Psalms 102 Cross References - Wycliffe

¹ The title of `hundred and secounde salm. `Of Dauid. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and alle thingis that ben with ynne me, blesse his hooli name. ² Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and nyle thou foryete alle the yeldyngis of him. ³ Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis; which heelith alle thi sijknessis. ⁴ Which ayenbieth thi lijf fro deth; which corowneth thee in merci and merciful doyngis. ⁵ Which fillith thi desijr in goodis; thi yongthe schal be renulid as the yongthe of an egle. ⁶ The Lord doynge mercies; and doom to alle men suffringe wrong. ⁷ He made hise weies knowun to Moises; hise willis to the sones of Israel. ⁸ The Lord is merciful doer, and merciful in wille; longe abidinge, and myche merciful. ⁹ He schal not be wrooth with outen ende; and he schal not thretne with outen ende. ¹⁰ He dide not to vs aftir oure synnes; nether he yeldide to vs aftir oure wickidnessis. ¹¹ For bi the hiynesse of heuene fro erthe; he made strong his merci on men dredynge hym. ¹² As myche as the eest is fer fro the west; he made fer oure wickidnessis fro vs. ¹³ As a fadir hath merci on sones, the Lord hadde merci on men dredynge him; ¹⁴ for he knewe oure makyng. ¹⁵ He bithouyte that we ben dust, a man is as hey; his dai schal flowre out so as a flour of the feeld. ¹⁶ For the spirit schal passe in hym, and schal not abide; and schal no more knowe his place. ¹⁷ But the merci of the Lord is fro with out bigynnyng, and til in to with outen ende; on men dredinge hym. And his riytfulnesse is in to the sones of sones; ¹⁸ to hem that kepen his testament. And ben myndeful of hise comaundementis; to do tho. ¹⁹ The Lord hath maad redi his seete in heuene; and his rewme schal be lord of alle. ²⁰ Aungels of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord; ye myyti in vertu, doynge his word, to here the vois of hise wordis. ²¹ Alle vertues of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord; ye mynystris of hym that doen his wille. ²² Alle werkis of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord, in ech place of his lordschipe; my soule, blesse thou the Lord.

¹ In the bigynnyng God made of nouyt heuene and erthe.

¹ Therfor heuenes and erthe ben maad perfit, and al the ournement of tho.

¹⁰ The septre schal not be takun awey fro Juda, and a duyk of his hipe, til he come that schal be sent, and he schal be abiding of hethene men;

²³ Forsothe aftir myche tyme the kyng of Egipt diede, and the sones of Israel inwardli weiliden for werkis, and crieden, and the cry of hem for werkis stiede to God.

²³ Forsothe aftir myche tyme the kyng of Egipt diede, and the sones of Israel inwardli weiliden for werkis, and crieden, and the cry of hem for werkis stiede to God. ²⁴ And he herde the weilyng of hem, and he hadde mynde of the boond of pees, which he hadde maad with Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob; and he bihelde the sones of Israel, ²⁵ and knewe hem.

⁷ To whom the Lord seide, Y seiy the affliccion of my puple in Egipt, and Y herde the cry therof, for the hardnesse of hem that ben souereyns of werkis.

¹⁴ The Lord seide to Moises, Y am that am. The Lord seide, Thus thou schalt seie to the sones of Israel, He that is sente me to you. ¹⁵ And eft God seide to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the sones of Israel, The Lord God of youre fadris, God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, sente me to you; this name is to me with outen ende, and this is my memorial in generacioun and in to generacioun.

¹⁴ Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Wryte thou this in a book, for mynde, and take in the eeris of Josue; for Y schal do a wei the mynde of Amalech fro vndur heuene.

¹¹ for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the `dai of the sabat, and halewide it.

²⁹ And whanne thou hast souyt there thi Lord God, thou schalt fynde hym; if netheles thou sekist with al the herte, and with al the tribulacioun of thi soule.

¹⁵ Bihold thou fro thi seyntuarie, fro the hiy dwellyng place of heuene, and blesse thou thi puple Israel, and the lond which thou hast youe to vs, as thou `hast swoore to oure fadris; the lond flowynge with mylk and hony.

⁶⁶ And thi lijf schal be as hangynge bifore thee; thou schalt drede in nyyt and dai, and thou schal not bileue to thi lijf. ⁶⁷ In the morewtid thou schalt seie, Who schal yyue the euentid to me? and in the euentid `thou schalt seie, Who schal yyue the morewtid to me? for the drede of thin herte, bi which thou schalt be maad aferd, and for tho thingis whiche thou schalt see with thin iyen.

¹⁹ Now therfor write ye to you this song, and `teche ye the sones of Israel, that thei holde it in mynde, and synge bi mouth; and that this song be to me for a witnessyng among the sones of Israel. <sup>20</sup> For Y schal lede hym in to the lond, for which Y swoor to hise fadris, flowynge with mylk and hony; and whanne thei han ete, and ben fillid, and ben maad fat, thei schulen turne to alien goddis, and thei schulen serue hem; and thei schulen bacbite me, and schulen make voide my couenaunt. <sup>21</sup> Aftir that many yuels and turmentyngis han founde hym, this song schal answere hym for witnessing, which song no foryetyng schal do awey fro the mouth of thi seed. For Y knowe the thouytis therof to day, what thingis it schal do, bifore that Y bringe it in to the lond which Y bihiyte to it. <sup>22</sup> Therfor Moises wroot the song, and tauyte the sones of Israel. <sup>23</sup> And the Lord comaundide to Josue, the sone of Nun, and seide, Be thou coumfortid, and be thou strong; for thou schalt lede the sones of Israel in to the lond which Y bihiyte, and Y schal be with thee. <sup>24</sup> Therfor aftir that Moises wroot the wordis of this lawe in a book, and fillide, <sup>25</sup> he comaundide to Leuytis that baren the ark of boond of pees of the Lord, <sup>26</sup> and seide, Take ye this book, and putte ye it in the side of the arke of boond of pees of youre Lord God, that it be there ayens thee in to witnessyng. <sup>27</sup> For Y knowe thi stryuyng, and thin hardest nol; yit while Y lyuede and entride with you, ye diden euere stryuyngli ayens the Lord; hou myche more whanne Y schal be deed. <sup>28</sup> Gadere ye to me all the grettere men in birthe, and techeris, bi youre lynagis, and Y schal speke to hem, herynge these wordis, and Y schal clepe ayens hem heuene and erthe. <sup>29</sup> For Y knowe, that aftir my deeth ye schulen do wickidli, and schulen bowe awei soone fro the weie which Y comaundide to you; and yuels schulen come to you in the laste tyme, whanne ye `han do yuel in the siyt of the Lord, that ye terre hym to ire bi the werkis of youre hondis. ³⁰ Therfor while al the cumpeny of the sones of Israel herde, Moises spak the wordis of this song, and fillide `til to the ende.

³⁶ The Lord schal deme his puple, and he schal do merci in hise seruauntis; the puple schal se that the hond of fiyteres is sijk, and also men closid failiden, and the residues ben waastid.

²⁷ His dwellynge place is aboue, and armes euerlastynge ben bynethe; he schal caste out fro thi face the enemy, and he schal seie, Be thou al to-brokun.

¹⁶ And thei seiden these thingis, and castiden forth fro her coostis alle the idols of alien goddis, and serueden the Lord; which hadde `rewthe, ether compassioun, on the `wretchidnessis of hem.

⁷ And so sche dide `bi alle yeeris, whanne `in tyme comynge ayen, thei stieden in to the hows of the Lord; and so sche terride Anna. Forsothe Anna wepte, and took not mete. ⁸ Therfor Helcana, hir hosebonde, seide to hir, Anna, whi wepist thou, and whi etist thou not, and whi is thin herte turmentid? Whether Y am not betere to thee than ben ten sones?

¹⁵ Anna answeride, and seide, Nay, my lord, for Y am `a wretchid womman greetli; Y `drank not wyn `and al thing that may make drunkun, but Y schedde out my soule in the `siyt of the Lord; ¹⁶ gesse thou not thin handmaide as oon of the douytris of Belyal, for of the multitude of my sorewe and morenyng Y spak `til in to present tyme.

⁷ The Lord makith pore, and makith riche; he makith low, and reisith. ⁸ He reisith a nedi man fro poudur, and `he reisith a pore man fro dryt, that he sitte with princes, and holde the seete of glorie; for the endis of erthe ben of the Lord, and he hath set the world on tho.

¹⁶ In this same our which is now to morewe, Y schal sende to thee a man of the lond of Beniamyn, and thou schalt anoynte hym duyk on my puple Israel, and he schal saue my puple fro the hond of Filisteis; for Y haue biholde my puple, for `the cry of hem cam to me.

¹⁷ Sotheli the eldere men of his hows camen, and constreyneden hym `bi meke preieris, that he schulde rise fro the erthe; and he nolde, nethir he eet mete with hem.

³⁹ thou schalt here in heuene, in the place of thi dwellyng, and thou schalt do mercy, and thou schalt do that thou yyue to ech man vpe alle hise weies, as thou seest his herte; for thou aloone knowist the herte of alle the sones of men,

⁴³ thou schalt here in heuene, in the firmament of thi dwellyng place, and thou schalt do alle thingis, for whiche the alien clepith thee, that alle puplis of londis lerne to drede thi name, as thi puple Israel doith, and preue, that thi name is clepid on this hows, which Y bildide.

⁴ Forsothe Joachaz bisouyte the face of the Lord, and the Lord herde hym; for he siy the anguysch of Israel, for the kyng of Sirie hadde al to brokun hem.

²² Therfor Azael, kyng of Sirie, turmentide Israel in alle the daies of Joachaz. ²³ And the Lord hadde merci on hem, and turnede ayen to hem for his couenaunt, which he hadde with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he nolde distrie hem, nether cast awei outirli, til in to present tyme.

⁹ For the iyen of the Lord biholden al the erthe, and yyuen strengthe to hem, that with perfit herte bileuen in to hym. Therfor thou hast do folili, and for this, yhe, in present tyme batels schulen rise ayens thee.

⁸ for if thou gessist that batels stonden in the myyt of oost, the Lord schal make thee to be ouercomun of enemyes, for it is of God for to helpe, and to turne in to fliyt.

²⁷ Sotheli preestis and dekenes rysyden, and blessiden the puple; and the vois of hem was herd, and the preier cam in to the hooli dwelling place of heuene.

¹¹ Therfor the Lord brouyte on hem the princes of the oost of the kyng of Assiriens; and thei token Manasses, and bounden hym with chaynes, and stockis, and ledden hym in to Babiloyne. ¹² And aftir that he was angwischid, he preiede `his Lord God, and dide penaunce gretli bifor the God of hise fadris. <sup>13</sup> And he preiede God, and bisechide ententifli; and God herde his preier, and brouyte hym ayen `in to Jerusalem in to his rewme; and Manasses knew, that the Lord hym silf is God.

