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¹ 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.² Who schal speke the powers of the Lord; schal make knowun alle hise preisyngis?³ Blessid ben thei that kepen dom; and doon riytfulnesse in al tyme.⁴ Lord, haue thou mynde on vs in the good plesaunce of thi puple; visite thou vs in thin heelthe.⁵ 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.

⁶ We han synned with oure fadris; we han do vniustli, we han do wickidnesse.⁷ 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;⁸ and he sauede hem for his name, that `he schulde make knowun his power.⁹ And he departide the reed see, and it was dried; and he lede forth hem in the depthis of watris as in deseert.¹⁰ And he sauede hem fro the hond of hateris; and he ayen bouyte hem fro the hond of the enemye.¹¹ And the watir hilide men troublynge hem; oon of hem abood not.¹² And thei bileueden to hise wordis; and thei preisiden the heriynge of hym.

¹³ Thei hadden `soone do, thei foryaten hise werkis; and thei abididen not his councel.¹⁴ And thei coueitiden coueitise in deseert; and temptiden God in a place with out watir.¹⁵ And he yaf to hem the axyng of hem; and he sente fulnesse in to the soulis of hem.¹⁶ And thei wraththiden Moyses in the castels; Aaron, the hooli of the Lord.¹⁷ The erthe was opened, and swolewid Datan; and hilide on the congregacioun of Abiron.¹⁸ And fier brente an hiye in the synagoge of hem; flawme brente synneris.¹⁹ And thei maden a calf in Oreb; and worschipiden a yotun ymage.²⁰ And thei chaungiden her glorie; in to the liknesse of a calf etynge hei.²¹ Thei foryaten God, that sauede hem, that dide grete werkis in Egipt,²² merueils in the lond of Cham; feerdful thingis in the reed see.²³ 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.²⁴ And thei hadden the desirable lond for nouyt, thei bileueden not to his word, and thei grutchiden in her tabernaclis;²⁵ thei herden not the vois of the Lord.²⁶ And he reiside his hond on hem; to caste doun hem in desert.²⁷ And to caste awei her seed in naciouns; and to leese hem in cuntreis.²⁸ And thei maden sacrifice to Belfagor; and thei eeten the sacrificis of deed beestis.²⁹ And thei wraththiden God in her fyndyngis; and fallyng was multiplied in hem.³⁰ And Fynees stood, and pleeside God; and the veniaunce ceesside.³¹ And it was arrettid to hym to riytfulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to with outen ende.³² And thei wraththiden God at the watris of ayenseiyng; and Moises was trauelid for hem, for thei maden bittere his spirit,³³ and he departide in his lippis.

³⁴ Thei losten not hethen men; whiche the Lord seide to hem.³⁵ And thei weren meddlid among hethene men, and lerneden the werkis of hem,³⁶ and serueden the grauen ymagis of hem; and it was maad to hem in to sclaundre.³⁷ And thei offriden her sones; and her douytris to feendis.³⁸ And thei schedden out innocent blood, the blood of her sones and of her douytris; whiche thei sacrificiden to the grauun ymagis of Chanaan.³⁹ And the erthe was slayn in bloodis, and was defoulid in the werkis of hem; and thei diden fornicacioun in her fyndyngis.⁴⁰ And the Lord was wrooth bi strong veniaunce ayens his puple; and hadde abhominacioun of his eritage.⁴¹ And he bitook hem in to the hondis of hethene men; and thei that hatiden hem, weren lordis of hem.⁴² And her enemyes diden tribulacioun to hem, and thei weren mekid vndir the hondis of enemyes;⁴³ ofte he delyuerede hem. But thei wraththiden hym in her counsel; and thei weren maad low in her wickidnessis.⁴⁴ And he siye, whanne thei weren set in tribulacioun; and he herde the preyer of hem.⁴⁵ And he was myndeful of his testament; and it repentide hym bi the multitude of his merci.⁴⁶ And he yaf hem in to mercies; in the siyt of alle men, that hadden take hem.⁴⁷ 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.⁴⁸ 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.