Psalms 64

1 For the music director. A psalm of David. God, please listen to my complaint. Protect me because my enemies scare me.

`In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy.

2 Shelter me from the plots of the wicked, from this evil mob.

Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse.

3 What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.

For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;

4 They shoot from their hiding places at innocent people—doing this without warning, not afraid of being caught.

for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

5 They encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”

Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem?

6 They plot wicked things. “What a great plan we've created!” they say. There are no limits to the depths to which human minds and thoughts can sink.

Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte;

7 But God will shoot them with arrows; all of a sudden they will be wounded.

and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;

8 What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.

and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem;

9 Then everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about what he has done.

and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God.

10 Those who are right with the Lord will be happy in him, they will go to him for protection. Those who live right will praise him.

The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid.