Psalms 63

1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways.

`The salm of Dauid, `whanne he was in the desert of Judee. God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold.

2 By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the sanctuary before you, in order to behold your virtue and your glory.

In a lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide to thee in hooli; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie.

3 For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.

For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.

4 So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.

So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.

5 Let my soul be filled, as if with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will give praise with exultant lips.

Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng.

6 When I have remembered you on my bed in the morning, I will meditate on you.

So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;

7 For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.

for thou were myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee;

8 My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

thi riythond took me vp.

9 Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;

10 They will be delivered into the hand of the sword. They will be the portions of foxes.

thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.

11 Truly, the king will rejoice in God: all those who swear by him will be praised, because the mouth of those who speak iniquity has been blocked.

But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of hem, that speken wickid thingis, is stoppid.