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[verse 1] Forsothe, Lord, thou art iust; if Y dis|pute with thee, netheles Y schal speke iust thingis to thee. Whi hath the weie of wickid men prosperite? It is wel to alle men that breken the lawe, and doen wick|idli? [verse 2] Thou hast plauntid hem, and thei
senten roote; thei encreessen, and maken fruyt; thou art niȝ to the mouth of hem, and fer fro the reynes of hem. [verse 3] And thou, Lord, hast knowe me, thou hast seyn me, and hast preued myn herte with thee. Gadere thou hem togidere as a flok to slayn sacrifice, and halewe thou hem in the dai of sleyng. [verse 4] Hou long schal the erthe mourne, and ech eerbe of the feeld schal be dried, for the malice of hem that dwellen ther ynne? A beeste is wastid, and a brid, for thei seiden, The Lord schal not se oure laste thingis. [verse 5] If thou trauelist rennynge with foot men, hou schalt thou mow stryue with horsis? but whanne thou art sikur in the lond of pees, what schalt thou do in the pride of Jordan? [verse 6] For whi bothe thi britheren and the hous of thi fadir, ȝhe, thei fouȝten aȝens thee, and crieden with ful vois aftir thee; bileue thou not to hem, whanne thei speken goodis to thee. [verse 7] I haue left myn hous, Y haue forsake myn eritage; Y ȝaf my loued soule in to the hondis of enemyes therof. [verse 8] Myn eritage is maad as a lioun in the wode to me; it ȝaf vois aȝens me, therfor Y hate [hatide A sec. m.] it. [verse 9] Whether myn eritage is a brid of dyuerse colours to me? whether it is a brid died thorou out? Alle beestis of the feeld, come ȝe, be ȝe gaderid togi|dere; haste ȝe for to deuoure. [verse 10] Many scheepherdis distrieden my vyner, defoul|iden my part, ȝauen my desirable porcioun [verse 11] in to desert of wildirnesse; thei settiden it in to scateryng, and it mourenyde on me; al the lond is desolat bi desolacioun, for noon is that aȝenthenkith in herte. [verse 12] Alle distrieris of the lond camen on alle the weies of desert, for the swerd of the Lord schal deuoure fro the laste part of the lond `til to [vnto I.] the laste part therof; no pees is to al fleisch. [verse 13] Thei sowiden wheete, and repiden thornes; thei token erytage, and it schal not profite to hem. Ȝe schu|len
be schent of ȝoure fruytis, for the wraththe of the stronge veniaunce of the Lord. [verse 14] The Lord seith these thingis aȝens alle my worst neiȝboris, that touchen the eritage which Y departide to my puple Israel, Lo! Y schal drawe hem out of her lond, and Y schal drawe the hous of Juda out of the myddis of hem. [verse 15] And whanne Y schal drawe out thilke Jewis, Y schal conuerte, and haue merci on hem; and Y schal lede hem aȝen, a man to his eritage, and a man in to his lond. [verse 16] And it schal be, if thei `that ben [Om. C et ceteri.] tauȝt lernen the weies of my puple, that thei swere in my name, The Lord lyueth, as thei tauȝten my puple to swere in Baal, thei schulen be bildid in the myddis of my puple. [verse 17] That if thei heren not, Y schal drawe out that folk by drawyng out and perdicioun, seith the Lord.