Psalms 41
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning 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 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
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 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
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 thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
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 shall he die and his name perish?
Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische?
6 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf.
7 All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to 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 determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
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 peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath 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 thou, 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 know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me.
12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende.
13 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.
Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world; be it doon, be it doon.
