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[1] The title of the nyne and fourtithe salm. The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe,
[2] fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon,
[3] God schal come opynli; oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiye in his siyt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas.
[4] He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
[5] Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
[6] `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
[7] Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God.
[8] I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.
[9] I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis.
[10] For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis.
[11] I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
[12] If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn.
[13] Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis?
[14] Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God.
[15] And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me.
[16] But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth?
[17] Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde.
[18] If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris.
[19] Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
[20] Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir;
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