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.
1It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge.
2Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis.
3Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouytis schulen be dressid.
4The Lord wrouyte alle thingis for hym silf; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai.
5Abhomynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man; yhe, thouy the hond is to the hond, he schal not be innocent. The bigynnyng of good weie is to do riytwisnesse; forsothe it is more acceptable at God, than to offre sacrifices.
6Wickidnesse is ayen bouyt bi merci and treuthe; and me bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord.
7Whanne the weyes of man plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, yhe, hise enemyes to pees.
8Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse.
9The herte of a man schal dispose his weie; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis.
10Dyuynyng is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom.
11The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world.
12Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse.
13The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riytful thingis, schal be dressid.
14Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him.
15Lijf is in the gladnesse of the `cheer of the king; and his merci is as a reyn comynge late.
16Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.
17The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the kepere of his soule kepith his weie.
18Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng.
19It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men.
20A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid.
21He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis.
22The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weldith; the techyng of foolis is foli.
23The herte of a wijs man schal teche his mouth; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis.
24Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonys is the swetnesse of soule.
25A weye is that semeth riytful to a man; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth.
26The soule of a man trauelinge trauelith to hym silf; for his mouth compellide hym.
27An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis.
28A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis.
29A wickid man flaterith his frend; and ledith hym bi a weie not good.
30He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iyen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parformeth yuel.
31A coroun of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of riytfulnesse.
32A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; and he that `is lord of his soule, is betere than an ouercomere of citees.
33Lottis ben sent into the bosum; but tho ben temperid of the Lord.