Psalms 94
1 LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
3 LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
5 They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
6 They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
7 They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
9 He who implanted the ear, will not he hear? He who formed the eye, will not he see?
Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
10 He who disciplines the nations, will not he punish? He who teaches man knows.
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
13 that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
18 When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up.
If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.
22 But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.
And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in to the help of myn hope.
23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.
And he schal yelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem; and in the malice of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem.
