9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
1The title of the nyne and eiytetithe salm. The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.
2Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.
3Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.
4For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.
5The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.
6Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.
7For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.
8Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.
9For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;
10the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.
11Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?
12Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.
13Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.
14We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.
15We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.
16Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.
17And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.