1 WYC The `title of the hundrid and fifthe salm. Alleluya. Kouleche ye to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is with outen ende. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 WYC Who schal speke the powers of the Lord; schal make knowun alle hise preisyngis? BSB BSB: Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
3 WYC Blessid ben thei that kepen dom; and doon riytfulnesse in al tyme. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
4 WYC Lord, haue thou mynde on vs in the good plesaunce of thi puple; visite thou vs in thin heelthe. BSB BSB: Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
5 WYC To se in the goodnesse of thi chosun men, to be glad in the gladnes of thi folk; that thou be heried with thin eritage. BSB BSB: that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
6 WYC We han synned with oure fadris; we han do vniustli, we han do wickidnesse. BSB BSB: We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
7 WYC Oure fadris in Egipt vndirstoden not thi merueils; thei weren not myndeful of the multitude of thi merci. And thei stiynge in to the see, in to the reed see, terreden to wraththe; BSB BSB: Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
8 WYC and he sauede hem for his name, that `he schulde make knowun his power. BSB BSB: Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
9 WYC And he departide the reed see, and it was dried; and he lede forth hem in the depthis of watris as in deseert. BSB BSB: He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
10 WYC And he sauede hem fro the hond of hateris; and he ayen bouyte hem fro the hond of the enemye. BSB BSB: He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 WYC And the watir hilide men troublynge hem; oon of hem abood not. BSB BSB: The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
12 WYC And thei bileueden to hise wordis; and thei preisiden the heriynge of hym. BSB BSB: Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
13 WYC Thei hadden `soone do, thei foryaten hise werkis; and thei abididen not his councel. BSB BSB: Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
14 WYC And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; and temptiden God in a place with out watir. BSB BSB: They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
15 WYC And he yaf to hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the soulis of hem. BSB BSB: So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
16 WYC And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord. BSB BSB: In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 WYC The erthe was opened, and swolewid Datan; and hilide on the congregacioun of Abiron. BSB BSB: The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
18 WYC And fier brente an hiye in the synagoge of hem; flawme brente synneris. BSB BSB: Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.
19 WYC And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a yotun ymage. BSB BSB: At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.
20 WYC And thei chaungiden her glorie; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei. BSB BSB: They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 WYC Thei foryaten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in Egipt, BSB BSB: They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
22 WYC merueils in the lond of Cham; feerdful thingis in the reed see. BSB BSB: wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
23 WYC And God seide, that he wolde leese hem; if Moises, his chosun man, hadde not stonde in the brekyng of his siyt. That he schulde turne awei his ire; lest he loste hem. BSB BSB: So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
24 WYC And thei hadden the desirable lond for nouyt, thei bileueden not to his word, and thei grutchiden in her tabernaclis; BSB BSB: They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
25 WYC thei herden not the vois of the Lord. BSB BSB: They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
26 WYC And he reiside his hond on hem; to caste doun hem in desert. BSB BSB: So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
27 WYC And to caste awei her seed in naciouns; and to leese hem in cuntreis. BSB BSB: to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
28 WYC And thei maden sacrifice to Belfagor; and thei eeten the sacrificis of deed beestis. BSB BSB: They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
29 WYC And thei wraththiden God in her fyndyngis; and fallyng was multiplied in hem. BSB BSB: So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
30 WYC And Fynees stood, and pleeside God; and the veniaunce ceesside. BSB BSB: But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
31 WYC And it was arrettid to hym to riytfulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to with outen ende. BSB BSB: It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
32 WYC And thei wraththiden God at the watris of ayenseiyng; and Moises was trauelid for hem, for thei maden bittere his spirit, BSB BSB: At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
33 WYC and he departide in his lippis. BSB BSB: For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
34 WYC Thei losten not hethen men; whiche the Lord seide to hem. BSB BSB: They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
35 WYC And thei weren meddlid among hethene men, and lerneden the werkis of hem, BSB BSB: but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
36 WYC and serueden the grauen ymagis of hem; and it was maad to hem in to sclaundre. BSB BSB: They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
37 WYC And thei offriden her sones; and her douytris to feendis. BSB BSB: They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
38 WYC And thei schedden out innocent blood, the blood of her sones and of her douytris; whiche thei sacrificiden to the grauun ymagis of Chanaan. BSB BSB: They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
39 WYC And the erthe was slayn in bloodis, and was defoulid in the werkis of hem; and thei diden fornicacioun in her fyndyngis. BSB BSB: They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
40 WYC And the Lord was wrooth bi strong veniaunce ayens his puple; and hadde abhominacioun of his eritage. BSB BSB: So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 WYC And he bitook hem in to the hondis of hethene men; and thei that hatiden hem, weren lordis of hem. BSB BSB: He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 WYC And her enemyes diden tribulacioun to hem, and thei weren mekid vndir the hondis of enemyes; BSB BSB: Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
43 WYC ofte he delyuerede hem. But thei wraththiden hym in her counsel; and thei weren maad low in her wickidnessis. BSB BSB: Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
44 WYC And he siye, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he herde the preyer of hem. BSB BSB: Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
45 WYC And he was myndeful of his testament; and it repentide hym bi the multitude of his merci. BSB BSB: And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
46 WYC And he yaf hem in to mercies; in the siyt of alle men, that hadden take hem. BSB BSB: He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.
47 WYC Oure Lord God, make thou vs saaf; and gadere togidere vs fro naciouns. That we knouleche to thin hooli name; and haue glorie in thi preisyng. BSB BSB: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
48 WYC Blessid be the Lord God of Israel fro the world and til in to the world; and al the puple schal seye, Be it don, be it don. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
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