Psalms 64

1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.

`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 Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

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

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;

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

4 That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

5 They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.

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 search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

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

7 But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.

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

8 So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.

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

9 And all men fear; and they declare the work of God, and understand His doing.

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

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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