Psalms 81
1 To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.
To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob.
2 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.
Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe.
3 Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at our feast day.
Blowe ye with a trumpe in Neomenye; in the noble dai of youre solempnite.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.
For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob.
5 Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.
He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he yede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which he knew not.
6 I haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.
He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn.
7 Thou calledst in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of ayenseiyng.
8 Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee;
9 Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.
Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god.
10 For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.
For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it.
11 But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.
And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel yaue not tente to me.
12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.
And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris of her herte; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies.
14 I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.
For nouyt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to hem.
15 The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.
The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis.
16 And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.
And he fedde hem of the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon.
