PSALM LVII. [ [verse 1] The title of the [Om. plures.] seuene and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus [Om. ceteri præter U.] , To victorie [the ouercomere V.] ; `lese thou not the swete song, ether the semely salm [Om. K. song ceteri.] , of Dauid [that thou leese not Dauith, meek and symple. V.] . `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomere, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple [Om. ceteri præter U.] .]
[verse 2] Forsothe if ȝe speken riȝtfulnesse verili; [A glos. Da|uith made this salm, whanne Saul, at the tell|ynge of Zipheis, ȝede out with thre thousynde of chosun men to seke Dauith, in firste book of Kyngis xxvi. co. and Dauith took awei the spere and the cuppe of Saul slepynge. C et alii.] ȝe sones of men, deme [demeth IS.] riȝtfuli. [verse 3] For in herte ȝe worchen wickidnesse in erthe; ȝoure hondis maken redi vnriȝtfulnessis [vnriȝtfulnesse A. riȝtfulnessis RX.] . [verse 4] Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis. [verse 5] Woodnesse is to hem, bi the licnesse of a serpent; as of a deef snake, and stoppynge hise eeris. [verse 6] Which [The which I.] schal not here the vois of charmeris; and of a venym makere charmynge wiseli. [verse 7] God schal al to-breke the teeth of hem in her mouth; the Lord schal breke [to-breke CF. al to-breke DESX.] togidere the greet teeth of liouns. [verse 8] Thei schulen come to nouȝt, as water rennynge awei; he bente his bouwe, til thei ben [weren I.] maad sijk. [verse 9] As wexe that fletith awei, thei schulen be takun awei; fier felle aboue, and thei siȝen not the sunne. [verse 10] Bifore that ȝoure thornes vndurstoden the ramne [ramne, ether theue thorn, F et plures. the raveyne, ether ramne S.] ; he swolewith hem so in ire, as lyuynge men. [verse 11] The iust man schal be glad, whanne he schal se veniaunce; he schal waische hise hondis in the blood of a synner. [verse 12] And a man schal seie treuli, For fruyt is to a iust man; treuli God is demynge hem in erthe.