¹ In the firste yeer of Cirus, kyng of Persis, that the word of the Lord bi the mouth of Jeremye schulde be fillid, the Lord reiside the spirit of Cyrus, kyng of Persis; and he pupplischide a vois in al his rewme, ye, bi the scripture, and seide, Cirus, ² the kyng of Persis, seith these thingis, The Lord God of heuene yaf to me alle the rewmes of erthe, and he comaundide to me, that Y schulde bilde to hym an hows in Jerusalem, which is in Judee. ³ Who is among you of al his puple? his God be with hym; stie he in to Jerusalem, which is in Judee, and bilde he the hows of the Lord God of Israel; he is God, which is in Jerusalem. ⁴ And alle othere men, `that dwellen where euere in alle places, helpe hym; the men of her place helpe in siluer, and gold, and catel, and scheep, outakun that that thei offren wilfulli to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem. ⁵ And the princis of fadris of Juda and of Beniamyn risiden, and the preestis, and dekenes, and ech man whos spirit God reiside, for to stie to bilde the temple of the Lord, that was in Jerusalem.

⁵ And the princis of fadris of Juda and of Beniamyn risiden, and the preestis, and dekenes, and ech man whos spirit God reiside, for to stie to bilde the temple of the Lord, that was in Jerusalem. ⁶ And alle men that weren `in cumpas helpiden the hondis of hem, in vesselis of siluer, and of gold, `in catel, in purtenaunce of houshold, and in alle werk beestis, outakun these thingis which thei offriden bi fre wille. ⁷ Forsothe kyng Cyrus brouyte forth the vessels of the temple of the Lord, whiche Nabugodonosor hadde take fro Jerusalem, and hadde set tho in the temple of his god. ⁸ Sotheli Cyrus, the kyng of Persis, brouyte forth tho bi the hond of Mytridatis, sone of Gazabar; and noumbride tho to Sasabazar, the prince of Juda. ⁹ And this is the noumbre of tho vessels; goldun violis, thritti; siluerne viols, a thousynde; `grete knyues, nyne and twenti; goldun cuppis, thritti; siluerne cuppis, ¹⁰ two thousynde foure hundrid and ten; othere vessels, a thousynde; ¹¹ alle the vessels of gold and siluere weren fyue thousynde foure hundrid. Sasabazar took alle vessels, with hem that stieden fro the transmygracioun of Babiloyne, in to Jerusalem.

¹ And thanne the seuenthe monethe was comun, and the sones of Israel weren in her citees. ² Therfor the puple was gaderid as o man in to Jerusalem. And Josue, the sone of Josedech, roos, and hise britheren, prestis, and Zorobabel, the sone of Salatiel, and hise britheren, and thei bildiden the auter of God of Israel for to offre therynne brent sacrifices, as it is writun in the lawe of Moises, the man of God. ³ Forsothe thei settiden the auter on his foundementis, while the puplis of londis bi cumpas maden hem aferd, and thei offriden on that auter brent sacrifice to the Lord in the morewtid and euentid.

²⁷ that yaf this thing in the herte of the kyng, that he schulde glorifie the hows of the Lord,

⁶ And Esdras roos bifor the hows of God, and he yede to the bed of Johannan, sone of Eliasiph, and entride thidur; he eet not breed, and drank not watir; for he biweilide the trespassing of hem, that weren comun fro the caitifte.

³ And thei seiden to me, Thei that `dwelliden, and ben left of the caitifte there in the prouynce, ben in greet turment, and in schenship; and the wal of Jerusalem is destried, and the yatis therof ben brent with fier.

⁶ thin eere be maad herknynge, and thin iyen openyd, that thou here the preier of thi seruaunt, bi which Y preie bifor thee `to dai, bi nyyt and dai, for the sones of Israel, thi seruauntis, and `Y knouleche for the synnes of the sones of Israel, bi which thei han synned to thee; bothe Y and the hows of my fadir han synned; we weren disseyued bi vanyte,

¹¹ Lord, Y biseche, `thin eere be ententif to the preier of thi seruaunt, and to the preier of thi seruauntis, that wolen drede thi name; and dresse thi seruaunt to dai, and yiue thou merci to him bifor this man. For Y was the boteler of the kyng.

³ and seide to the kyng, Kyng, lyue thou withouten ende; whi moreneth not my cheer? for the citee of the hows of the sepulcris of my fadir is desert, `ether forsakun, and the yatis therof ben brent with fier.

¹⁷ And Y seide to hem, Ye knowen the turment, in which we ben, for Jerusalem is deseert, and the yatis therof ben wastid with fier; come ye, bilde we the wallis of Jerusalem, and be we no more schenship.

² And he seide bifor hise britheren, and the multitude of Samaritans, What doen the feble Jewis? Whether hethene men schulen suffre hem? Whether thei schulen fille, and make sacrifice in o dai? Whether thei moun bilde stonys of the heepis of the dust, that ben brent?

⁶ Therfor we bildiden the wal, and ioyneden togidere al `til to the half part, and the herte of the puple was exitid to worche.

¹⁰ Forsothe Juda seide, The strengthe of the berere is maad feble, and the erthe is ful myche, and we moun not bilde the wal.

²⁴ Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng.

⁴ For the arowis of the Lord ben in me, the indignacioun of whiche drynkith vp my spirit; and the dredis of the Lord fiyten ayens me.

¹³ If Y seie, My bed schal coumfort me, and Y schal be releeuyd, spekynge with me in my bed; ¹⁴ thou schalt make me aferd bi dremys, and thou schalt schake me with `orrour, ethir hidousnesse, `bi siytis. ¹⁵ Wherfor my soule `chees hangyng, and my boonys cheesiden deth. <sup>16</sup> `Y dispeiride, now Y schal no more lyue; Lord, spare thou me, for my daies ben nouyt.

²¹ Whi doist thou not awei my sinne, and whi takist thou not awei my wickidnesse? Lo! now Y schal slepe in dust, and if thou sekist me eerli, Y schal not abide.

¹ Yt anoieth my soule of my lijf; Y schal lete my speche ayens me, Y schal speke in the bitternesse of my soule.

² Which goith out, and is defoulid as a flour; and fleeth as schadewe, and dwellith neuere perfitli in the same staat.

²⁰ Whanne fleischis weren wastid, my boon cleuyde to my skyn; and `oneli lippis ben left aboute my teeth.

²³ Who yyueth to me, that my wordis be writun? Who yyueth to me, ²⁴ that tho be writun in a book with an yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed; ethir with a chisel be grauun in a flynt?

²¹ For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?

¹² Whether thou thenkist, that God is hiyere than heuene, and is enhaunsid aboue the coppe of sterris?

¹² Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.

²⁹ Y was the brother of dragouns, and the felow of ostrigis. ³⁰ My skyn was maad blak on me, and my boonys drieden for heete.

³⁰ My skyn was maad blak on me, and my boonys drieden for heete.

²⁰ Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.

²⁹ For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.

²⁶ Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.

⁴ Where were thou, whanne Y settide the foundementis of erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng. ⁵ Who settide mesures therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne? ⁶ On what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof, ⁷ whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle the sones of God sungun ioyfuli?

¹ Whi gnastiden with teeth hethene men; and puplis thouyten veyn thingis?

² Lord, perseyue thou my wordis with eeris; vndurstonde thou my cry.

² Lord, repreue thou not me in thi stronge veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire. ³ Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y am sijk; Lord, make thou me hool, for alle my boonys ben troblid.

⁶ For noon is in deeth, which is myndful of thee; but in helle who schal knouleche to thee?

⁸ Myn iye is disturblid of woodnesse; Y waxe eld among alle myn enemyes.

⁶ myn enemy pursue my soule, and take, and defoule my lijf in erthe; and brynge my glorie in to dust.

⁵ lest ony tyme myn enemye seie, Y hadde the maistri ayens hym. Thei, that troblen me, schulen haue ioie, if Y schal be stirid; forsothe Y hopide in thi merci.

¹ The `title of the threttenthe salm. To the victorie of Dauid.

² He that entrith with out wem; and worchith riytfulnesse.

⁶ In the sunne he hath set his tabernacle; and he as a spouse comynge forth of his chaumbre. He fulli ioyede, as a giaunt, to renne his weie;

² in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurschide me on the watir of refreischyng;

⁹ Lord, make thou saaf thi puple, and blesse thou thin eritage; and reule thou hem, and enhaunse thou hem til in to with outen ende.

⁶ I bitake my spirit in to thin hondis; Lord God of treuthe, thou hast ayen bouyt me. ⁷ Thou hatist hem that kepen vanytees superfluli.

² Blessid is the man, to whom the Lord arrettide not synne; nethir gile is in his spirit.

¹⁰ Many betyngis ben of the synnere; but merci schal cumpasse hym that hopith in the Lord. ¹¹ Ye iust men, be glad, and make fulli ioie in the Lord; and alle ye riytful of herte, haue glorie.

³ Synge ye to hym a newe song; seie ye wel salm to hym in criyng. ⁴ For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.

¹³ Who is a man, that wole lijf; loueth to se good daies? ¹⁴ Forbede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile.

² Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

²⁰ But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.

³ I was doumb, and was mekid ful gretli, and was stille fro goodis; and my sorewe was renulid.

⁸ And now which is myn abiding? whether not the Lord? and my substaunce is at thee. ⁹ Delyuere thou me fro alle my wickidnessis; thou hast youe me schenschip to the vnkunnynge. ¹⁰ I was doumbe, and openyde not my mouth; for thou hast maad, ¹¹ remoue thou thi woundis fro me.

⁵ Blessid is the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and he bihelde not in to vanitees, and in to false woodnesses. ⁶ Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.

¹¹ I hidde not thi riytfulnesse in myn herte; Y seide thi treuthe and thin helthe. I hidde not thi mercy and thi treuthe; fro a myche counsel. ¹² But thou, Lord, make not fer thi merciful doyngis fro me; thi mercy and treuthe euere token me vp. ¹³ For whi yuels, of whiche is no noumbre, cumpassiden me; my wickidnessis token me, and y myyte not, that Y schulde se. Tho ben multiplied aboue the heeris of myn heed; and myn herte forsook me.

¹³ Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende.

¹ The title of the oon and fourtithe salm. To victorie, to the sones of Chore. ² As an hert desirith to the wellis of watris; so thou, God, my soule desirith to thee.

³ Sende out thi liyt, and thi treuthe; tho ledden me forth, and brouyten in to thin hooli hil, and in to thi tabernaclis. ⁴ And Y schal entre to the auter of God; to God, that gladith my yongthe. God, my God, Y schal knowleche to thee in an harpe; my soule,

¹³ A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and he is maad lijk to tho.

¹ The title of the fyue and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for the doumb culuer, for it yede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth. ² God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me; al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me. ³ Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me.

³ Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me. ⁴ Of the hiynesse of dai Y schal drede; but God Y schal hope in thee. ⁵ In God Y schal preise my wordis; Y hopide in God, Y schal not drede what thing fleisch schal do to me.

¹ The title of the seuene and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To victorie; `lese thou not the swete song, ether the semely salm, of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomere, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple. ² Forsothe if ye speken riytfulnesse verili; ye sones of men, deme riytfuli. ³ For in herte ye worchen wickidnesse in erthe; youre hondis maken redi vnriytfulnessis.

² Whether my soule schal not be suget to God; for myn heelthe is of hym.

