Psalms 35
1 Strive thou, O Jehovah, with those who strive with me. Fight thou against those who fight against me.
`To Dauid. Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou hem, that fiyten ayens me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
Take thou armeris and scheeld; and rise vp into help to me.
3 Draw out the spear also, and stop the way against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
Schede out the swerd, and close togidere ayens hem that pursuen me; seie thou to my soule, Y am thin helthe.
4 Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.
Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and be schent.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of Jehovah driving them on.
Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and the agent of Jehovah pursuing them.
Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem.
7 For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule.
8 Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.
The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, and the takyng which he hidde take hym; and fall he in to the snare in that thing.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe.
10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?
Alle my boonys schulen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee? Thou delyuerist a pore man fro the hond of his strengere; a nedi man and pore fro hem that diuersely rauischen hym.
11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.
Wickid witnessis risynge axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not.
12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
Thei yeldiden to me yuels for goodis; bareynnesse to my soule.
13 But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
But whanne thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an heire. I mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned `with ynne my bosum.
14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.
I pleside so as oure neiybore, as oure brother; Y was `maad meke so as morenynge and sorewful.
15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not. They tore me, and ceased not.
And thei weren glad, and camen togidere ayens me; turmentis weren gaderid on me, and Y knew not.
16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Thei weren scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scornyden me with mowyng; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth.
17 Lord, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro the wickidnesse of hem; `restore thou myn oon aloone fro liouns.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people.
I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad puple.
19 Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iyen.
20 For they speak not peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
For sotheli thei spaken pesibli to me; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thouyten giles.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
And thei maden large her mouth on me; thei seiden, Wel, wel! oure iyen han sien.
22 Thou have seen it, O Jehovah. Keep not silence. O Lord, be not far from me.
Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not stille; Lord, departe thou not fro me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my Lord.
Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause.
24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi riytfulnesse; and haue thei not ioye on me.
25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym.
26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
Shame thei, and drede thei togidere; that thanken for myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede; that speken yuele thingis on me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Haue thei ful ioie, and be thei glad that wolen my riytfulnesse; and seie thei euere, The Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt.
28 And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.
