The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.

me in thi rightwisnes for myn enmys: adress in thi sight my way. ¶ Led me lord. that is make me to wax in thi luf, and that in rightwisnes, in the whilk thou byhaldis thaim that mekly does pen|aunce. for myn enmys: that thai be confused or conuertyd. dress my way in the whilke i sall ga til the: in thi sight, that is in consciens whare man sees noght, bot anly god: and that consciens aghe noght to trow til man, lackand or louand, for he sees it noght: in the whilke oure way is rightyd till god.

10. Quoniam non est in ore eorum veritas: cor eorum vanum est. ¶ ffor sothfastnes is noght in the mouth of thaim; thaire hert is vayn. ¶ And nede is that thou right me, for in the mouth of my enmys, tha ere bakbiters and defamers, sothfastnes is noght. forthi it is noght to trow til thaire demynge, bot to fle til my consciens. whare i may best knaw my selfe. and na wondire if thai be noght sothfast in tonge, fore thaire hert is vayn withouten grace. for thai wen outher that thai synn noght. or that thaire synn sall noght be punyst.

11. Sepulcrum patens est guttur eorum: linguis suis do|lose agebant, iudica illos deus. ¶ Grafe oppenand is the throt of thaim; with thair tonges swikilly thai wroght. deme thaim god. ¶ Thaire throt is lyknyd til a graue openand, for thai shew stynkand wordes that corumpis the herers, and with flaterynge thai deuoure wham swa thai may felaghe with thaim. with thaire ill tonges swikilly thai wroght. vndire colour of soth bryngand in falshed. and for thai ere swilk, deme thaim god. that is dampne thaim. the prophet couaitis noght thaire dampnacioun, bot he says that is at come.

12. Decidant a cogitacionibus suis, secundum multitudi|nem impietatum eorum expelle eos: quoniam irritauerunt te domine. ¶ ffall thai of thaire thoghtes, eftere the mykilnes of thaire wickidnes, out pute thaim: for thai excitid the lord. ¶ Thus deme thaim. fall thai, that is be thai dampned. witnes thaire awn consciens and accusand thaim. and than outpute thaim fra the heritage of heuen, fere as thaire wickidnes diserues; for thai excitid the til vengaunce, duelland in thaire synne.

13. Et letentur omnes qui sperant in te: in eternum ex|ultabunt, & habitabis in eis. ¶ And fayn be all that hopes in the. withouten end thai sall ioy; and thou sall won in thaim. ¶ Thai sall down fall. and fayn be of the heritage in the tother lyf all that now hopes in the: till the whilk thou ert soft and swet. and

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The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Latin. -- 1884.

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