⁸ for thou were myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee;

² God rise vp, and hise enemyes be scaterid; and thei that haten hym fle fro his face. ³ As smoke failith, faile thei; as wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the face of God. ⁴ And iust men eete, and make fulli ioye in the siyt of God; and delite thei in gladnesse.

³¹ I schal herye the name of God with song; and Y schal magnefye hym in heriyng. ³² And it schal plese God more than a newe calf; bryngynge forth hornes and clees.

¹ The titil of the nyne and sixtithe salm. To the victorie `of Dauid, `to haue mynde. ² God, biholde thou in to myn heelp; Lord, hast thou to helpe me.

¹ The seuentithe salm hath no title. Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende;

² God, yyue thi doom to the king; and thi riytfulnesse to the sone of a king. To deme thi puple in riytfulnesse; and thi pore men in doom.

¹⁸ Blessid be the Lord God of Israel; which aloone makith merueiylis.

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?

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.

¹⁸ Be thou myndeful of this thing, the enemye hath seid schenschip to the Lord; and the vnwijs puple hath excitid to ire thi name. ¹⁹ Bitake thou not to beestis men knoulechenge to thee; and foryete thou not in to the ende the soulis of thi pore men. ²⁰ Biholde in to thi testament; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis.

² God is knowun in Judee; his name is greet in Israel.

³ Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris. telden to vs. ⁴ Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide.

⁴ We ben maad schenschipe to oure neiyboris; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure cumpas. ⁵ Lord, hou longe schalt thou be wrooth in to the ende? schal thi veniaunce be kyndelid as fier? ⁶ Schede out thin ire in to hethene men, that knowen not thee; and in to rewmes, that clepiden not thi name.

¹ The title of the nyne and seuentithe salm. To victorie; this salm is witnessing of Asaph for lilies.

⁷ Thou hast set vs in to ayenseiyng to oure neiyboris; and oure enemyes han scornyde vs. ⁸ God of vertues, turne thou vs; and schewe thi face, and we schulen be saaf. ⁹ Thou translatidist a vyne fro Egipt; thou castidist out hethene men, and plauntidist it. ¹⁰ Thou were leeder of the weie in the siyt therof; and thou plauntidist the rootis therof, and it fillide the lond. ¹¹ The schadewe therof hilide hillis; and the braunchis therof filliden the cedris of God.

¹³ Whi hast thou destried the wal therof; and alle men that goen forth bi the weie gaderiden awei the grapis therof?

⁵ For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob.

² 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. ³ For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho. ⁴ I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt, ⁵ Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to generacioun. ⁶ Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis. ⁷ For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God? ⁸ God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. ⁹ Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas. ¹⁰ Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof. ¹¹ Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes. ¹² Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; ¹³ thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name; ¹⁴ thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid; ¹⁵ riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face; ¹⁶ blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer; ¹⁷ and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse. ¹⁸ For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid.

⁴ For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.

¹ `The nyntithe salm. He that dwellith in the help of the hiyeste God; schal dwelle in the proteccioun of God of heuene. ² He schal seie to the Lord, Thou art myn vptaker, and my refuit; my God, Y schal hope in him.

⁴ With hise schuldris he schal make schadowe to thee; and thou schalt haue hope vnder hise fetheris.

⁷ A thousynde schulen falle doun fro thi side, and ten thousynde fro thi riytside; forsothe it schal not neiye to thee. ⁸ Netheles thou schalt biholde with thin iyen; and thou schalt se the yelding of synneris. ⁹ For thou, Lord, art myn hope; thou hast set thin help altherhiyeste.

¹⁶ I schal fille hym with the lengthe of daies; and Y schal schewe myn helthe to him.

⁵ Hillis as wax fletiden doun fro the face of the Lord; al erthe fro the face of the Lord.

⁶ in trumpis betun out with hamer, and in vois of a trumpe of horn. Hertli synge ye in the siyt of the Lord, the king; the see and the fulnesse therof be moued;

³ Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis; which heelith alle thi sijknessis. ⁴ Which ayenbieth thi lijf fro deth; which corowneth thee in merci and merciful doyngis.

⁹ He schal not be wrooth with outen ende; and he schal not thretne with outen ende.

¹¹ For bi the hiynesse of heuene fro erthe; he made strong his merci on men dredynge hym. ¹² As myche as the eest is fer fro the west; he made fer oure wickidnessis fro vs.

²⁹ He turnede the watris of hem in to blood; and he killide the fischis of hem.

¹ The title of the hundrid and thrittithe salm. The song of greces, `to Dauith himself. Lord, myn herte is not enhaunsid; nether myn iyen ben reisid. Nether Y yede in the grete thingis; nether in merueilis aboue me. ² If Y feelide not mekely; but enhaunside my soule. As a childe wenyde on his modir; so yelding be in my soule.

¹³ Whiche departide the reed see in to departyngis.

⁵ And singe thei in the weies of the Lord; for the glorie of the Lord is greet. ⁶ For the Lord is hiy, and biholdith meke thingis; and knowith afer hiy thingis.

⁴ And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.

² And entre thou not in to dom with thi seruaunt; for ech man lyuynge schal not be maad iust in thi siyt. ³ For the enemy pursuede my soule; he made lowe my lijf in erthe. He hath set me in derk placis, as the deed men of the world,

³ Lord, what is a man, for thou hast maad knowun to him; ether the sone of man, for thou arettist him of sum valu? ⁴ A man is maad lijk vanyte; hise daies passen as schadow.

⁴ A man is maad lijk vanyte; hise daies passen as schadow.

⁷ Sende out thin hond fro an hiy, rauysche thou me out, and delyuere thou me fro many watris; and fro the hond of alien sones.

⁴ Generacioun and generacioun schal preise thi werkis; and thei schulen pronounse thi power.

⁷ Bifore synge ye to the Lord in knoulechyng; seye ye salm to oure God in an harpe.

² Jerusalem, herie thou the Lord; Syon, herie thou thi God.

⁶ Which yyueth snow as wolle; spredith abrood a cloude as aische.

²³ Fro with out bigynnyng Y was ordeined; and fro elde tymes, bifor that the erthe was maad. ²⁴ Depthis of watris weren not yit; and Y was conseyued thanne. The wellis of watris hadden not brokun out yit, ²⁵ and hillis stoden not togidere yit bi sad heuynesse; bifor litil hillis Y was born. ²⁶ Yit he hadde not maad erthe; and floodis, and the herris of the world. ²⁷ Whanne he made redi heuenes, Y was present; whanne he cumpasside the depthis of watris bi certeyn lawe and cumpas. ²⁸ Whanne he made stidfast the eir aboue; and weiede the wellis of watris. ²⁹ Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe; ³⁰ Y was making alle thingis with him. And Y delitide bi alle daies, and pleiede bifore hym in al tyme, ³¹ and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben to be with the sones of men. ³² Now therfor, sones, here ye me; blessid ben thei that kepen my weies. ³³ Here ye teching, and be ye wise men; and nile ye caste it awei. ³⁴ Blessid is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my yatis al dai; and kepith at the postis of my dore. ³⁵ He that fyndith me, schal fynde lijf; and schal drawe helthe of the Lord. ³⁶ But he that synneth ayens me, schal hurte his soule; alle that haten me, louen deeth.

²² A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.

² And in the laste daies the hil of the hous of the Lord schal be maad redi in the cop of hillis, and schal be reisid aboue litle hillis. And alle hethene men schulen flowe to hym; ³ and many puplis schulen go, and schulen seie, Come ye, stie we to the hil of the Lord, and to the hous of God of Jacob; and he schal teche vs hise weies, and we schulen go in the pathis of hym. For whi the lawe schal go out of Syon, and the word of the Lord fro Jerusalem.

¹⁷ Y schal abide the Lord, that hath hid his face fro the hous of Jacob, and Y schal abide hym.

¹⁷ that settide the world desert, and distried the citees therof, and openyde not the prisoun to the boundun men of hym?

²⁶ This is the councel which Y thouyte on al the lond, and this is the hond stretchid forth on alle folkis.

³² And what schal be answerid to the messangeris of folk? for the Lord hath foundid Sion, and the pore men of his puple schulen hope in hym.

⁴ And al the chyualrie of heuenys schal faile, and heuenys schulen be foldid togidere as a book, and al the knyythod of tho schal flete doun, as the leef of a vyner and of a fige tre fallith doun.

¹¹ And onocrotalus, and an irchoun schulen welde it; and a capret, and a crowe schulen dwelle therynne; and a mesure schal be stretchid forth theronne, that it be dryuun to nouyt, and an hangynge plomet in to desolacyoun. ¹² The noble men therof schulen not be there; rathere thei schulen clepe the kyng in to help, and alle the princes therof schulen be in to nouyt. ¹³ And thornes and nettlis schulen growe in the housis therof, and a tasil in the strengthis therof; and it schal be the couche of dragouns, and the lesewe of ostrichis. ¹⁴ And fendis, and wondurful beestis, lijk men in the hiyere part and lijk assis in the nethir part, and an heeri schulen meete; oon schal crie to an other. ¹⁵ Lamya schal ligge there, and foond rest there to hir silf; there an irchoun hadde dichis, and nurschide out whelpis, and diggide aboute, and fostride in the schadewe therof; there kitis weren gaderid togidere, oon to another.

¹⁰ I seide, in the myddil of my daies Y schal go to the yatis of helle. ¹¹ Y souyte the residue of my yeeris; Y seide, Y schal not se the Lord God in the lond of lyueris; Y schal no more biholde a man, and a dwellere of reste. ¹² My generacioun is takun awei, and is foldid togidere fro me, as the tabernacle of scheepherdis is foldid togidere. Mi lijf is kit doun as of a webbe; he kittide doun me, the while Y was wouun yit. Fro the morewtid `til to the euentid thou schalt ende me; ¹³ Y hopide til to the morewtid; as a lioun, so he al to-brak alle my boonys. Fro the morewtid til to the euentid thou schalt ende me; as the brid of a swalewe, so Y schal crie; ¹⁴ Y schal bithenke as a culuer. Myn iyen biholdynge an hiy, ben maad feble. Lord, Y suffre violence, answere thou for me; what schal Y seie,

¹⁴ Y schal bithenke as a culuer. Myn iyen biholdynge an hiy, ben maad feble. Lord, Y suffre violence, answere thou for me; what schal Y seie, ¹⁵ ether what schal answere to me, whanne `I mysilf haue do? Y schal bithenke to thee alle my yeeris, in the bitternisse of my soule. ¹⁶ Lord, if me lyueth so, and the lijf of my spirit is in siche thingis, thou schalt chastise me, and schalt quykene me. ¹⁷ Lo! my bitternesse is moost bittir in pees; forsothe thou hast delyuered my soule, that it perischide not; thou hast caste awey bihynde thi bak alle my synnes. ¹⁸ For not helle schal knowleche to thee, nethir deth schal herie thee; thei that goon doun in to the lake, schulen not abide thi treuthe. ¹⁹ A lyuynge man, a lyuynge man, he schal knouleche to thee, as and Y to dai; the fadir schal make knowun thi treuthe to sones. ²⁰ Lord, make thou me saaf, and we schulen synge oure salmes in all the daies of oure lijf in the hous of the Lord. ²¹ And Ysaie comaundide, that thei schulden take a gobet of figus, and make a plaster on the wounde; and it schulde be heelid. ²² And Ezechie seide, What signe schal be, that Y schal stie in to the hous of the Lord?

