9. Dixit inimicus persequar & comprehendam: diuidam spolia, implebitur anima mea. ¶ The enmy sayd .i. sall folow and .i. sall take; and .i. sall depart spoils. my saule sall be fulfild. ¶ The enmy the deuyl sayd, .i. sall folow with ill eggynge cristen men. that turnys out of egipt and hastis till the land of heuen. and .i. sall take thaim with snarys of sere temptaciouns. and manyfald errours and fantoms: .i. sall depart spoils. that is, when thai ere withdraghyn fra clennes and charite .i. sall put thaim in sere vicys and crueltes. and swa my will sall be fild in thaim. for the deuyl couayts namare than mannys losynge. and if any stand agayns me.
10. Euaginabo gladium meum: interficiet eos manus mea. ¶ I sall dragh out my swerd; and thaim sall my hand sla. ¶ I sall out draghe. that is, apertly .i. sall shew bifore thaire eghyn, my swerde. that is, venymous lykyngis and dedly synnys. and thorgh tha my myght sall sla thaim. gastly. Many he slas, bot noght all. and all his malice sall be by. for,
11. Flauit spiritus tuus & operuit eos mare: submersi sunt quasi plumbum in aquis vehementibus. ¶ Thi gast blew and the see hild thaim; drunkynd thai ere as lede in grete watirs. ¶ Thi gast blew. that is, vengaunce passand of thi will. fell on thaim. and than the see hild thaim. that is, the deuyl, with all that he has desayfid; swelighid sall be of hell. that thai angire noght rightwismen. drunkynd thai ere heuy as lede. for birthyn of synnys, in grete watirs. that is, in grett tourmentis that neuer may be gane.
12. Quis similis tui in fortibus domine: quis similis tui magnificus in sanctitate, terribilis atque laudabilis, & faciens mirabilia. ¶ Wha is thi like in stallworth lord; wha is thi like, worshipful in halynes, aghful and louabil. and doand wondirs. ¶ Worshipful he is in larges of giftys and makynge of haly men. aghful in vengaunce of ill men. and forto loue in delyuerynge of rightwismen. and doand wondirs in heghyng [S. U heghnes.] of meke and downkastynge of proude.
13. Extendisti manum tuam: & deuorauit eos terra. ¶ Thou strekid thi hand: and the erth devourd thaim.
14. Dux fuisti in misericordia tua: populo quem rede|misti. ¶ Ledere thou was in thi mercy: til the folke that thou boght.
