaph. God of Israel is ful good; to hem that ben of riytful herte.² But my feet weren moued almeest; my steppis weren sched out almeest.³ For Y louede feruentli on wickid men; seynge the pees of synneris.⁴ For biholdyng is not to the deth of hem; and stidefastnesse in the sikenesse of hem.⁵ Thei ben not in the trauel of men; and thei schulen not be betun with men.⁶ Therfore pride helde hem; thei weren hilid with her wickidnesse and vnfeithfulnesse.⁷ The wickidnesse of hem cam forth as of fatnesse; thei yeden in to desire of herte.⁸ Thei thouyten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnesse an hiy.⁹ Thei puttiden her mouth in to heuene; and her tunge passide in erthe.¹⁰ Therfor my puple schal be conuertid here; and fulle daies schulen be foundun in hem.¹¹ And thei seiden, How woot God; and whether kunnyng is an heiye, `that is, in heuene?¹² Lo! thilke synneris and hauynge aboundance in the world; helden richessis.¹³ And Y seide, Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte; and waischide myn hoondis among innocentis.¹⁴ And Y was betun al dai; and my chastisyng was in morutidis.

¹⁵ If Y seide, Y schal telle thus; lo! Y repreuede the nacioun of thi sones.¹⁶ I gesside, that Y schulde knowe this; trauel is bifore me.¹⁷ Til Y entre in to the seyntuarie of God; and vndurstonde in the last thingis of hem.¹⁸ Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid.¹⁹ Hou ben thei maad into desolacioun; thei failiden sodeynli, thei perischiden for her wickidnesse.²⁰ As the dreem of men that risen; Lord, thou schalt dryue her ymage to nouyt in thi citee.

²¹ For myn herte is enflaumed, and my reynes ben chaungid;²² and Y am dryuun to nouyt, and Y wiste not.²³ As a werk beeste Y am maad at thee; and Y am euere with thee.²⁴ Thou heldist my riythond, and in thi wille thou leddist me forth; and with glorie thou tokist me vp.²⁵ For whi what is to me in heuene; and what wolde Y of thee on erthe?²⁶ Mi fleische and myn herte failide; God of myn herte, and my part is God withouten ende.²⁷ For lo! thei that drawen awei fer hem silf fro thee, `bi deedli synne, schulen perische; thou hast lost alle men that doen fornycacioun fro thee.²⁸ But it is good to me to cleue to God; and to sette myn hope in the Lord God. That Y telle alle thi prechyngis; in the yatis of the douyter of Syon.