² Speke ye to the herte of Jerusalem, and clepe ye it, for the malice therof is fillid, the wickidnesse therof is foryouun; it hath resseyued of the hond of the Lord double thingis for alle hise synnes.

⁶ The vois of God, seiynge, Crie thou. And Y seide, What schal Y crie? Ech fleisch is hei, and al the glorie therof is as the flour of the feeld. ⁷ The hei is dried vp, and the flour felle doun, for the spirit of the Lord bleew therynne.

⁷ The hei is dried vp, and the flour felle doun, for the spirit of the Lord bleew therynne. ⁸ Verely the puple is hey; the hey is dried vp, and the flour felle doun; but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende.

² Whanne thou schalt go bi watris, Y schal be with thee, and floodis schulen not hile thee; whanne thou schalt go in fier, thou schalt not be brent, and flawme schal not brenne in thee.

⁷ And ech that clepith my name to help, in to my glorie Y made hym of nouyt; Y fourmyde hym, and made hym.

²¹ Y fourmyde this puple to me, it schal telle my preysyng.

⁶ The Lord, kyng of Israel, and ayenbiere therof, the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Y am the firste and Y am the laste, and with outen me is no God.

²⁰ A part therof is aische; an vnwijs herte schal worschipe it, and he schal not delyuere his soule, nether he schal seie, A strong leesyng is in my riythond.

²² The Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y reise myn hond to hethene men, and Y schal enhaunce my signe to puplis; and thei schulen brynge thi sones in armes, and thei schulen bere thi douytris on shuldris. ²³ And kingis shulen be thi nurseris, and quenys shulen be thi nursis; with cheer cast doun in to erthe thei schulen worschipe thee, and thei schulen licke the dust of thi feet; and thou schalt wite, that Y am the Lord, on whom thei schulen not be schent, that abiden hym.

⁶ Reise youre iyen to heuene, and se ye vndur erthe bynethe; for whi heuenes schulen melte awei as smoke, and the erthe schal be al to-brokun as a cloth, and the dwelleris therof schulen perische as these thingis; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riytfulnesse schal not fayle.

¹¹ And now thei that ben ayenbouyt of the Lord schulen turne ayen, and schulen come heriynge in to Syon, and euerlastynge gladnesse on the heedis of hem; thei schulen holde ioie and gladnesse, sorewe and weilyng schal fle awei.

¹⁰ and the Lord wolde defoule hym in sikenesse. If he puttith his lijf for synne, he schal se seed long durynge, and the wille of the Lord schal be dressid in his hond.

⁵ Lo! thou schalt clepe folkis, whiche thou knewist not; and folkis, that knewen not thee, schulen renne to thee; for thi Lord God, and the hooli of Israel, for he glorifiede thee.

²⁰ Whan ayen biere schal come to Syon, and to hem that goen ayen fro wickidnesse in Jacob, seith the Lord. ²¹ This is my boond of pees with hem, seith the Lord; My spirit which is in thee, and my wordis whiche Y haue set in thi mouth, schulen not go awei fro thi mouth, and fro the mouth of thi seed, seith the Lord, fro hennus forth and til into with outen ende.

¹ Rise thou, Jerusalem, be thou liytned, for thi liyt is comun, and the glorie of the Lord is risun on thee.

¹ Rise thou, Jerusalem, be thou liytned, for thi liyt is comun, and the glorie of the Lord is risun on thee. ² For lo! derknessis schulen hile the erthe, and myist schal hile puplis; but the Lord schal rise on thee, and his glorie schal be seyn in thee. ³ And hethene men schulen go in thi liyt, and kyngis `schulen go in the schynyng of thi risyng. ⁴ Reise thin iyen in cumpas, and se; alle these men ben gaderid togidere, thei ben comun to thee; thi sones schulen come fro fer, and thi douytris schulen rise fro the side. ⁵ Thanne thou schalt se, and schalt flowe; and thin herte schal wondre, and schal be alargid, whanne the multitude of the see is conuertid to thee, the strengthe of hethene men is comun to thee; ⁶ the flowyng of camels schal hile thee, the lederis of dromedis of Madian and of Effa; alle men of Saba schulen come, bryngynge gold and encense, and tellynge heriyng to the Lord. ⁷ Ech scheep of Cedar schal be gaderid to thee, the rammes of Nabaioth schulen mynystre to thee; thei schulen be offrid on myn acceptable auter, and Y schal glorifie the hous of my maieste.

⁷ Ech scheep of Cedar schal be gaderid to thee, the rammes of Nabaioth schulen mynystre to thee; thei schulen be offrid on myn acceptable auter, and Y schal glorifie the hous of my maieste. ⁸ Who ben these, that fleen as cloudis, and as culueris at her wyndowis? ⁹ Forsothe ilis abiden me, and the schippis of the see in the bigynnyng; that Y brynge thi sones fro fer, the siluer of hem, and the gold of hem is with hem, to the name of thi Lord God, and to the hooli of Israel; for he schal glorifie thee. ¹⁰ And the sones of pilgrymes schulen bilde thi wallis, and the kyngis of hem schulen mynystre to thee. For Y smoot thee in myn indignacioun, and in my recounselyng Y hadde merci on thee.

¹⁰ And the sones of pilgrymes schulen bilde thi wallis, and the kyngis of hem schulen mynystre to thee. For Y smoot thee in myn indignacioun, and in my recounselyng Y hadde merci on thee. ¹¹ And thi yatis schulen be openyd contynueli, day and niyt tho schulen not be closid; that the strengthe of hethene men be brouyt to thee, and the kyngis of hem be brouyt.

¹¹ And thi yatis schulen be openyd contynueli, day and niyt tho schulen not be closid; that the strengthe of hethene men be brouyt to thee, and the kyngis of hem be brouyt. ¹² For whi the folk and rewme that serueth not thee, schal perische, and hethene men schulen be distried bi wildirnesse.

¹² For whi the folk and rewme that serueth not thee, schal perische, and hethene men schulen be distried bi wildirnesse. ¹³ The glorie of the Liban schal come to thee, a fir tre, and box tre, and pyne appil tre togidere, to ourne the place of myn halewyng; and Y schal glorifie the place of my feet.

¹³ The glorie of the Liban schal come to thee, a fir tre, and box tre, and pyne appil tre togidere, to ourne the place of myn halewyng; and Y schal glorifie the place of my feet. ¹⁴ And the sones of hem that maden thee lowe, schulen come lowe to thee, and alle that bacbitiden thee, schulen worschipe the steppis of thi feet; and schulen clepe thee A citee of the Lord of Sion, of the hooli of Israel.

¹⁴ And the sones of hem that maden thee lowe, schulen come lowe to thee, and alle that bacbitiden thee, schulen worschipe the steppis of thi feet; and schulen clepe thee A citee of the Lord of Sion, of the hooli of Israel. ¹⁵ For that that thou were forsakun, and hatid, and noon was that passide bi thee, Y schal sette thee in to pryde of worldis, ioie in generacioun and in to generacioun.

¹⁵ For that that thou were forsakun, and hatid, and noon was that passide bi thee, Y schal sette thee in to pryde of worldis, ioie in generacioun and in to generacioun. ¹⁶ And thou schalt souke the mylke of folkis, and thou schalt be soclid with the tete of kyngis; and thou schalt wite that Y am the Lord, sauynge thee, and thin ayen biere, the stronge of Jacob. ¹⁷ For bras Y schal brynge gold, and for irun Y schal brynge siluer; and bras for trees, and yrun for stoonys; and Y schal sette thi visitacioun pees, and thi prelatis riytfulnesse. ¹⁸ Wickidnesse schal no more be herd in thi lond, nether distriyng and defoulyng in thi coostis; and helthe schal ocupie thi wallis, and heriyng schal ocupie thi yatis. ¹⁹ The sunne schal no more be to thee for to schyne bi dai, nether the briytnesse of the moone schal liytne thee; but the Lord schal be in to euerlastynge liyt to thee, and thi God schal be in to thi glorie. ²⁰ Thi sunne schal no more go doun, and thi moone schal not be decreessid; for the Lord schal be in to euerlastynge liyt to thee, and the daies of thi mourenyng schulen be fillid. ²¹ Forsothe thi puple alle iust men, withouten ende schulen enherite the lond, the seed of my plauntyng, the werk of myn hond for to be glorified. ²² The leeste schal be in to a thousynde, and a litil man schal be in to a ful stronge folk. Y, the Lord, schal make this thing sudenli, in the tyme therof.

¹ The spirit of the Lord is on me, for the Lord anoyntide me; he sente me to telle to mylde men, that Y schulde heele men contrite in herte, and preche foryyuenesse to caitifs, and openyng to prisoneris; and preche a plesaunt yeer to the Lord, ² and a dai of veniaunce to oure God; that Y schulde coumforte alle that mourenen; ³ that Y schulde sette coumfort to the moureneris of Sion, and that Y schulde yyue to them a coroun for aische, oile of ioie for mourenyng, a mentil of preysyng for the spirit of weilyng. And stronge men of riytfulnesse schulen be clepid ther ynne, the plauntyng of the Lord for to glorifie.

³ that Y schulde sette coumfort to the moureneris of Sion, and that Y schulde yyue to them a coroun for aische, oile of ioie for mourenyng, a mentil of preysyng for the spirit of weilyng. And stronge men of riytfulnesse schulen be clepid ther ynne, the plauntyng of the Lord for to glorifie.

¹⁵ And ye schulen leeue youre name in to an ooth to my chosun men; and the Lord God schal sle thee, and he schal clepe hise seruauntis bi another name.

¹⁷ For lo! Y make newe heuenes and a newe erthe, and the formere thingis schulen not be in mynde, and schulen not stie on the herte.

¹⁷ For lo! Y make newe heuenes and a newe erthe, and the formere thingis schulen not be in mynde, and schulen not stie on the herte. ¹⁸ But ye schulen haue ioie, and make ful out ioiyng til in to with outen ende, in these thingis whiche Y make; for lo! Y make Jerusalem ful out ioiynge, and the puple therof ioie. ¹⁹ And Y schal make ful out ioiyng in Jerusalem, and Y schal haue ioie in my puple; and the vois of weping and the vois of cry schal no more be herd ther ynne.

²² Thei schulen not bilde housis, and an othir schal enhabite hem, thei schulen not plaunte, and an othir schal ete; for whi the daies of my puple schulen be after the daies of the tree, and the werkis of

²⁴ And it schal be, bifor that thei crien, Y schal here; yit while thei speken, Y schal here.

¹⁸ Forsothe Y come to gadere togidere the werkis of hem, and the thouytis of hem, with alle folkis and langagis; and thei schulen come, and schulen se my glorie.

²² For as newe heuenes and newe erthe, whiche Y make to stonde bifore me, seith the Lord, so youre seed schal stonde, and youre name.

