He took me out there-among from my foes that were so strong, and from those that alway hated me; for they were strengthened together over me.

They came before me in the day of affliction, and the Lord is made my protection.

And He led me (so as) to be in a broad place; He made me safe, because He desired (lit.

would) me; and the Lord shall requite me according to all my righteousness, and according to the cleanness of my hands shall He repay me in the end." In this specimen we can already discern some of the chief characteristics which are so conspicuous in Lowland Scotch MSS.

of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.