Psalms 94
1 O Lord God the auenger, O God the auenger, shewe thy selfe clearely.
God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
2 Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
3 Lord how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
4 They prate and speake fiercely: all the workers of iniquitie vaunt themselues.
Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
5 They smite downe thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.
Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.
Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?
Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
9 Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
10 Or he that chastiseth the nations, shall he not correct? hee that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not knowe?
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
12 Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
13 That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
14 Surely the Lord will not faile his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
15 For iudgement shall returne to iustice, and all the vpright in heart shall follow after it.
Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
16 Who will rise vp with me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the workers of iniquitie?
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
17 If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
18 When I said, My foote slideth, thy mercy, O Lord, stayed me.
If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts in mine heart, thy comfortes haue reioyced my soule.
Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the 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 is the rocke of mine 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 hee will recompence them their wickednes, and destroy them in their owne malice: yea, the Lord our God shall 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.