¹¹ For Y knowe the thouytis whiche Y thenke on you, seith the Lord, the thouytis of pees, and not of turment, that Y yyue to you an ende and pacience. ¹² And ye schulen clepe me to help, and ye schulen go, and schulen worschipe me, and Y schal here you; ¹³ ye schulen seke me, and ye schulen fynde, whanne ye seken me in al youre herte. ¹⁴ And Y schal be foundun of you, seith the Lord, and Y schal brynge ayen youre caitifte, and Y schal gadere you fro alle folkis, and fro alle places, to whiche Y castide out you, seith the Lord; and Y schal make you to turne ayen fro the place, to which Y made you to passe ouer.

²² And cursyng schal be takun of hem to al the passyng ouer of Juda, which is in Babiloyne, of men seiynge, The Lord sette thee as Sedechie, and as Achab, whiche the kyng of Babiloyne friede in fier,

⁴ And eft Y schal bilde thee, and thou, virgyn Israel, schalt be bildid; yit thou schalt be ourned with thi tympans, and schalt go out in the cumpenye of pleieris.

¹⁰ Ye hethene men, here ye the word of the Lord, and telle ye in ylis that ben fer, and seie, He that scateride Israel, schal gadere it, and schal kepe it, as a scheepherde kepith his floc. ¹¹ For the Lord ayenbouyte Jacob, and delyuerede hym fro the hond of the myytiere. ¹² And thei schulen come, and herye in the hil of Sion; and thei schulen flowe togidere to the goodis of the Lord, on wheete, wyn, and oile, and on the fruyt of scheep, and of neet; and the soule of hem schal be as a watri gardyn, and thei schulen no more hungre.

²³ The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Yit thei schulen seie this word in the lond of Juda, and in the citees therof, whane Y schal turne the caytifte of hem, The Lord blesse thee, thou fairnesse of riytfulnesse, thou hooli hil.

¹⁷ alas! alas! Lord God, Lord, thou madist heuene and erthe in thi greet strengthe, and in thin arm stretchid forth; ech word schal not be hard to thee;

⁷ and Y schal conuerte the conuersioun of Juda, and Y schal conuerte the conuersioun of Jerusalem, and Y schal bilde hem, as at the bigynnyng.

³² and the forthis ben bifore ocupied, and the mareisis ben brent with fier, and the men werryours ben disturblid. ³³ For the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, The douyter of Babiloyne is as a corn floor, the tyme of threischyng therof; yit a litil, and the tyme of repyng therof schal come. ³⁴ Nabugodonosor, the kyng of Babiloyne, eet me, and deuouride me; he made me as a voide vessel, he as a dragoun swolewide me; he fillide his wombe with my tendirnesse, and he castide me out. ³⁵ Wickidnesse ayens me, and my fleisch on Babiloyne, seith the dwellyng of Sion; and my blood on the dwelleris of Caldee, seith Jerusalem.

¹³ Men. Fro an hiy he sente fier in my boonys, and tauyte me; he spredde a brood a net to my feet, he turnede me a bak; he settide me desolat, meddlid togidere al dai with mourenyng.

¹⁸ Sade. The Lord is iust, for Y terride his mouth to wrathfulnesse; alle puplis, Y biseche, here ye, and se my sorewe; my virgyns and my yonge men yeden forth in to caitiftee.

⁴ Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.

⁸ Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier.

¹³ He. He sente in my reynes the douytris of his arowe caas.

¹⁵ He. He fillide me with bitternesses; he gretli fillide me with wermod. ¹⁶ Vau. He brak at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with aische.

¹⁸ Vau. And Y seide, Myn ende perischide, and myn hope fro the Lord. ¹⁹ Zai. Haue thou mynde on my pouert and goyng ouer, and on wermod and galle. ²⁰ Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.

²⁰ Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.

²⁸ Joth. He schal sitte aloone, and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf. ²⁹ Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is. ³⁰ Joth. He schal yyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis.

³⁹ Men. What grutchide a man lyuynge, a man for hise synnes? ⁴⁰ Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we ayen to the Lord. ⁴¹ Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes. ⁴² Nun. We han do wickidli, and han terrid thee to wraththe; therfor thou art not able to be preied.

⁴⁴ Sameth. Thou settidist a clowde to thee, that preier passe not.

⁴⁸ Ayn. Myn iyen ledden doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my puple. ⁴⁹ Phe. Myn iye was turmentid, and was not stille; for no reste was.

⁸ Heth. The face of hem was maad blackere than coolis, and thei weren not knowun in stretis; the skyn cleuyde to her boonys, it driede, and was maad as a tre.

¹⁶ The coroun of oure heed fellen doun; wo to vs! for we synneden.

¹⁹ But thou, Lord, schal dwelle with outen ende; thi seete schal dwelle in generacioun and in to generacioun.

² in the firste yeer of his rewme, Y, Danyel, vndurstood in bookis the noumbre of yeeris, of which noumbre the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete, that seuenti yeer of desolacioun of Jerusalem schulde be fillid.

² in the firste yeer of his rewme, Y, Danyel, vndurstood in bookis the noumbre of yeeris, of which noumbre the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete, that seuenti yeer of desolacioun of Jerusalem schulde be fillid. ³ And Y settide my face to my Lord God, to preie and to biseche in fastyngis, in sak, and aische.

³ And Y settide my face to my Lord God, to preie and to biseche in fastyngis, in sak, and aische. ⁴ And Y preiede my Lord God, and Y knoulechide, and seide, Y biseche, thou Lord God, greet and ferdful, kepynge couenaunt and mercy to hem that louen thee, and kepen thi comaundementis.

⁴ And Y preiede my Lord God, and Y knoulechide, and seide, Y biseche, thou Lord God, greet and ferdful, kepynge couenaunt and mercy to hem that louen thee, and kepen thi comaundementis. ⁵ We han synned, we han do wickidnesse, we diden unfeithfuli, and yeden awei, and bowiden awei fro thi comaundementis and domes.

⁵ We han synned, we han do wickidnesse, we diden unfeithfuli, and yeden awei, and bowiden awei fro thi comaundementis and domes. ⁶ We obeieden not to thi seruauntis, profetis, that spaken in thi name to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, and to al the puple of the lond.

⁶ We obeieden not to thi seruauntis, profetis, that spaken in thi name to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, and to al the puple of the lond. ⁷ Lord, riytfulnesse is to thee, forsothe schenschipe of face is to vs, as is to dai to a man of Juda, and to the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and to al Israel, to these men that ben niy, and to these men that ben afer in alle londis, to which thou castidist hem out for the wickidnessis of hem, in whiche, Lord, thei synneden ayens thee.

⁷ Lord, riytfulnesse is to thee, forsothe schenschipe of face is to vs, as is to dai to a man of Juda, and to the dwelleris of Jerusalem, and to al Israel, to these men that ben niy, and to these men that ben afer in alle londis, to which thou castidist hem out for the wickidnessis of hem, in whiche, Lord, thei synneden ayens thee. ⁸ Schame of face is to vs, to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, that synneden;

⁸ Schame of face is to vs, to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, that synneden;

⁸ Schame of face is to vs, to oure kyngis, to oure princes, and to oure fadris, that synneden; ⁹ but merci and benygnytee is to thee, oure Lord God. For we yeden awei fro thee,

⁹ but merci and benygnytee is to thee, oure Lord God. For we yeden awei fro thee,

⁹ but merci and benygnytee is to thee, oure Lord God. For we yeden awei fro thee, ¹⁰ and herden not the vois of oure Lord God, that we schulden go in the lawe of hym, whiche he settide to vs bi hise seruauntis, profetis.

¹⁰ and herden not the vois of oure Lord God, that we schulden go in the lawe of hym, whiche he settide to vs bi hise seruauntis, profetis.

¹⁰ and herden not the vois of oure Lord God, that we schulden go in the lawe of hym, whiche he settide to vs bi hise seruauntis, profetis. ¹¹ And al Israel braken thi lawe, and bowiden awei, that thei herden not thi vois; and cursyng, and wlatyng, which is writun in the book of Moises, the seruaunt of God, droppide on vs, for we synneden to hym.

¹¹ And al Israel braken thi lawe, and bowiden awei, that thei herden not thi vois; and cursyng, and wlatyng, which is writun in the book of Moises, the seruaunt of God, droppide on vs, for we synneden to hym.

¹¹ And al Israel braken thi lawe, and bowiden awei, that thei herden not thi vois; and cursyng, and wlatyng, which is writun in the book of Moises, the seruaunt of God, droppide on vs, for we synneden to hym. ¹² And he ordeynede hise wordis, whiche he spak on vs, and on oure princes, that demyden vs, that thei schulden brynge in on vs greet yuel, what maner yuel was neuer vndur al heuene, bi that that is doon in Jerusalem,

¹² And he ordeynede hise wordis, whiche he spak on vs, and on oure princes, that demyden vs, that thei schulden brynge in on vs greet yuel, what maner yuel was neuer vndur al heuene, bi that that is doon in Jerusalem,

¹² And he ordeynede hise wordis, whiche he spak on vs, and on oure princes, that demyden vs, that thei schulden brynge in on vs greet yuel, what maner yuel was neuer vndur al heuene, bi that that is doon in Jerusalem, ¹³ as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Al this yuel cam on vs, and, oure Lord God, we preieden not thi face, that we schulden turne ayen fro oure wickidnessis, and schulden thenke thi treuthe.

¹³ as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Al this yuel cam on vs, and, oure Lord God, we preieden not thi face, that we schulden turne ayen fro oure wickidnessis, and schulden thenke thi treuthe.

¹³ as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Al this yuel cam on vs, and, oure Lord God, we preieden not thi face, that we schulden turne ayen fro oure wickidnessis, and schulden thenke thi treuthe. ¹⁴ And the Lord wakide on malice, and brouyt it on vs; oure Lord God is iust in alle his werkis whiche he made, for we herden not his vois.

¹⁴ And the Lord wakide on malice, and brouyt it on vs; oure Lord God is iust in alle his werkis whiche he made, for we herden not his vois.

¹⁴ And the Lord wakide on malice, and brouyt it on vs; oure Lord God is iust in alle his werkis whiche he made, for we herden not his vois. ¹⁵ And now, Lord God, that leddist thi puple out of the lond of Egipt in strong hond, and madist to thee a name bi this dai, we han synnede,

¹⁵ And now, Lord God, that leddist thi puple out of the lond of Egipt in strong hond, and madist to thee a name bi this dai, we han synnede, ¹⁶ we han do wickidnesse, Lord, ayens thi riytfulnesse. Y biseche, thi wraththe and thi stronge veniaunce be turned awey fro thi citee Jerusalem, and fro thi hooli hil; for whi for oure synnes, and for the wickidnessis of oure fadris, Jerusalem and thi puple ben in schenschipe, to alle men bi oure cumpas.

¹⁶ we han do wickidnesse, Lord, ayens thi riytfulnesse. Y biseche, thi wraththe and thi stronge veniaunce be turned awey fro thi citee Jerusalem, and fro thi hooli hil; for whi for oure synnes, and for the wickidnessis of oure fadris, Jerusalem and thi puple ben in schenschipe, to alle men bi oure cumpas.

