whi teris ere; for thou suffirs oure neghburs. to gaynsay with mouth & werke til the wordis that we speke of the for thaire hele. and oure enmys, deuyls, scornyd vs. for many of vs, thof thai say wele, thai do ill. and thai ere bot hethynge til thaire fas. forthi.
8. Deus virtutum conuerte nos: & ostende faciem tuam & salui erimus. ¶ God of vertus turne vs; and shew thi face. and we sall be safe. ¶ Berand thin ymage. and feland thi won|nynge in vs.
9. Vineam de egipto transtulisti: eiecisti gentes & plantasti eam. ¶ Vynere of egipt thou ouerbare; thou outkast genge and thou sett it. ¶ Vynere, that is, all halikirke. of egipt. that is, out of myrknes of erroure & vnknawynge. thou ouerbare. til light of trouth & charite. thou kest out dedly synnys and sett it in vertus. and in ȝernynge til heuen.
10. Dux itineris fuisti in conspectu eius: & plantasti radices eius & impleuit terram. ¶ Ledere of the way thou was in the sight of it: and thou sett the rotis of it and it fulfild the erth. ¶ That is. thou ledis thi kirke by the way of this warld til heuen. that we hafe the ay in oure sight. and thou sett the rotis [S ins. 'of it.'] . that is. thou makis [S makes it holy & stabil in luf.] haly men. and stabill in luf. and swa it fulfils the erth with cristen men. and swa mykill it wex. that.
11. Operuit montes vmbra eius: & arbusta eius cedros dei. ¶ The shadow of it couyrd howis [S hilles.] : and the trese [S ins. 'of it.'] cedirs of god. ¶ The shadow of it. that is, myrknes of figures. couyrd howis. that is, the gastly vndirstandynge of the prophetis. and the trese. that is, vertus, couyrd cedirs of god. that is, heghest men in contemplacioun ere hild fra vicys, dwelland in vertus.
12. Extendit palmites suos vsque ad mare: & vsque ad flumen propagines eius. ¶ Sho strekis hir [U ere.] brawnchis til the see. and til the flode hire kyndis. ¶ Brawnchis ere apostils that rechid til see. that is, til conuersion of synful men. and the kyndis. that is, the folouers of apostils. strekis ensaumpil of perfeccioun. til the flode. that is, til thaim that flowis in vnstabilnes and kan rest in na goed purpos. sithen he spekis of tha that bigynnys religiously and halyli. bot in procese of tyme forgetis the drede of god & fals in slawnes. & swa in other vicys. and it bifallis thaim gastly. that did til ierusalem bodily.
