Wycliffe - Sirach - 36

36:1  God of alle thingis, haue thou merci on vs; and biholde thou vs, and schewe thou to vs the liyt of thi merciful doyngis.

36:2  And sende thi drede on hethene men, that souyten not thee, that thei knowe that no God is, no but thou; that thei telle out thi grete dedis.

36:3  Reise thin hond on hethene men aliens, that thei se thi power.

36:4  For as thou were halewid in vs in the siyt of hem, so in oure siyt thou schalt be magnefyed in hem;

36:5  that thei knowe thee, as and we han knowe, that noon othere is God, outakun thee, Lord.

36:6  Make thou newe signes, and chaunge thou merueilis;

36:7  glorifie the hond, and the riyt arm.

36:8  Reise thou stronge veniaunce, and schede out ire;

36:9  take awei the aduersarie, and turmente the enemye.

36:10  Haaste thou the tyme, and haue thou mynde on the ende, that thei telle out thi merueils.

36:11  And he that is sauyd, be deuourid in the ire of flawme; and thei that treten worst thi puple, fynde perdicioun.

36:12  Al to-breke thou the heed of princis, and of enemyes, seiynge, Noon othere is, outakun vs.

36:13  Gadere thou togidere alle the lynagis of Jacob, and knowe thei that no God is, no but thou, that thei telle out thi grete dedis; and thou schalt enherite hem, as at the bigynnyng.

36:14  Haue thou merci on thi puple, on which thi name is clepid in to help; and on Israel, whom thou madist euene to thi firste gendrid sone.

36:15  Haue thou merci on Jerusalem, the citee of thin halewyng, on the citee of thi reste.

36:16  Fille thou Syon with thi vertues, that moun not be teld out, and fille thi puple with thi glorie.

36:17  Yyue thou witnessyng, that at the bigynnyng thei weren thi creaturis; and reise thou preieris, whiche the formere profetis spaken in thi name.

36:18  Lord, yyue thou meede to hem that abiden thee, that thi prophetis be foundun trewe; and here thou the preier of thi seruauntis.

36:19  Aftir the blessyng of Aaron yyue thou to thi puple, and dresse thou vs in to the weie of riytfulnesse; that alle men wite, that dwellen in erthe, that thou art God, the biholdere of worldis.

36:20  The wombe schal ete alle mete, and o mete is betere than another mete.

36:21  Chekis touchen mete almest, and an vnwise herte resseyueth false wordis.

36:22  A schrewid herte schal yyue heuynesse, and a wijs man schal ayenstonde it.

36:23  A womman schal take ech knaue child, and a douytir is betere than a sone.

36:24  The fairnesse of a womman makith glad the face of hir hosebonde, and sche schal brynge desir ouer al the coueitise of man.

36:25  If ther is a tunge of heelyng, ther is also of swagyng, and of merci; the hosebonde of hir is not aftir the sones of men.

36:26  He that hath in possessioun a good womman, bigynneth possessioun; sche is an help lijk hym, and a piler as reste.

36:27  Where an hegge is not, the possessioun schal be rauyschid awei; and where a womman is not, a nedi man weilith.

36:28  To whom bileueth he that hath no nest, and bowith doun where euer it is derk, as a theef girt, skippynge out fro citee in to citee?