The title of the seuene and eiytetithe salm. The song of salm, to the sones of Chore, to victorie on Mahalat, for to answere, the lernyng of Heman Ezraite.
87:2
Lord God of myn helthe; Y criede in dai and nyyt bifore thee.
87:3
Mi preier entre bifore thi siyt; bowe doun thin eere to my preier.
87:4
For my soule is fillid with yuels; and my lijf neiyede to helle.
87:5
I am gessid with hem that goon doun in to the lake; Y am maad as a man with outen help,
87:6
and fre among deed men. As men woundid slepinge in sepulcris, of whiche men noon is myndeful aftir; and thei ben put awei fro thin hond.
87:7
Thei han put me in the lower lake; in derke places, and in the schadewe of deth.
87:1
A Psalme or song committed to the sonnes of Korah. God layde his foundations among the holy mountaines.
87:2
The Lord loueth the gates of Zion aboue all the habitations of Iaakob.
87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O citie of God. Selah.
87:4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babel among them that knowe me: beholde Palestina and Tyrus with Ethiopia, There is he borne.
87:5
And of Zion it shall be sayde, Many are borne in her: and he, euen the most High shall stablish her.
87:6
The Lord shall count, when hee writeth the people, He was borne there. Selah.
87:7
Aswell the singers as the players on instruments shall prayse thee: all my springs are in thee.
Green's Literal Translation (LITV). Copyright 1993 by Jay P. Green Sr.
All rights reserved. Jay P. Green Sr., Lafayette, IN. U.S.A. 47903.
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