ouercomen in temptaciouns thorgh quayntys of the fende. and ten thowsand sall fall fra thi right syde. that is many ma than of the other, the whilke thof thai wene noght to hafe setils of dome. thorgh almus|dede thai trow to be sett at cristis right syde, and thai fayle outher thorgh grete tribulacioun or thorgh luf of riches & delytis. bot til ihū crist. that is, in thi lufers this mydday deuyl sall noght neghe. swa that he gare thaim depart fra the. for of thai be temptid thaire hert is rotyd. in thi luf that thai fall noght.
8. Verumptamen oculis tuis considerabis: & retribu|cionem peccatorum videbis. ¶ Noght forthi with thin eghen thou sall bihalde: and the ȝeldynge of synful thou sall see. ¶ Thou sall bihald. noght anly what thai did; bot thare thoght. and thar eftere ȝelde thaim pyne in hell. and that sall ilke rightwisman see, how thai ere punyst that fell. It is noght letill to see wickidmen here in ioy and honurs. and to hafe eghen with the whilke he bihaldis thaim in thaire endynge.
9. Quoniam tu es domine spes mea: altissimum posuisti refugium tuum. ¶ ffor thou ert lord my hope: heghest thou sett thi fleynge. ¶ That is. ful pryue thou gaf til me grace to fle til the in all my nede.
10. Non accedet ad te malum: & flagellum non appro|pinquabit tabernaculo tuo. ¶ Ill sall noght cum til the: and swyngynge sall noght neghe til thi tabernakil. ¶ Thou man that lastis in godis luf. ill hurtand thi saul, thof thi body be in noy, sall noght cum till the. and swyngynge. that is, vnclennes, for the whilke fleyssly lufers ere swongyn in hell. sall not be in thi fleyss.
11. Quoniam angelis suis mandauit de te: vt custodiant te in omnibus vijs tuis. ¶ ffor till his aungels he bade of the: that thai kepe the in all thi wayes. ¶ That is, he comaundid til his aungels that thai be with the, helpers in the perils of this life. and kepe the that thou erre noght in thi werkis.
12. In manibus portabunt te: ne forte offendas ad lapi|dem pedem tuum. ¶ In thaire hend thai sall bere the; leswhen thou hurt til stane thi fote. ¶ That is, thai sall ay entyse the till despisynge of this warld and til the luf 'of heuen [S, M. U om.] ,' that thou be noght clumst in syn. and hurt noght the fote of thi will til the hard stane of presumpcioun or desperacioun. And if thou be thus borne;
13. Super aspidem & basiliscum ambulabis: & concul|cabis
