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.

grundis sall drynke na goed man. bot all synful of erth. for nane of thaim sall be takyn fra dampnacioun.

9. Ego autem annunciabo in seculum: cantabo deo iacob. ¶ Bot .i. sall shew in warld: .i. sall synge til god of iacob. ¶ Ill men sall drynke the grundis of the chalice. bot .i., says crist, with his lufers, that drynkis the clere wyn of ioy, sall shew thi rightwisnes in this warld. and .i. sall synge in gladnes of hert. til the honur of god.

10. Et omnia cornua peccatorum confringam: & exalta|buntur cornua iusti. ¶ And all the hornes of sinful .i. sall breke; & heghid sall be the hornys of the rightwise. ¶ Hornes of synful ere the dignytes of proud men, the whilke crist sall breke & brynge til noght. at the ende. and the hornys of rightwis|men. that is, the giftis of crist, that now ere noght sene, than sall be heghid: for thurgh tha the goed man sall be heghid.

[PSALM LXXV.]

NOTUS in iudea deus: in israel magnum nomen eius. ¶ Knawen in iudee god; in israel. the grete name of him. ¶ In verray iudee is god knawne. that is, in haly kirke that loues god in wele and wa. in israel. that is, in contemplatife saules, lastis the grete ioy of his name ihū.

2. Et factus est in pace locus eius: & habitacio eius in syon. ¶ And made is in pese the stede of him; and his wonnynge in syon. ¶ That is, in a thoght pesful. and still, withouten dyn & noyse of vices and of ydell thoghtis, is stede that he restis in. and his wonynge is in syon. that is, in tha that has ay thaire hert til heuen. noght til any erthly creature.

3. Ibi confregit potencias: arcum, scutum & gladium & bellum. ¶ Thare he brake myghtis: boghe; shelde and swerd and bataile. ¶ Thare. in that pese, he brake myghtis. whilke. boghe. that is treson. sheld, that is, all thynge that thai hill thaim with. & swerd, that is, all that thai smyte with. and bataile. that is, all maner of gaynsaiynge til god.

4. Illuminans tu mirabiliter a montibus eternis: turbati sunt omnes insipientes corde. ¶ Lightynand thou wondirfully fra hilles endles: druuyd ere all vnwise of hert. ¶ Thou ert [U om. S arte.] god

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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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