Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Wheþer yuel is yoldun for good, for þei han diggid a pit to my soule; haue thou mynde, þat Y stoode in thi siyt, to speke good for hem, and to turne awei thin indignacioun fro hem.