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Herie thei his name in a queer; seie thei salm to hym in a tympan, and sautre.

For the Lord is wel plesid in his puple; and he hath reisid mylde men in to heelthe.

The title of the hundrid and fiftithe salm. Alleluya. Herie ye the Lord in hise seyntis; herie ye hym in the firmament of his vertu.

Herie ye hym in hise vertues; herie ye hym bi the multitude of his greetnesse.

Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.

For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.

The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe.

For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men.

He schal die, for he hadde not lernyng; and he schal be disseyued in the mychilnesse of his fooli.

His perdicioun schal come to hym anoon, and he schal be brokun sodeynli; and he schal no more haue medecyn.

Whether a man mai hide fier in his bosum, that hise clothis brenne not;

So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.

And he takun schal yelde the seuenthe fold; and he schal yyue al the catel of his hous, and schal delyuere hym silf.

But he that is avouter; schal leese his soule, for the pouert of herte.

He gaderith filthe, and sclaundrith to hym silf; and his schenschip schal not be don awei.

For myn hosebonde is not in his hows; he is goon a ful long weie.

He took with hym a bagge of money; he schal turne ayen in to his hous in the dai of ful moone.

til an arowe perse his mawe. As if a brid hastith to the snare; and woot not, that it is don of the perel of his lijf.

Whether wisdom crieth not ofte; and prudence yyueth his vois?

Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe;