Proverbs 8

¹ For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt. He ordeynede tho thingis in to the world, and in to the world of world; he settide a comaundement, and it schal not passe. ² Ye of erthe, herie ye the Lord; dragouns, and alle depthis of watris. ³ Fier, hail, snow, iys, spiritis of tempestis; that don his word. ⁴ Mounteyns, and alle litle hillis; trees berynge fruyt, and alle cedris. ⁵ Wielde beestis, and alle tame beestis; serpentis, and fetherid briddis. ⁶ The kingis of erthe, and alle puplis; the princis, and alle iugis of erthe. ⁷ Yonge men, and virgyns, elde men with yongere, herie ye the name of the Lord; ⁸ for the name of hym aloone is enhaunsid. ⁹ His knouleching be on heuene and erthe; and he hath enhaunsid the horn of his puple. An ympne be to alle hise seyntis; to the children of Israel, to a puple neiyynge to hym. ¹¹ The title of the hundrid and nyne and fourtithe salm. Alleluya. Synge ye to the Lord a newe song; hise heriyng be in the chirche of seyntis.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="12"><sup>12</sup> Israel be glad in hym that made hym; and the douytris of Syon make ful out ioye in her king.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="13"><sup>13</sup> Herie thei his name in a queer; seie thei salm to hym in a tympan, and sautre.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="14"><sup>14</sup> For the Lord is wel plesid in his puple; and he hath reisid mylde men in to heelthe.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="15"><sup>15</sup> Seyntis schulen make ful out ioye in glorie; thei schulen be glad in her beddis.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="16"><sup>16</sup> The ful out ioiyngis of God in the throte of hem; and swerdis scharp on ech side in the hondis of hem. ¹⁷ To do veniaunce in naciouns; blamyngis in puplis. ¹⁸ To bynde the kyngis of hem in stockis; and the noble men of hem in yrun manaclis. ¹⁹ That thei make in hem doom writun; this is glorye to alle hise seyntis. ²¹ 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. ²² Herie ye hym in hise vertues; herie ye hym bi the multitude of his greetnesse. ²³ Herie ye hym in the soun of trumpe; herie ye hym in a sautre and harpe. ²⁴ Herie ye hym in a tympane and queer; herie ye hym in strengis and orgun. ²⁵ Herie ye hym in cymbalis sownynge wel, herye ye hym in cymbalis of iubilacioun; ²⁶ ech spirit, herye the Lord. ²⁷ Proverbs ²⁹ The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel; ³⁰ to kunne wisdom and kunnyng; ³¹ to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte; ³² that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man. ³³ A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails. ³⁴ He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem. ³⁵ The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching. ³⁶ My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;