Psalms 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication.
`In Ebreu thus, To victorie in orguns, the lernyng of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer in salmes of Dauid lernid. God, here thou my preier, and dispise thou not my biseching;
2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
yyue thou tent to me, and here thou me. I am sorewful in myn exercising; and Y am disturblid of the face of the enemye,
3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
and of the tribulacioun of the synner. For thei bowiden wickidnessis in to me; and in ire thei weren diseseful to me.
4 My heart is greatly pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Myn herte was disturblid in me; and the drede of deth felde on me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Drede and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
And Y seide, Who schal yyue to me fetheris, as of a culuer; and Y schal fle, and schal take rest?
7 Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)
Lo! Y yede fer awei, and fledde; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse.
8 I would hasten myself to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.
I abood hym, that made me saaf fro the litilnesse, `ether drede, of spirit; and fro tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of hem; for Y siy wickidnesse and ayenseiyng in the citee.
10 Day and night they go about it, upon the walls of it. Iniquity and mischief also are in the midst of it.
Bi dai and nyyt wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wallis therof;
11 Wickedness is in the midst of it. Oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
and trauel and vnriytfulnesse ben in the myddis therof. And vsure and gile failide not; fro the stretis therof.
12 For it was not an enemy who reproached me. Then I could have borne it. Neither was it he who hated me that magnified himself against me. Then I would have hid myself from him.
For if myn enemye hadde cursid me; sotheli Y hadde suffride. And if he, that hatide me, hadde spoke greet thingis on me; in hap Y hadde hid me fro hym.
13 But it was thou, a man my equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.
But thou art a man of o wille; my leeder, and my knowun.
14 We took sweet counsel together. We walked in the house of God with the throng.
Which tokist togidere swete meetis with me; we yeden with consent in the hous of God.
15 Let death come suddenly upon them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
Deth come on hem; and go thei doun quyk in to helle. For weiwardnessis ben in the dwelling places of hem; in the myddis of hem. (Sheol h7585)
16 As for me, I will call upon God, and Jehovah will save me.
But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain and moan. And he will hear my voice.
In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois.
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many by me.
He schal ayenbie my soule in pees fro hem, that neiyen to me; for among manye thei weren with me.
19 God will hear, and respond to them, (even he who abides of old), (Selah) men who have no changes, and who fear not God.
God schal here; and he that is bifore the worldis schal make hem low. For chaungyng is not to hem, and thei dredden not God;
20 He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.
he holdith forth his hoond in yelding. Thei defouliden his testament,
21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
the cheris therof weren departid fro ire; and his herte neiyede. The wordis therof weren softer than oyle; and tho ben dartis.
22 (Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
Caste thi cure on the Lord, and he schal fulli nurische thee; and he schal not yyue with outen ende flotering to a iust man.
23 But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
But thou, God, schalt lede hem forth; in to the pit of deth. Menquelleris and gilours schulen not haue half her daies; but, Lord, Y schal hope in thee.
