Psalms 129

1 The song of greces. Israel seie now; Ofte thei fouyten ayens me fro my yongth.

Canticum graduum. [Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israël;

2 Ofte thei fouyten ayens me fro my yongthe; and sotheli thei miyten not to me.

sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea: etenim non potuerunt mihi.

3 Synneris forgeden on my bak; thei maden long her wickidnesse.

Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

4 The `iust Lord schal beete the nollis of synneris;

Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

5 alle that haten Sion be schent, and turned abak.

Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

6 Be thei maad as the hey of hous coppis; that driede vp, bifore that it be drawun vp.

Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

7 Of which hei he that schal repe, schal not fille his hond; and he that schal gadere hondfullis, schal not fille his bosum.

de quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum qui manipulos colligit.

8 And thei that passiden forth seiden not, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we blessiden you in the name of the Lord.

Et non dixerunt qui præteribant: Benedictio Domini super vos. Benediximus vobis in nomine Domini.]