gret kyn. ne i. sall be menand of thaire names. for thai ere chawngid [U chawgid.] . fra synn til rightwisnes. on domesday when .i sall speke thurgh my lippes til thaim that haldis the name of wickidnes. ga ȝe werid til fire withouten end.
5. Dominus pars hereditatis mee et calicis mei: tu es qui restitues hereditatem meam michi. ¶ Lord is part of myn heritage. and of my chalice; thou ert that sall restore my heritage til me. ¶ Lord the fadere is part, that is, he is porcioun and mede of myn heritage. that is, of haly men whaim i weld in heritage. other men ches thaim what thaim list. my part is god. and he is part of my chalice. that is, he is cope of all my delite and ioy. warldis men drynkis the venomouse lustis. and the drubly delitis of lychery and couaitys: .i. and my halighis sall drynke god. for thou ert fadire that sall restore til me. that is til my men, myn heritage that thai lost in adam. that is thou restores til thaim the knawynge of my brighthede.
6. Funes ceciderunt michi in preclaris: etenim here|ditas mea preclara est michi. ¶ Strengis fel til me in ful|bryght; for whi myn heritage is fulbright til me. ¶ Strengis. that is. merkis of my possession, in thi brightnes fell. as with kut. als the possessioun of prestes and dekens in the ald laghe was god. forwhi myn heritage. that is haly men, is ful bright til me: thof thai seme laith. and outkastynge til some of the warld, til me thai ere faire and bright.
7. Benedicam dominum qui tribuit michi intellectum: insuper & vsque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei. ¶ I sall blis the lord that gaf til me vndirstandynge; & ouer that til the nyght snybid me my neris. ¶ That is .i. sall loue the fadere. that has gifen vndirstandynge til my seruauntes, thurgh the whilke the heritage of heuen may be sene and weldid. and ouer that, vn|dirstandynge in the whilke .i. sagh, says crist, all sothfast thyngis and haly. of that i. sall loue him. that my neris, that is the ioues, of whas kynd .i. toke flesch, that is my kyn. snybid me in wrangis and temptaciouns and passions: til the nyght. that is, til the ded, thai myssaid him. Alswa oure neris, that is, oure fleschly delites, makis vs worthi snybynge til oure ded. for perfitly may we noght be withouten synn. whils we lif.
8. Prouidebam dominum in conspectu meo semper: quo|niam
