Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.
Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.
2 Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Knouleche ye to the Lord in an harpe; synge ye to hym in a sautre of ten strengis.
3 Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.
Synge ye to hym a newe song; seie ye wel salm to hym in criyng.
4 For the word of the LORD is upright; and all His work is done in faithfulness.
For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.
5 He loveth righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.
He loueth merci and doom; the erthe is ful of the merci of the Lord.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Heuenes ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and `al the vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
And he gaderith togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge; and settith depe watris in tresours.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym.
9 For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thouytis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.
But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouytis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun.
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD; the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.
Blessid is the folk, whose Lord is his God; the puple which he chees into eritage to hym silf.
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;
The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siy alle the sones of men.
14 From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.
15 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.
Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.
16 A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertu; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu.
17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth it afford escape by its great strength.
An hors is false to helthe; forsothe he schal not be sauyd in the habundaunce, `ether plentee, of his vertu.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is toward them that fear Him, toward them that wait for His mercy;
Lo! the iyen of the Lord ben on men dredynge hym; and in hem that hopen on his merci.
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
That he delyuere her soules fro deth; and feede hem in hungur.
20 Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and defendere.
21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, because we have trusted in His holy name.
For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we schulen haue hope in his hooli name.
22 Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have waited for Thee.
Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.
