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[1]Thetitle 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]Turnenot 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]Formy daies han failid as smoke; and my boonus han dried vp as critouns.
[5]Iam smytun as hei, and myn herte dried vp; for Y haue foryete to eete my breed.
[6]Ofthe vois of my weilyng; my boon cleuede to my fleische.
[7]Iam maad lijk a pellican of wildirnesse; Y am maad as a niyt crowe in an hous.
[8]Iwakide; and Y am maad as a solitarie sparowe in the roof.
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