Psalms 94
1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.
God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
2 Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
3 How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
4 Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work injustice?
Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
5 Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted thy inheritance.
Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
10 He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
13 That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
14 For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
15 Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
16 Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
17 Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. (questioned)
No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
21 They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.
22 But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in to the help of myn hope.
23 And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
And he schal yelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem; and in the malice of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem.
