Psalms 33
1 Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.
Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.
2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
Knouleche ye to the Lord in an harpe; synge ye to hym in a sautre of ten strengis.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound.
Synge ye to hym a newe song; seie ye wel salm to hym in criyng.
4 For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.
For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.
He loueth merci and doom; the erthe is ful of the merci of the Lord.
6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Heuenes ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and `al the vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
And he gaderith togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge; and settith depe watris in tresours.
8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym.
9 For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.
10 Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.
The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thouytis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces.
11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouytis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!
Blessid is the folk, whose Lord is his God; the puple which he chees into eritage to hym silf.
13 Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:
The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siy alle the sones of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.
15 He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.
Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.
16 The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertu; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu.
17 The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
An hors is false to helthe; forsothe he schal not be sauyd in the habundaunce, `ether plentee, of his vertu.
18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,
Lo! the iyen of the Lord ben on men dredynge hym; and in hem that hopen on his merci.
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
That he delyuere her soules fro deth; and feede hem in hungur.
20 Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.
Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and defendere.
21 For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.
For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we schulen haue hope in his hooli name.
22 Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.
