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The title of the thre and thrittithe salm. To Dauid, whanne he chaungide his mouth bifor Abymalech, and he `droof out Dauid, `and he yede forth.
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I schal blesse the Lord in al tyme; euere his heriyng is in my mouth.
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Mi soule schal be preisid in the Lord; mylde men here, and be glad.
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Magnyfie ye the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf.
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I souyte the Lord, and he herde me; and he delyueride me fro alle my tribulaciouns.
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Neiye ye to him, and be ye liytned; and youre faces schulen not be schent.
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This pore man criede, and the Lord herde hym; and sauyde hym fro alle hise tribulaciouns.
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The aungel of the Lord sendith in the cumpas of men dredynge hym; and he schal delyuere hem.
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Taaste ye, and se, for the Lord is swete; blessid is the man, that hopith in hym.
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Alle ye hooli men of the Lord, drede hym; for no nedynesse is to men dredynge hym.
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Riche men weren nedi, and weren hungri; but men that seken the Lord schulen not faile of al good.
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Come, ye sones, here ye me; Y schal teche you the drede of the Lord.
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Who is a man, that wole lijf; loueth to se good daies?
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Forbede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile.
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Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.
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The iyen of the Lord ben on iust men; and hise eeren ben to her preiers.
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But the cheer of the Lord is on men doynge yuels; that he leese the mynde of hem fro erthe.
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Just men cryeden, and the Lord herde hem; and delyueride hem fro alle her tribulaciouns.
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The Lord is nyy hem that ben of troblid herte; and he schal saue meke men in spirit.
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Many tribulaciouns ben of iust men; and the Lord schal delyuere hem fro alle these.
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The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun.
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The deth of synneris is werst; and thei that haten a iust man schulen trespasse.
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The Lord schal ayenbie the soulis of hise seruauntis; and alle, that hopen in him, schulen not trespasse.