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[1] Mi spirit schal be maad feble; my daies schulen be maad schort, and oneli the sepulcre is left to me.
[2] Y have not synned, and myn iye dwellith in bittirnessis.
[3] Lord, delyuere thou me, and sette thou me bisidis thee; and the hond of ech fiyte ayens me.
[4] Thou hast maad the herte of hem fer fro doctryn, `ethir knowyng of treuthe; therfor thei schulen not be enhaunsid.
[5] He bihetith prey to felowis, and the iyen of hise sones schulen faile.
[6] He hath set as in to a prouerbe of the comyn puple, and his saumple bifor hem.
[7] Myn `iye dasewide at indignacioun; and my membris ben dryuun as in to nouyt.
[8] Iust men schulen wondre on this thing; and an innocent schal be reisid ayens an ypocrite.
[9] And a iust man schal holde his weie, and he schal adde strengthe to clene hondis.
[10] Therfor alle `ye be conuertid, and come ye; and Y schal not fynde in you ony wiys man.
[11] My daies ben passid; my thouytis ben scaterid, turmentynge myn herte.
[12] Tho han turned the nyyt `in to day; and eft aftir derknessis hope liyt.
[13] If Y `susteyne, ether suffre pacientli, helle is myn hous; and Y haue arayede my bed in derknessis.
[14] Y seide to rot, Thou art my fadur; and to wormes, Ye ben my modir and my sister.
[15] Therfor where is now myn abidyng? and who biholdith my pacience?
[16] Alle my thingis schulen go doun in to deppeste helle; gessist thou, whether reste schal be to me, nameli there.
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