¹⁶ we han do wickidnesse, Lord, ayens thi riytfulnesse. Y biseche, thi wraththe and thi stronge veniaunce be turned awey fro thi citee Jerusalem, and fro thi hooli hil; for whi for oure synnes, and for the wickidnessis of oure fadris, Jerusalem and thi puple ben in schenschipe, to alle men bi oure cumpas. ¹⁷ But now, oure God, here thou the preyer of thi seruaunt, and the bisechyngis of him, and schewe thi face on thi seyntuarie, which is forsakun.

¹⁷ But now, oure God, here thou the preyer of thi seruaunt, and the bisechyngis of him, and schewe thi face on thi seyntuarie, which is forsakun. ¹⁸ My God, for thi silf boowe doun thin eere, and here; opene thin iyen, and se oure desolacioun, and the citee, on which thi name is clepid to help. For not in oure iustifiyngis we setten forth mekeli preiers bifor thi face, but in thi many merciful doyngis.

¹⁸ My God, for thi silf boowe doun thin eere, and here; opene thin iyen, and se oure desolacioun, and the citee, on which thi name is clepid to help. For not in oure iustifiyngis we setten forth mekeli preiers bifor thi face, but in thi many merciful doyngis. ¹⁹ Lord, here thou; Lord, be thou plesid, perseyue thou, and do; my Lord God, tarie thou not, for thi silf, for thi name is clepid to help on the citee, and on thi puple.

¹⁹ Lord, here thou; Lord, be thou plesid, perseyue thou, and do; my Lord God, tarie thou not, for thi silf, for thi name is clepid to help on the citee, and on thi puple. ²⁰ And whanne Y spak yit, and preiede, and knoulechide my synnes, and the synnes of my puple Israel, that Y schulde sette forth mekeli my preieris in the siyt of my God, for the hooli hil of my God,

²⁰ And whanne Y spak yit, and preiede, and knoulechide my synnes, and the synnes of my puple Israel, that Y schulde sette forth mekeli my preieris in the siyt of my God, for the hooli hil of my God, ²¹ the while Y spak yit in my preyer, lo! the man Gabriel, whom Y hadde seyn in visioun at the bigynnyng, flei soone, and touchide me in the tyme of euentid sacrifice;

²¹ the while Y spak yit in my preyer, lo! the man Gabriel, whom Y hadde seyn in visioun at the bigynnyng, flei soone, and touchide me in the tyme of euentid sacrifice; ²² and he tauyt me, and he spak to me, and seide, Danyel, now Y yede out, that Y schulde teche thee, and thou schuldist vndurstonde. ²³ Fro the bigynnyng of thi preieris a word yede out. Forsothe Y cam to schewe to thee, for thou art a man of desiris; therfor perseyue thou the word, and vndurstonde thou the visioun. ²⁴ Seuenti woukis of yeeris ben abreggid on thi puple, and on thin hooli citee, that trespassyng be endid, and synne take an ende, and that wickidnesse be doon awei, and euerlastynge riytfulnesse be brouyt, and that the visioun, and prophesie be fillid, and the hooli of seyntis be anoyntid. ²⁵ Therfor wite thou, and perseyue; fro the goyng out of the word, that Jerusalem be bildid eft, til to Crist, the duyk, schulen be seuene woukis of yeeris and two and sixti woukis of yeeris; and eft the street schal be bildid, and wallis, in the angwisch of tymes. ²⁶ And after two and sixti woukis `of yeeris Crist schal be slayn. And it schal not be his puple, that schal denye hym. And the puple with the duyk to comynge schal distrie the citee, and the seyntuarie; and the ende therof schal be distriyng, and after the ende of batel schal be ordeynede desolacioun. <sup>27</sup> Forsothe o wouk `of yeeris schal conferme the couenaunt to many men, and the offryng and sacrifice schal faile in the myddis of the wouke of yeeris; and abhomynacioun of desolacioun schal be in the temple, and the desolacioun schal contynue til to the parformyng and ende.

⁹ And he seide, Go thou, Danyel, for the wordis ben closid and aseelid, til to the tyme determyned.

¹² He is blessid, that abideth, and cometh fulli, til a thousynde daies thre hundrid and fyue and thritti. ¹³ But go thou, Danyel, to the tyme determyned; and thou schalt reste, and stonde in thi part, in the ende of daies.

⁹ And he seide, Clepe thou his name Not my puple, for ye schulen not be my puple, and Y schal not be youre God. ¹⁰ And the noumbre of the sones of Israel schal be as grauel of the see, which grauel is with out mesure, and it schal not be noumbrid; and it schal be in the place, where it schal be seid to hem, Ye ben not my puple; it schal be seid to hem, Ye ben the sones of God lyuynge. ¹¹ And the sones of Juda and the sones of Israel schulen be gaderid togidere, and thei schulen sette oon heed to hem silf, and thei schulen stie fro erthe, for the dai of Jesrael is greet.

⁸ On this thing Y schal weile and yelle, Y schal go spuylid and nakid; Y schal make weilyng of dragouns, and mournyng as of ostrigis.

¹⁰ In Geth nyle ye telle, bi teeris wepe ye not; in the hous of dust with dust togidere sprynge you.

⁹ Ye castiden the wymmen of my puple out of the hous of her delices; fro the litle children of hem ye token awei myn heriyng with outen ende.

¹⁷ thei schulen licke dust as a serpent; as crepynge thingis of erthe thei schulen be disturblid of her housis; thei schulen not desire oure Lord God, and thei schulen drede thee.

¹² Whether `thou, Lord, art not my God, myn hooli, and we schulen not die? Lord, in to doom thou hast set hym, and thou groundidist hym strong, that thou schuldist chastise.

¹⁴ And flockis, and alle the beestis of folkis, schulen ligge in the myddil therof; and onacratalus, and irchun schulen dwelle in threshfoldis therof; vois of the syngynge in wyndow, and crow in the lyntil, for Y schal make thinne the strengthe therof.

¹² And the aungel of the Lord answeride, and seide, Lord of oostis, hou long schalt thou not haue merci on Jerusalem, and citees of Juda, to whiche thou art wrooth? This now is the seuentithe yeer. ¹³ And the Lord answeride to the aungel, that spak in me, goode wordis, and wordis of coumfort.

⁶ A! A! A! fle ye fro the lond of the north, seith the Lord, for in foure wyndis of heuene Y scateride you, seith the Lord. ⁷ A! thou Sion, fle, that dwellist at the douyter of Babiloyne. ⁸ For the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, After glorie he sente me to hethene men, whiche robbiden you; for he that schal touche you, schal touche the apple of myn iye. ⁹ For lo! Y reise myn hond on hem, and thei schulen be preyes to these that seruyden hem; and ye schulen knowe, that the Lord of oostis sente me. ¹⁰ Douyter of Sion, herie thou, and be glad; for lo! Y come, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee, seith the Lord.

¹⁰ Douyter of Sion, herie thou, and be glad; for lo! Y come, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee, seith the Lord. ¹¹ And many folkis schulen be applied to the Lord in that dai, and thei schulen be to me in to puple, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee; and thou schalt wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to thee.

¹¹ And many folkis schulen be applied to the Lord in that dai, and thei schulen be to me in to puple, and Y schal dwelle in myddil of thee; and thou schalt wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to thee. ¹² And the Lord schal welde Juda in to his part, in the loud halewid, and schal cheese yit Jerusalem.

¹² And the Lord schal welde Juda in to his part, in the loud halewid, and schal cheese yit Jerusalem. ¹³ Ech fleisch be stil fro the face of the Lord, for he roos of his hooli dwelling place.

²⁰ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Puplis schulen come on ech side, and dwelle in many citees; ²¹ and the dwelleris schulen go, oon to an other, and seie, Go we, and biseche the face of the Lord, and seke we the Lord of oostis; also I shal go. ²² And many puplis schulen come, and strong folkis, for to seke the Lord of oostis in Jerusalem, and for to biseche the face of the Lord. ²³ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, In tho daies, in whiche ten men of alle langagis of hethene men schulen catche, and thei schulen catche the hemme of a man Jew, and seye, We schulen go with you; for we han herd, that God is with you.

⁹ Thou douyter of Sion, make ioie withoutforth ynow, synge, thou douyter of Jerusalem; lo! thi kyng schal come to thee, he iust, and sauyour; he pore, and stiynge on a sche asse, and on a fole, sone of a sche asse. ¹⁰ And Y schal leese foure horsid carte of Effraym, and an hors of Jerusalem, and the bouwe of batel schal be distried; and he schal speke pees to hethene men, and the power of him schal be fro see til to see, and fro floodis til to the endis of erthe. ¹¹ And thou in blood of thi testament sentist out thi boundun men fro lake, in which is not water. ¹² Ye boundun of hope, be conuertid to strengthing; and to dai Y schewynge schal yelde to thee double thingis,

⁶ Forsothe Y am the Lord, and am not chaungid; and ye sones of Jacob ben not wastid.

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kyngdom schal be prechid in al the world, in witnessyng to al folc;

³⁵ heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.

³⁷ And whanne he hadde take Peter, and twei sones of Zebedee, he bigan to be heuy and sori. ³⁸ Thanne he seide to hem, My soule is soreuful to the deeth; abide ye here, and wake ye with me.

³³ And he took Petir and James and Joon with hym, and bigan to drede, and to be anoyed.

³³ And he took Petir and James and Joon with hym, and bigan to drede, and to be anoyed. ³⁴ And he seide to hem, My soule is soreweful to the deeth; abide ye here, and wake ye with me.

³⁴ And he seide to hem, My soule is soreweful to the deeth; abide ye here, and wake ye with me. ³⁵ And whanne he was gon forth a litil, he felde doun on the erthe, and preiede, that if it myyte be, that the our schulde passe fro hym. ³⁶ And he seide, Abba, fadir, alle thingis ben possible to thee, bere ouer fro me this cuppe; but not that Y wole, but that thou wolt, be don. ³⁷ And he cam, and foond hem slepynge. And he seide to Petir, Symount, slepist thou? myytist thou not wake with me oon our?

¹¹ And thei weren fulfillid with vnwisdom, and spaken togidir, what thei schulden do of Jhesu.

³³ Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.

⁴⁴ and his swot was maad as dropis of blood rennynge doun in to the erthe.

⁵⁸ Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, bifor that Abraham schulde be, Y am.

³¹ But these ben writun, that ye bileue, that Jhesus `is Crist, the sone of God, and that ye bileuynge haue lijf in his name.

⁷ And he seide to hem, It is not youre to knowe the tymes ether momentis, whiche the fadir hath put in his power;

⁵⁴ And thei herden these thingis, and weren dyuersli turmentid in her hertis, and grenneden with teeth on hym.

⁹ And he was thre daies not seynge; `and he eete not, nether drank.

⁵ And Petre was kept in prisoun; but preier was maad of the chirche with out ceessing to God for hym. ⁶ But whanne Eroude schulde bringe hym forth, in that nyyt Petre was slepinge bitwixe twei knyytis, and was boundun with twei cheynes; and the keperis bifor the dore kepten the prisoun.

