Psalms 41

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

For victorie, the song of Dauid. Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on a nedi man and pore; the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai.

2 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

The Lord kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the lond; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes.

3 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe; thou hast ofte turned al his bed stre in his sijknesse.

4 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

I seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on me; heele thou my soule, for Y synnede ayens thee.

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische?

6 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf.

7 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

He yede with out forth; and spak to the same thing. Alle myn enemyes bacbitiden pryuyli ayens me; ayens me thei thouyten yuels to me.

8 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

Thei ordeineden an yuel word ayens me; Whether he that slepith, schal not leie to, that he rise ayen?

9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

For whi the man of my pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues; made greet disseit on me.

10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

But thou, Lord, haue merci on me, and reise me ayen; and Y schal yelde to hem.

11 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me.

12 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende.

13 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world; be it doon, be it doon.