wayke may do it. for here is noght [S. U not.] hard to fulfill, as in othere psalmes of penaunce. Dauid not excusand his syn bot apertly grauntand it says. Hafe mercy of me lord. Here fordos he dis|cussion of syn, for he grauntes the dede. eftere thi gret mercy. for my wrechidnes is grete, and forthi it askis gret medicyne. as wha|say, .i. fle til thi mercy. that thou til sare woundis hell [S ley thi salue.] the sallfe of remyssion.
2. Et secundum multitudinem miseracionum tuarum: dele iniquitatem meam. ¶ And eftere the mykilnes of thin mercyyngis: do away my wickidnes. ¶ That is, eftere the mykil|nes of thi merciful werkis. that is mare than any mykilnes of synnes, do away, that na step of syn leue in me. my wickidnes that .i. hafe done agayns my neghbure.
3. Amplius laua me ab iniquitate mea: & a peccato meo munda me. ¶ Mare waysse [S wesche.] me of my wickidnes: and of my syn thou make me cleyne. ¶ Mare waysse me than .i. vndirstande to aske. and make me cleyne. that is, swa waysse me that .i. be cleyne. for some ere waysen and thai ere not cleyne. as he that gretis awhile and synnes another. perfite penaunce he shewis that 'if he' [S. U is.] be waysen [U ins. 'and.'] sithen files [U file.] him namare.
4. Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: & pecca|tum meum contra me est semper. ¶ ffor my wickidnes .i. knaw: and my synn is ay agayns me. ¶ fforgif, for .i. knaw my synn, and it is agayns me. that is, .i. haf my synn in mynd to sorow it, .i. kast it noght bihynd me in forgetilnes. for .i. wate. that thou in rightwisnes punysch syn, thof thou forgif it in mercy.
5. Tibi soli peccaui & malum coram te feci: vt iusti|ficeris in sermonibus tuis & vincas cum iudicaris. ¶ Til the anly .i. hafe synned, and ill .i. hafe done bifore the; that thou be rightwisid in thi wordis and ouercome when thou ert demed. ¶ I hafe synned in lust of fleysse. bot til the anly, that is withouten syn anly, and forthi rightwise punysere of syn. He rightwisly punysse synn that has noght to be punysched in him. and he rightly reprehendis othere men that is noght reprehensible: and ill .i. hafe done in thoght and dede bifor the, in thi presens, thou that is swa rightwise. that thou be rightwised. that is, that thou be anly funden sothfast in thi wordis. for naman myght in all thynges ay say soth.
