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.

and say thai ay, worschipid be lord, that lufis thi hele. ¶ All sekand god, and noght elles, be glad: that is, wele cherid & fayne in hert, that thai ere grundid on god and on na vanyte. & thai say ay, worschipid be oure lord: that is, sa thai sall ay seke his louynge, noght thairs. that lufis thi hele, that is, ihū.

23. Ego autem mendicus sum & pauper: dominus soli|citus est mei. ¶ Bot .i. am beggere and pore; lord is bisy of me. ¶ Of the .i. say, louyd be thou: bot of me .i. say, .i. am beggere and pore. that is, thar is nathynge in me, of me, that may be louyd. He is beggere that askis of other. he is pore that suffisch [S suffice.] not til him self. forthi my lord is bisy of me. that is, he has me in his cure.

24. Adiutor meus & protector meus tu es: deus meus ne tardaueris. My helpere and my hilere ert thou: my god [S. U om.] cum not holy [S latli.] . That is, doe that .i. be not lange in illes, bot soen end thaim. that hulynes [S latlynes.] that he will not bifell. is that god late vs not sa lange be in wa and anguys that we lost suffraunce or charite: for if it ware swa, god come ouer huly [S latly.] til oure bihofe.

[PSALM XL.]

BEATUS qui intelligit super egenum & pauperem: in die mala liberabit eum dominus. ¶ Blisful he that vndirstandis on the nedy and the pore; in the ill [U om. S euel.] day lord sall delyuer him. ¶ In this psalme is the voice of crist and haly kirke, as of a man. sum wordes falles til the prophet, sum til crist. sum til his lufers. Men aghe to bihalde on pore men that sumwhat be gifen [U bigifen. S be gyuene.] til thaim: and he says not, blisful ere thai that gifis, bot that vn|dirstandis. for god will that men gif til sum thof thai aske not. and swa mare meryt it is. to vndirstand him that is still, and thynke on his nede. in ill day, that is, in the day of dome, oure lord sall delyuer him.

2. Dominus conseruet eum & viuificet eum & beatum faciat eum in terra: & non tradat eum in animam inimi|corum eius. ¶ Lord kepe him and qwykyn him and blisful make him in erth: and gif him noght in the saule of his enmys. ¶ Swylk a man is kepid of god in that vndirstandynge, & qwick|ynd

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Title: 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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Publication: Oxford :: Clarendon press,; 1884.
Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- English (Middle English) -- 1884.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Latin. -- 1884.

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