1 WYC The title of the fourtithe salm. For victorie, the song of Dauid. Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on a nedi man and pore; the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 WYC The Lord kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the lond; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes. BSB BSB: The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
3 WYC The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe; thou hast ofte turned al his bed stre in his sijknesse. BSB BSB: The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 WYC I seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on me; heele thou my soule, for Y synnede ayens thee. BSB BSB: I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5 WYC Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische? BSB BSB: My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6 WYC And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf. BSB BSB: My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 WYC He yede with out forth; and spak to the same thing. Alle myn enemyes bacbitiden pryuyli ayens me; ayens me thei thouyten yuels to me. BSB BSB: All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8 WYC Thei ordeineden an yuel word ayens me; Whether he that slepith, schal not leie to, that he rise ayen? BSB BSB: “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9 WYC For whi the man of my pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues; made greet disseit on me. BSB BSB: Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 WYC But thou, Lord, haue merci on me, and reise me ayen; and Y schal yelde to hem. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 WYC In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me. BSB BSB: By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 WYC Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende. BSB BSB: In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
13 WYC Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world; be it doon, be it doon. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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