Psalms 17
1 The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.
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 sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie.
Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
3 Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.
Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.
4 Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.
That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.
5 Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide.
Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.
6 I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.
I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
7 Shewe thy marueilous mercies, thou that art the Sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand.
Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.
8 Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe 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 wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for my soule.
fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;
10 They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.
thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.
11 They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:
Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.
12 Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking 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 Vp Lord, disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde,
Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,
14 From men by thine hand, O Lord, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children.
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 I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.
