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The title of the eiyte and eiytetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, Ezraite.
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I schal synge with outen ende; the mercies of the Lord. In generacioun and in to generacioun; Y schal telle thi treuthe with my mouth.
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For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho.
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I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt,
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Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to generacioun.
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Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis.
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For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God?
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God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas.
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Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas.
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Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof.
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Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes.
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Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof;
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thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name;
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thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid;
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riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face;
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blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer;
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and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse.
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For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid.
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For oure takyng vp is of the Lord; and of the hooli of Israel oure kyng.
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Thanne thou spakist in reuelacioun to thi seyntis, and seidist, Y haue set help in the myyti; and Y haue enhaunsid the chosun man of my puple.
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I foond Dauid, my seruaunt; Y anoyntide hym with myn hooli oile.
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For myn hond schal helpe him; and myn arm schal conferme hym.
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The enemye schal no thing profite in him; and the sone of wickidnesse schal not `ley to, for to anoye him.
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And Y schal sle hise enemyes fro his face; and Y schal turne in to fliyt hem that haten hym.
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And my treuthe and mercy schal be with him; and his horn schal be enhaunsid in my name.
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And Y schal sette his hond in the see; and his riyt hoond in flodis.
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He schal inwardli clepe me, Thou art my fadir; my God, and the vptaker of myn heelthe.
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And Y schal sette him the firste gendrid sone; hiyer than the kyngis of erthe.
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With outen ende Y schal kepe my merci to hym; and my testament feithful to him.
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And Y schal sette his seed in to the world of world; and his trone as the daies of heuene.
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Forsothe if hise sones forsaken my lawe; and goen not in my domes.
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If thei maken vnhooli my riytfulnessis; and kepen not my comaundementis.
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I schal visite in a yerde the wickidnessis of hem; and in betyngis the synnes of hem.
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But Y schal not scatere my mercy fro hym; and in my treuthe Y schal not anoye hym.
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Nethir Y schal make vnhooli my testament; and Y schal not make voide tho thingis that comen forth of my lippis.
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Onys Y swoor in myn hooli;
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Y schal not lie to Dauid, his seed schal dwelle with outen ende.
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And his trone as sunne in my siyt, and as a perfit mone with outen ende; and a feithful witnesse in heuene.
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But thou hast put awei, and hast dispisid; and hast dilaied thi crist.
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Thou hast turned awei the testament of thi seruaunt; thou madist vnhooli his seyntuarie in erthe.
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Thou distriedist alle the heggis therof; thou hast set the stidefastnesse therof drede.
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Alle men passynge bi the weie rauyschiden him; he is maad schenschipe to hise neiyboris.
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Thou hast enhaunsid the riythond of men oppressinge him; thou hast gladid alle hise enemyes.
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Thou hast turned awei the help of his swerd; and thou helpidist not hym in batel.
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Thou destriedist him fro clensing; and thou hast hurtlid doun his seete in erthe.
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Thou hast maad lesse the daies of his time; thou hast bisched him with schenschip.
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Lord, hou longe turnest thou awei in to the ende; schal thin ire brenne out as fier?
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Bithenke thou what is my substaunce; for whether thou hast ordeyned veynli alle the sones of men?
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Who is a man, that schal lyue, and schal not se deth; schal delyuere his soule fro the hond of helle?
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Lord, where ben thin elde mercies; as thou hast swore to Dauid in thi treuthe?
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Lord, be thou myndeful of the schenschipe of thi seruauntis, of many hethene men; whiche Y helde togidere in my bosum.
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Whiche thin enemyes, Lord, diden schenschipfuli; for thei dispisiden the chaungyng of thi crist.
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Blessid be the Lord with outen ende; be it don, be it don.