1The title of the nynthe salm. In to the ende, for the pryuytees of the sone, the salm of Dauid.

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Esther 8:12, Esther 8:12, Esther 3:13, Esther 3:13, Revelation 11:18

2Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; Y schal telle alle thi merueils.

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Esther 8:17, Esther 8:17, Esther 8:11, Esther 8:11, Psalms 71:13

3Thou hiyeste, Y schal be glad, and Y schal be fulli ioieful in thee; Y schal synge to thi name.

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Ezra 8:36, Ezra 8:36, Esther 3:2, Esther 3:6, Daniel 3:2

4For thou turnest myn enemy abac; thei schulen be maad feble, and schulen perische fro thi face.

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1 Chronicles 11:9, 2 Samuel 3:1, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 2 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 2:30

5For thou hast maad my doom and my cause; thou, that demest riytfulnesse, `hast set on the trone.

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Psalms 18:34, Psalms 18:40, Jeremiah 18:21, Psalms 20:7, Psalms 20:8

6Thou blamedist hethene men, and the wickid perischide; thou hast do awei the name of hem in to the world, and in to the world of world.

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Esther 3:15, Esther 3:15

7The swerdis of the enemy failiden in to the ende; and thou hast distried the citees of hem. The mynde of hem perischide with sown;

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8and the Lord dwellith with outen ende. He made redi his trone in doom; and he schal deme the world in equite,

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9he schal deme puplis in riytfulnesse.

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10And the Lord is maad refuyt, `ether help, `to a pore man; an helpere in couenable tymes in tribulacioun.

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Esther 5:11, Esther 8:11, Esther 5:11, Esther 8:11, Genesis 14:23

11And thei, that knowen thi name, haue hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsake hem that seken thee.

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12Synge ye to the Lord, that dwellith in Syon; telle ye hise studyes among hethene men.

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Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2

13God foryetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the blood of hem.

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Esther 8:11, Esther 8:11, Deuteronomy 21:23, Deuteronomy 21:23, Galatians 3:13

14Lord, haue thou merci on me; se thou my mekenesse of myn enemyes.

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15Which enhaunsist me fro the yatis of deeth; that Y telle alle thi preisyngis in the yatis of the douyter of Syon.

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Esther 9:10, Esther 8:11, Esther 9:10, Esther 8:11, Psalms 118:7

16Y schal `be fulli ioyeful in thin helthe; hethene men ben fast set in the perisching, which thei maden. In this snare, which thei hidden, the foot of hem is kauyt.

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Esther 8:11, Esther 8:11, Esther 9:2, Esther 9:2, Leviticus 26:7

17The Lord makynge domes schal be knowun; the synnere is takun in the werkis of hise hondis.

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Esther 9:1, Esther 9:1, Esther 9:21, Esther 9:21, Esther 3:12

18Synneris be turned togidere in to helle; alle folkis, that foryeten God.

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Esther 9:21, Esther 9:21, Esther 9:15, Esther 9:13, Esther 9:1

19For the foryetyng of a pore man schal not be in to the ende; the pacience of pore men schal not perische in to the ende.

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Esther 8:17, Esther 8:17, Deuteronomy 16:14, Revelation 11:10, Nehemiah 8:10

20Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be demyd in thi siyt.

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Deuteronomy 31:19, Deuteronomy 31:22, Esther 3:12, Psalms 124:1, Psalms 124:3

21Lord, ordeine thou a lawe makere on hem; wite folkis, that thei ben men.

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22Lord, whi hast thou go fer awei? thou dispisist `in couenable tymes in tribulacioun.

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Psalms 30:11, Psalms 30:11, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 14:3

23While the wickid is proud, the pore man is brent; thei ben taken in the counsels, bi whiche thei thenken.

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24Forwhi the synnere is preisid in the desiris of his soule; and the wickid is blessid.

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Esther 3:5, Esther 3:13, Esther 3:5, Esther 3:13, Esther 9:10

25The synnere `wraththide the Lord; vp the multitude of his ire he schal not seke.

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Psalms 7:16, Psalms 7:16, Psalms 141:10, Esther 9:13, Esther 9:14

26God is not in his siyt; hise weies ben defoulid in al tyme. God, thi domes ben takun awei fro his face; he schal be lord of alle hise enemyes.

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Esther 9:20, Esther 9:20, Ezekiel 39:11, Numbers 16:40, Ezekiel 39:11

27For he seide in his herte, Y schal not be moued, fro generacioun in to generacioun without yuel.

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Isaiah 56:6, Zechariah 2:11, Isaiah 56:6, Zechariah 2:11, Esther 8:17

28`Whos mouth is ful of cursyng, and of bitternesse, and of gyle; trauel and sorewe is vndur his tunge.

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Joshua 4:7, Exodus 13:8, Exodus 13:9, Psalms 78:5, Psalms 78:7

29He sittith in aspies with ryche men in priuytees; to sle the innocent man.

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Esther 9:20, Esther 9:20, Esther 2:15, Esther 2:15, Esther 8:10

30Hise iyen biholden on a pore man; he settith aspies in hid place, as a lioun in his denne. He settith aspies, for to rauysche a pore man; for to rauysche a pore man, while he drawith the pore man.

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Esther 1:1, Esther 1:1, Esther 8:9, Esther 8:9, Isaiah 39:8

31In his snare he schal make meke the pore man; he schal bowe hym silf, and schal falle doun, whanne he hath be lord of pore men.

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Esther 4:3, Esther 4:3, Esther 4:16, Esther 4:16, Jonah 3:2

32For he seide in his herte, God hath foryete; he hath turned awei his face, that he se not in to the ende.

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Esther 9:26, Esther 9:26

33Lord God, rise thou vp, and thin hond be enhaunsid; foryete thou not pore men.

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34For what thing terride the wickid man God to wraththe? for he seide in his herte, God schal not seke.

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35Thou seest, for thou biholdist trauel and sorewe; that thou take hem in to thin hondis. The pore man is left to thee; thou schalt be an helpere to the fadirles and modirles.

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36Al to-breke thou the arme of the synnere, and yuel willid; his synne schal be souyt, and it schal not be foundun.

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37The Lord schal regne with outen ende, and in to the world of world; folkis, ye schulen perische fro the lond of hym.

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38The Lord hath herd the desir of pore men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte.

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39To deme for the modirles `and meke; that a man `leie to no more to `magnyfie hym silf on erthe.

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