< Psalms 17 >

1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.
2 Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.
4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.
5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.
Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.
6 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
7 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.
Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.
8 From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis;
9 From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:
fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;
10 They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.
thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.
11 They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.
12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.
13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,
14 From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children.
15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.

< Psalms 17 >