Psalms 35
1 [A Psalm] of David. Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:
`To Dauid. Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou hem, that fiyten ayens me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help;
Take thou armeris and scheeld; and rise vp into help to me.
3 And draw out the spear, and stop [the way] against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Schede out the swerd, and close togidere ayens hem that pursuen me; seie thou to my soule, Y am thin helthe.
4 Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and be schent.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem.
7 For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule.
8 Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, and the takyng which he hidde take hym; and fall he in to the snare in that thing.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe.
10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!
Alle my boonys schulen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee? Thou delyuerist a pore man fro the hond of his strengere; a nedi man and pore fro hem that diuersely rauischen hym.
11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
Wickid witnessis risynge axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not.
12 They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.
Thei yeldiden to me yuels for goodis; bareynnesse to my soule.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
But whanne thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an heire. I mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned `with ynne my bosum.
14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth [for] a mother.
I pleside so as oure neiybore, as oure brother; Y was `maad meke so as morenynge and sorewful.
15 But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
And thei weren glad, and camen togidere ayens me; turmentis weren gaderid on me, and Y knew not.
16 With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
Thei weren scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scornyden me with mowyng; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro the wickidnesse of hem; `restore thou myn oon aloone fro liouns.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad puple.
19 Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iyen.
20 For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
For sotheli thei spaken pesibli to me; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thouyten giles.
21 And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
And thei maden large her mouth on me; thei seiden, Wel, wel! oure iyen han sien.
22 Thou hast seen [it], Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not stille; Lord, departe thou not fro me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause.
24 Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi riytfulnesse; and haue thei not ioye on me.
25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
Shame thei, and drede thei togidere; that thanken for myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede; that speken yuele thingis on me.
27 Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.
Haue thei ful ioie, and be thei glad that wolen my riytfulnesse; and seie thei euere, The Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt.
28 And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, [and] of thy praise, all the day.
And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.
