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PSALM XLIV. [ [verse 1] In to the ende, for hem that shul ben with chaungid, to the sones of Chore, to vndirstondyng, the song for the loouede.]

[verse 2] Myn herte bowide out a good woord; I sey my werkis to the king. My tunge the penne of a scribe, swiftli wrytende. [verse 3] Fair in forme befor the sonus of men, grace is held out in thi lippis; therfore blesside thee God in to with oute ende. [verse 4] Be thou gird to with thi swerd; vp on thin hipe most myȝtili. [verse 5] In thi shap and thi fairnesse behold; go forth welsumli, and regne. For treuthe, and deboner|nesse, and riȝtwisnesse; and thi riȝthond shal merueilously bringe thee thennes. [verse 6] Thin arwis sharpe, puplis vnder thee shul falle; in to the hertis of the enemys of the king. [verse 7] Thy sete, God, in to the world of world; the ȝerde of thi gouern|yng

to euenenesse, the ȝerde of thi regne. [verse 8] Thou loouedest riȝtwisnesse, and hated|ist [hatist C.] wickidnesse; therfore enoyntide thee God, `thi God [Om. C.] , with oile of gladnesse befor thi [alle thi E pr. m.] felawis. [verse 9] Myrre, and the swote gumme gutta, and the swote erbe casia, fro thi clothis, fro the yuer housis; of [verse 10] the whiche deliteden thee the doȝtris of kingus in thi wrshipe. The queen stod neeȝh fro thi riȝt parties in cloth|ing ouergilt; enuyround with dyuersete. [verse 11] Here, doȝter, and see, and inbowe thin ere; and forȝet thi puple, and the hous of thi fader. [verse 12] And the king shal coueite thi fairnesse; for he is the Lord thi God, and thei shul honouren hym. [verse 13] And the doȝtris of Tiri in ȝiftis; thi chere shul louli preȝe alle the riche men of the folc. [verse 14] Al the glorie of hym of the doȝter of the king fro with inne, in goldene [verse 15] hemmes; aboute [al about A.] wrappid with diuerse|tees. Ther shul ben broȝt to the king maidenes aftir hir; the neȝheboris of hir shul be broȝt to thee. [verse 16] Thei shul be broȝte in gladnesse, and ful out ioȝing; thei shul be lad to in to the temple of the king. [verse 17] For thi fadris ben born to thee sones; thou shalt sette them princis vp on al erthe. [verse 18] Myndeful thei shul ben of thi name, Lord; in alle ieneracioun, and in to ieneracioun. Therfor puplis shul knoulechen to thee in to with oute ende; and in to the world of world.