2. Deus meus adiutor meus: & sperabo in eum. ¶ My god my helpere; and .i. sall hope in him. ¶ That is, he that made me helpis me. and for thi .i. hope in him to be safe.
3. Protector meus & cornu salutis mee: & susceptor meus. ¶ My hilere and horn of my hele; and myn vptakere. ¶ My hilere fra strakys of my faes. and horne of my hele, that is stabil heghnes of my saluacioun. and myn uptakere. fra the luf of this warld in til the luf of the.
4. Laudans inuocabo dominum: & ab inimicis meis saluus ero. ¶ Louand .i. sall incall god; and of myn enmys .i. sall be saf. ¶ Louand, that is, the ioy and the honur of my lord .i. sall seke, and noght myn: i. sall incall god. that he dwell in me lastandly, and swa .i. sall be saf of myn enmys. that is the errour of wickidnes sall noght noy me.
5. Circumdederunt me dolores mortis: & torrentes in|iquitatis conturbauerunt me. ¶ The sorowes of ded has vmgifen me; and the strandis of wickidnes has drouyd me. ¶ The sorowes, noght of this warld. bot of ded. that is the deuel, thurgh whaim is ded in erth. has vmgifen me, if thai myght rauysch me till thaim. and the strandis of wickidnes. that is bolnand wickid|nes, as strandis does in gret rayn. has drouyd me, that is gert [U gret. S gerte.] me haf sorow.
6. Dolores inferni circumdederunt me: preoccupaue|runt me laquei mortis. ¶ The sorowis of hell has vmgifen me; bifore occupid has me. the snares of ded. ¶ The sorowes of hell ere men that er klumst in thaire synn, and comes about rightwis men to angire thaim, the whilke sall be tourmentid in hell. with sorow that thai haf deserued. and ouer that the snares of ded. that is orygynal syn, titere band me than .i. synd of my propire myght.
7. In tribulacione mea inuocaui dominum: & ad deum meum clamaui. ¶ In my tribulacioun .i. incald lord; and til my god .i. cried. ¶ And when .i. was in swa mykil anguys .i. cald & i. crid til my lord: that is remedy syngulere. amange anguysses of this warld.
8. Et exaudiuit de templo sancto suo vocem meam: & clamor meus in conspectu eius introiuit in aures eius. ¶ And he herd of his haly tempile my voice; and my cry in his sight in ȝede in the eris of him. ¶ And he hard my voice fra
