Psalms 38
1 A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
`The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat. Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.
2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
For thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me.
3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.
4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
For my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.
5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.
6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.
7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.
8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.
10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.
11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;
12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.
13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.
14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.
15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.
16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.
17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.
18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.
19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.
20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.
21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.
22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.
