all nyght, tobe relesid. or to dye. as lyoun, that na thynge sparys, swa god. or my seknes, brak all my banys. that is, wastid all my strenght.
7. De mane vsque ad vesperam finies me: sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor vt columba. ¶ ffra morne til euyn thou sall end me: as bird of swalugh swa .i. sall cry, .i. sall thynke as doufe. ¶ Thou sall end me. that is, .i. abyde myn ende fra morn til euyn. that he oft settis the same worde he shewis the gretnes of his euyl. and werkynge. as the manere of seke men is. when thai fele right hard thai wate noght what thai may say. as bird of swalugh, that gredily askis mete. swa .i. sall cry till god my leche, that .i. may fynd his medicyne. and .i. sall thynke as dofe. that is, mekly, withouten gall of yre and wickidnes. oysand sorow for my syn. noght sange of vanyte. And in this cry. and thynkynge.
8. Attenuati sunt oculi mei: suspicientes in excelso. ¶ Thynnyd ere myn eghyn; vplokand in heghe. ¶ Myn eghyn ere thynyd. that is, my thoght and myn entent ere purgid of vile lustis and layri willis and of vayne thoghtis. and made sutil & semely in the luf of ihū crist. and swa thai ere vplokand in hegh, til the ioy of heuen: noght pressid down in the luf of this warld.
9. Domine vim pacior responde pro me: quid dicam aut quid respondebit michi cum ipse fecerit. ¶ Lorde force .i. suffire, answere for me: what sall .i. say, or what sall he answere til me, when he has done. ¶ Lord .i. suffire force. that is, vio|lence of sekenes abouen my myght. for thi answere for me. that is, be borgh of myn amendynge. for .i. will amend that .i. hafe errid. it is grete peril to be fundyn with leynge thare god is borgh. bot what sall .i. say til god. when .i. suffire rightwisly this pyne. or what sall god answere till me when he has done til me that rightwis is. for he is venger of my syn. that is makere of my kynd. aswhasay, the best is in all anguys to take godis sand [S, M sonde.] tholemodly, and pray him of mercy, that did as it was his will. and thare with.
10. Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos: in amaritudine anime mee. ¶ I sall thynke til the all my ȝeris; in bittirnes of my saule. ¶ I sall thynke till the. that is, for the louynge of the .i. sall brynge til my mynd all my ȝeris. that is, all my life that is passid, in whilke .i. fele me cupabil. and that in bitternes of my
