[PSALM LXVIII.]
SALUUM me fac deus: quoniam intrauerunt aque vsque ad animam meam. ¶ Safe me god; for watirs in ȝede in till my saule. ¶ Crist in his passion criand til the fadire says; god make me safe of this perils. for watirs. that is, the strife and the stirynge of wickid iowes, in ȝede in til my saule. that is, thai do that thai may to refe me my life. crist cries to gif vs ensaumpile to cry that we fall not in wickidnes. for drede of pyne or of ded.
2. Infixus sum in limo profundi: & non est substancia. ¶ I am festid in clay of the ground; and thare is na substaunce. ¶ I am festid in body in the clay of ground. that is, of the iwes wickidnes. that is, in the felony of men .i. am done on cross. and thar is na substaunce til me. that is, til pouert .i. come, and .i. hafe na myght in fleyss to fle this ded.
3. Veni in altitudinem maris: & tempestas demersit me. ¶ I come in the heghnes of se; and the storme me drownkynd [S drouyde.] . ¶ That is, .i. come wilfully in till the depnes of this warld & vnwise folke. and the storme. that is, the sual of malicious men. criand my ded, sloghe me.
4. Laboraui clamans, rauce facte sunt fauces me: defe|cerunt oculi mei dum spero in deo meo. ¶ I trauaild criand, hase ere made my chekis: myn eghen faild whils .i. hope in my god. ¶ I trauaild criand, prechand & amonestand thaim. bot it was trauaile, for thai wild not rasayfe me. hase ere made my chekis. that is, thai vndirstode me noght na mare than man may do a hase man. myn eghen faild. that is, .i. am ded, whils .i. hope in my god. that is, for .i. abyde mercy, and .i. shew not my myght.
5. Multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei: qui oderunt me gratis. ¶ Multiplide thai ere abouen the hares of my heued: that hatid has me of selfwill. ¶ That is, .i. hafe ma enmys that hatis me withouten cheson. than .i. hafe folowers or lufers. that ere till my fayrehede as haire till my heued.