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.

thou fulfils that thou hight. in vessels of psalmes, that is, in clene hertis. .i. sall synge til the in the harpe. that is, .i. sall gere the body and the saule sown in an acorde of devocion thi louynge, that is haligh of israel. that is, haly til halymen.

25. Exultabunt labia mea cum cantauero tibi: & anima mea quam redemisti. ¶ Glade sall my lippes when .i. hafe sungen til the: and my saule that thou boght. ¶ My lippes sall glad in swete louynge. when .i. hafe sungen til the. in diletabilte of contemplatife life, in the whilke the voice acordis til the thoght. and my saule sall glad in ioy that naman may tell. that thou boght fra the seruys [S seruage.] of the deuel and of syn.

26. Sed & lingua mea tota die meditabitur iusticiam tuam: cum confusi & reueriti fuerint qui querunt mala michi. ¶ Bot and my tonge all day sall thynke thi rightwisnes: when shamed & adred [S. U dred.] ware. that sekis illes till me. ¶ Noght anly my saule. bot & the tunge of my body sall thynke thi rightwisnes all day, that is, in lastandnes of heuen. whare nane vnstabilnes of thoght sall be. when thai ware shamed for thaire foly & adrede [S. U dred.] for the fire of hell. that sekis now ill till me. for in the ende of the warld sall be sikire stede of ioy til goed men. when all wickid men ere shamed and outkastyn in till hell.

[PSALM LXXI.]

DEUS iudicium tuum regi da: & iusticiam tuam filio regis. God til the kynge gif thi dome: and thi rightwisnes til the kyngis sun. ¶ God the fadere gif thi dome of qwike and ded til the kynge crist. and thi rightwisnes of the same dome. gif til the kyngis sun. that is, til. ihū. thi sun.

2. Iudicare populum tuum in iusticia: & pauperes tuos in iudicio. ¶ fforto deme thi folke. in rightwisnes: and thi pore in dome. ¶ Gif him the dome, that he deme thi folke, that is, trew men in halykirke, in rightwisnes, ȝeldand til ilkane mede eftere thaire trauaile. and thi pore. that is, perfite men, that folowes crist in wilful pouert and paciens. in dome. that is. that he gif thaim myght to be iuges with him to deme other.

3. Suscipiant montes pacem populo: & colles iusticiam. ¶ Howys take pees til the folke: and hilles rightwisnes. [Text from U² to Ps. lxxii. 20, 'somnum surgencium.'] ¶ Ere

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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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