⁶ But whanne Eroude schulde bringe hym forth, in that nyyt Petre was slepinge bitwixe twei knyytis, and was boundun with twei cheynes; and the keperis bifor the dore kepten the prisoun. ⁷ And lo! an aungel of the Lord stoode nyy, and liyt schoon in the prisoun hous. And whanne he hadde smyte the side of Petre, he reiside hym, and seide, Rise thou swiftli. And anoon the cheynes felden doun fro hise hoondis.

⁷ And lo! an aungel of the Lord stoode nyy, and liyt schoon in the prisoun hous. And whanne he hadde smyte the side of Petre, he reiside hym, and seide, Rise thou swiftli. And anoon the cheynes felden doun fro hise hoondis. ⁸ And the aungel seide to hym, Girde thee, and do on thin hoosis. And he dide so. And he seide to hym, Do aboute thee thi clothis, and sue me.

⁸ And the aungel seide to hym, Girde thee, and do on thin hoosis. And he dide so. And he seide to hym, Do aboute thee thi clothis, and sue me. ⁹ And he yede out, and suede hym; and he wiste not that it was soth, that was don bi the aungel; for he gesside hym silf to haue sey a visioun.

⁹ And he yede out, and suede hym; and he wiste not that it was soth, that was don bi the aungel; for he gesside hym silf to haue sey a visioun. ¹⁰ And thei passiden the first and the secounde warde, and camen to the iren yate that ledith to the citee, which anoon was opened to hem. And thei yeden out, and camen in to o street, and anoon the aungel passide awei fro hym.

¹⁰ And thei passiden the first and the secounde warde, and camen to the iren yate that ledith to the citee, which anoon was opened to hem. And thei yeden out, and camen in to o street, and anoon the aungel passide awei fro hym. ¹¹ And Petre turnede ayen to hym silf, and seide, Now Y woot verili, that the Lord sente his aungel, `and delyueride me fro the hoond of Eroude, and fro al the abiding of the puple of Jewis.

¹¹ And Petre turnede ayen to hym silf, and seide, Now Y woot verili, that the Lord sente his aungel, `and delyueride me fro the hoond of Eroude, and fro al the abiding of the puple of Jewis. <sup>12</sup> And he bihelde, and cam to the hous of Marie, modir of Joon, that is named Marcus, where many weren gaderid togidre, and preiynge. <sup>13</sup> And whanne he knockid at the dore of the yate, a damysel, Rode bi name, cam forth to se. <sup>14</sup> And whanne sche knewe the vois of Petre, for ioye sche openyde not the yate, but ran in, and telde, that Petre stood at the yate. <sup>15</sup> And thei seiden `to hir, Thou maddist. But sche affermyde, that it was so. And thei seiden, It is his aungel. ¹⁶ But Petre abood stille, and knockide. And whanne thei hadden opened the dore, thei sayen hym, and wondriden. ¹⁷ And he bekenyde to hem with his hoond to be stille, and telde hou the Lord hadde led hym out of the prisoun. And he seide, Telle ye to James and to the britheren these thingis. And he yede out, and wente in to an othere place. ¹⁸ And whanne the dai was come, ther was not lytil troubling among the knyytis, what was don of Petre. ¹⁹ And whanne Eroude hadde souyt hym, and foonde not, aftir that he hadde made enqueryng of the keperis, he comaundide hem to be brouyt to hym. And he cam doun fro Judee in to Cesarie, and dwellide there. ²⁰ And he was wroth to men of Tyre and of Sidon. And thei of oon acord camen to hym, whanne thei hadden counseilid with Bastus, that was the kingis chaumbirleyn, thei axiden pees, for as myche that her cuntrees weren vitailid of hym. ²¹ And in a dai that was ordeyned, Eroude was clothid with kyngis clothing, and sat for domesman, and spak to hem. ²² And the puple criede, The voicis of God, and not of man. ²³ And anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not youun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede. ²⁴ And the word of the Lord waxide, and was multiplied. ²⁵ And Barnabas and Saul turneden ayen fro Jerusalem, whanne the mynystrie was fillid, and token Joon, that was named Marcus.

¹² And whanne the dai was come, summe of the Jewis gaderiden hem, and maden `avow, and seiden, that thei schulden nether eete, ne drinke, til thei slowen Poul. <sup>13</sup> And there weren mo than fourti men, that maden this sweryng togider. <sup>14</sup> And thei wenten to the princis of prestis, and eldre men, and seiden, With deuocioun we han a vowid, that we schulen not taste ony thing, til we sleen Poul. <sup>15</sup> Now therfor make ye knowun to the tribune, with the counsel, that he bringe hym forth to you, as if ye schulden knowe sum thing more certeynli of hym; and we ben redi to sle hym, bifor that he come. <sup>16</sup> And whanne the sone of Poulis sister hadde herd the aspies, he cam, and entride in to the castels, and telde to Poul. <sup>17</sup> And Poul clepide to hym oon of the centuriens, and seide, Lede this yonge man to the tribune, for he hath sum thing to schewe to hym. <sup>18</sup> And he took hym, and ledde to the tribune, and seide, Poul, that is boundun, preide me to lede to thee this yonge man, that hath sum thing to speke to thee. <sup>19</sup> And the tribune took his hoond, and wente with hym asidis half, and axide hym, What thing is it, that thou hast to schewe to me? <sup>20</sup> And he seide, The Jewis ben acordid to preye thee, that to morewe thou brynge forth Poul in to the counsel, as if thei schulden enquere sum thing more certeynli of hym. <sup>21</sup> But bileue thou not to hem; for mo than fourti men of hem aspien hym, which han a vowid, that thei schulen not eete nether drynke, til thei sleen hym; and now thei ben redi, abidinge thi biheest. <sup>22</sup> Therfor the tribune lefte the yonge man, and comaundide, that he schulde speke to no man, that he hadde maad these thingis knowun to hym. <sup>23</sup> And he clepide togidre twei centuriens, and he seide to hem, Make ye redi twei hundrid knyytis, that thei go to Cesarie, and horse men seuenti, and spere men twey hundrid, fro the thridde our of the nyyt. <sup>24</sup> And make ye redy an hors, for Poul to ride on, to lede hym saaf to Felix, the presydent. <sup>25</sup> For the tribune dredde, lest the Jewis wolden take hym bi the weie, and sle hym, and aftirward he miyte be chalengid, as he hadde take money. <sup>26</sup> And wroot hym `a pistle, conteynynge these thingis. Claudius Lisias to the beste Felix, president, heelthe. ²⁷ This man that was take of the Jewis, and bigan to be slayn, Y cam vpon hem with myn oost, and delyuerede hym fro hem, whanne Y knewe that he was a Romayn. ²⁸ And Y wolde wite the cause, which thei puttiden ayens hym; and Y ledde hym to the counsel of hem. ²⁹ And Y foond, that he was accusid of questiouns of her lawe, but he hadde no cryme worthi the deth, ethir boondis. ³⁰ And whanne it was teeld me of the aspies, that thei arayden for hym, Y sente hym to thee, and Y warnede also the accuseris, that thei seie at thee. Fare wel. ³¹ And so the knyytis, as thei weren comaundid, token Poul, and ledde hym bi nyyt into Antipatriden. ³² And in the dai suynge, whanne the horsmen weren left, that schulden go with hym, thei turneden ayen to the castels. ³³ And whanne thei camen to Cesarie, thei token the pistle to the president, and thei setten also Poul byfore him. ³⁴ And whanne he hadde red, and axide, of what prouynce he was, and knewe that he was of Cilicie, ³⁵ Y schal here thee, he seide, whanne thin accuseris comen. And he comaundide hym to be kept in the moot halle of Eroude.

¹¹ And bi alle synagogis ofte Y punyschide hem, and constreynede to blasfeme; and more Y wex wood ayens hem, and pursuede in to alien citees.

¹⁹ And we witen, that what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world be maad suget to God.

²⁰ But the creature is suget to vanyte, not willynge, but for hym that made it suget in hope;

³ For Crist pleside not to hym silf, as it is writun, The repreues of men dispisynge thee, felden on me. ⁴ For what euere thingis ben writun, tho ben writun to oure techynge, that bi pacience and coumfort of scripturis we haue hope.

¹⁹ in vertu of tokenes and grete wondris, in vertu of the Hooli Goost, so that fro Jerusalem bi cumpas to the Illirik see Y haue fillid the gospel of Crist.

¹¹ And alle these thingis felliden to hem in figure; but thei ben writun to oure amendyng, in to whiche the endis of the worldis ben comun.

¹³ Temptacioun take `not you, but mannus temptacioun; for God is trewe, which schal not suffre you to be temptid aboue that that ye moun; but he schal make with temptacioun also purueyaunce, that ye moun suffre.

⁹ but we ben not forsakun; we ben maad lowe, but we ben not confoundid; we ben cast doun, but we perischen not.

¹⁷ Therfor if ony newe creature is in Crist, the elde thingis ben passid. ¹⁸ And lo! alle thingis ben of God, which recounselide vs to hym bi Crist, and yaf to vs the seruyce of recounselyng.

⁴ But aftir that the fulfilling of tyme cam, God sente his sone,

² in which ye wandriden sum tyme aftir the cours of this world, aftir the prince of the power of this eir, of the spirit that worchith now in to the sones of vnbileue; ³ in which also we `alle lyueden sum tyme in the desiris of oure fleisch, doynge the willis of the fleisch and of thouytis, and we weren bi kynde the sones of wraththe, as othere men; ⁴ but God, that is riche in merci, for his ful myche charite in which he louyde vs, ⁵ yhe, whanne we weren deed in synnes, quikenede vs togidere in Crist, bi whos grace ye ben sauyd, and ayen reiside togidere, ⁶ and made togidere to sitte in heuenli thingis in Crist Jhesu; ⁷ that he schulde schewe in the worldis aboue comynge the plenteuouse ritchessis of his grace in goodnesse on vs in Crist Jhesu.

¹⁰ For we ben the makyng of hym, maad of nouyt in Crist Jhesu, in good werkis, whiche God hath ordeyned, that we go in tho werkis.

²¹ to hym be glorie in the chirche, and in Crist Jhesu, in to alle the generaciouns of the world of worldis. Amen.

³ No man disseyue you in ony manere. For but dissencioun come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the sonne of perdicioun, ⁴ that is aduersarie, and is enhaunsid ouer `al thing that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple of God, and schewe hym silf as if he were God. ⁵ Whether ye holden not, that yit whanne Y was at you, Y seide these thingis to you? ⁶ And now what withholdith, ye witen, that he be schewid in his tyme. ⁷ For the priuete of wickidnesse worchith now; oneli that he that holdith now, holde, til he be do awei. ⁸ And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liytnyng of his comyng; ⁹ hym, whos comyng is bi the worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and signes, ¹⁰ and grete wondris, false, and in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resseyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schulden be maad saaf. And therfor God schal sende to hem a worching of errour, that thei bileue to leesing, ¹¹ that alle be demed, whiche bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse. ¹² But, britheren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for you, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, in halewing of spirit and in feith of treuthe;

¹ But the spirit seith opynli, that in the laste tymes summen schulen departe fro the feith, yyuynge tent to spiritis of errour, and to techingis of deuelis; that speken leesing in ipocrisie, ² and haue her conscience corrupt, ³ forbedinge to be weddid, to absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hem that han knowe the treuthe.

