suum tetendit & parauit illum. ¶ Bot if ȝe ware turned he sall braundis his swerd: his bow he has bent and redid it. ¶ Wickid men torne ȝow til god, or elles he will braundis his swerd: that is. he will doe in ȝow apert vengaunce. for he has bent his bow. that is he manaunce [S manasces.] ȝow with haly writt. and redid it. thurgh haly men expownynge. whaim ȝe dispise. and haly lare alswa.
14. Et in eo parauit vasa mortis: sagittas suas ardentibus effecit. ¶ And thare in he has redid vessels of ded; his aruys till brennand he made. ¶ In haly writt he has redid uessels of ded. that is goed wordis, the whilk slas men fra synne, and makis thaim lifand til god. and his arues. that is sharpe sentence thirland mennys hertis, he made til thaim that ere brennand in his luf. swa that thai may say we ere woundid with charite, & na thynge may lett thaim of thaire luf. bot for many heris godis word that lufis noght.
15. Ecce parturit iniusticiam, concepit dolorem: & pe|perit iniquitatem. ¶ Lo he bryngis forth vnrightwisnes, he hais consayued sorow: and born wickidnes. ¶ He has consayued of the deuel sorow. that is appetit of erthly goedis. that is cald sorow. for ill men has sorow when thai lose thaim. thai ere sede of the whilk he bryngis forth vnrightwisnes for to dissaife his neghbure.
16. Lacum aperuit & effodit eum: & incidit in foueam quam fecit. ¶ The lake he oppynd and vp grofe it: and he fell in the pit that he made. ¶ Oppynynge of the lake is when he has consayued sorow of couaitis and thynkis to begile [U be gile. S begyle.] his neghbure: he vpgraues it when he waitis all that he may to doe it in dede. bot he falles in the pit that he made: for ilk a gyloure is first hurte in his saule than he may noy any man in his katell.
17. Conuertetur dolor eius in caput eius: & in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius descendet. ¶ The sorow of him sall be turnyd in his heued: and in the skalp of him his wickidnes sall lyght. ¶ That is at say, the sorow that he consayued sall be turnyd in his thoght. and his wickidnes in his skalp: for he willyd noght flee synn. bot likyd to be seruaunte of syn. swa that his synn weghe him down. that he neuer rise til the rist of heuen.
18. Confitebor domino secundum iusticiam eius: & psal|lam nomini domini altissimi. ¶ I sall shrif til lord eftire his rightwisnes; and i. sall synge til the name of lord aldireheghest. ¶ ffals men descendis with thaire synne till hell. bot i., says the
