Psalmorum 129

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

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

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

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

3 Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.

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

4 Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.

The `iust Lord schal beete the nollis of synneris;

5 Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.

alle that haten Sion be schent, and turned abak.

6 Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit:

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

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

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

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

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