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[1] The title of the fyue and twentithe salm. `To Dauid.
[2] Lord, preue thou me, and asaie me; brenne thou my reynes, and myn herte.
[3] For whi thi merci is bifor myn iyen; and Y pleside in thi treuthe.
[4] I sat not with the counsel of vanyte; and Y schal not entre with men doynge wickid thingis.
[5] I hatide the chirche of yuele men; and Y schal not sitte with wickid men.
[6] I schal waische myn hondis among innocentis; and, Lord, Y schal cumpasse thin auter.
[7] That Y here the vois of heriyng; and that Y telle out alle thi merueils.
[8] Lord, Y haue loued the fairnesse of thin hows; and the place of the dwellyng of thi glorie.
[9] God, leese thou not my soule with vnfeithful men; and my lijf with men of bloodis.
[10] In whose hondis wyckidnessis ben; the riythond of hem is fillid with yiftis.
[11] But Y entride in myn innocens; ayenbie thou me, and haue merci on me.
[12] Mi foot stood in riytfulnesse; Lord, Y schal blesse thee in chirchis.
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