¹ Aleph. I am a man seynge my pouert in the yerde of his indignacioun.

² Aleph. He droof me, and brouyte in to derknessis, and not in to liyt.

³ Aleph. Oneli he turnede in to me, and turnede togidere his hond al dai.

⁴ Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.

⁵ Beth. He bildid in my cumpas, and he cumpasside me with galle and trauel.

⁶ Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men.

⁷ Gymel. He bildide aboute ayens me, that Y go not out; he aggregide my gyues.

⁸ Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier.

⁹ Gymel. He closide togidere my weies with square stoonus; he distriede my pathis.

¹⁰ Deleth. He is maad a bere settinge aspies to me, a lioun in hid places.

¹¹ Deleth. He distriede my pathis, and brak me; he settide me desolat.

¹² Deleth. He bente his bowe, and settide me as a signe to an arowe.

¹³ He. He sente in my reynes the douytris of his arowe caas.

¹⁴ He. Y am maad in to scorn to al the puple, the song of hem al dai.

¹⁵ He. He fillide me with bitternesses; he gretli fillide me with wermod.

¹⁶ Vau. He brak at noumbre my teeth; he fedde me with aische.

¹⁷ Vau. And my soule is putte awei; Y haue foryete goodis.

¹⁸ Vau. And Y seide, Myn ende perischide, and myn hope fro the Lord.

¹⁹ Zai. Haue thou mynde on my pouert and goyng ouer, and on wermod and galle.

²⁰ Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.

²¹ Zai. Y bithenkynge these thingis in myn herte, schal hope in God.

²² Heth. The mercies of the Lord ben manye, for we ben not wastid; for whi hise merciful doyngis failiden not.

²³ Heth. Y knew in the morewtid; thi feith is miche.

²⁴ Heth. My soule seide, The Lord is my part; therfor Y schal abide hym.

²⁵ Teth. The Lord is good to hem that hopen in to hym, to a soule sekynge hym.

²⁶ Teth. It is good to abide with stilnesse the helthe of God.

²⁷ Teth. It is good to a man, whanne he hath bore the yok fro his yongthe.

²⁸ Joth. He schal sitte aloone, and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf.

²⁹ Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is.

³⁰ Joth. He schal yyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis.

³¹ Caph. For the Lord schal not putte awei with outen ende.

³² Caph. For if he castide awei, and he schal do merci bi the multitude of hise mercies.

³³ Caph. For he makide not low of his herte; and castide not awei the sones of men. Lameth.

³⁴ That he schulde al to-foule vndur hise feet alle the boundun men of erthe. Lameth.

³⁵ That he schulde bowe doun the dom of man, in the siyt of the cheer of the hiyeste.

³⁶ Lameth. That he schulde peruerte a man in his dom, the Lord knew not.

³⁷ Men. Who is this that seide, that a thing schulde be don, whanne the Lord comaundide not?

³⁸ Men. Nether goodis nether yuels schulen go out of the mouth of the hiyeste.

³⁹ Men. What grutchide a man lyuynge, a man for hise synnes?

⁴⁰ Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we ayen to the Lord.

⁴¹ Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes.

⁴² Nun. We han do wickidli, and han terrid thee to wraththe; therfor thou art not able to be preied.

⁴³ Sameth. Thou hilidist in stronge veniaunce, and smitidist vs; thou killidist, and sparidist not.

⁴⁴ Sameth. Thou settidist a clowde to thee, that preier passe not.

⁴⁵ Sameth. Thou settidist me, drawing vp bi the roote, and castynge out, in the myddis of puplis.

⁴⁶ Ayn. Alle enemyes openyden her mouth on vs.

⁴⁷ Ayn. Inward drede and snare is maad to vs, profesie and defoulyng.

⁴⁸ Ayn. Myn iyen ledden doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my puple.

⁴⁹ Phe. Myn iye was turmentid, and was not stille; for no reste was.

⁵⁰ Phe. Vntil the Lord bihelde, and siy fro heuenes.

⁵¹ Phe. Myn iye robbide my soule in alle the douytris of my citee.

⁵² Sade. Myn enemyes token me with out cause, bi huntyng as a brid.

⁵³ Sade. My lijf slood in to a lake; and thei puttiden a stoon on me.

⁵⁴ Sade. Watris flowiden ouer myn heed; Y seide, Y perischide.

⁵⁵ Coph. Lord, Y clepide to help thi name, fro the laste lake.

⁵⁶ Coph. Thou herdist my vois; turne thou not awei thin eere fro my sobbyng and cries.

⁵⁷ Coph. Thou neiyidist to me in the dai, wherynne Y clepide thee to help; thou seidist, Drede thou not.

⁵⁸ Res. Lord, ayenbiere of my lijf, thou demydist the cause of my soule.

⁵⁹ Res. Lord, thou siest the wickidnesse of hem ayens me; deme thou my doom.

⁶⁰ Res. Thou siest al the woodnesse, alle the thouytis of hem ayenus me.

⁶¹ Syn. Lord, thou herdist the schenshipis of hem; alle the thouytis of hem ayens me.

⁶² Syn. The lippis of men risynge ayens me, and the thouytis of hem ayens me al dai.

⁶³ Syn. Se thou the sittynge and risyng ayen of hem; Y am the salm of hem.

⁶⁴ Thau. Lord, thou schalt yelde while to hem, bi the werkis of her hondis.

⁶⁵ Tau. Thou schalt yyue to hem the scheeld of herte, thi trauel.

⁶⁶ Tau. Lord, thou schalt pursue hem in thi strong veniaunce, and thou schalt defoule hem vndur heuenes.