verse from The Faerie Queen

[cooliegirly]

"AY me, how many perils doe enfold
The righteous man, to make him daily fall?
Were not, that heavenly grace doth him uphold,
And stedfast truth acquite him out of all.
Her love is firm, her care continual,
So oft as he through his own foolish pride,
Or weakness is to sinful bands made thrall:
Else should this Redcrosse knight in bands have died,
For whose deliverance she this Prince doth thither guide."

Can someone kindly translate this verse into modern English using relatively contemporary sentence structures?

[Mister Micawber]

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Something like:

Oh my! How many dangers surround a righteous person and cause him to commit sins every day! But God's grace supports such a man, and the knowledge of God's truth compensates him for his daily troubles.

Her love is strong and her care is constant, no matter how often he, through his own foolish pride or weakness, commits sins. This Redcross Knight would have died in sin, except that she has guided him to his deliverance (salvation) to righteousness (God).

... I probably missed some nuances...
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber

[Jamie (K)]

Cooliegirly, I started trying to do this and gave up. This is not just poetry, but poetry written in the 1500s, and today's native English speakers normally don't understand it all without special footnotes.

I hope someone can help you.