< Psalms 115 >

1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy and your truth;
Lord, not to vs, not to vs; but yyue thou glorie to thi name.
2 lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God?
On thi merci and thi treuthe; lest ony tyme hethene men seien, Where is the God of hem?
3 But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatever he has pleased.
Forsothe oure God in heuene; dide alle thingis, whiche euere he wolde.
4 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
The symulacris of hethene men ben siluer and gold; the werkis of mennus hondis.
5 They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see:
Tho han mouth, and schulen not speke; tho han iyen, and schulen not se.
6 they have ears, but they can’t hear; they have noses, but they can’t smell;
Tho han eeris, and schulen not here; tho han nose thurls, and schulen not smelle.
7 they have hands, but they can’t handle; they have feet, but they can’t walk: they can’t speak through their throat.
Tho han hondis, and schulen not grope; tho han feet, and schulen not go; tho schulen not crye in her throte.
8 Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.
Thei that maken tho ben maad lijk tho; and alle that triste in tho.
9 The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
The hous of Israel hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere `of hem, and the defendere of hem.
10 The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
The hous of Aaron hopide in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem.
11 They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
Thei that dreden the Lord, hopiden in the Lord; he is the helpere of hem, and the defendere of hem.
12 The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron.
The Lord was myndeful of vs; and blesside vs. He blesside the hous of Israel; he blesside the hous of Aaron.
13 He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
He blesside alle men that dreden the Lord; `he blesside litle `men with the grettere.
14 The Lord add [blessings] to you and to your children.
The Lord encreesse on you; on you and on youre sones.
15 Blessed are you of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
Blessid be ye of the Lord; that made heuene and erthe.
16 The heaven of heavens [belongs] to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.
Heuene of `heuene is to the Lord; but he yaf erthe to the sones of men.
17 The dead shall not praise you, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.
Lord, not deed men schulen herie thee; nether alle men that goen doun in to helle.
18 But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
But we that lyuen, blessen the Lord; fro this tyme now and til in to the world.

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