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¹ The title of the nyne and eiytetithe salm. The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.² Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.³ Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.⁴ For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.⁵ The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.⁶ Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.

⁷ For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.⁸ Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.⁹ For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;¹⁰ the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.¹¹ Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?

¹² Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.¹³ Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.¹⁴ We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.¹⁵ We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.¹⁶ Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.¹⁷ And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.