< Psalms 86 >
1 Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
The preier of Dauid. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am nedi and pore.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.
Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi; my God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee.
3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day long.
Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee;
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
make thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi, Lord, Y haue reisid my soule to thee.
5 For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.
For thou, Lord, art swete and mylde; and of myche merci to alle men inwardli clepynge thee.
6 Give ear, O Jehovah, to my prayer, and hearken to the voice of my supplications.
Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris; and yyue thou tente to the vois of my bisechyng.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou will answer me.
In the dai of my tribulacioun Y criede to thee; for thou herdist me.
8 There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, nor like thy works.
Lord, noon among goddis is lijk thee; and noon is euene to thi werkis.
9 All nations whom thou have made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and they shall glorify thy name.
Lord, alle folkis, whiche euere thou madist, schulen come, and worschipe bifore thee; and thei schulen glorifie thi name.
10 For thou are great, and do wondrous things. Thou alone are God.
For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; thou art God aloone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Lord, lede thou me forth in thi weie, and Y schal entre in thi treuthe; myn herte be glad, that it drede thi name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; and Y schal glorifie thi name withouten ende.
13 For great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol )
For thi merci is greet on me; and thou deliueridist my soule fro the lower helle. (Sheol )
14 O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
God, wickid men han rise vp on me; and the synagoge of myyti men han souyt my lijf; and thei han not set forth thee in her siyt.
15 But thou, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
And thou, Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, and of myche merci, and sothefast.
16 O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Biholde on me, and haue mercy on me, yyue thou the empire to thi child; and make thou saaf the sone of thin handmayden.
17 Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, Jehovah, have helped me, and comforted me.
Make thou with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, and be aschamed; for thou, Lord, hast helpid me, and hast coumfortid me.