1 WYC The title of the hundrid and fourthe salm. Alleluya. Knouleche ye to the Lord, and inwardli clepe ye his name; telle ye hise werkis among hethen men. BSB BSB: Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
2 WYC Synge ye to hym, and seie ye salm to him, and telle ye alle hise merueylis; BSB BSB: Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
3 WYC be ye preisid in his hooli name. The herte of men sekynge the Lord be glad; BSB BSB: Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4 WYC seke ye the Lord, and be ye confermed; seke ye euere his face. BSB BSB: Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
5 WYC Haue ye mynde on hise merueilis, whiche he dide; on his grete wondris, and domes of his mouth. BSB BSB: Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
6 WYC The seed of Abraham, his seruaunt; the sones of Jacob, his chosun man. BSB BSB: O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
7 WYC He is oure Lord God; hise domes ben in al the erthe. BSB BSB: He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 WYC He was myndeful of his testament in to the world; of the word which he comaundide in to a thousynde generaciouns. BSB BSB: He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
9 WYC Which he disposide to Abraham; and of his ooth to Isaac. BSB BSB: the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 WYC And he ordeynede it to Jacob in to a comaundement; and to Israel in to euerlastinge testament. BSB BSB: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 WYC And he seide, I shal yiue to thee the lond of Canaan; the cord of youre eritage. BSB BSB: “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
12 WYC Whanne thei weren in a litil noumbre; and the comelingis of hem weren ful fewe. BSB BSB: When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
13 WYC And thei passiden fro folk in to folk; and fro a rewme in to another puple. BSB BSB: they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
14 WYC He lefte not a man to anoye hem; and he chastiside kyngis for hem. BSB BSB: He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 WYC Nile ye touche my cristis; and nyle ye do wickidli among my prophetis. BSB BSB: “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
16 WYC And God clepide hungir on erthe; and he wastide al the stidefastnesse of breed. BSB BSB: He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 WYC He sente a man bifore hem; Joseph was seeld in to a seruaunt. BSB BSB: He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 WYC Thei maden lowe hise feet in stockis, irun passide by his soule; til the word of him cam. BSB BSB: They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
19 WYC The speche of the Lord enflawmede him; BSB BSB: until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
20 WYC the king sente and vnbond hym; the prince of puplis sente and delyuerede him. BSB BSB: The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 WYC He ordeynede him the lord of his hous; and the prince of al his possessioun. BSB BSB: He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
22 WYC That he schulde lerne hise princis as him silf; and that he schulde teche hise elde men prudence. BSB BSB: to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
23 WYC And Israel entride in to Egipt; and Jacob was a comeling in the lond of Cham. BSB BSB: Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
24 WYC And God encreesside his puple greetli; and made hym stidefast on hise enemyes. BSB BSB: And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
25 WYC He turnede the herte of hem, that thei hatiden his puple; and diden gile ayens hise seruauntis. BSB BSB: whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
26 WYC He sent Moises, his seruaunt; thilke Aaron, whom he chees. BSB BSB: He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
27 WYC He puttide in hem the wordis of hise myraclis; and of hise grete wondris in the lond of Cham. BSB BSB: They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 WYC He sente derknessis, and made derk; and he made not bitter hise wordis. BSB BSB: He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
29 WYC He turnede the watris of hem in to blood; and he killide the fischis of hem. BSB BSB: He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
30 WYC And the lond of hem yaf paddoks; in the priue places of the kyngis of hem. BSB BSB: Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
31 WYC God seide, and a fleische flie cam; and gnattis in alle the coostis of hem. BSB BSB: He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.
32 WYC He settide her reynes hail; fier brennynge in the lond of hem. BSB BSB: He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
33 WYC And he smoot the vynes of hem, and the fige trees of hem; and al to-brak the tree of the coostis of hem. BSB BSB: He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
34 WYC He seide, and a locuste cam; and a bruk of which was noon noumbre. BSB BSB: He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
35 WYC And it eet al the hey in the lond of hem; and it eet al the fruyt of the lond of hem. BSB BSB: They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
36 WYC And he killide ech the firste gendrid thing in the lond of hem; the firste fruitis of alle the trauel of hem. BSB BSB: Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 WYC And he ledde out hem with siluer and gold; and noon was sijk in the lynagis of hem. BSB BSB: He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 WYC Egipt was glad in the goyng forth of hem; for the drede of hem lai on Egipcians. BSB BSB: Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 WYC He spredde abrood a cloude, in to the hiling of hem; and fier, that it schynede to hem bi nyyt. BSB BSB: He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
40 WYC Thei axiden, and a curlew cam; and he fillide hem with the breed of heuene. BSB BSB: They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 WYC He brak a stoon, and watris flowiden; floodis yeden forth in the drye place. BSB BSB: He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 WYC For he was myndeful of his hooli word; which he hadde to Abraham, his child. BSB BSB: For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
43 WYC And he ledde out his puple in ful out ioiyng; and hise chosun men in gladnesse. BSB BSB: He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
44 WYC And he yaf to hem the cuntreis of hethen men; and thei hadden in possessioun the trauels of puplis. BSB BSB: He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
45 WYC That thei kepe hise iustifiyngis; and seke his lawe. BSB BSB: that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
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