¹ Blame thou not an eldere man, but biseche as a fadir, yonge men as britheren; elde wymmen as modris, ² yonge wymmen as sistris, in al chastite.

¹ But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf, ² coueitouse, hiy of bering, proude, blasfemeris, not obedient to fadir and modir, vnkynde, ³ cursid, with outen affeccioun, with out pees, false blameris, vncontynent, vnmylde, ⁴ with out benygnyte, traitouris, ouerthwert, bollun with proude thouytis, blynde, loueris of lustis more than of God, ⁵ hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men. ⁶ Of these thei ben that persen housis, and leden wymmen caitifs chargid with synnes, whiche ben led with dyuerse desiris, euere more lernynge, ⁷ and neuere perfitli comynge to the science of treuthe. ⁸ And as Jannes and Mambres ayenstoden Moises, so these ayenstonden treuthe, men corrupt in vndirstonding, repreuyd aboute the feith. ⁹ But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was. ¹⁰ But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue, ¹¹ pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner persecucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle. ¹² And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. ¹³ But yuele men and disseyueris schulen encreese in to worse, errynge, and sendinge in to errour. ¹⁴ But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud; ¹⁵ for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu. ¹⁶ For al scripture inspirid of God is profitable to teche, to repreue, to chastice, to lerne in riytwisnes, that the man of God be parfit, lerud to al good werk.

¹⁰ And, Thou, Lord, in the bigynnyng foundidist the erthe, and heuenes ben werkis of thin hondis; thei schulen perische, ¹¹ but thou schalt perfitli dwelle; and alle schulen wexe elde as a cloth, and thou schalt chaunge hem as a cloth, ¹² and thei schulen be chaungid. But thou art the same thi silf, and thi yeeris schulen not faile.

³ But this byschop is had worthi of more glorie than Moises, bi as myche as he hath more honour of the hous, that made the hous. ⁴ For ech hous is maad of sum man; he that made alle thingis of nouyt is God.

⁷ Which in the daies of his fleisch offride, with greet cry and teeris, preieris and bisechingis to hym that myyte make hym saaf fro deth, and was herd for his reuerence.

¹ But a capitle on tho thingis that ben seid. We han siche a bischop, that sat in the riythalf of the seete of greetnesse in heuenes, ² the mynystre of seyntis, and of the veri tabernacle, that God made, and not man.

²³ Therfor it is nede, that the saumpleris of heuenli thingis be clensid with these thingis; but thilke heuenli thingis with betere sacrificis than these. ²⁴ For Jhesus entride not in to hooli thingis maad bi hoondis, that ben saumpleris of very thingis, but in to heuene it silf, that he appere now to the cheer of God for vs; nether that he offre him silf ofte,

⁸ Jhesu Crist, yistirdai, and to dai, he is also into worldis.

¹⁰ and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe.

¹⁷ Ech good yifte, and ech perfit yifte is from aboue, and cometh doun fro the fadir of liytis, anentis whom is noon other chaungyng, ne ouerschadewyng of reward.

¹⁴ whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe.

²⁴ For ech fleisch is hey, and al the glorie of it is as flour of hey; the hei driede vp, and his flour felde doun;

⁹ But ye ben a chosun kyn, a kyngli preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchasing, that ye telle the vertues of hym, that clepide you fro derknessis in to his wondirful liyt.

⁹ But ye ben a chosun kyn, a kyngli preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchasing, that ye telle the vertues of hym, that clepide you fro derknessis in to his wondirful liyt. ¹⁰ Which sum tyme were not a puple of God, but now ye ben the puple of God; which hadden not merci, but now ye han merci.

¹⁵ But Y schal yyue bisynesse, and ofte after my deth ye haue mynde of these thingis.

⁷ But the heuenes that now ben, and the erthe, ben kept bi the same word, and ben reseruyd to fier in to the dai of doom and perdicioun of wickid men. ⁸ But, ye moost dere, this o thing be not hid to you, that o dai anentis God is as a thousynde yeeris, and a thousynde yeeris ben as o dai.

⁸ But, ye moost dere, this o thing be not hid to you, that o dai anentis God is as a thousynde yeeris, and a thousynde yeeris ben as o dai. ⁹ The Lord tarieth not his biheest, as summe gessen, but he doith pacientli for you, and wole not that ony men perische, but that alle turne ayen to penaunce. ¹⁰ For the dai of the Lord schal come as a theef, in which heuenes with greet bire schulen passe, and elementis schulen be dissoluyd bi heete, and the erthe, and alle the werkis that ben in it, schulen be brent. ¹¹ Therfor whanne alle these thingis schulen be dissolued, what manner men bihoueth it you to be in hooli lyuyngis and pitees, ¹² abidinge and hiyynge in to the comyng of the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom heuenes brennynge schulen be dissoluyd, and elementis schulen faile bi brennyng of fier.

¹² abidinge and hiyynge in to the comyng of the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom heuenes brennynge schulen be dissoluyd, and elementis schulen faile bi brennyng of fier.

⁴ Joon to seuene chirchis, that ben in Asie, grace and pees to you, of him that is, and that was, and that is to comynge; and of the seuene spiritis, that ben in the siyt of his trone; and of Jhesu Crist,

⁸ Yhe, Amen! Y am alpha and oo, the bigynnyng and the ende, seith the Lord God, that is, and that was, and that is to comynge, almyyti.

¹⁷ And whanne Y hadde seyn hym, Y felde doun at hise feet, as deed. And he puttide his riyt hond on me, and seide, Nyle thou drede; Y am the firste and the laste; and Y am alyue, and Y was deed; ¹⁸ and lo! Y am lyuynge in to worldis of worldis, and Y haue the keyes of deth and of helle.

² But caste thou out the foryerd, that is with out the temple, and mete not it; for it is youun to hethene men, and thei schulen defoule the hooli citee bi fourti monethis and tweyne. ³ And Y schal yyue `to my twey witnessis, and thei schulen prophesie a thousynde daies two hundrid and sixti, and schulen be clothid with sackis. <sup>4</sup> These ben tweyne olyues, and twei candilstikis, and thei stonden in the siyt of the Lord of the erthe. <sup>5</sup> And if ony man wole anoye hem, fier schal go out of the mouth of hem, and schal deuoure her enemyes. And if ony wole hirte hem, thus it bihoueth hym to be slayn. <sup>6</sup> These han power to close heuene, that it reyne not in the daies of her prophesie; and thei han power on watris, to turne hem in to blood; and to smyte the erthe with euery plage, and as ofte as thei wolen. <sup>7</sup> And whanne thei schulen ende her witnessing, the beeste that stieth vp fro depnesse, schal make batel ayens hem, and schal ouercome hem, and schal sle hem. <sup>8</sup> And the bodies of hem schulen ligge in the stretis of the greet citee, that is clepid goostli Sodom, and Egipt, where the Lord of hem was crucified. <sup>9</sup> And summe of lynagis, and of puplis, and of langagis, and of hethene men, schulen se the bodies of hem bi thre daies and an half; and thei schulen not suffre the bodies of hem to be put in biriels. <sup>10</sup> And men enhabitynge the erthe schulen haue ioye on hem; and thei schulen make myrie, and schulen sende yiftis togidere, for these twei prophetis turmentiden hem that dwellen on the erthe. <sup>11</sup> And aftir thre daies and an half, the spirit of lijf of God entride in to hem; and thei stoden on her feet, and greet dreed felle on hem that sayn hem. <sup>12</sup> And thei herden a greet vois fro heuene, seiynge to hem, Come vp hidir. And thei stieden in to heuene in a cloude, and the enemyes of hem sayn hem. <sup>13</sup> And in that our a greet erthe mouyng was maad, and the tenthe part of the citee felle doun; and the names of men seuene thousynde weren slayn in the erthe mouyng; and the tother weren sent in to drede, and yauen glorie to God of heuene. <sup>14</sup> The secounde wo is gon, and lo! the thridde wo schal come soone. <sup>15</sup> And the seuenthe aungel trumpide, and grete voicis weren maad in heuene, and seiden, The rewme of this world is maad `oure Lordis, and of Crist, his sone; and he schal regne in to worldis of worldis.

¹⁵ And the seuenthe aungel trumpide, and grete voicis weren maad in heuene, and seiden, The rewme of this world is maad `oure Lordis, and of Crist, his sone; and he schal regne in to worldis of worldis.

¹⁵ And the seuenthe aungel trumpide, and grete voicis weren maad in heuene, and seiden, The rewme of this world is maad `oure Lordis, and of Crist, his sone; and he schal regne in to worldis of worldis. ¹⁶ Amen. And the foure and twenti eldre men, that saten in her seetis in the siyt of the Lord, fellen on her faces, and worschipiden God,

¹⁶ Amen. And the foure and twenti eldre men, that saten in her seetis in the siyt of the Lord, fellen on her faces, and worschipiden God, ¹⁷ and seiden, We don thankyngis to thee, Lord God almyyti, which art, and which were, and which art to comynge; which hast takun thi greet vertu, and hast regned.

¹⁷ and seiden, We don thankyngis to thee, Lord God almyyti, which art, and which were, and which art to comynge; which hast takun thi greet vertu, and hast regned. ¹⁸ And folkis ben wrooth, and thi wraththe cam, and tyme of dede men to be demyd, and to yelde mede to thi seruauntis, and prophetis, and halewis, and dredynge thi name, to smale and to grete, and to distrie hem that corrumpiden the erthe.

¹⁸ And folkis ben wrooth, and thi wraththe cam, and tyme of dede men to be demyd, and to yelde mede to thi seruauntis, and prophetis, and halewis, and dredynge thi name, to smale and to grete, and to distrie hem that corrumpiden the erthe.

¹³ And after that the dragoun sai, that he was cast doun to the erthe, he pursuede the womman, that bare the knaue child. ¹⁴ And twei wengis of a greet egle weren youun to the womman, that sche schulde flee in to deseert, in to hir place, where sche is fed by tyme, and tymes, and half a tyme, fro the face of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the serpent sente out of his mouth aftir the womman watir as a flood, that he schulde make hir to be drawun of the flood. ¹⁶ And the erthe helpide the womman, and the erthe openyde his mouth, and soop up the flood, that the dragoun sente of his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragoun was wrooth ayens the womman, and he wente to make batel with othere of hir seed, that kepen the maundementis of God, and han the witnessing of Jhesu Crist.

² `And he criede with strong vois, `and seide, Greet Babiloyn felde doun, felde doun, and is maad the habitacioun of deuelis, and the keping of ech vnclene spirit, and `the keping of ech vnclene foul, and hateful.

¹¹ Amen. And Y say a greet white trone, and oon sittynge on it, fro whos siyt erthe fled and heuene; and the place is not foundun `of hem.

¹ And Y sai newe heuene and newe erthe; for the firste heuene and the firste erthe wenten awei, and the see is not now.

²⁴ And folkis schulen walke in liyt of it; and the kyngis of the erthe schulen brynge her glorie and onour in to it.