The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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Oxford,: University press,
1850.
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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFZ9170.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 23, 2025.

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PSALM XL. [ [verse 1] In to the ende, the salm `of Dauid [Om. A.] ; or, in to the ende, the vnderstonding of Dauid.]

[verse 2] Blisful that vnderstant [vnderstondeth AEH.] vp on the nedi and pore; in the euele dai shal de|lyueren

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hym the Lord. [verse 3] The Lord kepe [shall kepe E.] hym, and quykene hym, and blisful make hym in the erthe; and take hym not `in to [in A.] the soule of his enemys. [verse 4] The Lord helpe bere to hym vp on the bed of his sorewe; al his bedding thou turnedest in his sicnesse. [verse 5] I seide, Lord, haue mercy of me; hele my soule, for I synnede to thee. [verse 6] Myn enemys seiden euelis to me; Whanne shal dien, and pershen his name? [verse 7] And if he wente in that he see, veyne thingus he spac; his herte shal gedere wickidnessis [wickidnes A.] to hym. [verse 8] He wente forth outward; and spac in to itself. Aȝen me priueli grucchiden alle myn enemys; aȝen me thei thoȝten euelis to me. [verse 9] A wicke [wickede AEH.] woord thei setteden aȝen me; Whether he that slepeth, shal not kaste to, that he ryse aȝeen? [verse 10] Forsothe the man of my pes, in whom I hopide; that eet my loues, magnefiede vp on me sup|plaunting. [verse 11] Thou forsothe, Lord, haue mercy of me; and aȝeen rere me, and I shal ȝelde to them. [verse 12] In that I knew, that thou woldist me; for ther shal not ioȝe myn enemy ouer me. [verse 13] Me forsothe for innocence thou hast vndertaken; and confermedist me in thi siȝte in to with|oute ende. [verse 14] Blessid [Blesful A.] the Lord God of Irael; fro the world, and in to the world, be it do, be it do.

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