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[1] The title of the hundrid and thre and fourtithe salm. `A salm. Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre; and my fyngris to batel.
[2] Mi merci, and my refuyt; my takere vp, and my delyuerer. Mi defender, and Y hopide in him; and thou makist suget my puple vnder me.
[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.
[5] Lord, bowe doun thin heuenes, and come thou doun; touche thou hillis, and thei schulen make smoke.
[6] Leite thou schynyng, and thou schalt scatere hem; sende thou out thin arowis, and thou schalt disturble hem.
[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.
[8] The mouth of which spak vanite; and the riythond of hem is the riyt hond of wickidnesse.
[9] God, Y schal synge to thee a new song; I schal seie salm to thee in a sautre of ten stringis.
[10] Which yyuest heelthe to kingis; which ayen bouytist Dauid, thi seruaunt, fro the wickid swerd rauische thou out me.
[11] And delyuere thou me fro `the hond of alien sones; the mouth of whiche spak vanyte, and the riythond of hem is the riyt hond of wickidnesse.
[12] Whose sones ben; as new plauntingis in her yongthe. The douytris of hem ben arayed; ourned about as the licnesse of the temple.
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