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[1] The title of the `hundrid and o salm. The preier of a pore man, whanne he was angwishid, and schedde out his speche bifore the Lord.
[2] Lord, here thou my preier; and my crie come to thee.
[3] Turne not awei thi face fro me; in what euere dai Y am troblid, bowe doun thin eere to me. In what euere day Y schal inwardli clepe thee; here thou me swiftli.
[4] For my daies han failid as smoke; and my boonus han dried vp as critouns.
[5] I am smytun as hei, and myn herte dried vp; for Y haue foryete to eete my breed.
[6] Of the vois of my weilyng; my boon cleuede to my fleische.
[7] I am maad lijk a pellican of wildirnesse; Y am maad as a niyt crowe in an hous.
[8] I wakide; and Y am maad as a solitarie sparowe in the roof.
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