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PSALM XXXVI. [ [verse 1] The psalm of Dauyd.]

Wyle thou not folewe bi enuye in warieris; ne folewen bi looue men doende wickidnesse. [verse 2] For as hei swiftli thei shuln waxe drie; and as wrtis of erbis soone thei shul falle doun. [verse 3] Hope in the Lord, and do goodnesse; and indwelle thou the erthe, and thou shalt be fed in the richesses of it. [verse 4] Delite in the Lord; and he shal ȝiue to thee the askingus of thin herte. [verse 5] Opene to the Lord thi weie; and hope in hym, and he shal do. [verse 6] And he shal bringen out as liȝt thi riȝtwisnesse, [verse 7] and thi dom as mydday; soget be thou to the Lord, and preȝe hym. Wile thou not folewe bi enuye in hym that waxeth welsum in his weie; and in man [a man AH.] doende vnriȝtwisnessis [vnriȝtwisnes AH.] . [verse 8] Lef of fro wrathe, and forsac wodnesse; wile thou not folewe bi enuye, that thou be maad malicious. [verse 9] For thei, that ben maad malicious, shul ben outlawid; sustenende forsothe the Lord, thei shuln eritagen the erthe. [verse 10] And ȝit a litil, and the synnere shal not ben; and thou shalt seche the place of hym, and not finde. [verse 11] The debonere [bonere C.] forsothe shuln eritagen the erthe; and deliten in the multitude of pes. [verse 12] The synnere shal waite the riȝtwis; and gnaste vp on hym with his teth. [verse 13] The Lord forsothe shal scorne hym; for he beheeld forth that his day come. [verse 14] The synneres drowen out swerd; and benten [bende AEH.] ther bowe. That thei desceyue the pore and the helpeles; that

thei to-hewe the riȝte men in herte. [verse 15] The swerd of hem entre in to ther hertes; and the bowe of hem be to-broke. [verse 16] Betere is a litil to the riȝtwis; ouer manye richessis of synneres. [verse 17] For the armys of synneres [the synners A.] shul be to-brosid; forsothe the Lord con|firmeth riȝtwis men. [verse 18] The Lord knewȝ the daȝis of the vnwemmed; and the [Om. A.] eritage of hem with oute ende shal be. [verse 19] Thei shul not ben confoundid in an euel time, and in the daȝes of hungir thei [verse 20] shul be fulfild; for synneres shul per|shen. The enemys forsothe of the Lord, anoon as thei shul be maad wrshipeful, and enhauncid; failende as smoke thei shul faile. [verse 21] The synnere shal borewe, and not paȝen; the riȝtwis forsothe hath merci, and shal ȝelde. [verse 22] For blessende to hym thei shuln eritage the erthe; curs|ende forsothe to hym shul doun pershe. [verse 23] Anent the Lord the going of man shal be dressid [destruyed A.] ; and the weie of hym he [Om. C.] shal wiln. [verse 24] Whan the riȝtwis shal fallen, he shal not ben hurtlid; for the Lord vnderput [vnderputtith AEH.] his hond. [verse 25] Ȝungere I was, and forsothe I eldede; and I saȝ not the riȝt|wise forsake, ne his sed sechende bred. [verse 26] Al dai he hath reuthe, and leeneth; and his sed shal ben in blessing. [verse 27] Bowe doun fro euel, and do good; and indwelle in to the world of world. [verse 28] For the Lord looueth dom, and he [Om. A.] shal not forsake his seyntus; thei shul be togidere kept in to with oute ende. Vnriȝtwise shul be punshid; and the sed of vnpitouse shal pershen. [verse 29] Riȝt|wise forsothe shuln eritagen the erthe; and indwelle in to the world of world vp on it. [verse 30] The mouth of the riȝtwis shal sweteli thenke wisdam; and his tunge speke dom. [verse 31] The lawe of his God in the herte of hym; and his goingus shul not be supplauntid. [verse 32] The synnere beholdeth the riȝtwise; and secheth to slen hym. [verse 33] The Lord forsothe shal not forsaken hym in

his hondis; ne dampne him whan it [he A.] shal be demed to hym. [verse 34] Abyd the Lord, and kep his weie, and he shal enhaunce thee, that bi eritage thou take the erthe; whan synneres shul pershe, thou shalt see. [verse 35] I saȝ the vnpitouse aboue hauncid; and rerid vp as cedris of Liban. [verse 36] And I passide, and lo! he was not; I soȝte hym [Om. C sec. m.] , and ther is not founden his place. [verse 37] Kep inno|cence, and see equite; for thei ben relikis to a pesible man. [verse 38] The vnriȝtwise for|sothe shul doun pershe togidere; the re|likis of vnpitous men shul dien. [verse 39] The helthe forsothe of the riȝtwis of the Lord; and the defendere of hem he is in time of tribulacioun. [verse 40] And the Lord shal helpen hem, and delyueren hem, and pullen hem out fro synneres; and sauen hem, for thei hopeden in hym.